Frosta Frightcicle

Frosta Frightcicle has just finished decorating her tree for her favorite holiday, Valentine's Day. All her little Valentine ornaments are in place and now she just needs the finishing touch, a candy heart tree topper. The only problem is, Frosta is just a tad too short for the job so she's desperately hoping that the tree will bend just a tad farther so she can reach it.

Frosta was created using custom colored Polymer Clay. She's standing on a rusty christmas bell that has been secured to a hand painted wooden base. Her Christmas tree and Valentines have also been created using Polymer Clay, custom colored as well.

Frosta stands 12 inches tall by 7 inches wide.

She has been sealed with a satin sealer to protect the piece and keep the colors vibrant for years to come. The piece can be cleaned with a dry dusting cloth

Frosta was created by me, Kim Owens, in my smoke free studio in sunny California, and will come to you signed, dated and ready for display.

Frosty Frightcicle

Frosty Frightcicle has just finished decorating his tree for his favorite holiday, Halloween. All his little jack-o-lanterns are in place and now he just needs the finishing touch, a candy corn tree topper. The only problem is, Frosty is just a tad too short for the job so he's desperately hoping that the tree will bend just a tad farther so he can reach it.



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Whimsically~Funky Snowfolk

Lilly and her Lights

Lilly and her lights Ornie was created using a combination of Paper Clay and Polymer Clay and is chock full of detail. Her body is created using Paper clay, and handpainted with acrylic paint, while her head, hands and shoes were created using custom colored Polymer Clay. Once baked, the entire piece is antiqued to bring out all the detail. Lilly is then sealed with a durable satin finish to protect her and keep her colors bright for years to come. Lilly's got a poly-clay Christmas tree as well as rusty snowflakes dangling from her rusty wire banner . Hanging on her stand, Lilly can be a year round addition to your snowman collection and during the Christmas season, is light enough to hang on your tree.

Lilly is 10 inches long and 5 inches high. Her stand is 12 inches tall.
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Clem Cadiddleflake


Clem Cadiddleflake was created using a combination of Paper Clay and Polymer Clay and is chock full of detail. His body was created using Paper clay, while the rest of the details are done with polymer clay. He's got 3 poly-clay snowfriends wearing top hats as well as 3 snowflakes dangling from his rusty wire banner. Clem also has 3rusty snowflakes springing from his top hat.

Hanging on his stand, Clem can be a year round addition to your snowman collection and during the Christmas season, will be right at home among all your holiday decorations.

Clem Cadiddleflake is 12 inches long and 12 inches high from the top of his hat to the bottom of his dangling snowfriends. His stand is 13 inches tall.

Clem Cadiddleflake was created in my smoke free studio in Sunny California and will come to you signed and dated and ready for display.


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Rustyanne Snowflakersly



Rustyanne Snowflakersly is a new addition to the Wee Snow Ornies. She is much smaller than the regular Snowman Ornies but is still packed with details. She was created using a combination of Paper Clay and Polymer Clay. This combination makes for a lightweight, yet durable piece that will last for years to come.

Rustyanne's body was created using Paper Clay and then painted with acrylic paint, while her head, hat, hands and feet were created using custom colored Polymer Clay. Her dangling Christmas tree was created using polymer clay as well. Once baked and assembled, the enitre piece is antiqued to bring out all the detail and then coated with a satin sealer to protect the piece and preserve the colors. She can be cleaned with a dry dusting cloth.

Rustyanne measures 7 inches long by 4 inches and her tree is 3 inches tall. Her stand in 12 inches tall. Rustyanne on her stand will be right at home among your snowman collection and at Christmas is light enough to hang on your tree.


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A Snowy Lady

Fiona Flakersly

Fiona Flakersly was created using a combination of Polymer Clay and Paper Clay. This combination results in a very durable, yet lightweight piece that will last for years to come. Fiona's body and all the details on it were created with Paper Clay, and hand painted and detailed with acrylic paint. Her hand-sculpted head, hat, hands and shoes were created using Polymer Clay. She holds in her hand a bouquet of snowballs, in Polymer Clay and rusty snowflakes, held on rusty wire stems. She also has a tiny rusty bell hanging from her hat.
Fiona stands 12 inches tall by 5 inches wide and will make a wonderfully~whimsical addition to your snowman collection.



