re-work

this original painting hung in both galleries that i am in but did not find another home. sometimes whispers tell me to re-work painting....which is what i am in the process of doing now. the words on the painting, were part of the original painting, and, i wanted to keep those. i was thinking i was almost finished with this and then, decided to layer the white- it was quite bold underneath. while contemplating what i had just done, i noticed the purple india ink....and decided that was needed too. 

i loved the circles, but, before they were really in your face....now, with the layering i like how the circles softly come through. i love how the purple ink ran- this particular layer was really  wet.. i will show more after letting it "cook" for another day or two. happy monday!

state track bound....

our daughter qualified in 2 individual events and 1 relay to move on to sections in track. she ran great in her individual events- Personal Record in the 100, but, only the top 2 move on to state. BUT, it was close coming around the final curve in the 4x2 relay, all of us parents were cheering and yelling, and our daughter is the anchor- she was rolling and finished really strong to win!! all four girls ran awesome even with a one bad hand-off to move on to state! when she came across the finish line, tears welled up in my eyes- she told me at the beginning of the season, her goal this season was to get to state. so proud!

girlie grad card

i found the orange hunk of string and thought the color was so wonderful it should be used for  something. it found a home on the front of this girlie grad card. i also used a zebra template and grey spray paint and glimmer mist and some stitching with my sewing machine.

have i told you  how much i like this stamp?! i know...just get over it right? well, for the girls, i normally do the above.

and of course a matching envelope. this one maybe is not my most dressed up, but, it is still cute and matches the card.

happy wednesday

party people

the graduate...with his small cake.

friends of mine from tuesday morning coffee group

family

grandparents and his girlfriend

hi school friends and his girlfriend smiling at the camera on the end

his sister (blonde in the sundress) and a close friend.

graduate and his older cousin

hi school buddies, all giving hugs! they were squeezing and giving bear hugs picking up the graduate, except for this buddy who thought he needed the bear hug

chalk messages

hi school friends

family friend with our little dog- you would think none of us loved him

with gramma. it was a great party! we are glad it was a success and is over! ;)

all that's left is the party.....

it's go time here in this household! d-day! we determined that this small scoop (the kind you find in the kool-aid or lemonade mix) if filled below the top of the scoop was the right amount to fill our tubes. i first cut the ribbons that were going to be used as ties so they were ready to go. then, i pulled the saran wrap out- i suppose my hunks were probably about 6-7 inches wide; then, dumped my scoop of M and Ms onto the saran wrap...gather up the edges, tie, and poof- filler complete!! 

once all the fillers were complete, i grabbed the tubes, tied one end and slipped the candy inside. i maybe should have trimmed the saran wrap, but, i did want people to realize there was something inside- so i left it. i was trying to streamline the process a bit, and no trimming- one less step. so unless you are really anal- then, you can trim away! with the candy inside, tie the other end and this is what it will look like.

this is my final product....boom! (with my arms up and an air chest bump...) grad party favor!! if you have a friend or two that is willing to help, this process really isn't too bad. we did the party favors in stages, so if you have visited this blog before, you may have seen the mountain of toilet paper rolls in book paper in the last week or two...we didn't want to fill with candy and then have them sit, so we just got completely finished yesterday. we only made 150- sometimes you have to set the limit and the early party people will get the party favors!

all that's left is the grad party!! it should be a heck of a day!

20?

i had temporarily misplaced my new art journal i had made....i did find it after much searching amongst the graduation stuff. i was so happy i almost cried. so i started a new page! i am soooo loving the beads on the bingo square.

i had started this page the other day. anytime i was close to my studio space i ran in and added one more thing to the page.

then, yesterday i finally looked at the page to decide what my next step was and stood there wondering to myself- what is the 20 for?! sorry for the glare off the 20....i decided i am completely loosing my mind with all of the trying to get ready for graduation. i am hoping once the party is over this weekend that some of my mind will return! all i could do was laugh!