Colorful Montage - Environment, Passion, Evolution

 

 

 The third drawing for Q-Haute was a montage of sketches and shapes that capture the essence of the establishment. 

- Environment - Passion - Evolution - Wine - Health - 

It was great to try the colors on the chalk wall. This drawing challenged us in reaching new heights (really I cannot reach the very top) and filled up the chalk wall the most of all the drawings to date.

October 6th, 2012

Dahlya and Pablo, Caricature Chalk Drawing

  

The two photos above taken with my iPhone of the work in progress

Recently I had the pleasure to work with Dahlya and Pablo, a stylish and modern couple who were looking for an artist to create a Caricature Chalk Mural for their Wedding Reception at Q-Haute Cuisine. Credit to my friend Luba, of Sketch, Calgary Art Supplies and Art Framing, for the referral! 

Their wedding was on Saturday, August 11th, 2012.  At our first meeting, we met at the restaurant and it was my first time seeing the space we were working with. I got to see photos of their invitations and learned about them and their wedding plans! I snapped a few photos of the couple, and worked from those as reference for their faces. After our consultation, we corresponded via email on sketches to get to the final product.

White Dress Photography did an amazing job capturing their big day. View the gallery HERE.  A truly beautiful, intimate and classic wedding. 

 

Photo credit for the above image: White Dress Photography

 

Photo of my Car with the Extension Ladder in it... This is how we drive to Q-Haute! Go Red Rocket!! 

Q Haute Stampede Chalk Drawing

Hello Friends! Sorry I have not posted much recently, I have been living life! Truly!

This past spring the boyfriend and I both got bicycles! Love going through Fish Creek Park. So much wildlife out there, and it's really peaceful and great exercise. My favourite part of Fish Creek is the wildlife. From interesting birds, to the beaver dam that we discovered, counting three beavers swimming, chewing or just chillin' by the still body of water. Also plenty of deer, duck, and on occasion even skunk, partridge other unknown creatures.

But also this summer, I got my motorcycle license and bought a Kawasaki Ninja 250R whoo!! So spending most of my free time on two wheels, while working full-time at the Motorcycle shop and working on Jewelry in my barely there free time. Really there is none, because I'm eating or sleeping in between all these activities. Trying of focus on taking care of myself, an overall sense of health and wellness are my goals.

So with this post, I wanted to show off the Chalk drawing Kyle and I did at Q Haute Cuisine back in June, with a Stampede theme. For those who aren't from Calgary, The Calgary Stampede is a week long Western festival that takes over the city!  Suddenly everyone wears a cowboy hat, and tourists think we are all cow-folk who drink and party a lot. :p 2012 is extra special for the Stampede, as it's celebrating it's centennial year, one hundred years Stampeding!

Q Haute Cuisine is a Contemporary French Fine Dining Restaurant here in Calgary, located right next to the new Calgary Peace Bridge. Their address is: 100 La Caille place S.W Calgary, Alberta.

Sterling Leaf Earring Giveaway!

I've been so fortunate in this life, to find a creative way to share myself with so many people for so many years. Feeling extra thankful today after hitting a personal milestone. In celebration I would love to do a giveaway draw!

Win a pair of my handcrafted
Sterling Silver Leaf Earrings!
How to enter... Up to 3 entries a person!

1. Post a comment on this blog post mentioning your favourite item in my store (www.rozzie.etsy.com)
2. Share this blog post on your Facebook!
3. Share this post on your Twitter!

• Enter by leaving a comment on this blog post & mention if you have done steps 2 and or 3.
• Please include your email address so I can contact you.
• Giveaway ends in 1 week on April 11th 10:00 pm MST
• As an alternate prize, the Winner can choose to have a custom set of 4 wine charms instead if they like.

Thank you for your continued support and good luck!

Modern Wedding Blog Featured my Custon Name Wine Charms!

Exciting! I recently randomly found myself featured on the Modern Wedding Blog, The blog for Modern Wedding Magazine. The blog post was from back in November! I did get busier in November, but I thought it was likely because Christmas was approaching. Perhaps it was thanks to this recognition. Thank you Modern Wedding!

