Then I played around with a different color scheme. Of course I can't get away from pink but was fun to play around in black and white.
So another weekend is coming to a close. Hope you enjoyed yours and got creative!
Showing posts with label mixed media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mixed media. Show all posts
A Little something new
Today I whipped up a small batch of bookmarks
These are fun and easy to make plus will make great little add ins with gifts. Or maybe even make them into gift tags. After all (dare I say), you know what will be here before we know it!
Then I played around with a different color scheme. Of course I can't get away from pink but was fun to play around in black and white.
So another weekend is coming to a close. Hope you enjoyed yours and got creative!
Then I played around with a different color scheme. Of course I can't get away from pink but was fun to play around in black and white.
So another weekend is coming to a close. Hope you enjoyed yours and got creative!
No time for blogging...it's summer!
I was beginning to feel bad about the lack of a blog post for awhile until I realized I am not alone. It's summer and who has time for blogging?! I can see where there are a few of the "hard core" artist blogs rolling right along without a hitch but for many the pace has slowed. Fall is soon to be around the corner and the shift back to sharing and showing will resume for the rest of us I suppose.
I have been busy on new art, some new project ideas, and waiting myself for a much anticipated vacation break. I've got new items over on the Etsy store if you want to check those out. Plans for more to come.
Here is look at a new art piece:
I have been busy on new art, some new project ideas, and waiting myself for a much anticipated vacation break. I've got new items over on the Etsy store if you want to check those out. Plans for more to come.
Here is look at a new art piece:
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| Leave a Little Sparkle |
Artful Headboard
I'm married to a wood whisperer. What? Yes, a man who listens to and communicates with wood.
He can take a stump of wood and turn it into a beautiful bowl or vases, an ugly knot off a tree and turn it into a gorgeous table. Old wood and make wooden boxes. So wood talks to him obviously, and he responds with gorgeousness. Me, I'd be starting a fire or something. Haha!
We haven't had a headboard for our bed in a very long time. And I've always said we should make one.
Wander down Pinterest lane very long and one can become overwhelmed with ideas. So the wood whisperer did what he does best.
And isn't it gorgeous?!!!! It's so awesome I now have to work on the entire bedroom. A room that honestly I had neglected with any kind of room design until now. He has upped the ante' big time.
The texture and the natural wood just pops against the white trim and also our wall color. Love, love, love it! So I just had to share this with you. I think he needs to find some more old wood and give it a good talking to! :)
He can take a stump of wood and turn it into a beautiful bowl or vases, an ugly knot off a tree and turn it into a gorgeous table. Old wood and make wooden boxes. So wood talks to him obviously, and he responds with gorgeousness. Me, I'd be starting a fire or something. Haha!
We haven't had a headboard for our bed in a very long time. And I've always said we should make one.
Wander down Pinterest lane very long and one can become overwhelmed with ideas. So the wood whisperer did what he does best.
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| Headboard made from 100 yr old water barrel wood. |
Frozen
This may be an understatement! This is Texas, freezing cold, inches and inches of ice, none of which belongs in this State! If your from the Midwest or the North (which I originally am), this is what you expect and actually learn to drive on. But sorry Texans, this is not your game.
Now granted, ice is hard for anyone to drive on but, most of us whom live in Texas don't even own an ice scrapper! Really! So needless to say when it gets like this nothing moves. Or should. (See above!)
So it's been a day at home. Bad for business but great for snuggling up with the Ipad and spending some time doing art. :)
Which is exactly what I did. And with the deep freeze settling in and now relief in sight today may hold more of the same. Pity. (tee-hee)
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| Image courtesy wfaa.com |
So it's been a day at home. Bad for business but great for snuggling up with the Ipad and spending some time doing art. :)
Happy Paint Party Friday!
After taking a week off from participating with everyone over at paintpartyfriday I'm happy to have a moment to browse through many of the posting over there and join in!
Last week I found myself looking at the studio and thinking, I've been really messy!! I mean... out of control... this space has to be cleaned up kind of messy. So with task at hand I cleaned.
What I found interesting was that in looking at older works I realized my own growth in my art.
So look what I now have----
Lots of panels, boards and canvas that I simply feel like they are not worthy of keeping. They will become the backgrounds and inspiration for new pieces. Yeah!
Plus, and I may need an opinion on this, I've begun a new organization system.
I grabbed soft binders, clear plastic sleeves, and put in my canvas boards. This way I've got binders to organize not shuffle through stacks of boards. Good idea? I'll let you know. Because this takes them out of my view. Not on display but half the time they are in stacks anyway.
Then I did the same for my canvas sheets. Binders for these also.
This weekend looking for a more "inspiring and creative" time in the studio. Happy Halloween!
Last week I found myself looking at the studio and thinking, I've been really messy!! I mean... out of control... this space has to be cleaned up kind of messy. So with task at hand I cleaned.
What I found interesting was that in looking at older works I realized my own growth in my art.
So look what I now have----
Plus, and I may need an opinion on this, I've begun a new organization system.
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| Canvas Boards |
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| Canvas Sheets |
I grabbed soft binders, clear plastic sleeves, and put in my canvas boards. This way I've got binders to organize not shuffle through stacks of boards. Good idea? I'll let you know. Because this takes them out of my view. Not on display but half the time they are in stacks anyway.
Then I did the same for my canvas sheets. Binders for these also.
This weekend looking for a more "inspiring and creative" time in the studio. Happy Halloween!
