Completed this ATC for Monday Madness swap. This week's theme was Africa.
Watercolour - winter sun. Journal page for Fidoart.
New Years Eve... Good health and happiness to all my friends for 2009.
Monday, 15 December 2008
Just a quick watercolour sketch. This is a hostess postcard for Mar to accompany my jigsaw. To be posted after the Christmas rush. Speaking of which am now tidying my room so my son and his wife will have somewhere to sleep!
Friday, 12 December 2008
Made pages for a journal swap - 10 x 8 inches. These are for Paben. Must now glue them back to back - a watercolour and a collage. The Italian reads 'Beauty comes from within.'
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Christmas label tags: these are for two of my friends.
Here's a sneak preview. Its for a Jigsaw swap by Mar. Nine pieces - one for each person in the group. The tricky part was making each piece self contained yet making the whole part of a complete picture. I haven't shown it in the group forum yet as I don't want to be the first!
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Well we have to have a snowman - but he looks nothing like me. Honest.
It's all make believe, isn't it?
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Rein chose our theme on SPA this week, CHILDHOOD HEROES.... I'm not sure I
had any unless heroes are the same as idols? Who knows!
I was always in awe o...
Happy new year!
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Happy new year everyone! Hard to believe it's now 2025. I started this blog
in 2008!! What happened to those years?
Anyway, kicking off the the year w...
Sun PSA
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With summer around the corner, I feel the need to express a thought on
something that is currently affecting me, and could easily happen to you.
I'm not a b...
the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post
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artwork by gemma maggs
today the roc nicholas rubber stamp design team post is brought to you by
gemma maggs.
gem created this wonderful tap using my ru...
small expectations
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recently, i read about a fictional character who felt overburdened by the
weight of others' expectations. it gave me pause.
no matter how casual or ent...
Shape and Texture
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Junior kinders made shape and texture pizza today. We taled about shapes
used on pizza and we talked texture, both real and implied. Next the used
yarn, ...
SoS Truck
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[image: Smith Oilfield Service Truck Oil on Canvas 24" x36" Shirley L Hays
2013]
Smith Oilfield Service Truck
Oil on Canvas
24″ x 36″
Shirley L Hays
2013
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Day 9 - I started this as an underpainting on a small canvas - 8x10.
However, I really like the way it turned out, that I think I will keep it
and refin...
The Artstronauts Club is finally live!
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*My next big project is here!*
It is our goal to have this meeting place that continually has new sources
of inspiration in the form of online worksho...
dancing in the sunshine ;)
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The leaves dance merrily to the sound of the Clash!
Check out my earlier how-to if you fancy having a go at making your own
leaf mobile out of fabric scrap...
Adventure Aviation Industry
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*Adventure aviation industry*. When a unique product or service is found to
be marketable, soon ceases to be offered by a company that is being offered
by ...
My 'Pages and Memories' altered book
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Yes, I know it's been quite some time since I've blogged. I think sometimes
I'm just too busy or just forget. Recently, I've been working on an altered
boo...
Newest Journal Prompt page and the back!
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I did the back of the prompt Journal page about Kadi our youngest
daughter,she used to walk outside and hold her finger up,for the
Butterflies to lan...
A whole year of funk?
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Wow. I knew I was in a bit of a funk, but a whole year?
That sucks. I sure hope its past me now. I really want to move on to good
things.
Retirement shoul...
Two Bees!!
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Or not Two bees!!! Thomas's weekly postcard project!! Not sure what to do
for three? Three cats maybe , or maybe I should save that for Five as we
have fi...
Last ATC of 2009
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Yesterday I sent on its way the last ATC I did on 2009. It features a white
cyclamen flower for Rapa at iATCs as part of the monthly partner trade, I
used...