Ealy Thanksgiving at the Beach

The gathering was great! It is so great just to see everyone!!!! Seems like so long. I wish we could get together more often. I feel like I did not get to visit with everyone, but that happens a lot lately hehe. Maddie loved watching the waves from the wall.

Madison and her cousins Gregory, Riley and..

( the newest to the McNutt's) Eric....aaaawe!!

Got a Little More Done on that Mural...

...with a little help. hehe

I'm liking it, but I still have a bunch more work to do. I had hoped to get it done for Queen of Arts....yeah right! I had a few bracelets started too hehe. I do have high hopes for next year though! I took a day off and had some Baby help last Monday and it was crazy how much I accomplished! I made 3 trailor pendants for Imagine, finished a 4th one that was almost complete and found one already made. Now I just need some studio time to do all the finishing. I am giving myself the goal of bringing them to SB by Monday. Seems doable. Wish me luck!!

Painting Again

This is a terrible picture...don't look at me LOL. Okay...so I started a new painting....and its HUGE hehehe. It is exciting to paint again. I like it so far. I painted today on it, but I have not loaded the pictures yet. The next step is the grass. I sure hope I get it at least close to done by next weekend. It could happen. Stay tuned.

Test test 2

Mother's Day Gift

I made one of these for my mom last year too. I am totally amazed I found time to make it, and that I like the way it came out. I need to find more of these purfume bottles. I love making these, althpough they are super hard. Takes a lot of patience to get everything layered right. It never goes the way I plan.

DJ's Cool Cool Class!!

Blogger is being a bit buggy....Here are some pics I took of the book I made in DJ Pettitt's "the layered view" class. I really liked the techniques and was super stoaked to come out of the class with a pretty complete book. I do plan to add a bunch more, especially to the insde.

All in all it was a great class!! It felt so good to be able to do some art again! It has been so hard to find the time to do anything lately.

A Card I Made for a Shower

This card was the inspiration for the onsies I made the the art show. I am on a birdnest kick. I thought I had posted these before, but I guess I forgot.

Queen of Arts Show

Baby has kept me happily preoccupied and away from the "doin art" scene, but I was able to make 9 onsies for the show and sell a few things left over from last year. I made a stamp of a nest and but a cut out of flanel for the egg. This image would not load right.I put a heart on the rear of them all, cause baby butts are just THE cutest!!

I think they went over well. To se a picture of what they look like on a super cute baby... go to my baby's blog: pinktomatoe.blogspot.com and look at the entry titled "Baby Model"

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Working ATCs for March

I only made 4 of these and only one is done. I made Valentine ATCs for our last trade, but I did not get pictures. I had all these great ideas for those, but ran out of time and the technique I wanted to do did not work right. Now I need to come up with some more ideas for more cards for next trade. 4 will not be enough hehe. Last trade there was like 20 people and I only had 12 cards. I need to make 20 for each time now...wow. I need to decide what the other 16 are going to be. This one is a little complex, but maybe I will make at least a few more.

The is a party at the Art Clinic on leap day...February 29th. I think there will be an ATC thing there too. I should make some Year of the Rat ATCs to trade. We'll see how lazy I am this weekend...I got a lot of ideas of stuff I want to finish this 3-day weekend, but odds are that I need some rest and to do tax work and clean and those things will consume the weekend. I will prob be lucky to make a journal entry lol.

I did get, AND FINISH, a special order for a crow necklace for Imagine Gallery for Valentine's Day. That seemed huge to me. I got a few jewelry pieces in the works, but they are kinda low priority. HAPPY 3-DAY WEEKEND!! for all that get one!!

Flowers From My Valentine

mmmmm mmmm mmmm someone really loves me :D

Finished ATCs

New ATCs for January trade. I actually made time to do some real work on them. Made 12 of them and traded 10. Saving a couple out for a special journal. These are to celebrate a new baby girl due in April. I got a cool idea for next month's trade...lets hope I find the time.

ATCs in Progress

Working on the ATCs for the January trade. Feels good to get some paint on my hands.



Here is the finished True Colors II Journal for Blue and Ochre. This might be the last one in the trade...not sure though.

