I actually woke up early this morning. My brain woke me up with ideas for teaching a new class. I love when that happens! So I got up, grabbed a cup of coffee and started to write down all the ideas....before I forget.
I have decided that every Friday will be art day here at the pink crayon studio. I will post some form of art. This is a recent painting/collage.....she's pretty funky.
The pink artist is a community of artists joining together to create one joint art doll to raise money for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Her name is Love Squared and she will be appearing in Art Doll Quarterly magazine.
OK, this is what I painted last weekend. It's a chest of drawers that I keep all my little craftie things in.
I hope I didn't bum anyone out thinking and saying it was Monday. Well, it feels like a Monday.
so good to be? Anyhow, sending out Monday greetings to all with a shot of my pretty petunia's.
This is a sneak peek of my weekend project.
Hope everyone stateside is having a great Memorial day weekend.
We went to Dallas for the weekend.
It's here.....my b-day. 
And to make my day even sweeter, I won this Frieda print from Tascha! I just love her work! and her video's. She is a real sweetheart. Thanks again Tascha!
This time the cupcake is real! I was browsing thru Jamie's on Tuesday and I had a sample cupcake and said this will be my Birthday cake. She said no and sent me home with this beautiful cupcake that must have weighed a quarter pound! It took me three sittings to eat it all and I even shared a bite with DH.
It was so sweet of her. She even gave me a cool sparkly candle to go on top.
One of my favorite artists, Suzi Blu was taking commissions for a short time and I jumped in and had her make a painting for me. Lot's of pinks of course. I just love it.
I love her style and her sweet faces. She adds lots of little details that you must see in person to really notice them. She starts out with woodburning and finishes with sparkly paints and irridescent stars embedded under a coating of scented beeswax. Bravo Suzi!
And here are my two black studio kitties.
Here is a little tease on what I will be showing off tomorrow. 
Today's art piece is a 5x5 inch collage using an embossed napkin as my base. After painting and staining it, the look sort of resembles an embossed leather. I added a distressed playing card and grunge board keyhole and hinge (Tim Holtz). I love the grunge board...don't know what it is but I like it.
My other art ....flowers in the yard.
YAY! It's Friday again. No plans for this weekend, but we always manage to cook something up.
This is one of the 4 five inch collages I assembled yesterday. It appears to be all greenish but the camera shows the white bits. To tone down the number five I applied a piece of torn napkin over it. The skull stamp is on a paint sample card.
OK, now you can view Sharon's mail art as a whole piece. I don't think the photo does it much justice. It's prettier in person. The tag has a silver embossed wing on it. I like to make my own envelopes. I use cardstock folded over and secure the sides with brads or eyelets.
FYI
First of all, Pepper had her surgery yesterday and she's doing great today.
I woke up this morning with lots of idea's in my head. Idea's for sewing and painting.
.....another peek at the Wingkeeper's art mail. 
I recieved this painting today from Zorana.
Another little snippet of yesterday's mail art to the Wingkeeper.
Just a reminder that postage rates increase again today. 
....and a little peek at mail art leaving today.
Wishing everyone today a Happy Mother's Day!
a peony from my garden
Today I was mailing some cards to the Grandkids (above) and I missed the mail girl.
But to my surprise......someone had mailed mail art to me!
It was from Sharon! And she sent me goodies....fabric. I always tell DH, every day that I get fabric is a GOOD day. And it was. Thank you, Sharon, for making my day.
I am hoping this is a better photo of the board than the one I posted below. I took that one last night and upon clicking on it for a closer view....it was blurry. Check the post below for the process and other pictures.
I am using this quote from a Tim Holtz stamp as the title of my board art.
beginning stages
I first lightly gessoed the board to prep it, then added paint effects and paper embellishments.
The magazine (I can't find it right now, it's buried under a huge pile of papers and ephemera)
I still have a few finishing touches to make but this is pretty much the whole thing. I don't want to over-do it. It would be easy to do, but I am going to make another one. If you decide to make one be sure to show it to me . You can pick up used game boards at thrift stores. I got this one for $2.50. Check yards sales,too. And just have fun. Once you get started the ideas come flooding in.
Here are a few more peeks at the monopoly board art. I thought I would have finished up already but I had to take a day off. Yesterday was the day from H-E-double hockey sticks!
Started off my day with a speeding ticket. But I didn't know I was speeding. I was doing the speed limit but I was in the school zone..... I thought I was out......I wasn't. As a matter of fact I drove right past the cop who pulled me over. He asked how I was doing. I said I was fine until I saw him behind me. I haven't had a ticket in over 30 years! I guess I was due for one.
I bowled pretty good. It was our last day and next week we bowl for fun and money. Then a really bad headache set in and I couldn't shake it. BUT TODAY I was up and working on my art and all is right with the world again.
These are sneak peeks until I get the whole thing finished.
I'm not finished this one yet and I want to start another one.
But the scissor's here remind me that I have to get some sewing done.
