I am downsizing my art room and trying to drum up some cash to reroof our family room. I will gladly combine shipping and you have your choice of 1st class, flat rate priority, or parcel post. Please...
What does Sunday look like at your house?
I am currently working on a project involving visual journaling as a healing tool. I am looking for contributors, examples (both photos and anecdotes), journalers who would like to take part. If this...
Art Lab for Kids 52 Creative Adventures in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Paper, and Mixed Media – For Budding Artists of All Ages By Susan SchwakeTrim: 8.25 x 8.75 Page Count: 144 Illustration...
What Im working on lately. :)
So these arent "picture perfect" and tweaked to within an inch of their life. I thought I might try just blogging from my iPhone to get back into the groove.Since I like seeing what other art...
Questions from the inbox:If money wasnt a factor, would you get plastic surgery? Probably, but I’m not telling what for. I am just setting up a blog and I came upon yours. It is wonderful. Do you rev...
Please check out the link above to read my daughters story of faith as she goes into missionary work.For every $10 sponsorship gift, I will enter your name in a drawing to win a big ol stack of art b...
In all honesty expect this post to be all over the place. It would be as hard to put a title on this as it is to choose which is my favorite child. (Dont tell the others but Im partial to Chico the c...
I am on a one-woman mission to rescue what I call "vintage treasures" and what my husband calls "all that crap crowding the house." In fact, just yesterday, he threatened an intervent...
How cool is this?! And I am SO a scarf kinda girl. Weather here in west Texas is *almost* warm enough to have to pack them away. *pout* Click on the pic to go to YouTube and see the whole video.
Today is Earth Day and I encourage to do what we should be doing every single day - working to reduce your footprint on the planet. No, this doesnt diminish your legacy to your children any. In fact,...
Do you ever get that question? Especially you stay-at-home types - moms and dads alike."So where do you work?""Oh, I dont actually have a job outside the home. I write reviews for several...
8 local families lost their homes in fires yesterday. Kaits DECA class is collecting things for them. Gently used clothing of all sizes, blankets, housewares, and new toiletries are high on their lis...
My after-school art class will be participating in Doodle for Google. For the first time Google is also allowing parents to register their kids instead of needing to be affiliated with a school or pr...
I feel like such a tease. Always saying Im going to post more often. Not following through. Lets see. What are my excuses... errr... reasons this time?The kids started school. I am now the proud pare...
EbayI forgot to mention earlier that I have a bunch of ebay auctions ending today on some retired. unmounted rubber. Starting at a $1! Somerset mags ending tomorrow including the OOP Winter 09 Art Jo...
This morning Im:working on tomorrows art/craft classscanning in pics of our cubist/Picasso class (yall will love these!)taking pics of a giveawayanswering ebay questionsruminating on that book I prom...
autograph page from my personal collection for your journal/collage usehigh quality png fileI would just like to send a big thank you to all of the people who have sent so much encouragement and supp...
This blog is currently on hiatus for health reasons but I hope to be back soon! :)
1. Admit that you are powerless over your ARTmaking, and it is the only thing that makes your life manageable.Many artists describe the feelings they get from making art as an almost spiritual or sex...
Health care reform. A controversial topic indeed. Not one I usually address here but one of my New Year's "smack-downs", as my sister affectionately (or not!) termed resolutions this year, is to be m...
from a question at formspring.me - franciehortonWhat made you decide to start your blog and how has it evolved into what it is today? I am thinking of starting my own, but feel like I am all over the...
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I'm not sure which one is cuter! :DI recently discovered a wonderful blog named lovely little deer by Rebecca Nia. I also won a wonderful Valentine painting through her blog from Chloe McGenn, a love...
Yep, that's me. I'm one of those bloggers who pretends to have it all together, show only the rosy side. Then when all the eggs fly out the basket and splat everywhere I hide while I clean them up. I...
Remember these cute little foldover valentines from elementary school? I can't help but scoop them up when I find them at thrift stores and estate sales. Just click on the image to make it larger and...
Carol and Tim HoltzAs a teenager I didn’t know anybody that crafted. My mother taught me to sew the basics – you know clothing and such. And it’s not like the internet was around to fill in the gap. ...
Blogger is currently having issues so I'm having trouble posting much. (I also lost also the linking I did in this post. I apologize.) Hopefully, that will be resolved soon. I'm doing what I can on t...
Is this not the cutest embroidery pattern? And Urban Threads is giving it away! Now through Valentine's Day you can download it free. It's available in two sizes for machine embroidery, hand embroide...
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