Remember these tiny candy canes I made from baker’s twine last year? I sandwiched them between some vellum and sewed them into tags for Somerset Life‘s baker’s twine challenge. Many thanks to my friend Connie for encouraging me to submit something. Stop by and visit her and see the lovely […]
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Published in Artful Blogging, Fall 2012
What a cool birthday present. I came home from California and saw my blog published in Artful Blogging, just in time for my birthday on Sunday. Now that’s better than a big piece of cake! Thank you to editor, Jennifer Taylor, and everyone at Artful Blogging for including me in […]
Happy 2nd Birthday Knox!
My sweetie pie, Knox, turned 2 this last weekend! He stared at his cupcake… And then tried a little bit of the sweet stuff… We had lots of fun celebrating with family. He shares a birthday with his Great-Grandmother. He turned 2 and she turned 83… Then just a couple […]
Last Week of SOC 2 –Watermelon Ice
Summer of Color 2 concludes this week with the color theme of ‘Watermelon Ice”. Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Be sure and check out more red art over at Kristin’s. I’m working on some Egyptian ATCs for a swap coming up so I’ll show you those soon. Thanks for […]
“All Things Aqua” Challenge for Somerset Studio
My eye is always drawn to the color aqua, especially when it’s set off by black and white. These mini black canvases were perfect for my submission to Somerset Studio‘s “All Things Aqua” challenge. I mixed some white acrylic with heavy gel medium and loosely painted two with circles and […]
Ocean Dreams
It’s already week 5 of Kristin’s ‘Ice Cream Inspirations‘ blog challenge. Be sure and check out more art in the colors of ‘Wild ‘N Reckless’ Sherbet over at Summer of Color 2! Thanks for stopping by!
Mosaic Butterflies for CS Research
Check out these gorgeous donations to Knox’s Etsy shop for CS research! My friend, Floy, is an amazing bead and mosaic artist here in central Texas. Check out more of her work! You can see more photos of these beautiful butterflies in the shop. All […]
One Year Since Diagnosis
It’s been a little over a year since I found out that my baby boy is rapidly aging. This disease called Cockayne Syndrome is the worst thing I’ve ever seen. A fellow CS mother posted the question on FB recently, “Why would such a thing exist?” And I echo her: […]
Pink Sunset
“Strawberry Lemonade” is the color prompt for SOC2 this week. I’ve had about 5 minutes for art this weekend so Polyvore saves the day again. Be sure and check out all of the other pink and yellow inspired art over at Summer of Color!