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Precious Missy Arrives Home!

Recently I was the happy, lucky winner of a very precious girl named Missy!Julie Bailey, a fabulous doll maker had a giveaway and I was thrilled to learn I had won the opportunity to be the one to give...

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Watercolor Glamor

I am not as proficient at watercolors as I am with some other media but I do love the feel of and look of the color spreading into the paper......for me it is all about the color, especially...

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Today Is The First Day....etc....

Wow when I go on a downer I go for the long trip! And yes I do suffer from depression and no I do not medicate as meds and I do not mix, so I wait it out, watch the "Secret" or Wayne Dyer and say...

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Dear Sweet Molly for Dear Sweet Frankie!

A portrait I completed for my friend Angela's daughter Frankie! This is her darling horse Molly and Angela wanted to get her portrait done for Frankie's birthday. I managed to get it done in time for...

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The Persimmons Twins

I spent yesterday browsing through all my saved photos looking for something to paint that had a happy, bright color combo that would inspire me and maybe bring a feeling of Spring into the room.....et...

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Blogger and Painting

I am going to make this quick because Blogger is not working well for me and I have no idea why because I am not a computer genius. I think things should just work without my having to read a 20,000...

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Children and Pets Always Touches My Heart

Just a quick drop-by (drive-by in blogging lingo) to share a little 11" x 14" painting I completed a couple of days ago and had to share...I wish I could take better pictures because the colors are...

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New Directions

Sometimes we wake up and find that the path we were on isn't bringing us the joy we had hoped for. Artistically I have felt dissatisfied for a long time and couldn't quite put my finger on the reason...

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Busy Times

Wow has it been that long since last I posted? Yep I guess it has but in my defense I have been super busy with the garden, the lawn, art, cats and family stuff, LOTS of family stuff.I just had to make...

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Well Here We Go Again!

I spend so much of my time either running messages, cleaning up and making art that blogging has been the big loser here!I swear I really have been super busy so most of the plans I started this season...

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More Little Things

This has been a hectic week filled with catching up on household stuff and trying to find as much time as possible to create a few things....Here is what I have been up to this past week or so:Again I...

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Little Faces That Made Me Smile

I made a few more little cuties from some of the vintage hardware I keep collecting from the odd garage sale or neighbors dropping off things they think I can use...This little gal  (I call her Belle)...

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Article 12

Where the Heck Have I Been?I am shocked to see that this much time has gone by since my last post but yeah life does whoop up on us sometimes and 2012 was not the best year for me. There were changes...

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THIS WEEK........

All week I have tried to get to a couple of projects that I have mulled around in my head for months. People give me old wood and pieces of old house siding thinking I can use it for some art project...

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Artist Market Tomorrow!

The first NCCCA Artist Market will take place on Saturday, January 26 from 10am to 4pm! FREE ADMISSION!Come meet 15 local artist vendors who will be selling their handmade fine-art including: ceramics,...

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AWESOME SHOW!

But cold, cold, cold! Even the old Federal Building that now houses the Cultural Arts Center was freezing, we even kept our coats and boots on!Even so it was fun and I even sold a painting, which is...

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Textile Art and New Directions

I have wanted to stretch my wings into textile art for awhile now and this Spring I decided to give it a try and see where it took me, these are my newest experiment and they are available in my Etsy...

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SEWING THE WEEKEND AWAY

A busy happy weekend....Making more of those sweet textile brooches and now I am assembling a mini quilt that I am going to hang in a unique way so stay tuned for another of my creative but slightly...

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Hey It's Me Again!

I haven't forgotten that I wanted to SHARE more of my real life, not the life I wish I had, lol, so here goes reveal number one!!!I live in a rental trailer in a "seen better days" trailer park in...

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In Memory of an Irish Lady

Today on St. Patrick's Day my thoughts turn to the Irish side of my family, the maternal side to be more specific, and present my great grandmother Catherine Lenore McDonald and her young...

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