Let the Christmas fun begin! The PFATT Blog is having a Christmas Giveaway that will run December 1st-December 7th! There will be free giveaways from some of your favorite PFATT artists, including me! I'm giving away one of my little Angelic Hot Air Balloon ornies.
So make sure that you mark your calendars, tell all your friends and family too! And be sure to enter the PFATT Blog giveaway! The more.....the merrier!
I am drawn to old-time fashion plates and all the finery women used to wear long ago. Those tiny little waists!! Pictured is an enchanting keepsake box I've recently finished and listed on my Available Art blog, IvaWilcox.blogspot.com. Pinks, creams and golds, mixed with old images, gold Dresden and bullion fringe make up this paper mache piece. It can hold your own images of long ago fashions, maybe you in those bell bottoms, go go boots or hip huggers? Oh wait a minute, those are back in style!
Soon it will be time for me and my family to get dressed in some of our own finery for the big feast. I hope your Thanksgiving is special and you enjoy the day with those you love.
~ Iva
I love creating imaginary scenes that make me want to step inside for a short time. This old fashioned Christmas Lamp is now available on my sales blog, IvaWilcox.blogspot.com. When you switch on the light inside, the snow glistens around this sweet family hurrying on their way through the snow to a neighbor's Christmas party. You'll find more pictures and a variety of other holiday pieces now during my holiday web show. Have a wonderful week!
I invite you this weekend to my Holiday Web Show on Sunday, 6 pm Pacific, for one of a kind Christmas and winter art. Sweet cherubs, birds and Santa will making an appearance on my Available Art Blog (ivawilcox.blogspot.com). You can head over and see all the details about how you can purchase some of my originals online, direct from the artist - me! If you have any questions, please let me know. Happy Holidays!
~ Iva
October sped past and now the holidays approach. I plan on getting my shopping done early! I will be looking to make my purchases from individual artists who hand craft their work in America. And yes, that includes me! Pop on over to Pfattmarketplace.com this season for unique gifts from some wonderfully talented artisans. I have new work featured, including these adorable Floating Angels. You can head to my page to purchase and to see my other offerings. Wishing you a joyful Fall this week!
The birthday celebrating began October 20 when our handsome son turned 18. From a sweet, pudgy child to a responsible man, Trevor has grown so quickly and is now 6'2" tall! We dined at Ruth Chris' Steakhouse and talked about college plans, high school activities and friends. John and I are so proud of our son.
On Saturday, it was my turn to celebrate. I turned...ahem...35 ...give or take 10 plus years! I headed to the city to meet John for lunch at the waterfront off Embarcadero Street. Friday turned out to be a stereotypical San Francisco day with fog and a constant drizzle of rain. I just loved it!
The TransAmerica Building rising into the gray skies.
For those of you who haven't been to the area, no trip is complete without a ride on BART - Bay Area Rapid Transit. That's how my husband gets to the city everyday for work - a 40 minute trip each way and $9 for the roundtrip. So I hopped on a train and met him at his office, and together we left to dine at Pier 7.
Looking out at the Bay from the restaurant windows was the Bay Bridge barely visible through the fog. This is the very same bridge that was closed recently for repairs after a piece of it fell off and crashed through the windshield of an unsuspecting commuter!
I ordered a crab salad sandwich with market fresh greens and John ordered a sole sandwich with crab mashed potatoes. My goodness were his potatoes delicious!
My birthday dessert was a sticky toffee bread pudding with house made vanilla bean ice cream...of course, I might as well have slapped it on my thighs! The sugar, butter and pure gooey-ness were so worthy of a birthday though!
The celebrating continued on Saturday when John and Trevor made me a wonderful pot roast dinner complete with candlelight and chocolate cake! It was a perfect fall meal with the crackling fireplace also setting the mood. I tried to milk another day of birthday celebrating out of them for today, but the Sunday routine quickly took over. Laundry, shopping and lots and lots of exercise to cancel all the extra birthday calories!
Throughout all the celebrating, we were keenly aware that our beloved Brianna was not with us. Happy events like these are bittersweet when you have lost someone so precious. Her birthday gift to me though was a wondrous dream last week of her coming back to us. I was overcome with joy as I hugged her and held her tight. And then I woke, tears still in my eyes. She was a beautiful vision.
Take time to celebrate with those you love, because each day is a gift.
I am an artist, mother and wife.
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