Somethin’ strange is going on with my blog! I’ve been searching for some of my previous fall posts and I can’t find them. It’s like they’ve disappeared! As you can imagine this has me a little frazzled. My husband decided that the safest route would be to switch over to […]
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October Treat
My kids thought the arrival of October called for a special treat. And so you have what could be the first ever decuple stuffed Oreo cookie… Hope you’re having a sweet weekend!
Vintage Wooden Spool Toy
I have a dozen or so of these old spools that belonged to my mother, so I went through them and tried to find one in good shape to alter. I wanted to turn one into a little match-up toy. I apologize for not having all the process photos for […]
Candy Corn Queen 2011
She started out as a sketch on tracing paper, just like last year. I decided on an Elizabethan style queen and initially sketched out a castle along with her….but I changed my mind on the castle later on. After the basic sketch was done, I made a copy of it, […]
Photo in Somerset Life, Winter 2011
“Yeee-Haaw!!” That’s what we say down here in Texas when we’re super excited. One of my photos is featured in the new Somerset Life! This photo is from my post on Red Velvet Strawberries and takes up the entirety of page 130! I’ve been so busy this week. I counted […]
Chalk Board Tablecloth and Chalk Ink Markers
What do you get when you take one chalkboard tablecloth and some Chalk Ink Markers? A really cool way to decorate your craft table for Autumn! We often work on arts and crafts projects together at this little table. My young artist claims the larger half. Welcome Fall! (I bought […]
Photos of Costume Jewels and a Tarnished Spoon
I’ve been working on the vintage spool challenge for Somerset Life and I’ve got a few ideas coming along…. but I keep getting distracted. Like today for instance. I pulled out these costume jewelry bits and pieces and wound up taking pictures of them the entire time I had to […]
Dancer in White
I was sorting through some scraps and happened to notice one in particular. It had a really nice oval shape of torn paper left on it…. Sometimes, your trash can be so inspiring! I found an old sketch of a dancer on vellum. We did a unit years ago on the […]
Moonlight Maiden
I used Derwent Colour Soft pencils and ZIG Millenium pens to draw this maiden in the moonlight. I’m not a big fan of the scary stuff this time of year. In fact, the only witch I’ve ever been fond of is this one. But I do like to draw and […]