Karen Tessandore

  • Sweets

    Normally, we don't have this much candy in the house.  Really!  :)   This weekend though, we set up to decorate… Gingerbread houses!  I've wanted to make one for years, but never quite get around to baking the house.  Since they had these cute & already assembled ones at the grocery store, I decided to take

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  • Egg!

    It's true!  Eggs DO come from chickens!  :)  I was trying to be patient, but had begun to wonder if my hens were ever going to lay.  I went out tonight though to find this pale blue beauty laid by Camilla.  Now I see why hens of the Araucana breed are sometimes referred to as

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  • Frosty Morning

    It has been very foggy here for the last week or so and because of that – the dampness in the air in combination with the cold temperatures – the trees have been really lovely.  I found myself out at 5:00 a.m. this morning, enjoying the quiet stillness and photographing some of the winter beauty.

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  • Clay Hoot-Owl

    I set out to make a bluebird in a stocking cap, but an owl came out of the clay instead.  I tried to put a hat on him, but he didn't want one.  🙂 I like his little tail feathers. He's baking in the oven now…fingerprints and all!  I can easily get caught up in

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  • A Few Words

    Been playing around with glitter.  🙂 ♥

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  • Today was a good day.

    Listening to Tori Amos: Beekeeper and Rufus Wainwright.  Painted this tree & she turned out just like I imagined.  My heart is pretty happy today.  ♥

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  • Thanks, Gloria 🙂

    Last February I was lucky enough to attend Art Nest {a creative retreat } for my 40th birthday.  I had high hopes that it would be an amazing experience & that I would learn some new art techniques ~ it was & I did.  But what I did not anticipate were some of the lasting

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  • Karen’s World

    The title of this post is also the title of this painting by Julie 'Haymaker' Thompson.  She painted me with my chickens!  I could not let this creation go live with anyone else so I snapped it right up from her Etsy shop.  Can't wait to have it on my wall! ♥

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  • Details

    Details make all the difference, don't they?  I started this little needle-felted person a few days ago & just finished it up tonight.  Love those wool felt wings with their pink, blanket stitch edging.  :)   For scale in this photo, I have it sitting {appropriately} on top of a 3×3" canvas I bought from Julie

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