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Ben Made Sure Francine Could Come Back Down- Laelia Watt
Frederick Waves to His Friend- Laelia
Whale Rodeo- Laelia Watt
Vern and Stan Lose Their Appetite- Laelia Watt
Royal Starfish- Laelia Watt
Snazzy Cat- Laelia Watt
Seahorse- Laelia Watt
Psychedelic Morning Glories- Laelia Watt
Stripes and Lilies- Laelia Watt
Jellyfish- Laelia Watt
Guianan Cock of the Rock- Laelia Watt
FireBird- Laelia Watt
Desert Sunset- Laelia Watt
Clownfish- Laelia Watt
Betta Fish- Laelia Watt
Bali Mynah- Laelia Watt
New Life- Laelia Watt
Ben and Francine Visit Saguaros- Laelia Watt
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Francine- Laelia Watt

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It was a great show! I sold 2 original pieces, a blanket and a notebook, and garnered a lot of interest for items on my website. My sales were so much better than I expected- I actually made back what I spent to prepare for the market! I had a great time sharing with people about my art, the process, and my vision. I am thankful to St. John the Divine Episcopal Church which has been a surprising support in my steps towards building my business. I am thankful to my family who always encourage and help me and to friends who stopped by to visit. Another thing I enjoyed about the show was knowing that two other women from the young professionals group at church were there too, one a baker, the other an artist. It takes a lot of risk and courage to put ourselves out there and to try and share our gifts with the public. Throughout the day, I would think of them and just have a feeling that I am proud of us for stepping out when we don't know how or where it will lead. @emilyhodges @gottahavevaethboxes #fun #holidaymarket #churchfamily #artist #houstonartist #family #progress #learningcurve #growing #onestepatatime #entrepreneurs #buildingabusiness #buildingavision #vision #thoughts #brave #womeninbusiness #womenentrepreneurs #houston #gratitude #stjohnthedivineepiscopalchurch #sjd #riveroaks

We are open for business! Come and stop by! Here are some views of the early morning and some of my friends and fellow vendors! We are so excited! I'm sitting across from two jewelry vendors. This is a dangerous thing. 🤩 @gottahavevaethboxes @emilyhodges @art_bypaigeatkinson #event #holidaymarket #houston #houstonevent #sundaymarket #thingstodo #free #stjohnthedivineepiscopalchurch #riveroaks #artists #bakers #jewelry #candlemakers #antiques #clothing #collage #photography #purses #backpacks #curtains #food

Come visit my very colorful booth tomorrow! There are so many vendors selling amazing things- from purses, candles, artworl, to antiques to soft winter shawls. Three of my friends will have booths there too! @emilyhodges will have her wonderful paintings, @gottahavevaethboxes will have delicious baked goods for sale and to order, and Susanne (not on IG) will display her beautiful silouette portrait services. St. John the Divine Epsicopal Church at River Oaks and Westheimer from 8am-3pm. Extra parking in Lamar High school lot. #event #houston #sunday #holidaymarket #houstonevent #sundayevent #market #art #bakedgoods #clothing #jewelry #candles #purses #photography #ceramics #brunch #speaker #livemusic #freeevent #stjohnthedivineepiscopalchurch #riveroaks #riveroaksevent #artforkids #localbusinesses #pillows #prints #colorful #entrepreneurs #food

Prep work for the holiday market next week! These 3 original pieces will be on display, along with 2 others that are already professionally framed with Ampersand frames. It is expensive to buy multiple of the actual frames ahead of time, so for display purposes, I often do makeshift frames from stretcher bars. I buy them an inch larger than the dimensions of the piece, spray paint them whatever color I want, affix the hanging hardware on the back, and then I use command strips to attach the hardbord to the front of the stretcher bar frame. That way it has an edge to frame it visually, I can hang the piece up for the viewing public, and easily remove the piece later when I sell it. I can reuse the temporary frames for other pieces. It also costs me about $5 each as opposed to $55+ for the real frames. Framing these 3 pieces would cost me around $200 plus time, but with stretcher bars, it is around $18 total. When someone buys a piece, then I can offer to frame it for them for the extra cost of the frame or they can get it framed at a professional establishment which costs more, but they might have more frame options. #showpreparations #work #framing #artistproblems #solutions #spraypaint #stretcherbars #diyframes #inexpensive #stretcherbarframes #framinghardbords #hardbordsolutions #market #holidaymarket #ampersand_art #hardbords #display #solutionsfortemporarydisplayofart #costeffective

