the amazing lora hart featured my ring in her eye candy this week!  thanks lora! 

Lora Hart - Weekend Eye Candy

A Momma Can't Help Herself

okay, another braggy momma moment....

bronwyn decided to do another dog portrait just for fun and practice...check out bella!

this is a smaller one (8x10) and had tough colors, but didn't she do an amazing job?

bella is my friend Michelle's dog.  be sure to check out her blog site at

Diary of a Late Bloomer.

have a great week!

dates for the 2013 sketchbook tour have been announced! who will join me in the exciting creative project?

http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject#page-information

Momma Moment

okay, bear with me for a proud-momma moment... these two paintings are of our dogs, done by our 12 year old daughter, bronwyn.  doesn't she rock?!

check it out!  i was featured as jewel of the day on the Into Temptation blog!

it's an older piece of mine, but it spawned so many new designs on this theme.

thank you so much for including me!

just listed a couple of sweet little rings on etsy!  they're both from my layered window series and use recycled gift cards.

Butterfly Ring

Sweet Bird Ring

check out this great article in the New York Times about the the Brooklyn Art Library and specifically the Sketchbook Project!

the sketchbook project 2012 keeps trucking around the country!  check out this post about the chicago show and be sure to check out dates when the show might be coming to your town!

Art House: Sketchbook Tour 2012

o is for...

v is for...

r is for...

artist bio

these are the last of them!  sorry if you didn't see 'your' letter :)  there's been talk of publishing larger versions of these into a children's book though and that of course would have every letter.  cheers!

h is for...

e is for...

i is for...

s is for...

g is for...

t is for...

another four pages...

b is for...

w is for...

p is for...

f is for...

i finally did it!  the sketchbook: limited edition is done!!!! serious happy dance going on here :)

the full book goes in the mail tomorrow.

front and back covers

title page

i didn't go in alphabetical order, since there weren't 26 pages anyway, but thought it was good form to as least start with 'a'.

second page is 'l'.

click on any of the images to see them larger.

i'll be posting 3-4 more pages each day so check back.

all together now....happy dance!!

Published!

i just published my first book on blurb.com! got a preview copy and they look great! all about the 52 rings i did in 2011 for the ring-a-week challenge.

RAW52: Ring-a-Week 2011 by Stacey Maddock | Make Your Own Book

Sketchbook #2 - Works-in-Progress (WIP)

i've been working on pages for the new sketchbook project and thought i'd post some WIP shots. they aren't great shots, just taken with my phone, but will get scanned later and before i color everything in. in no particular order, here is B, L, A, T and G.

the theme i chose was "How to Spell & Other Things to Learn"

Finally!

FINALLY! i finally finished all 52 rings for RAW 2011! sorry this took so long but i wanted to finish 3 or 4 things that all needed epoxy before i poured and that took longer than i hoped. but it's done! the distressed granulated rectangle was soldered to a post before pouring the epoxy with purple beads.

WIP-wall hanging

what i've been working on the last week or so. will be a wall hanging made entirely of recycled gift cards and jump rings! the colors are so wonderful, i keep making it bigger :) stay tuned for more work-in-progress shots.

Love

i swear i'm not lying! i have been in the studio and truly have numerous projects on the go. but they are all in a pathetic state of only partial completion, not even worthy of work-in-progress shots. so instead, here's what i worked on for valentine's day :)

to my wonderful husband and beautiful babies, happy valentine's day!

The Sketchbook Project - part 6

the last three pages!

england - 2009 and loire valley, france - 1996

northern ireland - 1998

and last but not least, new york city - 2008

(2008 was actually the second time, but oh well)

this was such a fun project! i can't wait to get started on the sketchbook project limited edition. that one is due at the end of april. it doesn't go on tour like this one, but will have an opening in new york city and be part of a book publication (which is why it's limited edition and a maximum of 5000 artists). and even more exciting? my 12 year old daughter, bronwyn, is going to do one too! stay tuned...

The Sketchbook Project - part 5

3 more pages...

cabo san lucas, mexico - 1998

galveston & surfside, texas - 1993

(our family rented a house with 2 other families here every summer for a week. the house we rented was destroyed in the last big hurricane)

hiroshima, japan - 2010

(1000 cranes are for luck and wishes coming true)