UPDATE:  THIS KIT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE DAISIE COMPANY STORE.  THE IMAGES ARE CLICKABLE LINKS TO THE STORE IF YOU WISH TO GO SEE THEM.  Here are a couple new views on the kit I’ll be releasing this week called "Purple Pleasures.  It was created for the people who have told me that purple is their FAVORITE color (which are quite a few of you!)

Often when painting in watercolors it can be difficult to capture the deep velvety hues of purple pansies, but I think that these really pop. 

As you saw in the post before this one, this kit can work beautifully for weddings, bridal showers, greeting cards, and other Spring or Summer crafts.

There are some very intricate borders included in this kit .

Featuring pink roses and hydrangea as well as purple pansies, the first border will coordinate with a wide range of colors and projects.  Also there is a fun spring gardeningborder with green checks that coordinates well with the text art piece.  Great for making a greeting card or?

I’ve been asked what I’m working on lately, so I’ll update you on a couple of things.  I am completeing my manuscript for my Mother’s Day book that I will be turning in to my publisher this week.  The coordinating art is from one of my personal favorite collections and it will be bright, cheerful and fun for spring.  When we get closer to the publication date, I’ll let you know its title and subject.  I’ll carry copies here so you will be able to order it directly from me or find it in most Christian Bookstores.  In the meantime, please pray for me to communicate everything the Lord desires within its pages.

For those of you aware of my Target presentation project, the "powers-that-be-at-Target" totally changed their direction after they had given it out and refined it all the way up through their second round of submissions.  That’s just the way these things go, which is why you don’t get too excited until the product is actually in the store… licensing is definitely not for sissies!!  However, I have several new collections that I wouldn’t have had without working on their project and several manufacturers to show them to, so perhaps they’ll see the light of day after all. 

What ever you work on, if you work on it "as unto the Lord," for His pleasure and purpose and not to please man, you will find greater joy in it.  When I work on my art, I think of it as "Refrigerator Art" for my heavenly Father’s refrigerator.  I’m just His little kid and I love bringing Him pleasure.  When I work for Him, I never lose!  Here’s a post that explains this principle more fully http://www.daisiecompany.com/blogs/audreyjeanne/?p=17.  Life is less disappointing when I remember that my Heavenly Father is in control and can be trusted fully!  Have a great day doing whatever your hands find to do as unto the Lord.

THE PROVERB OF THE DAY:  Proverbs 11:1-4  "God hates cheating in the marketplace; he loves it when business is aboveboard.  The stuck-up fall flat on their faces, but down-to-earth people stand firm.  The integrity of the honest keeps them on track; the deviousness of crooks brings them to ruin.  A thick bankroll is no help when life falls apart, but a principled life can stand up to the worst."  The Message Bible

Audrey Jeanne Roberts

UPDATE:  THIS KIT IS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE DAISIE COMPANY.  THE PICTURE IS A CLICKABLE LINK TO THE KIT.  I have just finished uploading my next two kits to DAISIE COMPANY and they will be out soon.  This set of quick scrapbook pages that are premade for you to just drop your photographs behind, size and print will be the prize for one lucky winner.  We’ll draw the winner on the 16th so post your comments between the 1st and the 15th.

I’ve shown it used as a Bridal Shower invitation to give you an idea of what other things you can do with a kit like this besides straight scrapbooking.  If you made this a folding card, you could do the invitation in layers.  You would need to buy the "Purple Pleasures 1" art kit to create your interior and have the opening cut out to reveal it.  Then you could make the tag and one pansy dimensonal.  Think how special that would be!

Well… the next thing I have to attend to is "Christmas in July" which will be a special event at DAISIE COMPANY starting July 14th or 15th (I can’t remember for sure, so please don’t quote me!!!!)

THE PROVERB OF THE DAY:  Proverbs 9:10-12 "Skilled living gets its start in the Fear-of-God, insight into life from knowing a Holy God.  It’s through me, Lady Wisdom, that your life deepens, and the years of your life ripen.  Live wisely and wisdom will permeate your life, mock life and life will mock you."  The Message Bible

Audrey Jeanne Roberts

UPDATE:  THIS KIT IS NOW IN THE DAISIE COMPANY STORE, JUST CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO GO THERE.  One of the strange things that happens when you have almost 700 GB of art is that you find things you forgot you even had!  I was burning a hard drive copy for my Cottage Collections this week and stumbled on a kit that I started assembling in February or March and totally forgot about .  Some the dear purple loving ladies that read my blog are going to be in heaven over this one!  I also found a huge stash of art that has been removed from my hard drive that I’m going to go through for new ideas out of older art.