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Another Snowy Creation

Farley McTreetoter
Farley McTreetoter was created using a combination of Paper Clay and Polymer Clay. His body is made with Paper Clay while his head, hat, mittens, trees and shoes are made with Polymer Clay. This combination makes for a light weight, yet durable sculpture that will last for years to come. Farley's hat has been adorned with rusty snowflakes, rusty bells and rusty wire. And he carries my signature heart patch on his backside. Farley is so handsome, he can be displayed all winter long, and will make a wonderful whimsically~funky addition to your snowman collection.

Farley stands at 12 inches tall and 7 inches wide.



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A Wee New Creation

Wee Flakester
Wee Flakester is a newcomer to the Ornie Family. He's smaller than the Witch Ornies, but is packed with just as much detail. He's made with a combination of Paper Clay and Polymer Clay and is very durable for such a wee piece. His body is created using Paper clay, while the rest of the details are done with polymer clay. He's got 3 poly-clay snowballs as well as 3 snowflakes dangling from his rusty wire banner. His stand has also been adorned with 2 additonal snowflakes attached to rusty wire. Hanging on his stand, Wee Flakester can be a year round addition to your snowman collection and during the Christmas season, he is light enough to hang on your tree.
Wee Flakester is 5 inches long and 3 inches high. His stand is 12 inches tall.




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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Flakey
Flakey was created using a combinition of Paper Clay and Polymer Clay and is chock full of detail. His head, hat hands and feet are made with Polymer Clay while his body and scarf are made with Paper Clay. This combination makes for a light weight yet durable creation that will add a Whimsically~Funky Folk Art touch to your Christmas~Winter vignette.

Frosty stands 12 inches tall by 7 inches wide. He's holding a rusty wire that is strung with rusty snowflakes and Polymer Clay snowballs. I have also decorated his top hat with some rusty wire and some additonal rusty snowflakes. Frosty carries my signature patch heart on his rump.

Once baked, Flakey is then antiqued to bring out all the wonderful details. Then, sealed with a satin sealer to keep the paint and colors fresh for years to come.

Frosty was created by me, in my smoke free studio in Sunny California and will come to you signed, dated and ready for display.



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New For Christmas

Two new Ornies with matching stands.

Santa and his Trees



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Lola and her Lights



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Just in time for Halloween

Another new Witch Ornie, This is Gilda and her Jack'o'Lanterns. She's a new addition to the Whimsically~Funky Folk Art Witch Angels. Check her out on my website at
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Gilda

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New for Fall

Introducing 5 new Fall Pieces. The first 4 are from my newest line of Halloween Angel~Witch Ornies. Each ornie comes with its own custom created stand. These little witches are all made with lightweight Paper Clay with Polymer Clay details. Each piece is approximately 11 inches tall and 8 inches wide on their stands. Alone they are 8 inches long and 6 inches tall.
Each piece comes signed and dated and ready for display.


Cornelia With Battykins
She was featured on American Holiday Artist's Blog this week...Woo Hoo!







Cornelia comes with a rusty wire banner with little polymer clay candy corns dangling from it. Attached to a rusty wire leash and flying over her head is her very own pet bat.
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Batilda





Batilda comes with a rusty wire banner with 3 "vampire" bats dangling from it.
OooH Spooky!
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Hildie





Hildie comes with a rusty wire banner with three pumpkins dangling from it. Click on image for a larger view.





Millie





She comes with a "Boo" banner that is made with metalic blue wire.
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And the 5th piece is Jonny Pumpkinseed. He is my Jack-o-lantern Angel. He's got a spider dangling from his halo...Clearly he doesn't dust! And a darling ghost dangling from his rusty wire banner. He's also got hand painted candy corns all over his pumpkin body. He's been created using a combination of Paper Clay and Polymer Clay and he is also very lightwieght.
Jonny stands 14 inches tall and 6 inches wide, and comes signed, dated and ready for display.


