All of your names went into the teapot on small snippets of paper and I pulled out with lemongrass tea…yum! Thanks to all that participated! I was inspired by your tea suggestions. Some were quite creative! Now that summers almost here I’ll spend my days sipping all kinds of iced teas. And email me your …
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pomegranates and fox print now available
Oh, I am so happy to be offering this in my etsy store… http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6090791 Originally it was in my little moleskine sketchbook and I was excited to paint it a bit bigger on canvas. So I did! Click the link below for a photo. I would love to thank all you folks who responded with …
patchwork teapot contest
This darling lil’ patchwork teapot needs a home! It needs some advice on which tea to brew. Leave a comment here with your favorite tea and you will be entered in a drawing to win the teapot! The contest ends Monday, June 4th at 6:00 pm. ps-Anyone can enter… you don’t even need a Live …
Flowering cabins and jackalopes
My painting “Flowering Cabins” is now available as a print… http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6007976 and some finds! I love this tin my husband bought me and just look at the sweet jackalope figurine…
Its not summer til I can wear cascading flowers tangled in my hair
Recent Inspirations: Yesterday as I was roaming around in a local junk shop I found the most beautiful, faded tangerine- colored book from 1905. I was first intrigued by the once vibrant-now-faded cover with a sparrow on the spine. When I opened the book it was pure joy to see the most delightful illustrations and …
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you’ll find me sitting in sunny spots…
…in the moss surrounded by little yellow flowers with my patchwork teapot. I made another one the other day just for pure enjoyment. It is made from a rescued tea pot and has a lid this time. I cut up the vintage-inspired calicos I bought in a little fabric nook in Salem and made a …
Blue-Sailed Ships
A very good day…I finished an oil painting! After painting the ship a robins egg blue I was inspired to paint my little thrifted model boat… sails and all. I evan added patchwork sails and painted it a forest to float in. The print is available in my etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5966032
spring joys
I think that walking through freshly fallen pink petals is one of springs greatest joys. I bought a little blue ceramic shoe the other day at the junk shop. It is rather fitting for the season. A shop update soon with a new print! I had a rather busy weekend but spent the evening painting …
Adventures at the Faerie Festival last Sunday
On Sunday we took a long trek down to the Fairie Festival At Spoutwood Farm in PA. I go every year but this year and this year was the best! The weather was perfect for sitting out in the sunshine on the farms magical land. We walked around, drank yummy tea, perused the vendors enjoyed …
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Small Horses, pincushions and sunny spots
I just listed this little mixed media print on Etsy “The Land of the Small Horses” Much inspired by my recent purchases of two very quaint vintage pincushions that are very much welcome in my studio. I just felt like snipping little tidbits from my fabric stash and sewing on crisp paper. A very busy …
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