I’ve been working on pillows for my new couch! I decided to make 2 pillows using the cool pieced feathers from the quilt designed by Anna Maria Horner. I started with sewing together strips of a lot of different blues: Then I started cutting out the feathers. It was neat to be able to lay… Continue Reading
Because I had to prep the fireplace for my Holiday Studio Tour, I’ve been in Holiday mode for awhile. So have all the big box realtors!! I find it frustrating that so many businesses turn the season of giving into a season of selling. However, I do love to give (and receive!) gifts! As much… Continue Reading
I’ve been so incredibly busy this month, actually this entire Fall, and now with the last travelling and show out of the way, this week has spread out in front of me with possibility! One huge exciting thing: my new couch arrived! This is the last BIG piece in the Kitchen/Family room renovation we did… Continue Reading
It’s official! I’ve finished the last show of the year! Yahoo! Usually, the studio tour I take part in has been held one of the weekends between Thanksgiving and Christmas, but this year we couldn’t make it work…so it’s done and dusted! I set up the living room/music room with all my everyday art, plus… Continue Reading
And now, it’s time for the Redlands Artists’ Holiday Studio Tour! This is a fun, 2-day event coming up this Saturday and Sunday, November 16 & 17 from 11 am to 4 pm. Six artists who live in the Redlands, CA area will open their studios to share their process with interested art lovers. We will also have… Continue Reading
Last weekend hubby and I travelled to the Chicago area. We spent Saturday at an intimate memorial service for my mother-in-law with my husband’s family on in Valparaiso, Indiana. There were some awesome old family photos. Here are a couple of my mother in law when she was young: And look at this old photo… Continue Reading
This week is flying by! Recovering from the show last weekend and trying get a lot of school stuff done because this weekend hubby and I are headed to Chicago/Indiana for my mother in law’s memorial service, man this month does not stop! Anyway, we had amazingly great weather for early November. Because this show… Continue Reading
Well, I have been through one of the most intense periods of being a parent in the past week! Liam and I headed east to Nashville Friday the 25th – he was Principal Trombone in the NAfME All National Orchestra and the conference/concert was at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville. There was also a… Continue Reading