Art Lately : Shop Update

i FINALLY got to update my Etsy Shop, guys! You can find these brooches listed along with a new Ned The Pie Maker print! i will be adding more things during the week! x

stay tuned..

Shop Coupon : Heythanks25

just a reminder! that monthly long coupon code is expiring THIS Thursday at Midnight! Use code HEYTHANKS25 in my shop for 25% off orders $10+! Next week i will be doing a giveaway on my art Instagram! so make sure to follow it : @theartofrosa :) yay!



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Rosa

etsy love - thanks

i reached over 100 sales in my Etsy store and i couldnt be more grateful! im seriously so overwhelmed by all the support im getting and its seriously amazing to know that people enjoy my art. so thank you!! i wanted to show my appreciation by offering you all a coupon code until the end of July! use code HEYTHANKS25 to get 25% off orders $10+! Also, i will be doing a giveaway at the end of this month on my art Instagram! so if you want to participate, you gotta follow my IG :) more info on that later! for now, enjoy the coupon code and happy shopping! THANKS! x


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Rosa

Sketch Dailies : Thumbelina

i did this one really fast =/ i havent been feeling all too well since Sunday. uh well, this will do!

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oh and since i am so very grateful for all the sales i have been making in my Etsy shop and of course for all the support.. im throwing in a discount code for you all! Now until Monday (the 9th) use coupon code: THANKYOUTONS on orders $5.00 and over for 15% off! yay!

also, how great would it be to make my EW! illustration into pins?! im doing it!!

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Rosa

Etsy Shop Update

i spent my memorial day weekend catching up on commissions, packing orders and even updating my shop! head over to my Etsy shop! ive added some new pin back buttons and hand-painted brooches! my very favorite right now are The Office guys! Dwight and Jim! ahhh. is it weird to swoon over your own work? i think a tad. haha. but im pretty satisfied with how they turned out :)

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Rosa De Los Reyes

Custom Couple Portraits!

Custom Couple Portraits are back! Order yours today! id love to work with you all! :) Since the Holiday coupons expire today (at MIDNIGHT), I have another treat before the year ends!
Today (December 20th) until Decemeber 31st when you order a Custom Couple Portrait, youll get a secret coupon code sent to your email that allows you to get 25% off  the entire store! This is a one time deal! So, once you get the secret coupon code you must choose wisely! ;) Hope you all are having a great December so far! Cant believe its almost Christmas!

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Rosa Clementine

Christmas fever in the shop

my shop is into the Christmas spirit! :) ive added a bunch of Christmas themed art! Like PDF printable gift tags! print and cut! so easy and you can print as many as you want! I also created a new piece involving Joel and Clementine (from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). I got some printed yesterday and they came out so wonderfully.. I even hung one up in my room haha. And as ive mentioned before ive got Christmas postcards in the shop! Send a sweet letter to a friend, a loved one or a stranger ;)

hope you all are having a lovely Thursday! :)

the holidays

I got a chance to add some new things to my shop! ive added new Holiday prints and postcards and MORE will be added sometime this week! yay! So go check them out! :)
Hope you all had a great weekend!

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Rosa Clementine

a new blog name

i have changed my blog name to Hello Martian Girl! thought long and hard about it annnnd i did it! haha. Hello Martian Girl represents my love for Aliens, sci-fi and the geekery world. Its also based off the character The Martian Girl from Mars Attacks (one of my favorite films). I have also changed the name of my Etsy shop : The Martian Maitland. still deciding wether to change the name of my Storenvy shop.. but right now its im leaning towards "no" since my that shop has been doing pretty good lately and i dont want to mess anything up and confuse everyone. haha.

also, just a note to some customers.. if i havent emailed you or gotten back to you in the past 5 days, its because ive been incredibly busy with work (i have two and since ive been doing pretty good balancing them, sometimes it overloads). i apologize for that! but just letting you know your orders are coming VERY soon. Today has been the only day that i have actually got to myself and im getting orders done as much as i can :)
hope you guys understand!

anyway.. im so siked about this new name! i think because its more me. haha.
grab a button here and share!
hope you all have a great weekend!