Here are some thank You cards I made for some really sweet and thoughtful gifts that were given to me. Thank You!!!!!

My New Year "Party"?

Yes..you guessed it....I was playing WOW again for New years. This is my nifty drink I made to try and make my night special. I had a horrible cold this time. The drink is tropical sherbert, pinapple, and gingerale with some whipped cream on top....super yummy! No skinny dipping this year hehe. I sure wonder what next year will bring.

Working at My Desk

Working on some thank yous. Feels good to be working...It will feel even better to get them done.

I am working on ATCs for next week too. I will post those later. I am almost half done with them. It has been a while since I have found some actual time to put real work into them...lets hope it shows. I already have my idea for next month too. I also hope to post my latest True Color II Journal. It is Blue and Ochre, just like the theme colors I had for the ARTBAR True Colors event. I have hopes to work on jewelry next weekend....maybe. Cross your fingers for me.

Journal is Finished

My old red journal is now finished. I started it 8/11/06 and the last entry was 12/24/2007.

Here is the cover, some of the last entries, and the inside cover. The next journal I started when I was at LE and Jon's house in Seattle. I have already finished like 5 or 6 pages in it. The new journal is shorter, so I bet it will bwe done before the end of the year, at least I hope so.

New Sketchbook

New sketchbook started. Quick watercolor sketch done while driving through Yreka area I-5 way north California.

Dec ATC Trade cont..

Sometimes the backs are more exciting than the front.

December Santa Barbara ATC Trade

These are my ATCs for the December SB trade. This is the fronts with blue paint and I stamped it with a snowflake stamp with white ink (not sure if you can see them in this photo). I then cut out design with xacto knife. I will ost the backs next.

New Charm Made

charm made for my sister's birthday. It is a ginko leaf, one of her favorites. I want to make more leaf shapes for my chain bracelets.

ATCs for Nov

ATCs for the SB tade day the second Wed of evey month...these were for November. It has been a long time since I have had time to really do mine right. I have not been able to make more than like 7 for each one.

WORK WORK WORK

This was my workbench a few weeks before the show. I found it real hard this year to work after I got off work. I used to stay in the garage till like 10 or 11 at night after working all day and driving home. I always get that feeling tho that "this is where I want to be" and I enjoy the work usually. The main difference is how tired I get now. It has been a little hard to focus too, understandably. I have a few other pieces almost done I hope to be posting too.

Photos from Queen of Arts

It has been a Long Long Time...

It sure has been a while since I have done any real entries into my blog. I am going to try and be good again. My life has changed A LOT since July. I am doing very well and won't go into crazy details. Important thing is that I am happy and I am healthy. The 2007 Queen of Atrs show is now over and I just have a few stragling orders to take care of. I am goin to Colorado for Thanks Giving and I am VERY excited. I only wish I had more time. There seems to never be enough of that. LE and Jon will be comming to Colorado too which will be awesome. I really miss Mano and Pana and all the Brock gang! I will go to a Thanks Giving dinner next weekend with the McNutts. MMMMMMMmmMMMm 2X the turkey ...yay yay! It will be good to see everyone. And speaking of everyone... it was so nice to see all the artists and patrons at the show. I often forget what it is like to be with so many people with like intrests who really care about eachother. So many great people with so many great things to share. I wish we could all get to gether more often. Maybe the Art Clinic will be a good forum for that. I always have such large hopes and expectations after those shows. If only I could just keep up on production better. SIGH I am still trying to figure out how to make my life work right hehehe. I guess that is a constant for everyone. Anyway...I am going to load and post some photos of my work from this years show. I am considering starting a new blog that is all about my art....but maybe I just add more art to thisone. Hehehe, after all, drinking fun drinks is gonna be out for a bit lol.

mai tai

hanging out with Shaunna in SLO

Sketch 3

This is from a jazz gig in Mount Shasta. Quick sketches of the musicians. It is fun to draw moving targets sometimes.

Sketch 2

Another doodle from my book...Leviathan

Sketchbook 1

From my sketch book I carry. Just some doodles

BEER

Old school Solvang steins at the blue windmill with Shaunna. Then we got our nails done. Very fun day!