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Arty Bluejay

Arty Bluejay

Mel Cole ― http://artybluejay.blogspot.com

It's all about arty and crafty stuff, DIYs and our collecting hobby. We use colored pencils, watercolor, pastel, image editing stuff, photography, and other artistic ideas and creations. We collect stamps, coins and other vintage stuff.

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Listed: Mar 27, 2011

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A Lion Hiding - First Draft

A Lion Hiding - First Draft

Arty Bluejay ― Here is another version of the Lion Hiding picture. It was only a starting sketch, but my friends liked it so much that they said I should keep it as it is. It is a faint drawing, so it had to be enhanced quite a bit. ∙ I decided that...

Tags: Beasties, Anthropomorphism, Ed Cole's Drawings, Drawings, Animals

Mel Cole ― 31 weeks ago

A Lion Hiding

Arty Bluejay ― This picture is a part of my "anthropomorphism game." I have a list of animals and a list of situations, and I randomly take one from each list and draw the result. ∙ Aside from having a little fun with my drawing, this game also spurs ...

Mel Cole ― 32 weeks ago

Postcard from Philippines #1

Postcard from Philippines #1

Arty Bluejay ― I remember when I was in elementary, we have a project to buy postcards that feature famous World wonders in Philippines. One of them is the Banaue Rice Terraces or in tagalog "Hagdan-hagdang palayan nang Banaue". It's a man made terraces of rice...

Tags: Postcards, Postcard Collecting, Banaue Rice Terraces Postcard

Mel Cole ― 5 Sep, 11

New Update, Ed's zazzle store and Mel's new hobby

Arty Bluejay ― The feeling of Fall season will start any time soon, so my husband I are planning to do more art stuff indoors. We are productive in this hobby during cold seasons. We enjoy more family bonding outside during Spring and Summer. So yeah, it has been ...

Tags: Postcards, Postcard Enthusiast, Zazzle, World In Postcards, Announcement, Postcrossing

Mel Cole ― 5 Sep, 11

A New Drawing

Arty Bluejay ― I just completed a drawing I was making as a logo for my Zazzle Store. ∙ I had been experimenting with the Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet that I bought when I sold my old (trustworthy and tireless, *sigh*) Toyota Corolla. I was interested in ...

Tags: Art, The GIMP, Computer Medium, Zazzle, Drawing

Mel Cole ― 27 May, 11

Favor my dear friends and readers

Arty Bluejay ― I need more votes! If you happen to read this post today May 8th 2011, Happy Mothers day! Also, could you help me by voting in these following contest I joined lately? ∙ Please vote for me before this contest ends in 24 hours, May ...

Tags: Contest

Mel Cole ― 9 May, 11

Working on new Ukrainian easter eggs - - - part 2

Arty Bluejay ― I have been slow in my art stuff lately. I have been busy offline and online doing and accomplish tasks. Boy, I want to stay focus in this precious hobby of mine. Anyhow, I was able to finish the dyeing of colors in this one goose egg. I like the...

Tags: Batik Eggs, Ukrainian Easter Egg, Pysanky, Ukra, Hand Painted Eggs

Mel Cole ― 3 Apr, 11

Working on new Ukrainian Easter Eggs

Arty Bluejay ― Hi guys! It has been a long time I have not updated this blog. It is because I have no art projects a few months ago and now, I am starting to make a batch of Ukrainian Easter eggs. I love making them. Last year, I was using chicken eggs, but this...

Tags: Batik Eggs, Ukrainian Easter Egg

Mel Cole ― 30 Mar, 11

Pregnancy Timeline at Wizard Clocks

Arty Bluejay ― I have uploaded my pregnancy time line so that you can add it to your web pages. ∙ I am still struggling to make Javascript work inside of Blogspot, so I can't show a working version here, but you can download the Sample page here. When ...

Tags: Pregnancy Art, Computer Medium, Clocks, Biplanes, Animation

Mel Cole ― 8 Jan, 11

Stork Patrol

Arty Bluejay ― Art can make the events of life more meaningful. As an example, here's a drawing I did to celebrate the coming of my second child. ∙ This unique image will make our pregnancy announcements more meaningful. (The due date is visible in the...

Tags: Art, Colored Pencil Medium, Biplanes, Ed Cole's Drawings, Ed Cole

Mel Cole ― 24 Dec, 10

Sterling Silver jewelry project #2

Arty Bluejay ― I have had this project for a while and tried to sell it in Etsy but it did not last long time there for I was not able to popularize this project in my blogs before. I was just in the mood of making jewelry projects out from precious pieces. I ...

Tags: .925 Sterling Silver Earrings, Mel Cole's Jewelry Art Stuff, Sterling Silver Necklace

Mel Cole ― 14 Dec, 10

My Stamp collection --- part 2

Arty Bluejay ― What I have here is a one cent Franklin stamp dated in 1908-09, Scott # 331. It is in used condition. It can be sold as $0.25. But if you are lucky to have a mint condition, the price ranges from $12-45.00 each. Well, I just kept mine as one of my...

Tags: Stamp Collecting

Mel Cole ― 1 Dec, 10

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