It is the polyester ribbons that let you know you have arrived. Yet their bright and shiny colors offer you no clue as to where you truly stand, or where you travel from this-here point. That is what winning is
Blue
OK, I confess: I am a terrible blogger. This public battle with the blank page drives me ba-ba-ba-bonkers. I have been trying to write this silly thing for weeks and weeks, leading into months upon month; each paragraph a disjointed
A Fine Start to a New Year, 20 Months Later
When faced with the tyranny of the blank page, which I often am, the rule is that it’s better to just start writing, drawing, beating your fists, crying….. any old start will do frankly. Yet, getting to that start always
Blogus Interruptus: We Have a Winner!!!!
Here we are again, it is summer and time for the county fair. I have been entering competition every year for a while now, in both faux finishing and fiber art. Each year I do pretty well too, my awards
Eat Your Heart Out Instagram!
Recently I cooked my very first mac and cheese, with crab and corn. It turned out just awesome, I was filled with pride, AND cockiness. It lead me to be flippant. You see, I thought I would take up Instagram.
Inspiration Can Be Sexy
What inspires you? What catches your eye? Do you pay attention to the little things in life and go out to smell the roses, touch the soft petals, and get lost in the colors? You should. To me inspiration is
The Coffee is in the Bathtub, Next to the Acorns.
This year Mother’s Day necessitated a lot of invention. I have a young friend who very much wanted to make something super, duper special for his Mum, he knew she had been feeling under appreciated. He came to me a
Adventures With Scissors
When I was six I cut holes in the CENTER of my bedspread. I also cut my own bangs and put my name in crayon on the bottom of all the dining room chairs in red crayon. I was
The Process
It can start with something simple. This time it was images left on the wall from years of gessoing and base coating canvases. One day I was setting up another canvas to color and it just hit me… windows and
A trick or two about cutting machines
That photo above is one of my silk applique designs. I have a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine, took me a hours and hours to learn to digitize my drawings and water colorings. Whenever I spend time learning a new tool