EXACTLY ONE MONTH away from Christmas day...

 We get these stacks of cards in the mail.

So I paint them

collage them

paint and collage...

 here is how this one looked...

 Then

turned it into

this!

 Paint and collage on the next one...

 Ta Da!

like magic

only a little harder...

 BEFORE...

 AFTER

 BEFORE...

You can paint this way,

any size,

on any substrate.

Now on to Christmas decorations

xo

THANKSGIVING in two more days...

 Feeling

especially

 fortunate

to 

have a home

 A

loving 

family

 We live in California

and have so many friends 

and people 

we know that have lost 

their

homes

in the latest

fires.

 Many of us are helping

as much as possible...

 You and I

know

it can't ever

be 

enough

 And now the

holidays

are upon us...

 homes

family

gathering

loving

nurturing...

 WE 

pray

every day

for all those

that have lost so much.

And that it

will be sooner

than everyone

 thinks,

 for

all of them to be 

HOME.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

TO EVERYONE!

Even if you don't celebrate

this day,

or eat turkey.

Have some beautiful moments 

with yourself and if you can...

your family.

"DREAM SHE SAID, to everybody"...

 Someone gave her a new skirt...

 And she finally

earned her wings!

She now

awaits 

her 

ankle 

bracelet...

Materials:

Barrel Stave substrate

dyed fabric

copper (sealed) legs and wings

acrylic and deli paper bodice

collaged face

And this is Monday in a November

FIRST SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER...

 From my box

of 

words...

 Drying in our window...

 How I love

LAYERING.

And then

LAYERING

some more.

Until it all gets 

JUST RIGHT.

With:

burlap, cheese cloth, dyed fabrics and

VUNDERFUL

acrylics and textures.

This quote I love!

It is so profound

and

meaningful for we women.

HAPPY WEEKENDER EVERYONE