more to adore

i absolutely adore hydrangeas.  

and this year, they're thriving on our back porch......

giving us more pinky-purply-blue-balls-of-floral-happiness

to look forward to this summer!

have a fabulously colorful weekend!!

supplies:  watercolor, micron pens, 4B pencil, white paint pen

sweet magnolia

the magnolias have started to bloom here in north florida.

they smell so sweet and dreamy that i'm absolutely convinced
this must be what heaven smells like.......

 sweet magnolia!

journal supplies:  koi watercolors, derwent inktense w/c pencils, 

micron pens, 6B graphite pencil

inspiration monday

i've been wanting to take my artwork in a bit of a different direction for a while now.  sometimes just changing your favorite color palette is all you need to put a new perspective on things (can you believe that no orange was used to create this journal page?!!).  who knew that blue and green watercolor could be so much fun to play with.....!

this journal page was created using micron pens, graphite pencil and watercolors on fabriano artistico 140 lb. soft press paper

click on image for better view

the other reveal

i've had a little feedback that the pictures of my artwork in yesterday's post were a little small to see......i didn't have too much success trying to photograph the pictures in the book, with the glare on the page, and on and on.  so, i'd like to share some photos that were taken before i sent the artwork off to the publishing house last year!

"keys to a happy home"

materials:  provided "swap fabrics", brads, house keys, beads, thread, 

batting, buttons, sharpie pen for lettering

"inspiration garden"

materials:  hand-carved stamps, stamp ink pads,  batik fabrics,  

letter stamp set, batting, thread, beads, buttons

"live, laugh, love"

(this is a photo of the page before it went into the round robin book)

materials:  page template, batik fabrics, batting, seed beads, buttons, 

hand-lettering, computer lettering, thread

thank you all SO much for your sweet comments......

i sincerely appreciate every e-hug that you've sent!!!

hope you have a great weekend!!

xox

confession time

well, i must confess that i didn't get very far with my studio re-org yesterday.....as a matter of fact, if i'm brutally-honest-oprah-tell-all:

i only worked for about an hour.

i decided to make this mini doodle quiltie instead. my studio is still a disaster, but i figure that if i had taken the time to clean it yesterday, it would already be a mess today....so see how much time i saved myself?!

this mini rainbow is in my etsy shop here.

you have wings

this is the project that i was working on the other day, and needed to go hunting at the fabric store for the perfect "wing fabric" (and now i have lots of other new fabrics in my stash thanks to that trip for just one fabric!). this is a modified version of a doodle i did in my journal a while back......i've changed up the colors a bit......

and added lots of pink, white, blue and black beads....

and since i did everything by hand, there's a little reminder on the back!

i've listed this little art quiltie in my etsy shop.....you can read more about it here!

child of art quilt

i have had an absolute blast the past few days just playing......with some fabric, ribbons, threads, beads, and batting. if there ever was a piece of art that totally describes my creative comfort zone, i think it's this one. and while most of these materials were familiar to me......

i used inspiration from my sweet friend becky shander and tried something new.....i painted some dryer sheets and created these sweet little flowers (SO much fun!!).....

but you know with me, it always starts with the lettering......that will forever be at the center of this child of art's heART!

in working on this, i've learned that thinking outside the creative box is important, but taking some time to revisit my comfort zone has given me a new energy that i desperately needed. here's to being back in the zone!!