Whimsical Art, Accessories and Handmade Pottery ~ by skyBlue

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ABOUT SKYBLUE

SkyBlue with Daisies ~ Erica Lubee

Erica Lubee~SkyBlue creates her folksy-art out of her Connecticut home studio… fondly named Little Orange Studio. Surrounded by the orange walls her artist dad helped her paint, and a ridiculous pile of art supplies, she can spend hours splashing paint and glue in hopes of transforming life’s chaos and pain into layers of peace, hope and whimsy. Becoming SkyBlue when she creates, is how she tries to put aside fears and self-criticism that can sometimes creep in to stop creation in it’s tracks.

She wandered far from the artistic path that called her in her youth, but recently found her way back as she realized the healing powers of a pencil and paintbrush. She started developing her whimsical portraits and illustrations of girls, women and feminine creatures as a way to fight the emotional turmoil of illness that threatened her life and feminine identity. Her portrait illustrations are feminine and strong, awkward and lovely, kind-hearted and a little dark, magical and mysterious, flawed and full empathy.

SkyBlue’s paintings are mostly done with acrylics and layers of papers, old pages and other paintings. She loves to create pencil illustrations and hopes to illustrate a book one day. Sometimes she makes animals, abstract and food art, but the feminine imagery is what speaks to her heart. Daisies find their way into most everything she makes because, well… they are her spirit-animal.. and she believes they can increase serotonin (although this has not yet been scientifically proven).

She has until now kept a majority of her work in her home, sketchbooks, and her quiet little corners of the web. She hopes by putting some of them out into the universe, she will make someone smile, give someone strength, and bring daisies wherever they are needed most.

I just want to add some daisies and sunshine to everyone’s day.

Thank you for visiting! Erica~SkyBlue

Follow me on Pinterest and Instagram for more creative inspiration…

Find Skyblue prints, greeting cards, calendars, etc. http://www.redbubble.com/people/skyblue32?ref=account-nav-dropdown

***For old school Skyblue, check out my original blog…Dancing Rapunzel. This was when I really discovered the healing powers of writing.

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(Most art and photos on this website are my own. Typically I will credit the ones that are not mine.)

73 thoughts on “Whimsical Art, Accessories and Handmade Pottery ~ by skyBlue”

Goss Coaching on September 18, 2011 at 3:38 pm said:

Great site! Nothing better than happy cake!

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- skybluewithdaisies on September 18, 2011 at 7:42 pm said:
  
  thank you so much! hope to bump into each other again. (-:
  
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Grant Dixon on October 2, 2011 at 3:55 pm said:

I have been selected for “One Lovely Blog Award” Part of the process is to pay forward. Therefore I have added your site to the list. http://wp.me/ppnrs-cQ

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Rattlesnake on October 10, 2011 at 9:35 pm said:

Hi Sky Blue

Thanks for following my blog

Love your Gravatar!

x

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- skybluewithdaisies on November 22, 2011 at 1:14 am said:
  
  i really enjoy the music i hear on your blog, and you have great links that i would have never found myself. thank you for your informative blog!
  
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buddhafulkat on November 21, 2011 at 5:27 am said:

i think we’re on a similar quest – love your blog =)

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- skybluewithdaisies on November 22, 2011 at 1:08 am said:
  
  your blog is fantastic. love your illustrations and Buddhas. All the best to you!
  
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carmen helena tellez on November 28, 2011 at 3:44 am said:

Beautiful site!! Thanks for sharing!!

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- skybluewithdaisies on November 28, 2011 at 4:01 am said:
  
  thank you, fellow late night blogger! i can’t tear myself away sometimes. (-:
  
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Rasta teacher on December 4, 2011 at 10:58 pm said:

You have already made me smile just by reading your about page.
I will definitively have to take a stroll through your posts 🙂
Perfect love

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Julianna on December 18, 2011 at 3:34 pm said:

Hi! Glad you found my blog and it spoke to you…I post every couple of days, and like to think of the posts as little “gifts” to all who are following. Enjoy!

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Janice J. Cunningham on December 22, 2011 at 3:17 am said:

OMG! I LOVE YOU! I want to come home to NYC. Need a roomie? If not, where in the holy HELL is your FOLLOW and TWEET button????

