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Thursday, August 02, 2007
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
GOTHIC ARCH #13
GOTHIC ARCH #13
Originally uploaded by luvs2create2
will be leaving for Phoenix and Art Unraveled in three days!! I am posting some of my current finished art and finishing art projects that have deadlines in the next 2-1/2 weeks. I will be glad to be finished with all projects---then I can start to pack. I have all that I need to bring with (clothes, art supplies, etc.), so I just need to gather it together and pack wisely. Last year I was 16 pounds over the airlines weight limit and needed to re-do my luggage out on the curb before checking it in. The extra weight was going to cost $50.00 and I decided that it would be way more fun to have those extra dollars to spend at Art Unraveled!!! More pix to come....
Thursday, July 12, 2007
My #1 favorite thing...fireworks!!!!
I didn't take any pix of the fireworks on 4th of July, so I borrowed this beautiful image from Zesmerelda's Flickr site. Thanks Zesmerelda!
I'VE HAD A GREAT JULY...SO FAR!
I have done quite a few fun things this month---I just haven't taken the time to blog about them! July is one of my favorite months. I love summer, 4th of July (especially the fireworks---just LOVE FIREWORKS!!), my friend Sandy's annual BBQ, my birthday and going to Art Unraveled (not until August---but still summer!!).
My friend Sandy is a generous and clever hostess. She always makes her BBQ's fun and something to look forward to. There are always activities to keep everyone busy when they are not eating (or drinking Lynchburg Lemonade---the house specialty!). Her plan this year was to have a "photo booth" so everybody could get their pix taken (for fun and to be used in a craft that was planned for later in the evening). She found that renting a photo booth was out of the question at $3,000+, so she designed one of her own in a downstairs closet. It was a blast and the pix turned out to be great fun!!! Here are a few....
4th of July we did our family annual event at Arlington Park Race Track. It was a great time as usual, although we missed having Mikey with us (he is still in Spain having the time of his life!!). We went early, but not early enough---it was hard to find good seating. Danny saved the day (as usual) by finding us 2 benches in the front row. We brought our usual (but smaller version) of our picnic. We had a great family sitting behind us who had two small children. Joey and the other kids had a very fun time. Joey picked a horse and won $10.00!! I brought art supplies with and the kids did art projects during the down time between the races. We hung out after the last race to await the fireworks. It is always a big plus to have our spot staked out! The people who come just for fireworks find it really difficult to find a place to watch. The fireworks were STUPENDOUS!!! I am never disappointed with the show there.
My birthday was also a fabulous and very busy day! Steve, Joey and I had brunch at the Clubhouse Restaurant in Oakbrook, IL. They have a delightful and overwhelming array of food. We ate and I drank Champagne until we were way too overstuffed. Joey enjoyed the Chocolate Fountain, but Steve and I are watching our weight and passed on dessert. We then went home to relax (or I thought to relax) and get my PRESENTS! I love presents!!! Joey gave me a $50.00 gift card for Starbucks (yeah!! I will put it to good use in Phoenix since there is a Starbucks in the lobby of the hotel at Art Unraveled!!). And Steve (my adorable husband) gave me a card with a Rain Check from our local grocery store....hmmmm. The Rain Check was for Blackberries and I didn't get it at first (I often don't get Steve's sense of humor). I finally realized that he was buying me my very own Blackberry and we went to the Verizon store to pick it out and set up service. I am now connected to the world and the internet 24/7!!! A new addiction! After that we went back out to dinner with my adult children, there significant others and of course Joey. It was a VERY GOOD DAY!!!
And now I am looking forward to attending Art Unraveled in Phoenix with my good friends Harriet, Sandy and Belinda in just 3 weeks! I also will get to spend an additional week there to visit with my dear friend Janet who I have been friends with since our 24 year old children were in the first grade. I have missed her since she moved to Phoenix last year.
So that is my July---my summer so far. The time is flying and before we know it, it will be Fall!!
Monday, July 09, 2007
New Art...created in Christy Grant's Calendar Journal
The Calendar Journal Round Robin that I am participating in has now passed the half way mark. In June (the 6 month point) I was working in Christy Grant's Calendar and she was working in mine. Here are the pics of my contribution to her calendar journal.
