Owl Calendar and Gift Ideas

 

Today my Merry Owl Ornament is featured on the adorable blog, My Owl Barn.  Shivana puts together a stellar line up of artists who offer their images for a yearly calender.  You get to customize your calendar picking from 50 artist's owls. Unbelievable, it's totally free - so you should hop on over there and download your owl calendar right now.  Be sure to share the love and spread the word on Facebook and Pinterest.

Owl Gift Ideas from the Powers' Sisters:

I have to give a special shout out to my very talented sister, Gretchen Powers, who has her owl print included in the calendar.  I just love this painting, the sweater just makes me happy right down to my toes! Check out Gretchen's shop here: The Blooming Hare.

And to go along with the theme today, here are some Owl pieces from my jewelry collection. 
Humblebeads Jewelry.

Owl Beads & Charms

I'm never more creative when I have a deadline looming!  I don't know what it is, but I find all sorts of ways to procrastinate when I should be gettin' down to business.  I call it creation procrastination.  This morning, I was stuck with the sudden need to make owls.  Probably because everyone is buzzing out this contest.  And hey, who isn't up for new owls.  Whooo, I ask you, whoooo?  Okay, went overboard there.  

 These guys started out as sketchy little characters this morning. 

 I created these pieces in April 2011, and decided they would the inspiration for the new owls.

I pulled out some copper bezels I had stashed away and added my clay.  I then sketched out each little guy with my tools and popped them in the oven.  A little splash of paint and they were ready for adventures in the great big world. 

Yep, adventures indeed - they have already been flying out of my Etsy shop.  Back to the to-do list for me, now that I have those out of my system!