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I know. I’ve left you hanging. I didn’t post after my day out with Angie. But Angie did such a great job of describing our day, I couldn’t have done a better job and, well, I figured I’d like to her blog so you could see our day. To check it out, look here. [...]

It’s for the birds

I’ve been working on the composition to use the bird I showed in this post. I created the image for a chunky book page exchange with one of my art groups. The compositions I played with today are all 5″ x 5″, but the book is 4″ x 4″ so I’ll need to shrink them [...]

Oh, I’m a Klutz

Yes, I really am. And I cannot believe that this has not happened before. What is “this”? Well, it’s spilling the water canister where my brushes soak after I use them. I spilled blue/green water all over the floor and carpet in the studio. And yet, I just had to laugh. It is not going [...]

Some works in progress

On some of the blogs I frequent, Wednesday is Works in Progress Wednesday, or WIP Wednesday. So, I’m going to post some of my WIPs today!
But, before I do that, I want to thank NancyB, who I traded some collage sheets with this week. She had a one on one swap going so [...]

Manic Monday Winner

Wow! I first have to say that you all amazed me with your commenting and your entries into the Box of Inspiration giveaway! I put all the names on small pieces of paper and had my husband pull a name. Well, I’m sure you’re all dying to find out who won, aren’t you?
But first, let [...]

What Book Are You?

BlueJude did this meme, and I thought I’d try it. Mine actually does sort of describe me; and the book was one of my faves as a kid!

You’re To Kill a Mockingbird!
by Harper Lee
Perceived as a revolutionary and groundbreaking person, you have
changed the minds of many people. While questioning the authority around you, you’ve
also taken [...]

Asked & Answered!

I had several questions from some of the art posted this week so far. Rather than answer each individually or in the comments section, I figured if some asked, more might want the answers, so here they are – this week’s Q & A!
Q: What type of liquid acrylic do you use? The good stuff [...]

Journaling, journaling, journaling!

I’ve finished up the artwork for the CalendarGirlz calendar I currently have. I left some of the pages alone that I had posted here; but others needed some tweaking, so here are some descriptions and images!
To the left is the final version of Escher’s self-portrait with quite a bit of altering. I really went to [...]

Tagged and the Contest

There’s still time to enter the contest for the “Box of Inspiration” sponsored by ArtsyFran and Sakura! Just leave a comment and you’re entered! Check here for details.
I’ve been tagged by Lia to list five weird things about myself. I recently did this, but there’s always more to share… So here are my five weird [...]

And a quilt (sort of) is born

I spent what seemed like forever trying to get my bobbin loaded with the thread, but it worked finally and I actually did the majority of the work on my first Journal Quilt for January. It’s not even close to professional but considering that I have NEVER done this before, I have no training in [...]

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