I've Got Points!

Well this is my very first quilt I've ever made! My instructor is fabulous and has taught me so much about quilting. Definitely a much more defined process than I am used to, but I am so thankful for her A-type personality...I am getting more and more comfortable with her, so we are able to joke around. I tease her that if it wasn't for her pickiness I would only have Poi, not Points on my quilt ;) Only two more weeks to go-the backing comes this week. I will post the whole thing when I am done.

Knobby Knees :)

I've been asked to teach a canvas class at a scrapbooking retreat near where I live. Here I am claiming that I have to copycat-when BAM! POW!-an image rolls on into my brain. My girlfriend mentioned a bee, and the phrase "You're the Bee's Knees", and the rest is history (oh-I've always wanted to say that!)

So here's my take on originality...yes, it is your own, but it has components of all that you have learned. My own whimsical style is beginning to emerge I would guess. Well let's see where this takes me ;)

Copy-cat...that's me!

AUGHHGH! I feel so much more comfortable when I have something to follow after. I can add my own spin to it, but just looking at that blank paper is so daunting! I think that if I were to practice more, if I had the time to just sit and create, without that "to do" list running amuck in my head- I would be able to take some from here, some from there...and come up with an original...

Hmmm...what is an original? Or do artists draw from many other artists, inspirations, structures? Are those ideas all originally theirs?

Oh dear...way to deep for this little brain-especially after a full day's work!

Here is my take on the laundry pile! Actually I am blessed beyond words because my husband takes care of the laundry. You see I am way to busy in my craft studio creating pictures of laundry for me to be of any actual use!!!! (hee, hee, I crack myself up sometimes!)

Blessings on your week. ME

The Art of Abandonment

Taking a new class where I am learning to sketch, then watercolor...this is a learning process for me since I am so much more comfortable with the randomness of mixed media and doodling :)
I sketched some cherries at lunch time today, then came home and painted. I used the watercolor crayons, then painted with my waterbrush ( which I LOVE!).

I wrote my block letters which I learned from my Letter Love class...not my favorite, but if I don't practice, I will never get any better...so here it is :)

Hmmm...just not seeing it!

Okay, so I have gotten more than one comment about my facebook profile picture. I guess these adorable green shoes look like boobies! Or "madonna encrusted cones", says one friend. I have tried squeezing my eyes shut and other such tricks, but I still can't see it! What are your thoughts?

Oh-just got a taste of Spring!

I want to go out and buy the flowers! They are calling me :) The little .59 cent babies are singing to me too! Guess it's just best to play with the flowers in my craft room instead huh? Thank goodness my friend has a greenhouse, and I think planting those little zinnia seeds in their small brown pots are in the near future. We are going out for drinks on Friday after school-so I will drill her then :) Happy Spring-to-be dear friends! Blessings-ME