Holiday's a comin!

 

im so excited to bring you all a new custom I am offering in my shop for the holidays: Christmas Edition: Custom Couple Portraits DIGITAL FILES! my custom couple portraits are really popular, so ive been thinking for a while about creating a different style! Ive decided to go with a digital drawing. the pricing for this is a bit more since this custom requires a little bit more time AND it also comes with a 10x8 digital file and a another digital file (size of your choice) for printing Christmas cards! The order form is a little different from the original one as well! Adding on a Christmas feel :) So if youre wanting to send out illustrated Christmas cards of you and your loved one or/and would like to get a portrait framed in your home, visit my shop and view the listing!

CHOOSE YOUR DISCOUNT:

10% off your order with code PRETTY (does not expire & does not work on custom orders)
Free shipping on any US order of $25+ with code SHIPPINAWESOME
25% off on Custom Couple Portraits (only) with code PRETTYCOUPLES (expires Friday 10/25)

A Week Special!

This week only (10/7 - 10/11): purchase any brooch and you will receive a free 4x6 print (of your choice)! If you purchase one brooch - you will get one 4x6 print, two brooches - you will get two 4x6 prints. three brooches - three 4x6 prints. you get the picture! ;)
So visit my shop, purchase a brooch (or brooches), add the "4x6 Print Special" to your cart & pick any of the 5x7 prints to be turned into a 4x6 print! Copy the link of the print(s) and paste in "Leave Pretty Clementine a note.." at checkout.

Happy Monday!! :)

the sweet sisters

finally, I got to paint and create! :) after I made myself a Starfleet Insignia brooch, I really had no idea what to do after. then I just sat there with a bunch of paint and disc in front of me and started creating. I just began painting on the disc without sketching my ideas down first. Which is actually good and bad. sometimes you get it the way you want it (key word *sometimes*) and other times its look crappy and then you gotta start over. Well, I had about 5 attempts until I came up with these (picture above). So I pretty much wasted 5 of those disc! haha. On the bright side, Im so happy how these turned out! Theyre called the Sweet Sisters. Im pretty sure you can guess why I named them that ;) Theyre exclusive, which means theyre limited and will only create more if people ask me to. Maybe more sisters (with different hair colors & desserts) will be added later on. They have all been added to my shop, so if youre wanting one... click here! yay.

oh yeah, its Friday the 13th. Am I the only one that believes in bad luck on this day?
well, one time on a Friday the 13th I slipped and fell in the shower and I now have a scar on my arm. and Today? I just had a failed attempt in my buying my ticket to the Danny Elfman concert and all I want to do is cry! ugh. :( oh annnnnnd I lost my Dwight brooch before heading to work this morning. I JUST got in yesterday and only wore it for about 4 minutes. it was pinned onto my dress. I remember still seeing it as i walked out of the house. but when I was checking the oil in my car I noticed it had disappeared. I even retraced my steps. I hope I find it. I seriously want to cry even more. hopefully today will get better with Scotty and Captain Kirk on the screen.

don't forget to enter my giveaway.

p.s. shortly after I wrote this, I went ahead and tried to purchase my ticket (again) to the concert.. and guess what? I GOT IT! yes! Friday the 13th aint so bad after all ;)

forgive me

I really hope you aren't getting annoyed at my recent brooch postings! haha. im a little too excited about them.. also its really the only thing ive been working on recently. they have been a lot of fun to paint and its been giving me a boost of creativity. im wanting to keep a bunch of these, then I remember that I can always paint another. haha. my favorite brooches right now are the Mickey ears. I hope to go to Disneyland before the end of the year and rock one of them! Im also thinking of making some super hero brooches with my nephew in mind :) If you want to purchase your very own brooch hand-painted by me, visit my shop Pretty Clementine.

on another note, remember when I told you that I was reading three books? Well, have I ever told you that I get distracted easily when I come across another book? Which explains why I was trying to read three. haha. Well, Simon Pegg (only the love of my life.. totally kidding.. ok, not really.) has a book called Nerd Do Well that I have recently purchased. Ive put the other three books aside and I cant seem to put Simons book down. Im not even halfway done and it has already become one of my favorites. ugh, i adore him so much.

have a lovely Thursday!

