Fun at The Dreamers Market

Hey now...so where have you been, you asked?

Well, I've been to the Dreamers Market last weekend March 16 and I had fun and enjoyed talking to people about my handmade stuff!

They touched them, feel them, took photos of them and bought them! People asked me how can I have so much time to create them all? My answer was "you just have to give time", that's all!

My Raggedy Annies were a showstopper! Sweet little Lucy  (at the front) went to her new home...

...here she is being checked out by her new Mom!...it makes me smile seeing how she made them smile!...can't let go of her, they just have to take her home!

My Pin Cushion jars were bestsellers too!...oh my!...you just gotta have them!

Did you missed the market?...you should have been there...there were lots of OOAK handmade stuff from well-chosen "Dreamers"!...they've been juried you know!
Oh well...there's always a next time...the next Dreamers Market is on Sunday, May 5th, a week before Mother's Day weekend! Promise you will not miss it this time...I'll be there!    

See you soon...love,
~M xo

Be my Valentine...

...still in prismacolor pencils...this time I love how her eyes turned out!
Hope you like it...

Till later..
~M  xx

No one can break my heart...

...because I love myself more than anyone else can....it's an art.

~M xox

The Art of Annie Heart...

Sketch, drawn in pencils, shaded, colored all in 8 hours!

 "Gaze"

 "Sweet Annie" 

 "Flower Child ~Tattoo"

 "Beauty Within"

"Swirl Sisters ~ Lollipops"

Hope you enjoyed them!

Best,

~M xx

Time...Love...Art & Blythe

Well...I've always love Blythe and I've always love drawing and painting. These past years my paints and brushes were all set aside to give more time for my sewing but out of the blue, I just thought I'd start drawing again! 
It made me forget time, time that I've always been counting on since my son went off to college in New York! Now it's only 4 weeks away till he comes home for Christmas!

Here's a glimpse of my art, my theme for now is of course...Blythe!

Before

After

                                                      

Unfinished 'coz I have no patience for now!

...but you can't rush art!

Hope I've inspired you today, there's really nothing more to it except for love and time...you can be self-taught like me!
...till later!

Best of my love always,
~M xox

Sweet little PinCushion...for someone who's got everything!

Today is my sister's birthday...so what can you give someone who has everything?
I went through all my clutter, and I found my jar collection!
I've always loved jars, jelly jars most especially, and I've got lots of them from my soy candle-pouring days!
And that was nearly 12 years ago! Gosh! How time flies!
Anyways, I tried to sell these jars but no one showed interest so I took it off Ebay and just as well, 'coz now I just had an idea! I came across Pinterest with all these masons and jelly jars made into pin cushions, and I thought maybe I can create them too!

And I thought it was easy! It's such a challenge if you want your creation to be perfect and it took me a day to perfect this little jelly jar!

And the funny thing was if I wasn't in a hurry to show this off, I'll never stop with the embellishments on top! I can see it looks like ice cream and very sweet with that felt heart and swarovski crystal, the GallerieMarie trademark! :-)
So here you go my sister, this is for you...hope you have a happy birthday!

Love,
~M

American Retro ~ Little Retro Dress

When I saw this fabric, I fell in love, I just gotta have it, American Retro c.1945!

...and I just love how they turned out into this little retro dress! This one's sold last Christmas!

...and my latest one from the same beautiful fabric, a little dot dress! For some sweetness, I added flower patches and a fabric flower!

Who can be that lucky girl? This is size 2.

Don't you just love it?

Now back to sewing more little numbers!

Best,

~M xo

Not Quite a Lunch Bag!

Phew!...a world record for me!

From making the pattern, cutting the fabric to sewing and finishing touches, all done in 4 hours!

This was meant to be a Lunch Bag, the inside lining is a laminated fabric in case of spills, but knowing me, when I start a project I can't stop adding little things, so I don't think it looks like a Lunch Bag after all!



I love adding heart patches in my projects, so I did that in this bag too. And like all my trademarks, I embellished the heart with swarovski crystals and a tiny heart hanging on a string.



And see that fabric covered journal peeking out? That comes with the bag too!
This makes me laugh 'coz is this what you call a Lunch Bag? My sister says it's so special for a Lunch Bag!



But of course this is made for one special person!
Talk to you again soon...
Best,

~M xo