Custom Wine Charms, Personalized Wine Tags

I received a few professional photos from a wedding that had my wine charms! They look nice layered. Special Thank you to Melissa Levey.
Photo Credit: ©SuthiPicotte www.picottephotography.com

View all the listings of Custom Wine Charm in my Rozzie Etsy store: here
The word/name/number possibilities are endless! The most unique words I have made recently: Juice?, TreatYoSelf, Babe, Mine, CuteCharm

Pink Meow!

This is probably my proudest 50% off Post Christmas Sale purchase. From Walmart too! Boyfriend said I could put it up for Valentines day!

Really tacky or really cool??? I'm still not sure. I wasn't very fun to assemble though, each section was apart and glitter everywhere. Here's what she looked like pre-rozzie lovin'.....


However now comes the best part... figuring out where in the basement to store this thing.

Loved our Valentines dinner... Chinese take out for two. :)

Tree Pendant Necklace

Tree Pendant Necklace, Sterling Silver, Swarovski Crystal, Pearl (32" length chain)

One of my friends requested a necklace like this, and I presented it to her on Christmas! She loved it and I hope you guys do too. It's the first time trying this style of design. I am really happy with how it turned out, but I am not sure at this time if I will add it to my Etsy Store as a regular item. What do you think? It was a lot of intricate work, and cost quite a bit for the high quality material (sterling silver).

Glimpse of Christmas

Glimpse of Christmas at the Boyfriends house. All his family's presents, they really, really enjoy gifting a lot to each other. Most of the big boxes were for his Dad actually. T

Had a nice cozy Christmas dinner with my Mom and Brother
:) Mom's so cute.

Merry Christmas!

Candy Cane Rice Crispy Squares I made last night :)

I hope all my friends and supporters have a Wonderful and Merry Christmas!

Here in Calgary it's 5 degrees celcius outside! I want to wash my car! I had zero days off from work leading up to Christmas, Working Tuesday through Friday (9-6) and Saturday, Christmas eve (9-4). I really wished to have some time off to do errands, shop and prepare for Christmas, so it's been stressful trying to get all the orders completed as well as do my own personal things! Lots of friends to see as well. Life is good, and it's the most festive Christmas I've had in years. Kyle's place is looking so nice, we put up our own lights, a tree and the presents underneath are taking over the living room!

Doctor Who Jewelry, Timey Wimey

A special order for a friend. Doctor Who Themed Matching pair of necklaces for herself and the other as a gift. All Sterling silver.



Edit: She gave the gift to her friend and she loved it!!

Artist at Work

Hey! I feel a bit drowned under my desk these days. A lot of late nights and projects on the go. Thank you all for the support and love towards what I do! Etsy is busy and so is the day job. I can't wait for the Christmas break (Dec 25- New year) where I can re-energize and more importantly RELAX.

Halloween Round-up: Duffgirl, Zombie Vomit and Mario

Duff Girl!!! Oooooh Yeah!

Hope you all had a great Halloween! It has become one of my most anticipated non-stat holiday of the year, mostly credited to my friend Wayne's annual house parties! This year his party was on Oct. 29th, the Saturday before Halloween day. Nice friends and lovely desserts that Wayne always makes, I am inspired to bring a Halloween themed treat to share at the party as well! Enter: Zombie Vomit, recipe courtesy of DearAnge.

Zombie Vomit: If you want to do the two tone, two flavour that I did, the day before make grape jello. Add chopped grapes if you like. For zombie vomit green portion: get lime jello, mix with the boiling water, while hot, whisk in some sour cream to create the opaque green color!!! Add chopped maraschino cherries, crushed pineapple from a can (strain out the liquid first) and any other fruits to your liking, (just do not use fresh pineapple, as the jello will not set). Add slightly less amount of the cold water (with jello you use even parts hot and then cold water usually), to make it a bit thicker than regular jello. Ange created hers with a jelly mold. I love this recipe and it was easy to eat for guests in the portioned clear cups! Tasted really good too.

