I’m planning on making a bunch of these for my Spring Shows…but I wanted to make these more Christmassy ones to submit to magazines for next holiday season (crazy, I know!) I’m really loving the linear quilting on the background, how it contrasts with my free motion machine sketching. We had a gloriously sunny, chilly… Continue Reading
Hooray, spring break is here. It’s a bit earlier than most university spring breaks, the semester starts pretty early so we can squeeze in our “May Term” before Memorial Day. Any old who, the next week holds lots and lots of dyeing, and sewing – but tonight? Tonight, the hubby and I went out, to… Continue Reading
The guest post that Tara wrote yesterday on the “the beauty of no, the softness of yes” was speaking to our ability as artists to figure out how to focus. But a comment from Elizabeth Howard, author of the well written and extremely thoughtful blog “Letters from a Small State” got me thinking down a… Continue Reading
Today’s post is written by Scoutie Girl Tara Gentile. You may remember that my word of the year is “Focus”. I’ve asked Tara to share her thoughts on Focus with us! Source: “May You Travel the World” by Lori Portka Focus is something most of us struggle with most of the time. Finding focus, shifting focus, keeping… Continue Reading
I’m slowly getting back in the making groove, and wanted to share some: Can you guess what these are gonna be? Continue Reading
It’s my 7th winter here in Southern California. We’ve got the drill down – the roses need to be cut down by Valentine’s day, because Spring is right around the corner. My last rose of Winter is gone, but more will be here soon enough. Sometimes I can’t believe I live here, because this Winter… Continue Reading
One of the shows I do every spring is “Art in the Park”. 3 years ago, an artist who works a lot in oil pastels named Patricia Rose Ford had a booth across and down the path a bit from me. She usually tries to paint something as the day goes by. It turns out… Continue Reading
Holy Guacomole – I’m halfway through the month, and such a short month too! I did a lot of web design work this week, and Mary, the empress of CSS, did a whole heckuva lot more…leading to the soft launch of Angie Allen’s new blog yesterday! It’s looking fabulous, there’s more work to do, but… Continue Reading