A week of art and adventure…

I’ve been busy this week. I’m sorry I have neglected my blog.
On Monday, my husband had hernia surgery. He’s fine. He’s recovered quickly, and is a fairly easy patient. I’m lucky, as I know many men turn into babies when they are ill. Dave is a trooper, and, though I’ve been helping him frequently, I [...]

Artful box

Well, in my Mixed Media Surfaces class at Joggles, we made some more cool surfaces. To the right is one of those surfaces. I really like this one. It has all the colors I’ve been using lately! Fused onto this surface are the following:

Backing Fabric: Turquoise polyester blend - it is similar in weight and [...]

So much excitement

I know! Two posts in one day! Well, there’s a lot going on here in the ArtsyFran studio!
First, Andrea, the owner, of Sun Spirit Studio, is a dear friend of mine. So, when she sent me these darling new stamps to the right, I had her doodle birds from her prior release and I just [...]

Busy few days

The past few days, I’ve been working on my last project for my first Mixed Media for Fabric Artists class on Joggles. I’m really enjoying this class. And I’m learning a LOT about my machine. Of course, I learned the hard way. Now for the story:
Yesterday I was doing some decorative stitching on the journal [...]

Catching Up!

I had my treatment this week, so much of the week was spent either preparing for the treatment by getting a lot of art out or recovering from the treatment. On Monday, I spent the day working on some canvases. I created some textural backgrounds to use in collage or to paint with. I thought [...]

Catching Up!

Well, it is already Wednesday. it is already June 5th, and I have not yet written since our anniversary celebration. We went to Eddie V’s in Scottsdale on Friday evening and it was lovely. I had, upon making the reservations,
I had told them that we were celebrating both our 15th anniversary and Dave’s birthday. They [...]