My latest find is the most perfect tea cup for me. A sepia ship adorns the side of the tea cup and the saucer as well. I drink iced tea in the summer so I decided to use it as a dish for blackberries.
Monthly Archives: July 2007
A garden grows on my tights
One day I would love to grow a herb and flower garden for the butterflies and bees. I bought these tights and they remind me of a garden… I have an intense liking for kinds of tights, from lavishly patterned and dotted to textured with ribbing and lace. Tights are wonderful and I am so …
Lavender Ice in My Tea and a Mossy Shrine
I made lavender ice cubes. They give my tea such a wonderful flavor, and the way that the lavender leaves embed into the icyness is so pretty. I’ve been sipping iced green tea these days. In the yard there such a lush green tuft of moss, perfectly dappled by sunlight. I went inside and gathered …
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patchwork leaves, soft blue and yellow wood from fallen teacup trees
The above line from She is the winner of my blue wooden ship! I have to be honest here…I so enjoyed reading your stories and ideas of places to travel… I actually wrote down all your names on snippets of paper and picked one. I was thinking about the story that Aussiepatches submitted and I …
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green, jasmine, rose petal tea
You might remember these…I recently unearthed some art from awhile ago that has me re-inspired. I am offering these little gems as a print set of three: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5080439 Much musing has been happening here and have found some new inspirations. I hope to bring it all together in my paintings. I bought awesome new journal …
salty sea ship giveaway
Alas, it it time for another giveaway! I painted this small wooden ship a pretty shade of robins egg blue and added patchwork whimsy to her sails. Now she is ready to pick you up for an adventure…you just need to tell her where you would like to go. It can be anywhere…somewhere made up …
poppy garden at night
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6440229 These are acrylic on watercolor paper with lace gessoed onto the paper. I would love to have poppies in my garden one day.
meadows, highways, woods and sea
Recently my color has been orange, the color of creative energies. In my travels this last week I have been most inspired by orange. The summer has been beautiful so far but the heat sweltering, sweaty and sticky. I brave it out, still spending time in nature. There are so many beautiful things to be …
heart strings
trees and wildlife, tiny cabins in the woods, these are things that surely tug on my heart stings. I was FINALLY able to make this painting into a print. The original acrylic painting was rather large (18″ x 24″) and I am quite happy with the outcome. The print is 7″ x 9″. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5080439
tall tall tree
Monday’s whimsy… http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5080439 I have been keeping busy! A proper update very soon…