Yarn Bombing

I love yarn.  I crochet constantly.  I just found these pix at Street Art Utopia.com.  One of these days, I'm going to do this in my yard.

The Perfect Find

Yesterday, I took a trip to Goodwill.  I was looking for things to paint, or glue, or cover, or whatever that can be transformed from an old, yucky item into something amazing.  I did find a couple things to work on, but I also found the perfect holder for my rubber stamps.  Usually when you happen upon one of these little shadowboxes, they are made out of something just slightly thicker than balsa wood.  But this is solid wood and the little compartments are almost perfect!  Now I just need to find 4 or 5 more of them for the rest of my stamps.

Thank you Ladies!

Three perfect eggs from my little chickens today. Thank you Rhodey, Molly, and Zebra.

The Chickens are Back in Action!

Things are looking up again around here.  About a year ago, my husband got 3 chickens, Rhodey, Molly, and Zebra.  For months, they were laying the most beautiful eggs.  We had more eggs than we could ever consume so our family and friends had lots of "farm fresh" eggs.

However, a couple months ago the molting started.  Evidently, chickens "molt" in the fall, which means they lose their feathers and get new ones.  During this time it really takes a lot out of the poor little things.  Their eggs (when they were even laying them) were tall and thin.  I don't know about you, but I wasn't going to eat a skinny egg.  After some research on the computer, my husband found out that they need more calcium during the molting season, so he started supplementing their regular food.  And, TA DAH, beautiful eggs again.

My Art Journal

I've been meaning to start an art journal for a long time.  So I actually worked on my first page.

You know it's funny.  All of my llife I have worked with numbers.  Right out of high school, I went to work at a bank, then moved into real estate for 25 years.  I did a short stint as a mortgage broker and an insurance agent before I stopped working full time.  A couple months ago, I left the part-time bookkeeping job that I've had for the past 2 1/2 years.  It's always been NUMBERS!!

Even though I've been surrounded by closing statements and spreadsheets most of my life, I have always dreamed of a more artistic life.  So, it's time for a change.  I'm trying to create something (no matter how simple or small) every day.  I have found, however, that I'm much more comfortable with more linear or geometric designs (it's that "numbers" thing again), but I'm pushing myself to be more free with it.

Here's the front and back of a folder that I made to hold my pieces of art.  I got the idea for this from Mary Ann Moss at dispatchfromla.typepad.com.  I've tried stenciling a few times and I stumbled upon this blog.  She offers an online course in stenciling.  The first thing that she has you do is make one of these files for your work.  Here's the link to the stencilry class:  http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com/dispatch_from_la/online-class-information-for-pure-experimentation-stencilry-.html

 And then, I had to get my fix by drawing some lines:

I'm kind of proud of my cute little leaves!

Greeting Cards!

Here are a few cards that I've made.

I would like to make a series of cards and try to sell them on Etsy.com.  We'll see.

The Painting that Never Ends

I've been working on this painting since December 26th.  I paint a little bit, then let it hang around for awhile. Then, after starting at it for a few days, I'll go back to it, trying something different.  I have a real "painter's block" with this one.

I started out in a geometric mode - 

then I tried a little pallet knife action -

today, I decided there was too much pallet knife and that from now on, whenever I don't like something, I'm just going to paint it black.

Now, of course, this reminds me of a Rolling Stones song

"I see a red door and I want it painted black

No colors anymore, I want them to turn black"

So, we'll let this version hang around for a few days and see how it goes.