Blue and metal rust!

 I love painted metal and the way it

 rusts into a multitude of rich vibrant colors!

This gas pump was outside of the Fuel Pizza Parlor.  

I love my iphone camera for unexpected photo opportunities.

Farmers Market

This is what I brought home from my first trip to the Charlotte Farmer's Market.  

Gelli printed art journal page

Art Journal Page

All papers were Gelli printed, then stamped, cut, or torn.
Charcoal pencil outlines and Pitt pen fine details.

Saturday morning bliss

This was my Saturday morning ...

French toast with strawberry sauce and fresh cut up peaches

A handmade pottery mug of black silk coffee

An extra long hot shower

Put on my favorite overalls and yellow converse shoes 

Out the door at 9:30

Take a peek at where I went and what I did...

That's my Gelli Plate!  Mono printing is so much fun!

Patty, Allie, and me with our favorite prints from class at Donna Downey Studios.

Up close of my favorite prints today.

Art journal page that has one of the gelli prints as the background.

Another art journal page with a gelli print as the background.

It was a blissful Saturday!

Art Journal Page

New Art: Sunflower

I have been studying the paper painting technique of Elizabeth Nelson.  Just a little different approach than what I have been doing in my work.  I decided to try out her process on this sunflower.  Sunflower inspiration comes from my travels to Wyoming last week.  Miles and miles of roadside sunflowers, weeds of the prairie!

Purge Quilt

I did a serious purge of art, craft, and sewing supplies this summer!  I could not bear to throw/give away some of the accumulated fat quarters.  But I was running out of space....how could I shop for more stash!   So my big fabric purge resulted in this quilt of many colors.  Hubby, son, and daughter had a part in this project!

A few t-shirts made it in.

I asked for help.  They jumped right in!
The raw edge clipping got done in record time.
I will remember this family activity for years to come!

Just fun bright colors.  I tried not to think to much about placements of the squares.

 

Maddie claimed it for her dorm bed as soon as it came out of the wash!