Posted in find the art in the everyday on Jul 30th, 2006 22 Comments »
Little reminders that life is good are everywhere, sometimes in the most unexpected places.
As I was making dinner tonight, I cut the top off of a red pepper and looked down to see a little face smiling back up at me. (See the eyes, nose and mouth? Click the image for a closer look… I […]
Posted in mixed media collage, inspire me thursday on Jul 27th, 2006 8 Comments »
The theme at Inspire Me Thursday this week was Child’s Play; the challenge was to create something inspired by a childhood memory or to create something using children’s art supplies. The background of my mixed media postcard was created with children’s liquid watercolor paints using a technique I learned in a Traci Bautista workshop, and […]
Posted in blog memes, who i am on Jul 26th, 2006 7 Comments »
I’m trying to get back into the groove of blogging… I always have quite an abundance of things I would love to share, but it always seems that when I have the time, I don’t have the energy. And when I do have the energy, I’m lacking the time. Here I am today, with […]
Posted in inspire me thursday on Jul 12th, 2006 20 Comments »
The challenge this week at Inspire Me Thursday is image transfers. In the mixed media postcard shown above, I used a sticky tape transfer, and in the postcard below I used an inkjet transparency transfer. I have several more in the works, I am addicted to making these!
Posted in randomness, books + magazines on Jul 6th, 2006 9 Comments »
Little ones playing… water splashing… birds singing.
The sounds of summer surround me
as I lay on the green grass
looking up at the trees, the sky,
the clouds, the sun, the birds.
A perfect moment in time.
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A gorgeous altered cabinet card that I recently received from my dear friend Maija, who I met at Artfest a few months ago. […]
· getting my hands dirty in the garden · trying to live a life less plastic · coconut and mango ice cream ♥
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