Newish Art

This is a newish piece I did for a friend. I need to take some finalized pics with the grout and paint. Maybe this weekend. Now I just have to figure out how to ship the heavy heavy thing!

The Blues

This is a piece I made for a musical couple, friends of mine. They are big BB King fans. The shape is based on his guitar "Lucille".

Mosaic Mania

I've not been doing much for paper arts lately. I struck a huge windfall and have set up a mosaic studio in my garage. Posted above is a pic of a birdhouse I did for a friend of mine's very belated birthday.

Pay It Forward

I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this Pay It Forward exchange. I don’t know what that gift will be yet and you may not receive it tomorrow, or next week, but you will receive it within 365 days, that is my promise! The only thing you have to do in return is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog. So basically, if you comment and you’re on, I’ll send you something crafty that I’ll make!
Once you sign up, copy and paste the above paragraph on your blog, and three other lucky people will be recipients of your handmade work.

I first saw this on Adrienne's blog. Her link is to the right....

Seeing Spots

I've posted a couple of pics of this month's tip in for CCSwaps. The theme was polka dots. I think of polka dots as very retro. This thought coupled with the recent Paula's Kit Club kit on the kitchen, they just dovetailed nicely together. I'm pretty pleased at the way it turned out.

Hope Sweetpea likes it!

I haven't had much time for paper arts of late. I recently made a steal of a deal and purchased the extensive contents of a local artists' mosaic studio for a song. I've spent a lot of time setting up a mosaic studio in one corner of our garage. As soon as I get a chance, I will post some pics of the new space as well as the couple of projects I've been working on.

Some New Stuff

I've had a little bit of a chance to actually work on some things of late. The pic above is a set of three ATCs inspired by the silly English found on chopstick wrappers. I'm pretty happy about the way they came out.

The pics below are a swap for CCSwaps. I've been participating in a montly tip-in over there. It's been the only thing I've been able to participate in regularly. I wanted something dreamy and whimsical....I think I accomplished my goal. Not totally thrilled with it, but not completely disappointed either. It's moving in the right direction...





I really want to get into some soldered pieces started, but am having trouble breaking the inertia of the work-home-sleep cycle.

ATC Sudoku Background

These backgrounds are for a round robin swap that got started way back in May or even June but the backgrounds got lost. I stamped the distressed letters on glossy stock with resist ink. I toasted a couple of marshmallows while I waited for the ink to dry. Sweet tooth satisfied, I wiped black dye ink over the resist. I wasn't satisfied with the results. So, I took a burgundy and navy inks, and randomly swabbed them over the black resisted backgrounds. I'm pretty satisfied with the results.