The Holidays--
The Holidays are coming! The Holidays are coming! Oh my and a great big sigh! Everywhere I'm
looking these days it is Halloween or Christmas or both out for display. I'm just not ready to embrace this. Just being honest. But while I'm not ready to "go there" just yet I actually have made what I call Gifts from the Heart.
Just getting started with these as they are more time consuming than one would think. Paper, glue, and embellish. Not hard just takes time. And not just for Christmas either which makes them great.
Since my last post I also proceeded with making a few tags.
looking these days it is Halloween or Christmas or both out for display. I'm just not ready to embrace this. Just being honest. But while I'm not ready to "go there" just yet I actually have made what I call Gifts from the Heart.
Since my last post I also proceeded with making a few tags.
Haven't really done these before but they were fun to do.
Hope you have a creative weekend and join me over at
Sept 22, 2013
At last I think Fall is in our air! Taking it all in yesterday and today with windows open and a crispness not felt in a long time. But, being Texas, I'm sure we will be back in the 90's tomorrow.
After having taken a couple of days to get my "art house" in order I am back with not enough time on my hands it seems. Isn't that just the way life goes though?
These little beauties are going to end up on tags & cards possibly. Still trying to decide.
My etsy shop is going to get things added to it and hopefully & that will be next weekends project!
Enjoying football season, and outdoor projects put off until cooler weather, all great things that come with fall too. Hope you have had a great weekend!
After having taken a couple of days to get my "art house" in order I am back with not enough time on my hands it seems. Isn't that just the way life goes though?
These little beauties are going to end up on tags & cards possibly. Still trying to decide.
My etsy shop is going to get things added to it and hopefully & that will be next weekends project!
Long Weekend
Happy 4th weekend...a bit late. What has been a long weekend has been a really quick weekend. Along the way have spent time with friends and family both. Enjoyed good food, conversation and a delightful ride through the pasture. Yes, pasture. And during this ride/ tour of a large haying acreage I realized that as an artist I now notice shades, and colors and get inspiration from surroundings differently than before my art journey began! Beauty has never been lost on me when it comes to being outdoors, but every once in awhile something you wouldn't expect to take as beauty is just that.
Given all the activities and usual duties of any weekend I haven't had my "day" in the studio as I had hoped. (I did add a portfolio to the home page. But requires flash.) Will probably rework that again sometime. No new art to share
but I did find this wooden canvas I had done awhile back.
Hope you enjoyed your weekend and God Bless America and it's founding!
Given all the activities and usual duties of any weekend I haven't had my "day" in the studio as I had hoped. (I did add a portfolio to the home page. But requires flash.) Will probably rework that again sometime. No new art to share
but I did find this wooden canvas I had done awhile back.
Hope you enjoyed your weekend and God Bless America and it's founding!
Happy Thursday!
So here is the "rub"....patience is always a work in progress with me. I can excel at times in its practice, and at other times, well it can be the bain of my existence. The older one gets you recognize the signs of your own impatience and working on patience skills I think.
Ideas, dreams, and other motivators for me often have a hard time taking a back seat to the day in and out mundane have to do's.
But knowing that they are alive and well and flourishing in their own due time means I may actually be getting a handle on this patience thing!
Also here is the finished product from last posts sneek peek.
Having just bragged about patience....it really didn't win out in the finish of my girl. I had bigger and better plans for her but hey-
Patience....win some....loose some! :)
Ideas, dreams, and other motivators for me often have a hard time taking a back seat to the day in and out mundane have to do's.
But knowing that they are alive and well and flourishing in their own due time means I may actually be getting a handle on this patience thing!
Also here is the finished product from last posts sneek peek.
Having just bragged about patience....it really didn't win out in the finish of my girl. I had bigger and better plans for her but hey-
Patience....win some....loose some! :)
Not the dreaded sewing machine!
Having been sick all week, (sinus infection), today was the first day I have felt like spending time in the studio. Yes, this causes me great distress but nothing I can or could do about it.
I came across an article in the recent Somerset Life magazine and found a bit of inspiration put into action today. Teresa McFayden, had a piece published where she had created some small "folio's" which I thought were very cute. My first thought was not the dreaded sewing machine! I own one, don't know how to use it well, and don't have and never will desire to invest the time or brain cells necessary to efficiently operate one! My second small obstacle was I had only flipped through the magazine, not purchasing it in lieu of a book I invested in.
So armed with resources I had available, and including some simple stitching on the ends of my folio with the sewing machine, here is my folio!
I came across an article in the recent Somerset Life magazine and found a bit of inspiration put into action today. Teresa McFayden, had a piece published where she had created some small "folio's" which I thought were very cute. My first thought was not the dreaded sewing machine! I own one, don't know how to use it well, and don't have and never will desire to invest the time or brain cells necessary to efficiently operate one! My second small obstacle was I had only flipped through the magazine, not purchasing it in lieu of a book I invested in.
So armed with resources I had available, and including some simple stitching on the ends of my folio with the sewing machine, here is my folio!
Doodle
Weekends are precious hours to me. I never seem to get enough done when it comes to my "play" time and during the week I can't always find the time to hit the studio. So I will pre-paint a canvas sheet so it will be ready for a doodle during the week.
Yes a doodle! Canvas has always had more appeal to me than papers. So the majority of what I do takes place on canvas. With the pre-painted canvas I can sit and doodle....my way of journaling.
Yes a doodle! Canvas has always had more appeal to me than papers. So the majority of what I do takes place on canvas. With the pre-painted canvas I can sit and doodle....my way of journaling.
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