FIRECRACKER DAY

 A little hanger...

 

 

 

 

 on the 4th of July...

 

 

 

 

Going into my etsy, adding much variety!

 

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY MY FRIENDS!

FINISHED FACES

 I made some minute changes today...

 

 

 

 

 thinking I love her altered ;) she will go into etsy soon

 

 

 

 

 still plugging away on this one, but very close...

 

 

 

 

a few changes on her fabric paper dress...

yes...soon, well,,,,maybe?

(musical notes) A little bit of this and a little bit of that (musical notes)

BLACK ATTACK today!

 

 



 SOLD...an old wooden box end with the screws left in, just painted ;)

 

 

 

 Bluebirds bathing...

 

 

 

We all think it's spring time around here, not summer!

Carolyn Ann Warner, my sister died June 12, 2013

YOU'LL ALWAYS BE AROUND CHEERING

FOR ME IN EVERY ENDEAVOR I ATTEMPT.

I'LL MISS YOUR SWEET WORDS,

YOUR SWEETEST SMILE IN THE WORLD,

BUT I'LL ALWAYS HEAR, ALWAYS, YOUR whispers IN MY EAR!

OUR CAROLYN OUR LOVE...xoxoxoxo

AFTER SCHOOL JOB

 for one of my high school graduates...

 

 

 

 enter nursing school...so proud of Kenna!

 

 

 

 another little painting for an eighth grader whom I love and will miss

from our after school family!

 

 

 

 I am taking a blogging break...

 

 

 

 and leave with these little basket bags I've been making...

 

 

 

 I will be putting them in my etsy when there is time...

 

 

 

 

I sincerely hope everyone is enjoying our summer time!

and for those that live on the OTHER SIDE...I hope you

are enjoying your time as well!

Ciao XOXO

VACATION is around the corner...

 such a HUGE part of my life...my afterschool kiddos...

 

 

 

 

 one more school year and then i'll retire, but keep my fingers in the pot...

 

 

 

 

 they bring such JOY into my life!

 

 

 

 

 unfinished business ;)

 

 

 

 

 the start of the outside of my new 2013 summer journal...

 

 

 

 

 gearing up with funny funny pages, like a cheez-it box...makes for good painterly pages...it's humid in panama...

 

 

 

 

 painted pages to be covered, all slicked up for anything surprising that comes my way...

 

 

 

 

 even a French bread wrapper to doodle or paint on...lots of inspiration, eh?

 

 

 

 

and thank you Ross Store for my inexpensive, cool hippie, breezy clothes!

 

 

HAPPY WEEK FRIENDO'S!!!

OXOXOX

P.S. I am adding affordable "DOINGS" to my etsy if you'd like to peruse...

SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS DAY...

 it's been unfinished for over a year...

 

 

 

 

 i'm not really sure, HOW LONG...

 

 

 

 

 I HOPE you like this piece, I do so much, but am still figuring out where to take it...

 

 

 

 

 a few more ideas popped into my mind this morning...

 

 

 

 

so...we shall see...

 

 

if anyone wants to know about the project, just ask and I shall be happy to explain ;)

FINISHED and UNFINISHED ARTWORK!

 I've been working like a Trojan...too bad it's so doggone fun, eh?

 

 

 

 She is painted on a barrel stave, oh surprise!

 

 

 

 She is ready to hang and in my ETSY, on sale today, yes today...

just click on the etsy sign to the right of my postings

 

 

 

 I posted this in the previous post...

 

 

 

 not knowing where it would lead...

 

 

 

 well, it has been a pure delight to work on...

 

 

 

 and taking a very long time for me...

like days...

 

 

 

 but it is SO WORTH it...I always learn more as I stop, step back and peruse, making decisions...

I am finished with her face...and she doesn't look like this photo anymore...

 

 

 

 she has donned one of my favorite techniques...hand made "FABRIC PAPER",

which I tore off my wall, when I saw the colors were perfect and subtle for her garb!

 

 

 

when you peer closely, some little words, even show up...

LOVE when that happens!

 

I plan to tone her down all around tomorrow and then promise to show the end result!

 

 

I hope you all are having a most wonderful weekend, and I am praying for those in Kansas that are holed up waiting for the tornadoes to pass! oxox

SUMMER IS IN FULL SWING HERE!

 you may have seen her before, but she got a face lift...

 ...and I found her words last night late!

 Barrel Stave painting with a copper flower, painted silly...

 her lovely hat is of chiffon and some cheesecloth I dyed last summer...

 

 

 

 Next up...the start of a new mixed media painting, I never ever know how this will end up, not even the colors...just putting on layers and layers.

we had a really busy, hard working fun day involving so many tasks and good laughs.

we spent over an hour at the Auburn Club Car Restaurant in the morning, changing, adding and taking paintings off some walls. Can you imagine being the husband that is helping his wife..."hmm, lets see, over to the right a tad, no, to the left, now down"...he's got patience, I tell you!

 

 these are some of my favorite colors, in case you've never guessed...;)

 

 here's some of nana's rickrack :

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and a lovely little chunk of burlap...

 

 

HAPPY WEEK ENDING!