Fun Activities and Projects

Indian Mother and Baby, Purple and Pink, Doll Pillow

Hello! I've been busy creating all kinds of stuff! First off, are Cut and Sew fabric projects in my Spoonflower shop— Doll Pillows!!! Two Indian Mother and Baby, doll pillow, cut and sew fabrics! Above is the doll pillow I made for my daughter, the purple and pink, and below is the red and blue. They are from my Indian Mothers and Daughters drawing that I sell as prints.

Indian Mother and Baby, Red and blue, Doll Pillow

Little Red Riding Hood Coloring Book Printable File

Also new, is my Little Red Riding Hood Coloring Book Printable file. It comes with twelve coloring pages, and a full color front and back cover. Keep the sheets loose, or staple them together with the covers to make a coloring book. There are scenes of Little Red Riding Hood and her forest friends throughout the year, the wolf dressed as Grandma, a skunk, valentines, an Easter egg, autumn leaves, gingerbread men, and snowflakes. The great thing about purchasing a printable file is you can print as many as you want, as often as you want, for just one price. They are fun and convenient for party favors or group activities. If you are, or know an adult who is, fond of coloring it's fun for adults too! If you don't already know, or haven't guessed, the Little Red Riding Hood is inspired by my daughter Tasha.

Top half of my Marshallese Matryoshka coloring sheet.

I've also improved my coloring sheet files with thinner black lines to allow for maximum coloring and greater detail. When I first designed my coloring sheets I was thinking in terms of kids coloring with crayons, and classic thick black lined coloring sheets. More and more adults are purchasing my coloring sheets for themselves and coloring with colored pencils. So I've gone through all my cultural coloring sheets and made the improvements. You can see an example above.

In other news: 

I am now on Instagram! So hopefully (along with my other many locations) wherever you are on the web you can conveniently find me, follow me, and keep up with my work.

Lastly, I've updated all the cultures in my zazzle shop to now offer phone cases. 

See! I told you I've been busy. :)

Peace,

Amy

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Little Red Riding Hood is back!

Little Red Riding Hood Series by Amy Perrotti

Hello! As I hinted in my last post I've brought back my Little Red Riding Hood Series which features the 5 original drawings plus one new one, "Happy Birthday!". My Little Red Riding Hood loves visiting her Grandmother throughout the year. Not the woods, wolves, or weather will keep her away! She enjoys dressing up for all occasions, and sharing treats with her forest friends. There are wolves, bunnies and gingerbread men too! Please hop on over to my shop and have a look! :)

Valentine's Day Little Red Riding Hood
Easter/Spring Little Red Riding Hood
Happy Birthday Little Red Riding Hood
Summer Little Red Riding Hood
Halloween/Autumn Little Red Riding Hood
Winter/Holiday Little Red Riding Hood

Also, I'm researching and sketching for my next drawing a Serbian Matryoshka. I'll let you know once she is completed.

Peace,
Amy
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Happy Holidays!

Holiday items in my shop! :)

Hello everyone! I hope you and your loved ones are well and enjoying this holiday season! Above is a compilation of a few of my snowy, holiday, gift ideas from various sections of my shop:

Accessories
Books & Zines
Magnets
Prints

I am hoping to have a chance to draw this week. You all have given me several suggestions for matryoshka- Afghan, Croatian, and Irish. If I have forgotten one that you would like me to draw please remind me. I am sticking with traditional cultural themes but also have an American Women series that I will be adding American women from different eras. If you have any suggestions for any of those I would love to hear them. Thank you for your support and I wish you and your families and friends a wonderful holiday season! :)

Hello Autumn!

Today is the first day of autumn here (I live in North Carolina in the US). I love autumn. The summer was so hot and humid. I love the cooler weather, and the long shadows while playing outside on a late September afternoon. Our autumn leaves don't peak until mid to late October but the anticipation of their magnificent colors, and picking out pumpkins to decorate our front porch and carve as jack-o'-lanterns, is exciting! I am wishing you a beautiful September, where you are, what ever the season. OvO

Above are some of my creations to help celebrate the coming of autumn.

Happy Easter, Happy Spring!

Happy Easter, Happy Spring and Love to You and Your Families! :)

New- Little Red Riding Hood Winter Holiday, 6 Blank Card Set with Envelopes!

Now listed in my shop Little Red Riding Hood Winter Holiday cards, set of 6. Send individually as holiday greeting cards or give the set as a gift of winter note cards. Two of these sets are listed in my shop but I can make as many as you'd like so please contact me if you would like more. :)

Little Red Riding Hood

Reneeleonestudio made this very sweet Little Red Riding Hood treasury and very kindly included my Little Red Riding Hood Gingerbread Man print! Reneeleonestudio does wonderful custom home portraits and travel watercolor prints. Check out her shop! :)

Red Treasury

FiddlyFingerWork did this fabulous "Red or Dead" treasury with it's interesting and unique items and included my Sunny Russian Doll print!!! Thank you FiddlyFingerWork! Check out her wonderful crochet items and jewelry.

Little Red Riding Hood Treasury

Alpine Blue made this darling Little Red Riding Hood treasury and included my Little Red Riding Hood series prints! Thank you Alpine Blue! :D

Wolf Party Treasury

Thank you Sammakes for including my Little Red Riding Hood Gingerbread print in your howlingly FUN treasury! I hope Little Red brought enough gingerbread men to share with all these wolves! ;)

Little Red Riding Hood Pocket Mirror

I just listed pocket mirrors in my shop this morning. I'm soooo Happy and Excited about the way they turned out!!! WistfulSupplies did a great job of producing these for me. I knew they would look great in the black organza bags! I just can't get over how pretty they are. Even more beautiful than in the photograph. I really need to purchase a tripod to keep the camera from shaking. Anyway, I LOVE these! lol Can you tell? 

New Prints are Now in my Shop!

These are details of my latest Little Red Riding Hood illustrations. I have just listed the prints in my shop. :)

Sneak Peek Holiday!

This is the latest illustration for my Little Red Riding Hood series, "A Winter Holiday" or "Sugar and Spice". . . I can't decide! Yummy though. I think I need a cookie!

Boo! Halloween Sneak Peek!

Here is a sneak peek at my latest Little Red Riding Hood illustration. I'm finding the color combination to be very inspiring. . . the deep blue night sky. . . the autumn leaves.  I think I need to draw some more Autumn/Halloween illustrations. Maybe an Owl!!! :)

Little Red Riding Hood Set of 3

This set of 3, "Little Red Riding Hood Series" is now available in my shop. They are 5"x7" each. Also available are each printed on 8.5"x11" paper.

Little Red Riding Hood - Springtime

Little Red is such a clever little girl.  .  .  skipping along, hiding colored eggs as she goes. Once again she arrives safely at Grandma's house triumphant (the wolf occupied with finding and eating the eggs). Stay tuned to see how she outwits the wolf next. This and the rest in the Little Red Riding Hood series can be found in my shop.