I’ll have to finish pulling it together so it’s possible I might have it up for Friday, but I thought a weekend sneak preview would be fun.

If there’s anything in particular you’d  like me to look and see if I have in my art stash that’s purple leave a comment.  I read every one.  Also, if you ask me a question, be sure to look at your comment later, because I like to answer on the comments so everyone reading can see the answer assuming it’s not personal in nature.

Remember, one more week in the first half FREE DIGITAL CLIP ART BLOG CONTEST.  Each comment you leave is an entry in the contest for you.  Have a super, wonderful, great weekend!

Audrey Jeanne Roberts

UPDATE: THESE KITS HAVE BEEN LOADED INTO THE STORE AND THE PICTURES ARE NOW CLICKABLE LINKS.  I finished the first of at least two "Totally Tulips" kits and it will be in the DAISIE store tomorrow.  Here’s the sneak preview

This is a very soft and feminine kit that would be great for weddings, anniversaries, little girl scrapbooking, tea party invitations and more.

The colors are mostly pinks, but it also includes some peachy tones, I hope that you’ll enjoy how easily all the patterns and pieces work together.

The papers included are softly textured and patterned some with swirls.

There’s a little "bling" with jewels and jeweled hearts and borders. and one of my favorite creations, a crumpled, wired ribbon and bow in deep rose with the matching tulip art that looks totally three dimensional.  Most of the borders are in 14-15" pieces that you can use diagonally across the page or reduce in size and still cover the entire 12" page of a scrapbook.

The tulips used to form the borders and frames are also included as larger single pieces so you can create your own coordinating frames, borders or?

This kit would make beautiful wedding cards, invitations or so many girly frilly things, I hope you’ll enjoy it!

THE PROVERB OF THE DAY:  Proverbs 5:9-14  "You don’t want to squander your wonderful life, to waste your life your precious life among the hardhearted.  Why shold you allow strangers to take advantage of you?  Why be exploited by those who care nothing for you?  You don’t want to end your life full of regrets, nothing but sin and bones.  Saying, "Oh, why didn’t I do what they told me?  Why did I reject a disciplined life?  Why didn’t I listen to my mentors, or take my teachers seriously?  My life is ruined!  I haven’t one blessed thing to show for my life!"

Audrey Jeanne Roberts

A quick reminder… today is the last day to post your entries for the Blog Free Digital Art Contest!  Just put a comment on any day of this month and tomorrow we’ll select a winner!

I’ll be leaving the Tropics and poolside for a moment to attend to a promise I made earlier in the year… to do a kit with Tulips!  I didn’t forget you, I’ve been working a little at a time in between the other kits until I finally have enough to send it on to Daisie soon! 

Once this kit is in, I’ll be focusing on painting new art for my agent and creating some work for a few manufacturers that are interested in me since the NY Licensing Show and the NY Surtex show.  It will be a bit of a busy season for me in the other areas of my life, so I won’t have quite as many kits up as my pace has been , be patient with me!

The proverb of the day is a long one because it’s all related, I love how this reads in this version especially.  It sort of sounds like the news reporters of our day!

THE PROVERB OF THE DAY:  Proverbs 30: 1-6  "The skeptic swore, "There is no God!  No God! — I can do anything I want!  I’m more animal than human; so-called human intelligence escapes me.  "I flunked ‘wisdom.’  I see no evidence of a holy God.  Has anyone ever seen anyone climb into Heaven and take charge?  grab the winds and control them?  gather the rains in his bucket?  stake out the ends of the earth?  Just tell me his name, tell me the names of his sons.  Come on now — tell me!"

The believer replied, "Every promise of God proves true; he protects everyone who runs to him for help.  So don’t second-guess him; he might take you to task and show up your lies."

Have a great weekend!

Audrey Jeanne Roberts