Full Snow Moon – Snow Dragon coloring page
Posted by: Lyon
February 25th, 2013 >> Coloring Pages, Illustration
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Happy Valentine’s Day – Kitten coloring page
Posted by: Lyon
February 11th, 2013 >> Coloring Pages, Illustration
This month is just flying by. I can hardly believe we’re already heading into the second half of it. I hope you have someone special to color this page for. I’m sending a card to my daughter who is away at her first year of college. I used to sneak a valentine card into her lunch when she was in grade school.
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Fairy welcomes the first flowers – weekly coloring page
Posted by: Lyon
February 4th, 2013 >> Coloring Pages, Illustration
The flowers shall soon peek their heads and blossoms out from under the snow cover. Here is a fairy sniffing a crocus for you to color this week.
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Happy Imbolc and a Goddess coloring page for spring.
Posted by: Lyon
January 28th, 2013 >> Coloring Pages
It’s been a rough day.
I had my semi-annual dental cleaning today. This is usually not a big deal, I have clean teeth and rarely run into issues that need further care.
Such was not the case today. While cleaning my back molar, the hygienist managed to scrap a chip of bone off. She said it would need to have a filling. Needless to say, I am not amused.
I could have stayed and waited for the dentist to get to me, but my regular dentist was out today due to a family emergency and the other guy was doing double duty. I was cranky and hungry and decided not to wait around until he could eventually get to me. I have never seen him in the 9 years of going to this office. I opted to wait till tomorrow when (hopefully) my regular guy returns.
Meanwhile I am eating soft food and popping Advil. So not what I had planned for this week.
This week’s coloring page is the Goddess, Brigit, in her guise of fertility and childbirth. May the coming spring bring you all many blessings and sweet smelling spring flowers to come.
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I send out coloring pages to let people know about me, my art and my children’s books. Click on the cover below to find out about this delightful fairy story book. (The publisher is running a 60% off sale for this book now.)
Who’s hiding in corners and watching in the dark? A trap is set and our hero receives a big surprise when the watchers are finally captured.
Something is watching Thomas as he’s sleeping. He decides that he will discover who is frightening him and hatches a plan to catch them in a trap. The story goes from spooky to secure when Thomas discovers who he has captured.
A bouncing bedtime tale your kids are sure to request again and again even after they know the secret.
Help support my efforts by spreading the word or buying any of my books. Please stop by any of my social networking sites to leave me a message (here is good too!) and let me know how you like the coloring pages. Remember, I provide these pages free of charge for your own personal use. Do not reproduce them or use them for any other purpose without my written permission.
I can’t believe it’s the middle of January already. I’m still working on organizing my plan for 2013. I know, I should have had that done in December, but I’m further along for 2013 than I got for 2012. One of the things on my list is deciding what coloring pages to do through the year so I’m not scrambling to do the monthly moon art or staring off into space because I can’t think of anything topical. You can help by sending me your suggestions. I only ask that you make sure I haven’t already done one like what you have in mind. I try hard not to repeat images from year to year. That’s one reason why it gets tougher each year to know what to new things to draw.
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I love to hear from you. Emails, comments and your colored pages make my day. Email your colored image (less than 1mb) to coloringpage (at) handcraftedpagan (dot) com and I’ll post it to my blog!
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I send out coloring pages to let people know about me, my art and my children’s books. Click on the cover below to find out about this delightful fairy story book. (The publisher is running a 60% off sale for this book now.)
Who’s hiding in corners and watching in the dark? A trap is set and our hero receives a big surprise when the watchers are finally captured.
Something is watching Thomas as he’s sleeping. He decides that he will discover who is frightening him and hatches a plan to catch them in a trap. The story goes from spooky to secure when Thomas discovers who he has captured.
A bouncing bedtime tale your kids are sure to request again and again even after they know the secret.
Help support my efforts by spreading the word or buying any of my books. Please stop by any of my social networking sites to leave me a message (here is good too!) and let me know how you like the coloring pages. Remember, I provide these pages free of charge for your own personal use. Do not reproduce them or use them for any other purpose without my written permission.
I know it’s been a while since you’ve seen me. I’ve had so much going on behind the scenes that something had to give. (I hope I can share some good news soon.) But I missed you guys and the fun I have coming up with my weekly creatures, so I made a New Year’s resolution to start my coloring pages up again. Did you miss me? I hope so or this is all for nothing! Have any of you made New Year’s resolutions? What are they? This week for your coloring fun is a lion fairy creature. Enjoy!