*Little girl on left hand side from laurelemur's flickr site. You can view this and all of her wonderful vintage images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauralemur/582728160/in/set-72157600110342564/
Friday, June 29, 2007
The "charm craze" seems to continue...what I've done with some of my charms
I recently finished teaching a six week (one night a week) class on making mixed media charms to a group of fabulous women who are members of the "Women's Wisdom" group in Wheaton, Illinois. We made metal, polymer clay and found object charms. Everybody had fun and the creativity and energy these women possess is phenomenal!!! They are now creating charms to be sold at a fundraiser for the People's Resource Center of Dupage County called "Goddess in the Garden ~ Mangoes, Margarita's & Moonlight". The event will be held Friday, July 20, 2007 at 6:30 PM. If you live in the Chicagoland area and would like information about attending the event, the Women's Wisdom group or the People's Resource Center of Dupage County, please email me at luvs2design@aol.com. Click on images for a more detailed view of charms.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Fun with friends and a new technique...
I had a wonderful day yesterday! I spent it with my art friends Harriet, Sandy, Belinda and Sarah. We were invited to Belinda's home for lunch and creative time. Joey was included in my invite and he had a blast playing with Belinda's two children and Sarah's daughter. Belinda has a fabulous, humongous house with lots of space for doing art. Her studio is large and fully stocked with almost every supply you could want to play with!!! We were open to doing any technique, so I suggested that we try a new one (a yummy textured background using deli paper) that I found a tutorial for on Dani's Site (The Stamping Witch). I actually saw a sample of the technique first on Hermine's Blog and fell in love with her version of the background so I follwed the link to Dani's Site to get the instructions. I found that the instructions were in German and even though there are terrific photos' included I was unable to figure the technique out. I emailed Hermine and asked if she could translate for me and she very kindly did a translation (which is now included on Dani's site). So, thank you Dani for the technique and thank you Hermine for the translation. My friends and I had a really fun time creating beautiful backgrounds with the technique (sample above). We made a few substitutions since we didn't have all the materials required in the instructions, but they seemed to turn out just fine. We didn't have deli paper or PVA, so we used tissue paper and Sobo glue. Again thanks girls and thanks to my local friends for an absolutely fantastic day!
Monday, June 25, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Oooops....haven't been posting much lately
I've been slacking off in the posting department again and I haven't completed any new art recently. I do have a few projects in the works---I will post pix as soon as I finish them. I ordered and received my "Moo Cards" from Flickr! They are so fun! I was really pleased with the way they turned out and the quality is fabulous! If you've been thinking about ordering some, JUST DO IT!!! You'll love them! Here are mine....
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
A few more things that I have worked on recently...
These are ATC's that I completed as part of an exchange on the Art Unraveled Yahoo group. I am looking forward to attending Art Unraveled again this year---only two months away!!!
AND...finally some new art!!!
These are the May Calendar Journal pages that I created in Karen Owen's Journal as part of the Round Robin that I am participating in on the CalenderGirlz Yahoo group. It felt really good to finish these. I am very happy with the way they turned out.
Hmmmm....could it be 79 days later and my 101st post???
So much to say---I don't even know where to start. It has been so long since my last post. Much has happened (and not happened). Probably no one will even read this---I'm sure my devoted blog fans have crossed me off their list and moved on to more active blogs by now! If you haven't given up on me and are still out there, please comment so I will know that you are out there.
My husband Steve had a heart attack on March 16th (3 days after my last post). He is doing fine now and things are back to normal in my household, but this event in our lives took quite a toll on me as well as Steve. I fell into a funk (even after I knew that he was going to be OK) and have been in that state until just recently. I spent very little time online and my desire and ability to create was totally gone. This was the worst creative drought that I have ever experienced and I am very happy that Steve is now well and the funk has finally passed. I have been doing some art the last few weeks and I will upload pix in my next post. Some good news is that my son Dan graduated (undergrad) from Northern Illinois University earlier this month and my son Mike is getting ready to go to Spain to complete his Master's degree (in Spanish). I am very proud of both of them. They are smart, good looking and nice to their mama---AND they both worked hard (in school and at work) to pay ALL of their college expenses. They are very special young men.
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