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- skybluewithdaisies on December 22, 2011 at 11:47 pm said:
  
  Hi Janice, you are so sweet. i love your artwork, and will have to spend more time wandering your blog site. i live in boring suburbs of CT, wish i could say i lived in the city… just love to visit whenever i can. I haven’t the foggiest idea how to tweet. (-:
  
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Janice J. Cunningham on December 22, 2011 at 3:18 am said:

Oh duh. I am a still a spastic New Yawker. I found them. Thank YOU for finding ME. LOVE your way. ❤

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Janice J. Cunningham on December 22, 2011 at 3:23 am said:

ANd hmmmmm not to be creepy, but why do i get the feeling you like edamame with Himalayan pink salt, WILCO, sushi nori in miso soup, mountain biking over the Brooklyn Bridge, BAM, MOMA, and the lower East SIde? MANNNNN I am homesick. Especially for 14th Street/Union Square. My last apt was on 175 Third Ave — corner of third and 17th. I am DYING here.

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- skybluewithdaisies on December 23, 2011 at 12:02 am said:
  
  wow… i am so not as hip as all this… but i did just youtube Wilco, and I’m sure I could love them. I do have a thing for Cat Stevens music. The salt, absolutely, and I tried edamame actually during my last trip to Brooklyn for the first time… dying to spend an entire day at BAM… have only been there for brief visits. I hope you are enjoying life as much as possible in Ohio, although i can imagine you must miss NY very much. thanks for visiting me! See you in the city sometime. (-:
  
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Kerrilynn on January 21, 2012 at 5:16 am said:

Thank you for following me! My blog is still very new! I love your “about” page! Can’t wait to read more!

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- skybluewithdaisies on January 21, 2012 at 2:56 pm said:
  
  hope to see more of you. can’t wait to see your etsy and the fruits of your hobby a.d.d. i have it as well… but i struggle with finishing anything. have a lovely day!
  
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Le Blog de Marie on January 31, 2012 at 4:10 pm said:

So happy to have discovered you this morning! Somehow your “Follow” escaped me until today, but I am thrilled to be here. You are an excellent writer—loved your style, humor, and depth. I’m so looking forward to reading more and to enjoying your images and artwork!

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- skybluewithdaisies on February 4, 2012 at 2:59 am said:
  
  That is so sweet (-: Thank you for visiting me! Hope to see more of you here and at marywares!
  
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Julianna on February 5, 2012 at 1:42 am said:

Hi! So glad you found (and enjoyed) my blog. Yours looks fabulous – as is your art work. Keep up the creating – it’s such an amazing ‘space’ to be in!

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- skybluewithdaisies on February 12, 2012 at 3:47 am said:
  
  Wow, thank you Julianna (-: This blogging thing has been such a lovely ride. i have been lazy about posting, and making art lately, but hopefully I’m just in a winter funk. See you again!
  
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  - Julianna on February 13, 2012 at 1:11 am said:
    
    Ahhhh – to everything turn, turn – right? You’re just gestating, filling your well. I hope you do it deliberately – with strolls through a park, antique store, art gallery…whatever feeds your artist’s eye. Good luck!
melonaide on February 19, 2012 at 3:35 am said:

I wouldn’t mind getting a piece or two of your happy cakes! lol
Thanks for visiting my blog – mel 🙂

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Travel Spirit on March 31, 2012 at 10:18 pm said:

Love your blog!!

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- skybluewithdaisies on April 1, 2012 at 1:15 pm said:
  
  Thank you love! Yours is amazing.
  
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lizziebuzziedizzie on April 7, 2012 at 1:26 pm said:

wow cool blog:) happy creating!!!

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- skybluewithdaisies on April 8, 2012 at 12:38 pm said:
  
  thanks Lizzie! Yours too is so inspiring. See you again! Happy Spring!
  
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Jar Of Salt on April 13, 2012 at 4:24 am said:

With the help of total strangers in the blogosphere, I had a creative breakthrough just a few days ago when I covered three pages of the sketchpad after many years of artist’s block. Enjoy creating and we look forward to seeing your art on the blog 🙂

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balistylelife on May 5, 2012 at 3:26 am said:

Hi .. thanks for your ‘like’s on my site… Im having a look around your blog, really beautiful… and look forward to more from ya… great work !! Tanya

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- skybluewithdaisies on May 5, 2012 at 3:45 pm said:
  
  Oh, its so nice of you to stop in… i have large project keeping me from writing regularly, but i can’t help taking a few minutes in the day reading and taking in all the beauty i find on WordPress. Your blog is so exotic and beautiful, and your artwork is breathtaking. i could live and breath artwork of such. hope to see you again!
  
