Starting with a cardboard box, my young artist began to create a scene to illustrate one of the well-known poems we’ve read this week: “The Road Less Taken” by Robert Frost. She collected some twigs from outside and using some glue, added Flower-Soft to some of the small branches. She […]
Art Inspired by Literature
Caterpillar Card Inspired by Eric Carle
We have at least a dozen Eric Carle books around our house, if not more. We read them over and over and over… We’ve actually had to replace our copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar a time or two after it’s been read to pieces! This card was inspired by the […]
Christmas Card-“The Gospel According to John”
This photo of my oldest and youngest child has a “Madonna and Child” look about it that I like. The photo itself is grainy because of the high ISO setting in the dimly lit hospital room, so I decided to use it as a template for a Christmas card. First I cut out […]
“Narnia” Clip-Board
A Man-Card
Happy Birthday to my funny, intelligent, and extremely good-looking husband! I’d post a picture of him but it would just make you jealous. 
Anyway, seeing as how the cards for men at the store are so LAME, I made a special man-card just for him. My inspiration? Captain Frederick […]
Literary Art Card–“Jane Eyre”
I’ve always been a fan of the gothic novel, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte. I especially love the 2007 film version with Ruth Wilson. As I was playing around with my new stamps and some pieces of book text, I made this card. I could wax eloquent on the symbolism included in […]
Wax Paper Bird-seed Packets
My kids and I watched “Mary Poppins” recently and even my 3-year-old has been walking around the house singing, “Feeeed the birds, toppins a bag…toppins…toppins…” With this in mind I created these little bird-seed packets. They are made of pieces of wax paper, folded and taped along the edges with double-stick […]
Robert Frost Mixed-Media Piece–Somerset Studio Gallery 2010
I was surprised and delighted to see a piece of my art in this publication. I submitted this piece for consideration 2 years ago~ Right in the middle, on page 104… I’m thankful to have been published in Somerset Gallery. It is an honor and a privilege to be […]
Acorn Tea Set
Here is our tiny tea set made from acorn caps, inspired by one of our family’s favorite children’s books, “Miss Suzy” by Miriam Young. We took it out into the garden to take some pictures… We thought it looked best perched atop a flowering plant, for you never know when some fairies […]