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definitely needing some studio time this weekend......what are you hoping to do this weekend?

the moments {a series}: no 31: cooking up something that will "pop"

Art Pops!! do you know who Roben-Marie Smith is? she has been sweating over her creative cauldron and has come up yet again, with something very cool for us to play and create with!! she has been sharing sneak peeks this week of what she has been cooking up.

i am very fortunate to have been asked to help make cool stuff with Roben's new stuff. my package came yesterday. check out her coolest tape on my package......

stop back soon to see what i will be cooking up with Roben-Marie's Art Pops!

the moments {a series} no 30: speaks to me....

i had decided to submit a painting for consideration for another book. only when i went to my studio, anything new and cool had already been taken to the galleries..... i do keep just a very few of my own paintings that truly speak to me.

sometimes i just need to let them whisper to me for a short time, and then, i am ok to let those paintings go to the galleries so that someone else can love them as much as i do. but, this particular painting has never left. so when i was looking through to see what if anything i could possibly submit....

this painting was yelling at me to be chosen. i do not know whether it stands a chance- but, it is a chance i had to take. whether it makes it to publishing remains to be seen, but, this painting will always speak to me.....

the moments {a series} no 28: inspiration

so excited to finally have to time this weekend to read through my newest copy of ClothPaperScissors. this is one of my all time favorite magazines. i love the articles and pictures of the art work- in almost every issue there is at least one story i can connect with.

in this issue, i really connected with the story, Nature gives Release, of armature and dresses. if you have never made armature you should give it a try....

i have done armature projects in the past....i made a bird here, a teapot, and here is the project i did when i worked with a high school student.

the moments {a series} no 25: scrap paper, art journaling

i like using scraps of overpainted paper -ripping the papers up to use for something else which generally leaves small overpainted paper scraps in my paper pile.

sometimes while i am digging through this pile, i find a scrap that i absolutely love....it is usually the color combo on that scrap.

it is the hot pink peaking through; the splash of purple dropped onto this paper maybe be mistake that my love of this paper begins....

this moment in my life is brought to you today by my weird love of color and randomness.....

and saving these papers in my art journal for me to love for a long time.....because when i see it, it makes me happy.....

the moments {a series} no 24: great big stitched postcard swap

yesterday was one of the best days....when i checked the mail, there was a package from across the sea....london to be exact! i love my postcard my swap partner had made for me- hope she likes mine equally as well- i showed my postcard here....

her purples were perfect!! they are my favorite color! thank you!

the moments {a series} no 23: first snow

yesterday when i opened the back door to let the dog out, i noticed these small white fluffies falling gently to the ground....yes- it was snowing! this was our first snow this year. the colors here, this fall have been amazing- so when i stepped out to get a pic, one of our maple's colorful orange-red leaves had fallen into the greens of my apple tree. this snow was perfect this time- just a very nice dusting to cover everything, but, then melt away.

when we moved into our house 13 years ago this month, we started with a few white fluffies in the air, and ended up finishing in almost a complete blizzard. everything was well covered with snow and stayed covered until april of the following year. when the snow had finally melted away, we had been driving on the grass all winter- the driveway was much narrower than what we thought.....glad for the "quick" snow this time.