Shop Updated!

So excited! Ive added a BUNCH of brooches in my shop (Pretty Clementine). Including R2D2 brooches that im loving right now :) might just paint one for myself! haha
Head on over and check them out!

hand painted brooches

if you are following me on Instagram, youve probably seen some of these. Ive been having fun painting brooches! These will be added to my shop sometime tonight or tomorrow. Starting with the first picture, i painted little cats on a small heart shape. I also painted desserts: donut, ice cream, cupcakes and macarons. third, the girl brooches were inspired by Disney princesses: Snow White, Belle, Ariel & Merida. fourth, are more girl characters i created. 

Happy Labor Day!

today will be filled with coffee, movies, painting & hopefully getting to watch James Francos Roast.

Oh my darlin

if you haven't gotten the chance, visit my shop Pretty Clementine. I have added some new prints and paintings :) and if you didn't know, you could take 10% off your entire order when you use the code PRETTY (this code can be used anytime, it doesn't expire!). Wait, that's not all! You'll get free shipping with orders $25 & over. That's a pretty good deal if I don't say so myself. annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd I don't know, you might get a small print (of my choice) with your purchase.. just saying ;)
Happy shopping!

my late night therapy

why did it feel like yesterday was the slowest day ever? I don't know what it was about yesterday but it wasn't the best. haha. After work, I kinda just sat on my bed most of the time, pigged out and watched Full House. At around 12am I finally decided to get off my bed and do something.. CREATIVE! So I went to my desk and painted a little ice cream cone. I will be putting this in my shop later today if anyone wants it! :) (oh and i forgot to add other prints into the shop as well, so those will be there by tonight). After painting I felt like I actually did something with my life. haha. But I guess its nice once and a while to just relax, its just that sometimes my mind wanders into the realms that I swear to never think about and then I feel sad. is that just me? =/ haha. So its better for me to keep busy! Read the bible, read Crazy Love, Paint, Draw.. you know, the good stuff!

Store Update

For some odd reason Storenvy isnt letting me upload pictures right now. I might have to try in on my laptop instead of my work computer. So the store will be updated in a couple hours! :) Im adding four paintings i have had for a while but havent had the chance to post them. I painted these specifically for the RAW showcase i did in June but no one bought them (my prints did very well though). From L to R: Miss Holly, Miss Ophelia & Miss Tabatha. They were all painted on an oval wood, measuring 7" in height and 5" wide. You can find Miss Ophelia already in my shop! But here are some photos of the other two:

they all have a gold trim (im a sucker for gold!)

Last but not least, the fourth painting i wanted to add to my shop is one that i love dearly (haha):

A 4" circle wood painted donut. Yes, obsessed, i know. haha. I cant wait to add more of these! I love how this just sits on my desk at home.. looks delicious and pretty. People can have the option of leaving the back side of it flat or having a little something on the back attached for hanging. It would be great for those (other) donut lovers or simply for decoration!
shop: www.prettyclementine.storenvy.com

Smitten over: Eric Joyner + a makeover

So if you didnt know by now, i love love love (did i mention, love?) donuts. BUT i dont eat them a lot, mainly because im really trying to lose weight and donuts are definitely not the diet food. haha. I have always wanted to open my own little donut shop and sell my art work (along with local artists work). Hm, maybe someday! So, im kinda sad that i JUST discovered the artist Eric Joyner. Crazy right? His work is seriously amazzzzzzzzing. Im going to buy one of his prints.. soon! I cant help but keep staring at his work.. its really inspiring. The colors, the donuts, the robots, the details, the imagination.. i mean, really? Such a great painter! I have decided to start a new series of inspirations, titled "Smitten Over:" so Eric Joyner is my first post of that and i hope you enjoy his work shown here!

the artist himself

 

ugh, i want a donut so bad! haha.

my storenvy shop, Pretty Clementine, got a makeover! yay. im so excited because it finally looks like a shop. haha. more prints will be added soon and i will post an update once theyre up :)