Vintage fun and holiday swaps

Altered spool for a swap over at Paper Traders yahoo group..9th anniversary project. It is so fun being a part of an amazing group of creative minds!

Altered frame for a swap over at vintage dragonfly...love swapping this time of year. My mailbox is a busy place! and my studio is a happy mess

More pages from the altered book

Altered book in the works

Working on an altered Christmas book for fellow artist Michelle at nook and cranny...adore her work,...this is a labor of joy for an art friend that will cherish my creation! Can not wait to swap it and see what she has created! Each page will hold a treasure for her to use!

the cover

it takes a mess to create a work of art!

Make your dream reality!

Lovely lady wrapped in her world of color

Little village built near her heart of loved ones far and near..if only they all were closer.

You have to live in the reality that is right in front of you and make it your dream!

Lots of thoughts ,,,,happy thoughts that life is good and things do work out!

Color!

I do not play with color enough..tonight I shall again! This is a post of
 my journal page for my love..and forever is not enough! We have been together since we were 15..and married 35.

TRUST! just trust, stand still , listen

She was in love with a bird ( The Holy Sprit) TRUSTthat always told her the truth whether she wanted to hear it or not, at least it was always told to her in song!

TRUST! DO NOT MOVE! My very own lesson in trying to not make things happen but allowing God to move...and having the courage to await the outcome...it was all good!

lovely class and giveaway happening here...

intentional journaling

really trying to be intentional about my art journaling. so have taken the day to really study faces and learn some new techniques and improve my skills..it wont happen until I actually do it so I am intentionally going to work on it daily and post my [progress! anyone else up to the challenge...blog along.

 

Sunday fun with fabric

She is brave!

End of June Creations

True to her words..I must sing, love ,feel ,create and just BE! 

ME and my Hands..my favorite tool!

Banner for a swap

Time Flies

My Precious Gran babies came for a brief visit and they have grown by leaps and bounds this year. Such amazing little ones with hearts of gold!

Adore this! Papa and Syd putting an oyster shell on the oyster tree at dolphin head beach ,Hilton head island sc.

Grans and the babies selfie!

silly silly silly FUN!

So grown up-playing a game on the back porch

My sweet princess and me!

Nature amazes me

Took a trip up to Blue Ridge GA and found nature exhilarating in its most minute form and was amazed at the pattrens

8 x 8

It is a true saying that Nature revives my soul!

8 x 8 for sale-email me ,,,,she is a cool $50.00!

done!

She is a painted lady for sure! loved using brighter colors than I am used to. I just need more practice. That is why I love my art journal, trial and error,,,,

new girl in the works

Seem to still be attracted to the blue green shades, birds and butterflies. Oh well I am just going to go with the flow. My first step was to just glue it all down- lots of paper scraps on my desk as you can see on the next photo- spatter on acrylic paint and spray some dye inks-then take my stabilo black pencil and sketch in her face..

Step one-you have to be brave and cover up some of your pretty colors or ephemera ...BRAVELY PAINT...

View from my seat...outside it is raining. The weather was supposed to be 75...nope...cool 60s.

Birds and Green pages...

Little Birdie in a gilded cage for a swap on YAHOO. Like this and want to keep it! bad bad creator...

GREEN fingers ...sorta...kinda...the best paint brushes I have are my fingers...and I have the best of all paint brushes!

A new journal page in the works....

What is my why?

A question that was posed in a gallery talk and demo by the amazing artist Jeanne Bessette,http://www.bessetteart.com/blog/ and now I have to take the time to think on it- work it out- and ponder it. What is my why...why am I doing what I do, why am I so hard on myself,  why do I have to create, why do it, why do I love it, and why not....hmmmmm. I do know I love to sit and think and what better place then on a sheep,cow,rabbit etc chair!

Girls from the past!