Flowers & Friends

I hand made this apron for a charity event I'll be attending for Children's Hospital. I made each flower, and lettered on the muslin pocket before sewing it on the apron. I do hope the ladies like this apron and bid high. After all who doesn't want both flowers and friends in their life! Please sign up to follow my blog and leave a comment, I do love to here your thoughts.

Letters In My Life

New wall hanging, the colors are much brighter then in this pictures. This is for my studio:)

Music notes for the senior band members.

April

Where did the month of April go, it zipped by with lighting speed. We had spring break, then prom for my boys, and my husband's birthday. Jacob and his friend Sarah made the tux and prom dress out of duct tape. We did spend some time getting this done, and of course it was all last minute. They look wonderful don't you think! I learned a few things about colored duct tape and the things you can create. I couldn't end this without including a picture of my son Alex and his date Elizabeth.

Sunny Day & Green Colors

It's an absolutely beautiful day, I've enjoyed sitting outside, listening to the birds singing and the sound of young children playing. As my thoughts drifted with the light breezes that passes

my mind notices all the colors popping out of the earth. The most obvious color is green. Its like being in one giant green room. This inspired me to hang up my Bali lantern to see how it would be illuminated by the green background. Here are a few pictures.

struggles with negative thoughts

Do you ever struggle with negative self talk? My insecurities will arise like a monster becoming an obstacle in my creative path. For example, I'm almost always experimenting with some new tool, idea, or surface and my monster creates all kinds of doubt, saying hurtful things like: "You haven't a clue what you're doing,' 'who's ever going to like that,' 'look, you made another mistake,' 'you might as well give it all up!" It's all very counterproductive to have thoughts running amuck while inspiration is speaking. Some days I lose the fight completely. Other days I will crank my music to muffle the noises in my head. Despite this mental torture, I'm still compelled to create. It's an undetered invisible force, pushing me forward. This is what drives me to enter my artwork into varies places, hoping that I'll receive affirmations, acceptance, love, and yes of course a buyer. It's affirming to receive notice and even better when someone desires your artwork. This helps me when I battle the monster!

new wall hanging

My new wall hanging is titled "FAMILY," this piece can be purchase at my Etsy store.

New Apron

Do you ever wonder where you get your creative ideas from? Do you find they strike when you are cleaning your studio, the house or just as you're falling asleep. My creative juices were flowing in a lettering on canvas workshop. In this class we had to paint several different background panels for lettering, but I found myself stumped when it was time to letter. My vision and inspiration had evaporated as I looked at my backgrounds. I was frustrated with the lack of ideas to complete what was intended to be a wall hanging. No matter how hard I tried to force various ideas, nothing jelled. History has taught me to trust in the powers of artistic development, and set this piece aside. I continued to work on other projects and taking care of my family utterly unaware of the thought brewing in my mind. Then inspiration struck, one night before I fell asleep. It's an apron, not a wall hanging! With that issue solved I slept like a baby, dreaming about the possibilities. I was out the door once the family had left. I had fabric shopping to do, and I wanted to get back into my studio to create. Embarking on my creative journey, was a joy, I allowed myself to cut the canvas, stencil and lettered freely. With this

freedom I was able to complete this apron. If you are interested this apron maybe purchased on Etsy.