My original collage, "New Life", is in its new home! A loving grandmother bought it for the room where her twin graddaughters and grandbaby sleep when they come to visit. My studio name "poplolly" means little darlings, because when I first started creating this line of collages, I imagined the designs in rooms for children. It is like witnessing something fulfill its destiny to see this piece in a room where 3 little darlings can enjoy the happy scene. It does my heart good. #gratitude #art #destiny #sheep #newlife #tissuepaper #acrylicpaint #littledarlings #grandchildren #grandma #kidsroom #artforchildren #childrensdecor #wallart #originalart #kangaroo #tinybeds #white #green #decorations #springtime #happiness #sheepparade #poplollystudio #texasartist

Ben the bear and Francine the fox- these are panels for a story I have been working on- tissue paper and acrylic paint. These two friends are opposites in many ways, but they support each other and they both love to travel to visit National Parks! I am currently working on submitting the manuscripts to agents and finishing up the final few story images. #storybook #illustrator #artist #writer #authorillustrator #bearandfox #bestfriends #nationalparks #yosemitenarionalpark #saguaronationalpark #gatewayparkstlouis #balloons #fox #bear #bandana #glasses #tourists #saguaros #pinetrees #camera

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Dragonfly on a shopping center sidewalk. After setting up my booth for 3 hours on Saturday, I went to Bullritos for lunch. I had been dreaming of their veggie burrito all week. This dragonfly was sitting on the sidewalk, possibly dead because it didn't move when I nudged it, possibly alive, because it wasn't there when I returned. #dragonfly #mostlydead #beautifulcreatures #insects #flyingbugs #blue #clearwings #bullritosisdelicious #shoppingcenters #veggies #goodfood #happymoments #nature #shadows #sidewalk

The Halloween Adventures of Colonel Sanders. All of us secretaries at the school where I work, dressed up as various fast food representatives for the day. Since it was so much effort to assemble, I wore it all day- to school for the competition; I wore it to a KFC near work because my Chic-fil-A coworker Olga and I couldn't stop thinking about chicken all day (They gave me a discount and asked to take a photo with me. So nice and funny/unexpected.) I strode around a neighborhood block party where I met a giant chicken. Then, I handed out candy in my sister's neighborhood. No photo for it, but then I went to Etro Nightclub for a wedding celebration costume party for my friends Erika and Damon. The costume took a lot of preparation, but it was so worth it. I was interested to read about Colonel Sanders before I donned his persona. He sounded like a smart, hardworking person who struggled to land on his calling. When he did, and leaned into his cooking gifts, he worked super hard to let it change his life. Even though he was near "retirement age" his success was just beginning. #halloween #costume #kfc #thecolonel #colonelsanders #blockparty #weddingparty #halloweenparty #trickortreaters #costumethatiseasytomovearoundin #comfortable #old #makeup #eyeshadow #wrinkles #whitehair #glasses #whitesuit #blacktie #adventures #fastfoodlogos #groupcostumes #secretaries #schoolsecretaries #highschool #competition #creativity #handmadecostumes #funtimes #biography

Halloween hilarity. I love my siblings. I am middle of 5- I have an older brother and sister, and a younger brother and sister. Best of everything! I would be lost without them. Anyway, here are my awesome older sister and my equally awesome brother in law, dressed as sheet ghosts for a party. It made me laugh soooo much. Especially that my sister is a fitted sheet ghost. She accidentally bought the fitted sheet, but I think it made the costumes even funnier. I hope they wear the sheets to walk my niece around the neighborhood. 🤣🤣🎃🎃🎃 #halloween #party #sheets #ghosts #costume #hilarious #cute #sister #brotherinlaw #family #laughter #dressingup #ghostlypair #humor #couple

Cloud Compilation. Recent Houston clouds. #clouds #houston #medicalcenter #riveroaks #ricevillageparkinggarage #churchlawn #schoolparkinglot #variouslocales #epic #simple #trees #buildings #plane #stadium

Italian Festival at the University of St. Thomas campus. I got a free ticket from the art department at work because many of the art students were going to create chalk art at the festival. My coworker, my parents, and my dad's cousin (and all the other attendees) enjoyed good food, opera singing, tarantella dancing, viewing the art and more! Here are some photos of the event, the adorable artists, my silly dad and his cousin on a gondola, and also a flyer about the Celtic Beer festival next weekend! #festivals #italian #language #food #houston #opera #flags #dancing #tarantella #italianfestival #gondola #italiansociety #languageclasses #movies #cookingclasses #celticbeerfestival #universityofstthomas

Finished! "Self Portrait: Laelia" October 2019 I feel many things upon finishing this piece. Relief, because there was a long period of inactivity before I finally finished it (I was starting a new job etc). Joy that it turned out to be so interesting, after all. Accomplished. For now, I am going to enjoy looking at it, and then soon, I will get it professionally photographed to go on my site. #finishedwork #complete #art #orchid #laeliahilliana #orchidart #splashofcolor #pottedplant #blooms #houstonartist #tissuepaper #acrylicpaint #layersofpaper #accomplishment #finallydone #project #selfportrait #mynameisanorchid #houstontexas

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