more than anything i want to go horseback riding. when i take my long weekend walks i quietly observe the horses grazing in the field. they are just so peaceful, gentle giants. i love misty walks through horse meadows. the two little horse charms under the brown paper bag sketch were so perfect for this …
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more pretty things…
i hate to be a bore with all my shopping but it is thrift shopping and it is for my little art studio and it does inspire me so! heres a collection of the second haul… vintage boonton wear diner coffee cups for my paints, yellow tray to hold goods under my easel, tea pot, …
what ive been up to…
i love november. perhaps i like it more than october. something about the silvery, bare tree branches against the gray sky… i have to say that i have never been more inspired by a month before. going for long walks. tea. thrifting clothes and hodge-podge. a little art here and there. and stitching! my biggest …
Tea anyone?
what i’ve been up to… back into my thrifty mode. knick-knacks and dresses, i can’t get enough. and tea! vintage dress….thrifted teapot…cookies and mmmmm i bought a pretty handpainted peacock tablecloth at the thrift shop i love these kitschy prints on silk with plastic gold frames, thrifted last week. wait til you see what else …
snail mail
wrote a letter on the back of a painted manilla folder and collaged, painted, stamped, sketched on the back. a sort of inspiration board for my friend with colors and themes we both love. the letter was actually an invitiation to a forest tea party, hence the tea, bird and tree theme. red shoes and …
abandoned nests and woolly bears
…journal #2 & #3 and now i’ve decided that they are too pretty to lug around so they will sit on my studio shelf all lonely. tonight i hung up some pretty wintry william morris inspired curtains and unpacked my lantern to hang as well. warming up the room for the cold windy days ahead …
handmade books and such
An update! I made a little photo collage to show what I have been up to… Now that the clocks have been turned back it gets dark SO early…4:00! I think my weekday forest meanderings are over for the season. I have to change my walking route to go through the well-lit town. And…my first …
handmade books, lockets and patchwork tights
I have so many things to update, my head is spinning. Hopefully tomorrow I can sift through the photos and format. Handmade books, giant lockets, art. I need to shift my focus now. Less crafts, more painting… sketching, the clay sculptural figures and shadow boxes I have been meaning to create, daily work in my …
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Handmade books, pretty vintage clothes, sundrops…
…and fallen leaves! Just took a much needed walk through the woods..and to my surprise the trees are mostly bare! Puts me in a sort of sad mood as I have been thinking a lot lately of my heart flip flops, yellow and iced tea. I changed my clothesline inspiration catchall to accommodate a clipping …
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My Wedding Creations
Last Thursday was our wedding anniversary…three years already! I was reminiscing about the long months before the wedding I spent making all sorts of decorations and goodies. The photos show just a teeny tidbit of what I made for our day… My favorite- mossy faerie cottage centerpieces for all 12 tables! The “cottages” even have …