Jonny Pumpkinseed





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Folk Art From The Heart has a new look!

I was visiting a shop in down town Walnut Creek with my husband one day, and the moment I walked in I was immediately happy. All the colors were so vivid and beautiful. And even though the items themselves weren't exactly my style, I knew I could adopt the painting technique and make it my own. So that's what I did. I started with Emily, the Celebrate Angel, and moved on from there. She looks so much better in her new clothing, now she really has something to Celebrate!

Check out my Etsy or my Website to see the rest of the changes!

Emily~ Celebrate Angel

Here's Emily~ I think she's going to be my favorite piece so far.


Her hair was so fun to do and I think it makes the whole piece come together. She stands 13 inches tall and is 7 inches wide. She was created using a combination of Paper Clay for her body and arms. And Polymer Clay for the rest of her. This combination allows me to create a much larger piece, that is lighweight and easier to ship. Not to mention less expensive, which always helps. Her wings are made with rusty metal. Her necklace, halo and banner are all made with rusty wire and accented with rusty bells. The whole piece has been hand painted using acrylic paint, antiqued and then sealed with a matte sealer, and lastly sealed again with a gel sealer that gives the piece a matte finish.

A Little Something..

Live, Love, Laugh Angel Trio. This is quite a large piece made with Mixed Media. The bodies of the Angels are Paper Clay, (which I am growing more fond of every day), while the heads, arms and feet are Polymer Clay. It measures 15 inches tall by 12 inches wide. Each Angel carries a banner made using rusty wire. And each banner has a small trinket attached to it. The Angels each wear a necklace of rusty wire and rusty bells, as well as halos using the same materials. The whole piece has been antiqued and sealed and will come signed and dated.

Happy Mother's Day!

Here's my legacy so far...(turn your speakers up)☼Ü☼

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Scaredy Cat

Here's Scardey Cat. She's surprised to find the mouse she's been chasing hiding in her Halloween pumpkin. Scardey cat stands 7 inches tall, by 7 inches deep, by 5 inches wide. And she's made entirely of Polymer Clay.

Here's the Completed Piece...

This is Mortin Mooselstein. He's my first attempt at using mixed media. His body is made with Paper Clay. I wasn't quite sure if I was going to like it or not because I like instant gratification, and you have to wait (patiently) for the Paper Clay to dry. And then I wasn't sure if I would be able to add the detail that I love so much. But as you can see, I was! And it painted up beautifully with acrylic paint. The result being that I was able to make a much larger piece than I would normally get to make because the Paper Clay is oh so light! The rest of Mortin is of course Polymer Clay, (I'm not going to go crazy with paper, at least not yet...).

A New WIP for David

David Everett of Chicken Lips Folk Art, you are soooo awesome at predicting what my next WIP is going to be that I thought I'd give you another one just for kicks! Any guesses?

Sarah The "Dream" Angel

Here is the finished piece. This is Sarah, she carries the "Dream" banner as a reminder that we all need to dream in order to acheive.

Here's a Work in Progress

Just to keep ya guessin'..Hee Hee

Amelia

Ah, my newest piece. This is Amelia, she carries the banner "Believe". Which I need because I need to believe the sun is gonna come out again. I'm one of those artists that needs the sun to function, so today I'm flying by the seat of my pants!

A new creation..

Here's Betsy. The Cow That Jumped over the Moon. I love the way she turned out.
You can read more about her on my website or Etsy.

More Names Coming In....

The Name That Piece Contest is off to a good start. Here's a list of the names that have been suggested so far:

Squishy
Marvin
Narahja Carlos
Siggy
Clem
Stanly
Sherman
Harvey
Ezra

Wow, this is gonna be harder than I thought!
Keep the names coming!

Another Beginning..

This is my newest work in progress. The Cow that Jumped Over the Moon! Stay tuned for more...

Here's Frosty!

This the newest addition to the Retired Helpers Line. This is Frosty and he's found the perfect way to retire. He's going to spend his days relaxing in a bucket of ice. Too Cool!