For my costume, I was Duffgirl, a take off of Duffman from the Simpsons! I personally hate beer but I really like the character. I put together the costume from: Value Village for the top, new leggings and cape also from VV, the red hat from Lids in Chinook Center, the belt was used from Divine off 17th ave, the socks from Sears kids section. The large white duff labels I made on the computer and printed onto sticker paper. The can labels I printed onto regular paper and made sleeves to slip onto the cans. My boyfriend helped me rivet the cans onto the belt. He also had the sunglasses, a promotional item from his work - Perfect! I actually ordered tall white sneaker boots from ebay, but they haven't arrived yet :(.

This year's pumpkin... I purchased the pumpkin 3 weeks before halloween! I wanted a really big, "perfectly" shaped one! haha I went a bit more ambitious than I have in previous years, and decided either to do a Calgary Flames themed pumpkin or a Mario one. I found the image of Mario online, Couldn't find a free templates available, but found someone else who did this same face before, and found a graphic of the original face, and printed the original cartoon onto paper. This image was large enough that it used 1 and a quarter sheets of paper (wide). I used sticker paper for the larger portion too, it helps when outlining your design. My friend had this pumpkin carving tool kit and it was amazing to use! Particularly the rolling tiny teeth tool was really useful in outlining the design, and the two saws for cutting the detailed areas. It was my first time not using a kitchen paring knife to cut a pumpkin. I do confess to using the paring knife a couple times for some of the straight, bigger lines, as it cuts really smooth lines and quickly too.

On the actual day of Halloween, it was also my German friend's last night here in Calgary, she made her home made Spaetzle German noodles with lentils and European Sausage. It was so good, and very special as it is something that I'll probably never know how to make myself :p. We also gave out candy, over 60 kids stopped by my boyfriend's house!

One of the best Halloween's I've ever had!! :)

Group shot from the Saturday party. Other costumes included: The power rangers, jesus, red angry bird, two bat girls, one bat man, cleopatra, 8-bit mario and yoshi, alice in wonderland, ninja turtle noses, she-devil, inconspicuous man, zombie and more.

Maddy's Wedding Headband

My dear friend Maddy requested me to make this for her! How gorgeous did she look at her Mexico destination wedding? So fabulous and romantic. I was so happy that she loves her the custom made accessory, and that it was a part of her special day. The headband was made of Swarovski crystals, pearls and various pretty silver metal beads. She told me she's putting her wedding accessories into a memory box that is displayed on the wall. Thanks again Maddy!

100 Handmade Wire Words

Recently received a really great challenge. An order for 100 Custom Name Wine Charms. Prior to, the most I have made for one order was 17.

100? No problem I thought, but it did take longer than predicted. I missed Stampede festivities (annual week long western themed festival celebration here in Calgary) but it was worth it! This order was from Molly and Neil of California, USA. They are getting married, and their wedding, appropriately so, will be held at a Winery. Molly told me that she plans on having each charm attached to individual seating cards, set up at the welcome table.

The items are shipping out today! So excited for her to see them. Check out some photos of the work in progress. The charms are 'handwritten' soley by hand. No template, simply writing the letters one by one with the wire and a pair of round nose pliers and regular small pliers. They are dainty and lightweight, and do get tangled easily if they are all thrown together carelessly. I was able to ship the work to her on three sheets of paper, as seen in the second last photo. The names of her guests were printed out and labeled on the left side as well, so it will be easy for her to find each of the names.

Edit: August 19th. Post wedding, I heard back from Molly and she said they were a huge hit! Everyone really liked this creative wedding favor that they could take home. Molly then requested 5 more charms, repeats of a couple of her guests because they forgot to take theirs home, and still wanted a little memento from her wedding celebration. What a pleasure it has been to take on a project like this and to work with Molly (a delight!).

View more photos and quantities of the Custom Name Wine Charms in the Rozzie Jewelry store. Like the Words only?

Love, Me.

Kyle's beautiful backyard, trees in full spring blossom.

To be truly happy, is to be satisfied with what one has.

Not what one does not have.

One needs to have goals and aspirations, but the best things in life are within us.

It's a state of mind.

The grass is greener when you water it.

xo Roz