Season's Greetings

Merry Christmas to 

All Our Family and

Friends, far and near,
Each of Whom to Us 

is very, very dear;

May Good Old St. Nick,

Your cherished wishes hear,

And May You All be 

Blessed with Holiday Cheer!

Love to all,

The Humming Belles and One Humming Beau...

IrelandBrady - Musings To Ponder: The 75 Day Sketch Challenge

IrelandBrady - Musings To Ponder: The 75 Day Sketch Challenge

New Christmas Outfits!

The Christmas Season is surely upon us ... only 11 more days until Christmas Eve lights will brighten the nite and our spirits as well!  The Humming Belles and Beau are extremely excited to participate in their first ever Christmas Holiday!  This week they realized they had no special outfits or Christmas decorations!

So, today we all sat down and began to design something special just for Christmas!  After much consulting we finally agreed the following outfits and props are just what is needed!

Set #26 for our Humming Beau

And Set #27 for our Humming Belles!

If you order a Humming Belles or Beau Paper Doll Starter Kit during the month 

of December, a Christmas Outfit set will be included with each set!

Merry Christmas!

Karen Anne

And the Winner of the first ever "Humming Belles" Giveaway is .....

I want to thank all of you who entered in this first ever "Humming Belles" Giveaway Drawing for your enthusiastic responses and participation!  Thank you also to the many who let their blog followers know of this contest by posting a sidebar or mentioning it in a post on their blogs,  I truly appreciate your support.

We ended up with a total of 20 entries, as each entry came in I listed your names in numerical order; ergo, each entry was assigned a number.  The following are the list of entries....
  1.  MagicLoveCrow
  2.  Jane S.
  3.  Cheydrea
  4.  GeckoStone
  5.  Drew of FairyTaleFibers
  6.  Deborah
  7.  GotHartGirl
  8.  Teri
  9.  SunshineShelle
10.  Vivienne
11.  Linda in NM
12.  CraftyMoose
13.  Ann
14.  Mina
15.  MistyBoston
16.  NewEndStudios
17.  DebbieS
18.  Michelle
19.  Margie
20.  Linda


Today I placed the corresponding numbers into a bag, shook it virorously, and had my husband reach into the bag for the winner .... the number he pulled out was the"Number 5" which had been assigned to "Drew of FairyTaleFibers"!


CONGRATULATIONS DREW!  I will contact you for your address shortly. 


May you always have
Love to share,
Health to spare,
And friends who care.....


Karen Anne

New Boy in the neighborhood and a Give Away!

The "Humming Belles" have a new kid in the neighborhood, and this new addition has the "Humming Belles" all aflutter and giddy with delight!  It is "Paper Doll G" and he is a handsome young boy!

In honor of his arrival the "Humming Belles" got together and decided it is about time they sponsor a "Give Away" of a complete "Paper Doll Starter Kit"  of the winner's choice to some lucky person!  All you need do to enter is to post a comment, stating you want to be included in the "Give Away" drawing, on this "Humming Belles" blog posting.  It's as easy as that!  You can begin entering today and a lucky winner will be chosen on November 15th, 2011.

In the meantime, we'd like to introduce "Paper Doll G" and some of the outfits that have been designed for this newest "Humming Belles" member.............

 

"Set 20"

"Set 22"

 

"Set 21"

 

"Set 23" 

 

"Set 24" 

 

"Set 25" 

 

We just may need to change the name from "Humming Belles" 

to "Humming Belles and Beaus".     What do you think?

Don't forget to enter a comment for a chance to win!

New illustrations and fairy paper doll outfits fit for a Monarch (Butterfly)!

I recently finished a couple illustrations of a Monarch Butterfly for a special acquaintance and the "Humming Belles", of course, were on hand to lend their guidance, council and support.  When the drawings were completed the little darlings loved them so much they beseeched me to create an illustration, that could also be used as a coloring page, as well as Monarch Butterfly fairy wings and matching outfit for them to wear!

Well, looking into those sparkling little eyes and sweet smiles ... how could I deny them!  Now they have asked me to post them on the "Humming Belles" blog and share them with all of their friends.  So here we go .......

This first illustration  and coloring page are titled "Monach Butterfly Fairy II"

 

The second Illustration  and coloring page are titled "Monarch Butterfly Fairy III"

 

And finally we have the Monarch Butterfly Fairy Wings and Outfit  that are ready to be colored, cut out, and worn by the "Humming Belles"!

The little sweethearts just love these latest illustrations but they are especially delighted with their new set of fairy wings and matching outfit and tiara!

What you think of these latest additions?  

The "Humming Belles" would love to hear from you!

Take care and be happy!

Camping Adventures with the "Humming Belles"!

The weather has been wonderful these past several weeks in the great Pacific Northwest, we have finally been blessed with summer!  Since late August we have gotten in some good camping times starting off with White River, then  to Trask River, onto Kilchis River, and ending up at Whalen Island.

On our latest excursion to Kilchis River the "Humming Belles" asked if they could tag along on our adventure.  Of course we were delighted to have their charming company and they happily made themselves all comfy in our mini-motorhome and off we all went!

When we finally arrived at our destination the little darlings took off and began exploring and found some delightful spots just perfect for having some fairy fun!

 

This was a magical little spot they found where two trees roots were intertwined forming a delightful area for the wee ones to climb over, under and discover wonderful hiding niches!

This was an area they chanced upon that was like a miniature forest, made just for the spirits of fun seeking little fairies.

After a day of exploring and new adventures the "Humming Belles" came trooping out of their newly found "Fairy World Forest" filled with tales of new discoveries and hidden little treasures.

Several of them wanted to help me set up my portable art studio and help me along with my latest illustration.  We had caught three cute little crawdads earlier in the day and they thought I should capture them in a drawing before returning them to their river home.

So here we are, starting a new drawing and wondering how it will progress.

We've gotten off to a nice beginning.  We have our images drawn, shaded in just a bit with colored pencils and beginning to add details.  We all agreed that zentangle inspired designs would work well in this illustration.

They drawing is beginning to take shape, the crawdads are completed and the background design and border are needing to be added.

  Here we are about half way finished with the background and border designs; we are pleased with the direction this piece has taken and are looking forward to it completion.

Finally!  The completed illustration!  We like it!

We titled this piece "Kilchis Krawdads"

We all had loads of fun on this expedition and hope you liked our sharing this time with all of you.

Happy day!
Karen Anne and the "Humming Belles"

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Happy Day!
Karen Anne

Undersea Panel Number Three - Fully Colored!

"Undersea Panel Number Three"

Undersea Coloring Panel Number Three

Hi!  I just finished the third panel in the Undersea series of coloring pages.  This one is complete with jellyfish, a sea turtle, a sunken ship, a lobster, relics and a sunken treasure chest.  Next I will color in the original drawing and share that with you later.  In the meantime, I hope you enjoy panel number three .....

Undersea Panel Number Three Coloring Page

 

Hope you are all having a good day!

Karen Anne