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Beautiful and welcoming!

Fantastic and sparkling as I hope your Xmas be :)

I can feel her hopeful enthusiasm ***

Perfectly magical! Merry Christmas! :o)

Wow! Beautifully done. And definitely magical.

This is really nice. Love the colors too.

so pretty! I love the rich purple tones... and of course the fairy tale manner, one of my favorites!
Happy New Year! :)

Gorgeous! Absolutely love it. Happy new year!

i wonder if people wonder how you create such unique amazing three demensional comforting art pieces?

one day a few years back i had the great joy of getting a glimpse of the magic, and i hold that day to my heart even now.

happy new year, my dear friend.

love
kj

Different for you! Very child-like, excellent colours, wonderfully done. Love the horizontal composition with the biesecting trees.

Yay! You made it in time! (and this is coOoL !)

Delicious :)

They look very happy and even the wind made the trees dance :)

rapunzel girl, pogo pony and tear drop, tree tops...doesn't get any better..
;)

Oh wow! I absolutely love this!!! <3 Beautiful work darling!

Perfect! Enjoy the holiday weekend. :)

this is a wonderful piece
so glad i could click on it and see it larger

Very nice, Val! :)

Wow that's a complex technique!
Everything is staring at the sky :)
Love the deepness of purples and blues :)

Hey Val! Very cool! The only time I ever screen printed anything I got arrested... but that’s another story for another time :o) I never tried the complex layers... Wow! You really are a Valgal of all trades ;o) This is wonderful! I love the shadow effect and the crayon texture method....coolness! The light in the widows ROCKS! Great stuff Val , thanks for sharing!

Hi Val - I also posted an older piece and thought about the medium as the layers. Sometimes you gotta just use what you have! I have done other kinds of printing but not silk screen. This is cool--really like the funky buildings and I enjoyed reading about your process!

I'd love to learn this technique for t shirts and stuff.

I like that shooting star. It looks like a falling ghost.

The twisted steeple is cool too.

That sounds like a band name. "Twisted Steeple".

:)

Oh, what a beautiful print, perfectly suited for "Layer." So lovely! :o)

Nice one and what a process!

val, i can't even imagine. i've been back now three times looking at color so incredibly VIBRANT and all i feel is HOPE & EXCITEMENT! here again you create the world at its best. you have such a talent for doing that

♥
kj

The first thing i thought of when i saw this was…how the hec can you silk screen and get that cool airbrush effect in the stars??? that would have to be the smallest set of dot patterns to get that effect and you must have been really on it so the screens don't goop up! that's a TON of work! Hats off to tenacity and I'm sure the couple hundred cups of coffee you had! hahaha! :D

On a side note, I'd love to hear about Jacks time in the pokey, and do tell where you hid your printed do ray me… :D

Very striking image, Valerie. It's funny because I posted gelatin prints for this week's IF!

we've been wanting 2 try some screenprinting Val .
is there enough time 2 try everything


have a great day girlfriend .
love mo & the girls

Very cool. I dig it. I thought it was a box at first.

Would make an awesome box. You could paint a house for each season on each side, put it in a cubby hole, and just rotate it through-out the year.

Anyhow, good job! Very charming.

Ah...looks a bit sad, this home!

:D
I love this dimensional painting :)
The roof is amazing and of course the birds also. The owl is soo cute :)

Fabulous, Valerie. I can't believe you incorporated so many materials! And it's a great quote.

holy woodsyeowza! look at all the detail! :D that chimney is really really cute! so ya know, my grandma jones was in love with owls…(she was my favorite grandma) and anytime i see an owl, my heart just melts thinking of her.
she would have just loved seeing that full belly fella in the window there… :D
i really dig how this cozy little wood home feels even more cozy because it's tucked safely inside the frame…
so endearing ~
:D

I agree with ALL your other comments. So clever -- love the frame idea.

The glow in the window makes me want to get a peek inside!

Intriguing piece, Valerie! And so is Ms. Morrison's quote! Food for thought, that's what I need!

very cool painting.

I just love your art Val! 3-D is totally awesome!