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I love to hear from you. Emails, comments and your colored pages make my day. Email your colored image (less than 1mb) to coloringpage (at) handcraftedpagan (dot) com and I’ll post it to my blog!
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Do you have a special request for a coloring page? Let me know either via an email or through one of my social networking sites. I’m on Twitter and Facebook. Let me know that you found me here in a message so I know why you’re following me.
I send out coloring pages to let people know about me, my art and my children’s books. Click on the cover below to find out about this delightful fairy story book. (The publisher is running a 60% off sale for this book now.)
Who’s hiding in corners and watching in the dark? A trap is set and our hero receives a big surprise when the watchers are finally captured.
Something is watching Thomas as he’s sleeping. He decides that he will discover who is frightening him and hatches a plan to catch them in a trap. The story goes from spooky to secure when Thomas discovers who he has captured.
A bouncing bedtime tale your kids are sure to request again and again even after they know the secret.
Help support my efforts by spreading the word or buying any of my books. Please stop by any of my social networking sites to leave me a message (here is good too!) and let me know how you like the coloring pages. Remember, I provide these pages free of charge for your own personal use. Do not reproduce them or use them for any other purpose without my written permission.
It’s been a very long while since I submitted any art to Illustration Friday.
When I saw this week’s topic, I just knew I had the perfect piece for it.
This image comes from my first book “An Ordinary Girl, A Magical Child.” I am amazed on how much my art has matured in the last decade. This piece was done almost ten years ago!
Titanic Sewing Project – Dress 4016 Project Check In
Posted by: Lyon
September 1st, 2012 >> Dress E4016, http://vpll1912project.org/
Pattern Review Checklist:
- Pattern Description: Ladies Dress – #4016. This dress features welt trim and a cutwork collar. It is without instructions.
- Pattern Sizing: The pattern was sized for a slim miss 8. When I started this garment I was in a 14, but have since lost some weight to fit into a 12.
- Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing it? Due to the massive alterations to the pattern, the final garment is different although of a similar silhouette.
- Were the instructions easy to follow? No instructions, minimal markings on pattern, and many pieces of the pattern had to be created by the seamstress during construction.
- What did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern? Although the placement for the welt trim was clearly marked, I would have liked to have similar markings for the center back, front and shoulders on the bodice piece. There was a marking for the natural waistline. Thank goodness.
- Fabric Used: I used a very flimsy synthetic which was see-thru and required a lining. I used a solid lining material in a matching cream to the background of the see-thru fabric.
- Pattern alterations or any design changes you made: About the only thing I didn’t change was the upper skirt. Alterations were made to adjust for size on all pieces. A princess seam was added to the front of the bodice to give the dress a more flowing fit. The empire waist was changed to a dropped waist with a pointed front. I didn’t place on the welt trim. The sleeve cuff was transposed to a flutter detail. All decorative buttons were replaced on the front placket. Left side opens and right side is merely decorative to match. Bottom border trim was not used. A sleeveless full lining completed the changes.
- Would you recommend this pattern to others? This pattern has a lot of advanced details, but could be done by a moderately experienced seamstress in a stiffer fabric. Utilizing a delicate fabric like I did would require someone with advanced sewing skills. The styling is unusual enough that most sewers would not have encountered similar before and the novelty makes it fun.
- Conclusion: This pattern is best suited to a woman with smaller hips and breasts, the silhouette is very straight and doesn’t accommodate curvy shapes easily. I got a great many compliments when I wore the piece to a wedding.
VPLL Checklist
- Pattern Name: Ladies Dress #4016
- Sewer’s Skill Level: Advance
- Pattern Rating: 3 – Good/Average Because this pattern comes without instructions, closing treatments were left up to the seamstress. This is usually one place where period details are lacking when researching. This is the one area where I had the most difficulty and ended up deviating from the era quite a bit.
- What skill level would someone need to sew this pattern and why? Advanced level because of the lack of instructions and minimal markings on the pattern pieces.
- Were the instructions easy to follow? If not, what needs to be changed? No instructions.
- How was the fit/sizing? Did it correspond to what you thought? The sizing and fit was very slim. I had to revise my up-sizing a second time to accommodate a very slim hip area (I am very curvy), even though I was aware of the issue from other participants’ blogs.
- Did you make any pattern alterations? If so, what alterations did you make? Where they fit or design alterations? The only pattern piece that I didn’t change was the front placket. Every other piece had both fit and design alterations.
