Art!  And Writing!  How I have missed thee!  However, I have some new art to share following a full day of card making with a dear friend of mine!  Each card piece is hand cut and hand stamped with love, and held together with double sided tape.  And of course, because a card is not complete without an envelope, each card has a matching hand stamped envelope accompanying it.  I am looking forward to many more card-making sessions in the future to create more of these hand-crafted beauties!

Be Still...

So, I haven't been doing as much art lately as I would hope, but I did get a chance to paint a little bit about a week ago.  My new gecko friend is made of wood and lives on my wall, constantly reminding me that sometimes we just need to be still.  Sometimes it's OK to just hang around and stare at the mess of my room.  Sometimes, it's OK to just chill with mismatched skin (or clothes) and enjoy life, because the One who has created us has also commanded us to take the time to "Be still, and KNOW that He is God."  He can do all things, and sometimes I just need to accept that and let God take control.

So anyways, here is my newest art piece, the latest addition to my collection - my Gecko.

Summer of Altered Books

I mentioned many months ago that a group of artistic and crafty friends were getting together to "improve" some old books.  I am happy to report that the plan worked - mostly... and the love of altering books has stuck!  Our final swap was just last week (or was it two weeks ago? - I cannot be expected to remember, my brain is full!) and I can now post pictures of the books I worked in - that is those books I remembered to photograph before handing off to the next artist in the swap. 

 The following pages are from Dawn's book, entitled "Dinner in Paris."  Now, I love Paris, but artists were instructed to take a journey, to explore the world, and to stop for a snack along the way.  In this book I travelled to Alaska, where I enjoyed a lovely meal of the Baked Alaska (the recipe is the red, pearl lined paper tucked behind the eskimos).

Enjoy the fresh, icy air, some skating and snow carving, or perhaps watch a dog sled race...

Just be ready to move cuz I am yelling "Mush!"

I have no idea why blogger insists on making all of my photos sideways, but alas, I cannot figure out how to change these settings - if anyone knows what I am doing wrong, HELP PLEASE!

I seem to have misplaced the digital files for the other books I have worked in... I will be on a search and return later with updates.

~Peace!

It's been much too long...

It has been much too long since I have updated my blog.  It is an unfortunate situation, but as November approaches, and NaNoWrimo begins, I hope to update my blog daily with art, writing, and life... I am not entirely sure how I got roped into doing NaNoWrimo - but apparently all of the "cool" kids do it, and I want to be "cool"... or something. 

Anyways, NaNoWrimo looks pretty exciting, and it is an excuse to write that book I have been wanting to write about my life... hmmm.... and with a 40 page capstone paper to insert randomly in the middle of my "novel", 40,000 words shouldn't be that hard to accomplish.

Ah, randomness, the story of my life.

I'm the (friend of) the Bride

New art to be shared!

It's not entirely new, just new-ish.  A friend of mine was semi-recently married, and I presented her with this shirt at her bachelorette party... "I'm the Bride - can I get your number?"