Artsy Women
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Smiley girls & more Art from the Nest…
It's me and Michelle! This is from Saturday night, by which time we were all goofy-happy and trying to take photos with everyone before we had to pack up. Here's one of Michelle's paintings…a kitty! Love the colors here.It never occurred to me to do an animal, but Jane Wynn made a kitty too {below}.
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Breakfast with Friends
Meet Lorie, Natalie & one of our oh-so-talented teachers, Kelly Rae. Lorie was one of my 2 roomies at Art Nest. Luckily, she & I & Diana all liked a chilly room to sleep in so we kept our window cracked at night. It sounds like a small thing, but rooming with people you've never
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40 years old & all full of happy!
It was almost 1 a.m. Sunday night when I finally walked in the door ~ back home in Alaska after celebrating my 40th birthday in Utah at Art Nest. The first thing I saw when I came in was my work table. It's the same basic 5' or 6' foot long costco-type folding table that
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Best. Day. Ever.
I'm not going to elaborate on that. You'll just have to take my word for it. ♥ But really…it was an unexpectedly great Valentine's Eve! What I can tell you is that I made a couple new paintings today. I'm still really enjoying these tiny watercolor papers.After finishing this little blue dress, I had an
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Marshmallow victory ~ finally!
Like I mentioned in yesterday's post, the candy thermometer broke when I was making these. I had to use the old fashioned method of dropping the hot sugar mixture in cold water to check the temp. Haven't tried that since high school, so I wasn't totally confident these would come out. But whoa Nelly, they
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Cupid Bear
She's walking down the lane, headed your way! She's all needle felted with jointed arms and legs so she can move around. Her dress & wings are made from felted wool sweaters. Here she's takin' a stroll over my work table:I was inspired to create this little bear girl by Jennifer Stanfield's blog, Cupcake Bears.
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Still Learning
I am loving Shiva Artist Paint Sticks! These are the oil paint crayons that I mentioned a couple days ago. I’ve only ever used acrylics for everything and have been totally happy with that. But these oil paint sticks are sooo creamy and blendable. Love ‘em! The only drawback for my impatient self is that
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Utah in February?
With as much snow as we've got here, you might think I'd want to head somewhere warm, right? But in February I turn 40 years old and I want to do something really special. I had a BIG {Europe} trip planned, but it didn't quite come together. Now I’m looking for something more medium sized
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Inspiration
These two books have really been getting me by lately and I recommend them to anyone in need of a creative boost. The first: Taking Flight by Kelly Rae Roberts. I don't know where to start praising this one! In part, it's a great "how-to" book from which I learned some handy new techniques. But
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Makin’ the big time…
An update from yesterday's post: I was lucky to be included in a treasury that today made it to Etsy's front page! At the risk of being redundant, I just have to show it again in all it's awesome front-page-ness. Ta-Da! It's my first time being included on Etsy's home page - in case that