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  - balistylelife on May 8, 2012 at 4:01 am said:
    
    Ohhh Thank you 🙂 such kind words. Enjoy the reading and I await your return into the writing mode again, soon I hope … Tanya
melzzartt on May 20, 2012 at 4:26 pm said:

great blog! Tighter buns? lol!

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- skybluewithdaisies on May 20, 2012 at 11:38 pm said:
  
  thanks Mel! enjoy your day!
  
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PlaNeta on May 23, 2012 at 1:33 am said:

Thank you for visiting my blog, I am very new at this and in my not so spare time I enjoyed reading about your world and your art and dancing.

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- skybluewithdaisies on May 26, 2012 at 2:15 pm said:
  
  did you remove your blog? i can no longer visit. thank you also for stopping by… i hope to see you again!
  
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  - PlaNeta on May 26, 2012 at 3:41 pm said:
    
    my blog is still on, try this: http://planetadancestory.wordpress.com/
Shireen on June 19, 2012 at 7:50 am said:

your blog is gorgeous! can’t wait to get a cup of tea and some dark chocolate and browse away…..to add to your list of lovely things…how about butterflies, coloured scarves, and that feeling when the sun shines through your window right where you are napping….x

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- skybluewithdaisies on June 19, 2012 at 10:15 pm said:
  
  you speak my language! (-: Thank you Shireen… it is so nice of you to visit. i am already sucked in by your Fairy Dust. see you again, enjoy your tea!
  
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mauruschka on September 2, 2012 at 9:26 am said:

Thanks for following me, great site by the way.

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- skybluewithdaisies on September 2, 2012 at 1:20 pm said:
  
  thanks! ditto!! (-:
  
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Miss Rambler on October 31, 2012 at 12:15 pm said:

Thank you for being the 200th subscriber to The Risible Rambler! Your blog is quite the charming slice of happy cake, and I will be coming back for second, third, and fourth helpings.

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- skybluewithdaisies on November 1, 2012 at 2:08 am said:
  
  thanks Miss Rambler! i am happy i could be your 200th… wierd, i think you might have been my 200th too, or VERY close to it. (-: and anyway, congrats!
  
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  - Miss Rambler on November 1, 2012 at 2:55 am said:
    
    O_O weird. but cool.
Hold This. Wear That on November 9, 2012 at 7:04 pm said:

I’m all up for a piece of this blog. Thanks for visiting and most importantly re-tweeting I am very, very grateful. Love and Light xx

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- skybluewithdaisies on November 9, 2012 at 10:39 pm said:
  
  Hold up, Holdthis… did i retweet? see… i didn’t even know i was doing it. Thank you for visiting me as well. Have a lovely weekend!
  
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  - Hold This. Wear That on November 9, 2012 at 11:26 pm said:
    
    Hilar-balls! Soo funny!
Janice J. Cunningham on November 10, 2012 at 7:38 am said:

HAHAHA that is hilarious. LOVE!

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skybluewithdaisies on November 10, 2012 at 1:08 pm said:

Hi Janice, laughing is good… thank you! (-:

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The Sadder But Wiser Girl on November 28, 2012 at 4:24 pm said:

I’ve been missing your blog posts-I hope everything is going fabulously for you! GUESS WHAT? I just nominated you for the Liebster Award. If you’re wanting to accept, just click the link. If not, no hard feelings, I just wanted to recognize some great blogs-I don’t want anything more than that! 😀 http://sadderbutwiser.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/awards-i-got-awards/

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Winter Owls on December 11, 2012 at 6:56 am said:

Hello Sky Blue with Daisies, I’ve nominated your blog for a Versatile Blogger award! If you wish to accept the details are here: http://winterowls.com/2012/12/10/colour-me-happy/
Jen x

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allthingsboys on December 12, 2012 at 11:56 am said:

Thanks so much for the follow! I’m having fun looking into yours! Great page!

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- skybluewithdaisies on December 12, 2012 at 12:02 pm said:
  
  good morning and thanks! i love this world of wordpress. connecting with people around the world and reading their stories. my morning fix is nearly over…i wish i could do it all day sometimes. have a lovely day!
  
