monsters and smiles

I have been enjoying Junker Janes blog with all of her little stuffed monsters. Her dolls were recently featured on the cover of Stufffed magazine, along with a nice article.



I think I need to try my hand at making a few of these cute guys to decorate for Halloween. I wanted to purchase this doll but he sold before I had a chance to snatch him up.

I couldn't find any skull buttons that spoke to me so I made my own using polymer clay. Now I think I need to make some black ones, too.

SMILE!

It increases your face value.

That is my favorite phrase from a favorite movie of mine...Steel Magnolia's.

monday madness

Happy Monday!

Back to work today. I feel like making something messy....just throwing myself into it.

...remember my pretty roses from a week ago?

...they turned into this...
I still see beauty in them.
...and texture...
DH threw them away.




...make time for some art...
...color something...
...anything!

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Remembering

I love NYC and travel there whenever possible.

I took this picture from the ferry and now it seems so eerie to me. The twin towers in the center almost appear to be invisible and the cloud in the upper right hand corner looks like a dove. Sorry for the poor quality. It may help to click on the photo.

mornin'glories!

Good morning...only it's already afternoon....

I took these pictures about ten minutes ago in the backyard.

...the sky is gray and cloudy...and wonderful!
...but I see the sun trying to peek through.

...whilst on vacation last week ...
...I bought a little fabric...
...the above is all Tina Givens...
I adore her designs!


...especially these cute dancing ladybugs...
or are they just holding hands? Hands?
anyhow...love them.



...and a few off the wall...
paint by numbers (dating myself)
cute bugs
flames (was searching for this print for a few years)
dog biscuits
and of course a few skulls

Not much art going on today. I made a batch of skull buttons and can show them tomorrow. They are still in the oven.

We have a new king size bed coming and I need to spend today making room and changing things around....art tomorrow? Hope so.

color & texture

A few more photo's from my vacation to Washington state.

...this huge sunflower was many times the size of my head...

...even the starfish came in many sizes and color...

...gray with a touch of pink...

...I like gray days...

...another view from our place...

...and yes, the water is that beautiful blue!

...lushious green grapes...

...oh yeah...

the familiar site of the spousal containment area at the local quilt shop.

I believe I wore the man out.

Happy Wednesday!

Washington shots

Took a little vacation to Washington state.

Stayed on Whidbey Island.

This is the view from our cabin.

...it is so beautiful there....and cool.

These are some of the fun things I saw there.

Big metal waves.

Huge flowers and plants!
Everything was green and lush.


...look at the person's hand...
...and compare it to the size of those loster tails.
They were ginormous!
And so were the shrimp.


Some fancy footwork on the sidewalks of Seattle.

A great vacation trip!

Speaking of fancy footwork...don't forget...tomorrow night is the start of a brand new So You Think You Can Dance. Can't wait for that!

I am running very late today...getting my bearings back...so...enjoy the rest of TODAY!

back again

I am back.....complete with blue toe nails...

...I was feeling a little artsy...

...and I am having severe art withdrawal.

So today is my studio Sunday on Monday...along with downloading a bazillion photo's from my camera (from my trip) and washing clothes...and new fabric's.

...more about the trip tomorrow...

...Hope you are having a safe Labor day weekend!