WHAT SHOULD I NAME HEEEM? 😍

Lil’ #Amigurumi birb made by Rebecca Walker Benjamin - (@slst4sanity on Instagram) and more of her items are available in my shop both in person and on my website www.comingupviolets.com
#Crochet #Handmade #bird

Now courtesy of my dad I have these little #Alabama-shaped wood magnets. Need to think of good ideas for what to paint on them. Anyone have any nifty suggestions or requests?

#Handmade #HandmadeMagnets #LocalArtist #HandpaintedMagnets #Handpainted

1.5 years ago I opened a shop, gallery & studio in my Red state that would celebrate, cater to and mainly offer the work of left-leaning LGBT+, disabled, POC, etc artists, slowly-less-quietly resisting while superficially being another cute tourist shop selling work by local artists.

I didn't expect to make big money, but hoped to do just enough better than breaking even to keep it from actually costing me $$ to support & promote marginalized artists & have my own lil studio. Helpfully,
1/3

The shop will be closed today because I can't see. 🙈
https://www.comingupviolets.com/single-post/closed-today-sunday-3-16

#MentoneAL #MentoneAlabama #Alabama #LookoutMountain

I was really just practicing my lines and crosshatching, but it’s almost as if I had something on my mind while doing so. You can see it get better from the top, to the right, to the left side. 😅

#2A #1A #FreedomOfSpeech #TheRightToPeaceablyAssemble #FirstAmendment #Freedom #Democracy #USConstitution

Work in progress. You can see my crosshatching get better as I go clockwise around the page 😅

Image is a white sketchbook page, with a big scroll drawn in black ink, and lots of crosshatching I did in brown in around it for practice. The page reads,
“THE FIRST AMENDMENT
IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE SECOND!
NO FASCIST USA.” And I have drawn the words “The First Amendment” in pseudo-calligraphy.
#NoFascistUSA #FirstAmendment #Freedom #Democracy

Because I NEED to replace my falling-apart car… I am feverishly adding more products.

https://ko-fi.com/s/5b69387fbb

*please note that shipping on this one will be delayed because it still needs to come from the printers.

#Handmade #Handpainted #Watercolor #Postcard #Sunset #SandMountain #MentoneAL #Art

Shop hours this weekend:
Today (Friday) whenever I get there (currently waiting for my son to take his driving test) until 4,
Saturday: 10-4,
Sunday: 11-3
We are located at 5866 E. River Rd, #MentoneAlabama, behind the Moon Lake Library. Most items are also available on the website, and more and more items are going up on my Ko-Fi:
ko-fi.com/s/72587fa789

#ShopLocal #LookoutMountain #Handmade #HandmadeGifts #LocalArtists