Hello Sailor!

Hey folks it has been a while! I have finished another bearded gent to add to my collection!

It will be a hectic month this September and here is where you can meet me and other amazing talents this month.

Newest illustration to the beard collection “Sailors Beard”

Original illustration by April Alayne. 

This sexy sailor was created with a  .5 and . 7 mechanical pencil on recycled bristol. He took about 2 and a half days to complete. Original for sale. Contact me for serious inquiries. 

Prints are available on Etsy and you can follow progress on my Facebook or Instagram 

I just got back for Wildwood NJ from the Beach Bash Villain Arts puts on and it was a great show! 

You can find me at these shows coming up in September!

I WILL SEE YOU AT THE SHOW! 

Thank you for taking a look.

Here is a sneak peek of a commissioned piece for a Botanical company in Vancouver called Tales of the Wild

 

Dreamers

This is a rough edit of my new illustration “Dreamers”

Like the ones before they were created with a mechanical pencil on bristol. Nothing fancy.

 

Pre-Order HERE!

AlwaysApril.Etsy.com!

Sneak peak of the WIP

Follow the process on Instagram

@April_ Alayne

Come say hello!

I will be at ARTSCAPE in Baltimore, Md, July 19 – 21

Wildwood Beach Bash in NJ, August 15 -17

Baltimore Comic Con, MD, September 5-7

United Ink Tour, NY, September 12-14

Hey folks! Time for an ART SALE

 

I am having a sale! 

Hurry on over to AlwaysApril to get your art prints for mothers day!

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE! you heard that right folks!

When checking out with the one print you would like simply convo me the other you desire.

I have been creating all sorts of goodies and going all over the place to get a chance to meet you!

And now that I got accepted into ARTSCAPE I could use your support more then ever!

Keep the art alive!

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Baltimore Tattoo Convention 2014

Cyber Monday! Oh Boy!

What does today mean?

Today means I will give you 10 % off your purchase using coupon code CYBERMONDAY ! Hooray!

So head on over to Thread Over Heels or Always April where you can purchase new goodies for the holidays with ten percent off!

New goodies like these for you or your friends and family!

Original: Available Prints: N/A

Nothing is more special than something that is handmade and created by a small business.

Shop smart and give uniquely this holiday.

HAPPY SHOPPING

Holiday Specials!

Add created by Steve Becker

What a great stocking stuffer!

That is correct folks!  Black Friday till Tuesday I will be having a buy one get one FREE sale on all hand signed prints on AlwaysApril.etsy.com

In addition I will be releasing a few Art Pendants just for the holidays.

These handmade pendants are 40 X30 mm and available in black, silver, antique silver, antique gold, and copper.  Choose any original illustration of mine in any color setting for a unique personal holiday gift!

Happy holidays and happy shopping!

A drawing for November

Meet “Ginger Flower”. An illustration strongly influenced by floriography.

Original will be for sale in January. Prints will be available on my Etsy soon!

In the mean time here is where you can meet me and where to shop local!

Join the fun in Reading PA for this affair.

Then hope on over next week for GRUMP

Follow me on these sites for coupons, giveaways and more!

Facebook

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Etsy

Fleur de lis

 

 

Here are the stages of this lady coming together. As usuall I used a mechanical pencil with .5 and .7 lead. on Bristol. You can follow them on Instagram @april_alayne

Prints will be available on Etsy along with my others

I did this piece for the Voodoo Tattoo Expo in New Orleans Louisiana. I had a great time and even came home with some new ink myself. She is still healing but Micah,  who has been tattooing for over 20 years did and amazing job. I have named my new lace moth Eloise

And had an amazing road trip up the coast and along the Blue Ridge Parkway, here is a little gallery of some of those pretty things!

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Up next I will be headed to the nova area to do GRUMP a fantastic holiday show put on by Artisphere! Shop local this season!

 

 

Mermaid

Sorry everyone I have been slacking! Very busy busy bee with all sorts of shows coming up! Follow me here if you would like to know where I will be next to say hello! I know I would love to see you!

Here she is!  My little mermaid. 8 X 10 prints are available here  on Etsy. And the Original is still available for $700. Serious inquiries only please.
She was created on 14 X 17″ recycled Bristol using graphite. .05 and ,0 7 for all those who ask.

For those who want her as a tattoo, I am honored!  And I would love to see her on skin. I humbly request you purchase the right to tattoo her before you get it inked. Any good tattoo artist will request the same. Simply buy the print or make a $25 donation.  Also for extra points if you post your new April Alayne ink to my wall I will simply adore you.

 

Also here is a little fish I enjoyed doing!

A little video of a work in progress can be seen here. I enjoyed this little guy very much!

Talk to you soon and have a wonderful day!

 

Hey! It has been a while.

Hi friends!

This season has been super busy with all sorts of new projects and work opportunities. So I have been slacking on TOH !

Here is what I got for you curvy ladies!

 

IIf you are interested in any of these items before I post to Etsy please feel free to contact me first! Sorry the photos are not up to par… editing is really not my specialty. And who’s got time to edit when there are drawings to be completed!

I have been working on a whole slew of new pieces. I will post about them soon!

Follow in Instagram for daily drawing updates @april_alayne

 

Have a great day everyone!!

Vintage finds for February. In all sizes!

Hey everyone! I went shopping for you again. It has been over 2 years and running  TOH and I am still excited to be bringing you vintage finds.I have been getting more and more emails asking to find not just plus size clothing but vintage clothing in every size so I will be doing just that. Naturally I will cater more towards plus size clothing since it is such a hard task but slowly I will introduce smaller sizes as well. I couldn’t model for you this time for 2 reasons. First off  because of surgery a coupe weeks ago that left me weak so I wasn’t feeling up to the challenge and second off I bring you smaller sizes this voluptuous body cant squeeze into (even though i want to badly!) The dress form is a wonderful addition to the shop. I would love to get your feed back on what you prefer though.

But for now here is what I have found just in time for Valentines Day!

XL 12-16US $60

XL 12-16 US $35

XL XXL plus size stretch
14-18US $50

XL XXL stretch 12-16US $50

Some adorable scarves to accessorize with all $20

I found some wonderful sets, skirts and tops. These are perfect for mix and match.

Size 16 US
$79 for set

Size 18/22 US
$25

Size 16/18 US
$95

Size 16/18
$100

Size 16/18 US
$75

Size 18/22 US
$25

Size 18/24
$35

Size 16 US
$79 for set

Size 16/22
$25

Matching Jacket for blue polka dot dress

Size 14 US $80

Size 14/16 $25

And naturally… all the dresses!

Size 14/16
$65

Size 12/14
$60

Size 14 US
$65

Size 16/18 US
$60

Size 16/18 US
$60

size 14/ 16
$60

Size 22/24 US
$65

Size 20 US
$65

Size 18/20
$65

Size 14/16 US
$50

Size 20/22 US
$60

Size 14/ 16 US
$60

Size 16 US
$60

Size 16/18 US
$50

Size 12/16 US
$60

Size 14/ 16
$60

Size 16 US
$60

Size 12/16 US
$65

Size 14/16 US
$65

And my personal favorite find of the bunch

Size 11 Jr. size 6/8
$120

If you are interested in any of these items before I put them up for sale on TOH please feel free to write me with VINTAGE as the subject. I would love to hear from you.  I have measured everything and they are ready to rock!

Hope you’re having a wonderful day!