Red Tape

25 Degrees! Are You KIDDING Me?

I'm not going to comment on the fact that we got snow and freezing weather in the last two days.  It would not be right, in light of the fact that spring is here.  Wrong.  Wrong. Wrong.  On a trillion levels.

Getting on with the good stuff.....here is some of what I have been working on lately.  A very fun technique of sketching on painted muslin.  I picked up this idea from my friend Lynne, here.  First, are the muslin sheets, on which I wiped excess paint (from previous projects).  I did some rubberstamping and imprinting with stencils and bubble wrap, too.  Both acrylic and watercolored paints used.

Here are my finished pieces.  These are on one page,  7 X 7, done back to back.  I am hoping to do a number of SPRING pages to make into a book.

.....water soluble oil pastels; extra marks done with a pencil.

Spring, I said.

  

 

 

Button Bouquets

A while back, Sundance's jewelry catalog had the most fun button flowers, as part of their layouts.  After fooling around with it a bit, I made a little bouquet.

 Then I tried a rusty version.....

.......spring is coming!

  

It's Raining It's Pouring

The daffodils ARE poking up out of the ground this week...but we are having monsoon rains this weekend.  Nasty business.

Ivy's Latest Release

Ivy Sabin, world renowned Westie, will be walking the red carpet for her latest movie premiere.  She debuts her singing (ok...howling!) and impersonating abilities. 

 

......howl on, little Ivy girl!

Trying Digital Desktops

My fantabulous daughter, Erin, works for Converse in the One Star division.  Her life is immersed in shoes...designs, projections,  distributions, and numbers.  She was particularly excited about the re-issue of the original One Star 'Hairy Suede" tennis shoe that the company premiered in 1974. Do you remember them?  Who knew  there are tennis shoe groupies and this would generate a lot of buzz?!!   I had previously  sketched the shoes and posted  here , baffled by how to sketch 'hairy suede'!  This week she asked me if I could turn the sketch into a desktop for her...so I did! 

........1974 flashback!

I'm Stitching Up A Storm

Been working on an embroidery sampler, of the freestyle variety.  This is from the current Paper Bella ezine and lots of fun!  Here are some of the bits, up to this point. 

  

.......more stitching added daily!

Bike Ride, Anyone?

We had actual sunshine today at 9:07 a.m.  For those of you in LA.....it has been 9 days since we have seen that phenomenon.  Though it was in the high 30's, I went out without a jacket, as it felt like springtime.  Which turns my fancy to something like this.....

This artwork is done  by Jessica Rose and a print (along with other really fun pieces!) is available on her Etsy shop Vol.25.  Go check it out!

BFFs

This is going to be one of those posts....a cute pet post.  Prepare yourselves.  One day, our little friend Hugo came to play.  Though he is half the size of the girlz, he rules the roost when he is here!  You can see in the group picture, that the girlz may be down, but there is no living way Hugo is capitulating to that command!  They are funny to watch together. Especially the manly-man Hugo!

 
Ivy and Lily were also grand recipients of their yahoo group's Christmas photo contest.  Here were the prizes that arrived in the mail.  Notice, each has claimed her prize and is steering clear of the other!

 
After all that playing around with Hugo, Ivy was pretty tuckered out. Afternoon beauty nap-time.

.........it's a dog's life