When I ended my last post, I was finally ready to start making some phone calls. I had done some initial internet research in Step One and learned a lot, but I kept reading the same admonition over and over again from different experts: To learn to play the bagpipes correctly, you need a good instructor… Step […]
Author: Scarlett
“How I Learned to Play the Bagpipes”-A Mixed-Media Book, Part 1 of 3
Yep. I play the bagpipes. The story of how it all came about is recorded in a small, green book I made… With St. Patrick’s day right around the corner, I thought I’d snap a few pictures and share this story with you… One day, in early summer of 2003, I was driving […]
Learning to Draw Faces (that look human)
When I first started this blog almost a year ago, one of my main purposes was to keep track of my ongoing efforts to learn how to draw. If you’ve kept up with my posting much, you know there hasn’t been much drawing practice. Drawing takes so much effort! Taking pictures […]
Valentine’s Cards With Hand Drawn Birds
Valentine with Stenciling Accents
Cupcake Valentine Cards
In my last post I showed some creative ways to use a “non-Valentine” stamp for Valentine’s cards. Here’s another example. As you can see, this cupcake stamp from Stampin’ Up! was intended as an easy, fill-in-the-blank card stamp for young children. My favorite thing to do with this stamp is to use the image as […]
Valentine’s Day Stamping
It’s true! Even stamps that have nothing to do with Valentine’s can usually be altered in some way to be used on a Valentine card. Here’s an example… This little girl gathering shells at the beach (#50031 “Collecting Shells” by Stamps Happen, Inc.) doesn’t look like a Valentine’s stamp but you […]
Week 4 “Texture” Photo Challenge
I saw that the theme for the “I Heart Faces” weekly photo challenge was “texture” and I immediately thought of this photo from late summer. I decided to enter the contest! I love looking at all the entries for these contests. Being a judge would be so hard! I didn’t see […]
Wall Art with State Farm Logo
Isn’t this a cute truck? My 2 year old son would absolutely love this in his bedroom! Alas, it was intended for a loftier location. My father-in-law is a State Farm agent in Austin, TX and is in the process of updating his office decor. Here he is with his wonderful […]