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February Journal Quilt

I am so excited to share with you all my second journal quilt titled, “The Chuppah”. The theme for February was “Love Songs”. And, though there are many songs that remind me of my relationship for my husband, the one I chose to illustrate is a Jewish song that was played at our wedding.
Our wedding [...]

Updates, fun, and a meme

I first want to thank everyone for their positive thoughts, healing energy, and prayers for my mother-in-law, Marlene. Her angiogram was completely clean! No blockages. She didn’t need angioplasty or a stent. It is wonderful news! Thanks to all for your fabulous support and well-wishes.
Second, I found the memory card from the weekend with Eliana. [...]

February Calendar Journal Pages

I have mentioned before that I am participating in a calendar journal round robin and I’m involved in. The following are the pages I did for Kathy’s Journal for the month of February.

This is the first page I did in Kathy’s Journal. It’s a sign in page, but also a [...]

Home again!

I’m so glad to be home.
As much as I always love seeing my niece, the travel was really hard on me. But it was worth it. There are very few people I’d do this quick trip for! Eliana was having her 6th birthday party this past weekend. We went to see her and to [...]

So many dear notes

Dear friends,
Many of you have written concerned about my health. Thank you so much. I have often wondered what people could possibly think of me writing about my health struggles, but I’m usually not quite this public about them. However, I’m glad I have been. I think it’s important that people with chronic illness share [...]

The studio gets some color

I spent most of the weekend doing everything but art. I put up my art on the walls on Friday (See the promised images on the left and right of this text!) and part of the Saturday I reorganized most of my studio space so that I could be ready for the IV treatment I [...]

Checking in, but not quite finished…

Yesterday and today, I’ve gotten no art done, but I’m feeling quite accomplished, as I focus on organizing my space. I was very clear about what needed to go and didn’t need to go. Yesterday, after I reorganized and prioritized where things go on the shelves, I took some time to finally put up some [...]

Tagged and more

I was tagged a while back, but I haven’t had a chance to do the meme. It’s below. First, I wanted to say thanks to everyone who has commented on the blog recently. I did not get a chance to do any art yesterday, since I was meeting my mother-in-law and father-in-law at a cardiologist’s [...]

Inchies not for me and sharing some more art

I made some inchies today. They came out fine, but I found the size too restricting for me. It’s not my style. But here’s what I did with them. I put them in Kathy’s journal, which I have for the Calendar Round Robin I’m doing. I don’t foresee myself doing more inchies - unless they’re [...]

Some cards and ATCs

I found my muse. I think she’s been stuck under the stickers I’m trying to sort through… No matter, I dug her out of the rubble…
This weekend I played with Color Mists from Outside The Margins. I received them from a friend in a secret sister swap. (Thanks Christy!) I think they were just what [...]

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    I'm Fran Saperstein. I'm an artist and writer sharing my life with my wonderful husband, David. In this blog I will share some of the art I'm doing, tell you about how I live my life with chronic illness, and still maintain a positive life here in my Phoenix, AZ home studio. I'll share what I'm experimenting with, what I'm writing and even (beware!) what I'm thinking. I am always looking to try new things and to experiment. I'll share some of my experiments here. Email me.
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