Wonderful emotion yielding illustration!

very, very cool, love the 3d.

oh this is an expressive little house. the eyes, ah, windows, are soulful.

ride the air, the wind? i want to....

love love
kj

A house with an owl is a house with heart! Love it Val!

Wonderful job!

This is so lovely! I would love to hold it and feel all the textures and those paper shingles. You always create such an amazing mood with each of your pieces. I look at these and picture you creating and thinking and waiting for stuff to dry so you can keep going. The video you shared makes these creations even more special.

really cute and a little bit sad this house !!!

super job with the texture on this one...another one that really grabs you!!!

Well, Toni Morrison is right, and it is even better if the wind brings you to a little house like this one.. Sorry I have been lost lately.. this grown old boy life is making me crazy.. hahahaha.. I hope everything is doing well with you over there.. A big hug from here.. =)

Cute cozy cottage!

Your houses are the best, Val!

I love the little owl and branches with leaves in the windows...the house keeps the spirit of nature inside, it's alive ♥

I love the little owl and branches with leaves in the windows...the house keeps the spirit of nature inside, it's alive ♥

I always love how vibrant and colorful your work is! :)

that is so good but I don't know what I'm looking at?!
At first I was drawn to the image as a painting then I read your blurb - is it a real candle that you've crafted?
I tried zooming in but it made it no clearer - either was that is a testament to how good this piece of art is
great work

Lilliputian Loveliness...
:D

Well!!!
This is ... w o n d e r f u l !
The tower so delicious but this photo is amazing. I suppose you used a bent paiting. The result is so sensual :-)

This is so evocative! The whole candle as lighthouse thing - the way you've made it and the way it's set up in this picture - a completely unique for IF!

Lovely brilliant idea!!! Magical!

Oooh I love this! It has a calming effect on me. I also love the olive green color.

Very nice -

so cool. yes, i agree with previous comment...so unique and great to see on IF. love it!

Hey Val! What a cool combo of 2D and 3D! Great sculpted piece and the background is delightful! You’ve done it again girl!!! You light up my cyberspace!

very cool Val, love it

where are we, val? that's my reaction. could be the desert or another planet. wherever, it strikes me that it is a guiding light. the light itself seems magical.

♥

wow - what a fabulous illo - so unique and creative...great job.

do come and play at Whimsical Wednesday: http://dthaase.blogspot.com

Hey Val!
Very cool stuff ;)

Wonderful piece!

I love your work! It's so fun and inspiring : )

Lovely! What a sweet idea. Perfect to welcome someone home. :)

*Love* You think of the COOLEST THINGS!

Of course it is lovely :-)
And intelligent!
Loved the human shape at the door :-)

ah who is standing at the door?
is it an artist i quite adore?
Someone who paints joy and more?
& filled with wonder to her very core?

p.s. i always like these colors together ♥

Cool idea. The colors are beautiful.

Hi, you have a nice blog! it is nice to take a look here! And also your afterwards, I think it is great!

Very clever use of the windows to put the ribbon thru, I like that :)
So charming..

I watched your home and garden spot...You're even more famous!!! That was awesome...

Your die cuts...do you have those farmed out through a publishing company or do you do metal work as well lol...

Really beautiful idea, great stuff:)

What a pretty garland your house makes!

great idea!

Hi Val,
Nice little house for the Christmas decorations!
Have a beautiful weekend!

Hi Val,
Nice little house for the Christmas decorations!
Have a beautiful weekend!

Really cute idea Val.

Really cute ideal Val,Hugs,
Carolyn

Adorable! I know that desk with view anywhere.. ;o)
Your little match home has a sweet sleepytime hat...with that candle lit...I could take a very cozy nap. :D
Love this endearing mini-home...

I'm in LOVE with this Val!!

Heard you've been looking for me on FB. I don't use it anymore but I'm trying to change that into a biz profile page. No luck yet :(

♥

very original and very cool!

Oh what a delightful creation - how very clever and inspired!

adorable thanks for sharing ♥

oh wow!!! this is so cool Val!!! you are always creating neat things!!!

Neato! How cool is that?!!!

This is so clever! Such a tiny treasure! :o)

so cute! i love your idea!