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Miss Risabella Rambler on December 16, 2012 at 3:50 am said:

hey, I nominated you for a couple blogging awards. 🙂 stop by my blog to pick them up!

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Artist Desiree East on December 21, 2012 at 5:57 am said:

Nice to meet you, and looking forward to connecting CREATIVELY more!

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rimassolosailingaroundtheworldm on January 3, 2013 at 7:00 pm said:

Thank you so much for visiting my blog.I am launched my blog about three months ago.I am new,but I am getting now so many emails,makes me so happy.I read it your blog mostly.It’s amazing what you doing.You have very a good heart.I know you like it music.My favorite music it’s Violin and piano.

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- skybluewithdaisies on January 3, 2013 at 11:06 pm said:
  
  I love so many kinds of music, but there is nothing like a violin or piano solo to take you away to a beautiful place. I used to play violin in high school…how i miss it! I haven’t really been able to travel since i was very young… so music, and dance, and the internet too, are where i find my escape to other lands. (-: i wish you safe and delightful voyage as you sail around these waters. I hope to hear more about your travels! Cheers and Happy New Year to you
  
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notebooksandteacups on January 30, 2013 at 3:04 am said:

Cutest ‘about’ page ever. 🙂

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- skybluewithdaisies on January 30, 2013 at 11:14 am said:
  
  thanks! i love having this outlet to just write to the universe and it’s a treat when people actually stop by to enjoy. have a lovely day!
  
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photographymemoirs on February 21, 2013 at 6:31 am said:

Greetings from a far away land
I just wanted to say that I admire your energy and enthusiasm. I sincerely hope that peace joy and above all love grace your journey in life
God bless you

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- skybluewithdaisies on February 22, 2013 at 12:25 am said:
  
  i was so happy to come home to find your kind comment. I laugh because i am not feeling very energetic or enthusiastic lately (i don’t do to well in the bitter cold winter here), but you seeing that in me just makes me want to snap out of it and get over it! (-: It’s amazing how people from across the world can affect your mood, or make a difference in your day. your photography is beautiful and i look forward to more. Thank you, and best wishes Konstantine!
  
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hamnered on July 19, 2013 at 8:37 am said:

You’ve won me over ❤

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fearlessrika on September 1, 2013 at 10:53 pm said:

You’re blog is awesome!

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- skybluewithdaisies on September 1, 2013 at 11:39 pm said:
  
  thank you fearless (-: stop in any time!
  
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  - fearlessrika on September 2, 2013 at 12:02 am said:
    
    Anytime, my pleasure ^_^
Bipasha on October 30, 2013 at 8:36 am said:

Hi Erica,
So happy you are following my blog, hope i can keep you interested 🙂
i love your art, will be dropping by often!

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- skybluewithdaisies on November 2, 2013 at 1:22 pm said:
  
  I wish i could spend all day reading the beautiful blogs I find here (and making art!!) 🙂 thank you for the nice compliments.
  
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anntogether.com on May 17, 2014 at 12:06 am said:

Who doesn’t love peace, tea and tighter buns! Love your quirky About – you already made me smile and I didn’t even peruse other places on your blog yet 🙂
AnnMarie

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Arl's World on May 20, 2014 at 12:40 am said:

Hello there! Thanks so much for the follow. What a nice blog you have here …I like the name. And I love the pictures of the dog with the soccer ball …so cute!

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- skybluewithdaisies on May 21, 2014 at 10:02 pm said:
  
  Hello Arlene! i keep trying to reply but my message keeps disappearing. i think it’s must my day for computer problems. anyway, thank you for visiting! i love your photos. i see you are an animal lover too. that zukes looks great! are you an affiliate? if so i will link through you if i buy. it is great to meet you! see you again. 🙂
  
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Ali Dunnell on October 10, 2017 at 7:41 am said:

Hello Sky Blue With Daisies. Over the past few months I have enjoyed visiting, looking at your amazing pictures and reading your blog and so I have nominated you for the Blogger Recognition Award. It’s an award given to bloggers by bloggers to recognise the hard work that they do and encourage them to do more. Please take a look at my link and follow the instructions – and happy blogging 🙂 https://travelswithmyart.com/2017/10/10/ive-been-awarded-the-blogger-recognition-award-not-once-but-twice/

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