Jan. 07 2010

Well today is really Winter wonderland! Don't think we got that much snow, but it snowed all day, and the temp is 30 degrees, so maybe it will go away soon. It has been in the 20's,
I have a Memory Box to paint for my Chapter who furnishes the boxes to a Hospice in Charleston, WVA. My home state. I miss the view we had from our home in WVA. overlooking the Ohio river in the Big Bend, Ravenswood to be exact, between Huntington, and Parkersburg on the Ohio river. Seeing the barges loaded with coal, iron, etc. coming up and going down the river. One year the river froze over solid and the boats were ice bound. Memories!!! .....smile....

New year 2010

I want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year filled with joy, peace, and good health!
It's been a long time since I posted anything. Had some health problems, etc.
Life kept just getting in the way. I did paint some ornaments for Christmas. Some of them are kind of unique, in that they are made with pinecones and gourds and Quick Wood. I learned this from Dottie Kuhl who makes the Pinecone Santas.

I want to expand my horizons in paintinga this year and get back to my canvas painting that I first started in , plus some watercolors.
Hope to see ya soon!

August 19, 2009

I've been busy as a bee, trying to get some crafts together for my one show that
we do, the first weekend in Oct. i did some , what I call, Altered Art, in the form of old books. Our show is called the Apple Festival, so did some with apples on them.
It has been a hot summer, wonder what Oct. will bring? We've had cold weather, rainy weather, and hot weather over the years.

Talk later.

July 17, 2009

Today would have been my youngest son's 50th birthday. Sad day.
I wanted to share this Oil can that has been in my family for as long as I can remember, which is 80 years. I decided to clean it up and paint it then got the idea to make it into a lamp. I Put Mary Jane Todd's apples design on it and found a shade in my "stash", added her design of the little man, did in Peter Ompir style. Hope it becomes a Family Heirloom.

Aggravated July 7, 2009`

Does this happen to you? When I first set up my Blog, I don't remember having to have a Google account and Google password, so I signed up, now everytime I want to get into my blog it won't accept my Google password and have to have a new one, this if for the pits! I'v had at least four passwords now and am getting tired of this, lol.
Does anyone have any solutions? thanks Doris

June 15, '09

Here is my Cat, Chloe, who assumes this favorite pose when she has been scolded! As if to say, "I'm sorry, don't you think I'm cute?". lol
A lot of company for this ole Lady for sure.

June 13, 2009

I haven't posted in a while. I've been trying to do some Prim items for my Craft
show coming in Oct. I had all these metal Daisy hangers, so thought up this for one use.
Vernon and I celebrated out 61 Wedding Anniversary on June 9th. Ate dinner out and visited some Craft shops , couldn't find what I wanted. The Michael's and AC Moore stores are going out of the Decorative painting business and into the "craft Paint" which is worthless. Sad, I did buy a set of Oils, hoping I can work in a canvas, among my other painting. My ART journey started in Oils, back in 1985, just hope I remember how to use them, lol.
Talk later!