:-)
delicious
"everything in its right place" or perfect sense of proportion and grace :-)

love it Val!!! good idea :)

love it Val!!! good idea :)

So cute and a great idea!

Oh my, Val! This is adorable :) I love it!

i must be a lil slow this morning. Thought this piece was much bigger then it is. (wall piece size) then when i scrolled down i saw a candle and matches and it hit me derr it a match book house. Very creative and fun piece Val.

This is brill! I love it!

As snug as a bug in your sweet little house!

What a delightfully diminutive dwelling!

I've always wondered where little match girls lived...

A magical work of imagination in such a small object. Truly delightful and fun.

Wow Val! You really know how to "match" your work to the theme. This is so cool! I was shocked when I saw how miniature you made this house. However do you create such beautiful tiny masterpieces with such fine detail? Peace, joy and blessings to you!

Que bonitaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa............pero que arte tienes. Besos.

Clever as usual, Valerie! These facades are naturals for for this week's challenge! :o)

Quite the homemaker! Clever facade!

Like a Hollywood movie set! (but more fun, of course)

I love these houses
:-)
They're a sweet happy couple
:]

there are NO artificial sweeteners here Ms. ValGal, just the real deal!

Do you even have a clue how clever you are?

;)

I hope you're having a wonderful summer and I also hope the fires are nowhere near you.
X♥X

A thin-sweet slice of life! (it's like their rubbin' bellies) :o) very affectionate.

Your houses are always so endearing Val!

I really like what you did with these houses for artificial. A neat idea! Delightful and fun.

Really clever! Very nice illustration and art piece.

Brilliant idea!

val, these houses are ready to break out into song!

♥
kj

me me me me me!

♥

I need postcard printing because I want to (a) send out thank yous to people who've bought my art and (b)approach a bunch of galleries with my artwork. My art would, of course, be on the front!

Let's win this, Val!!!

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I'm having a show!!! I need postcards. It's at M Street Coffee shop in STudio City, CA.
Lois
p,s, hi VAL!!!!

*I* want a valgal room with furniture and paintings! The chair is beautiful even before you painted it, but you definitely made perfection even more perfect! :)

Dreamy and out of this world, dood...I LOVE IT! Such an amazingly diverse and abundance of talent you have, val...so prolific!

This space cadet would gladly travel to distant galaxies if she could only return with a chair like this! So cool! :o)

whoaaa! awesome!

Hey Val! Wow that would be so cool to have a room filled with your wall hangingings,houses and furniture! This is so beautiful and a great story too. Nice work Val!! God bless.

Nobody would say a star chair could be like this.
Amazing!
:-)

What a beautiful chair - I enlarged the pic so that I could see the art work better - what a great combination, Val!

I have chair envy ;)

Someday, I hope I get seated across from at a dinner party. Love both your stories and artwork-- and this is a really cool chair.

I would love to have a ValGal chair! It's beautiful! I love the color. I think it's the perfect choice for this week's theme.

Have a great week ahead, my dear.

i HAVE a room filled with valgal. in fact, everything else in the room is made invisable by my valgal treasure.

if i had to march into the desert with only two cherished possessions, this would be one of those two.

i know i am lucky. plus i love you.

:)

p.s. i should say something about the chair:

it would be the star of any chair-ity event.

sigh...i tried.

♥

fantastic!

A chair fit for a interplanetary queen! hehehe!

val, i will make stickers to liven up the cards and letters i send to everyone i love. i will make stickers that make them laugh out loud and feel their hearts summersaulting all at once.'


ps love you
kj

wow cool val...
just stopped in to say hi..

would use the stickers to market some new glass frit mixes on etsy...
and would hire you to help with the logo...;0)

headed north to help at the Pilchuck glass auction.. excited .. Gaffer donated the glass for the centerpieces they will auction off..
have a great weekend Val...

mona & the girls

Stickers I love stickers, I am going to get this right this time........... So I would stick a cute little critter design on there and then I would stick them on envelopes and other goodies and send them to friends and family and clients too.

Stickers make everything cooler!! I love to use the stickers on: notes in my kiddos' lunches, thank you notes to anyone and everyone, fridge art, and business cards!