Painting
I finished two paintings in about a week of each other. This feels miraculous to me. One painting I’ve been working on since last spring when I first did a study for the idea. I...
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I Made Sugar Eggs
. . . for Easter. Turns out they’re really not very hard, and would be a fun craft with older kids. Maybe Olivia and her friends next year . . .
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Everett’s Teepee – Christmas Projects 2014
I didn’t do too many home-made Christmas projects this year . . . but I did do a few 😉 The grandest one of all was Everett’s teepee. He was quite pleased to have a...
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Israel Photo Book – Christmas Projects 2014
The next Christmas project I did was a photo book for my dad. It took quite a bit of time, but I think the end result was definitely worth it. Now I just have to...
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Wheeler Road Christmas Projects 2014
This was the last Christmas project I did. It’s a painting I did for my in-laws of the house they built in Oregon and raised their kids while they were very young (Wyatt moved when...
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Calvin’s Quilt – The Summer Chronicles
This summer I made Calvin a quilt for his birthday. I always idealized that when we had a cabin, my kids would have warm, cuddly quilts to snuggle under on the cool mornings. So when...
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How To: Paper Mache Bees
Oh, what fun paper mache is. It is one of my favorite mediums, because the possibilities are endless, the required supplies are always on hand (paper, flour, water), and the required attention span is minimal...
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Be Your Best Self – Back to School Dinner, 2013
One of our family traditions is having a back to school dinner for the little lovelies. This is a time to celebrate the kids, acknowledge their accomplishments, and look forward to all they have ahead...
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Step-By-Step: A Fairy Castle In The Making
A couple months ago I wrote about our upcoming yard projects. One was to make a fairy house. Well, not long after that, I pulled Olivia into the art room and told her about the...
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Sketchbook Saturday – Determined to Paint! And I Cleaned My Art Room
This week was a little slow. I cleaned the house and looked around . . . we had no where to go and nothing to do. So, I determined to paint. Remember how I was...
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Sketchbook Saturday – Lip Service
Every once in a while I wish I was much more realistic and technical in my drawing . . .
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Sketchbook Saturday – Joy
Every once in a while I flip past this page in my sketchbook and think: I really should finish that and fill it in more. But let’s be honest, the chances of that happening are...
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Sketch Book Saturday – Last Year’s Valentines Painting-almost.
Remember at the start of 2012 when I had the goal to do one painting a month? Well, I made it through January, and then I drew this out for February. Maybe someday it will...
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Sketch Book Saturday – Duck-Duck-Goose!
One of these days I want to learn how to paint digitally really well – these little doodles that are all over in my sketchbooks would be great as little digital paintings I think. (I...
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Sketch Book Saturday – Sleeping Beauty
The best thing about this picture is that in person, the floor is doodled in various shades of gold glitter pen, so as the page/angle changes, the floor sparkles as various stars shine!
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And in Other News . . .
Tuesday night was the big night – Wyatt lost his election. It was a sore disappointment. And in other news . . . Olivia came home today totally excited to share that she had learned...
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Sketch Book Saturday – Little Deer Love
I found this little illustration in my sketchbook today as I was thumbing through looking for a blank page to tear out for another project. As I have had this particular sketchbook for years (and...
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Oaklee’s Butterfly Mobile
Remember back in August I mentioned a mobile I had made – I said I’d share more later? Well, it’s later. This is a mobile I made for baby Oaklee – a little touch for...
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Art Projects Lately
I’ve been working on a lot of different art projects this past week. One of them was this invitation to a baby shower for Leslee. The date/time is all made up because we haven’t pinned...
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Arts in the Park
This year Becca Roper in the tenth ward, and I decided to put together an “Arts in the Park” program for the kids. We’ve invited 3 wards – mine, Becca’s and the 18th ward...
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Garden Green
Of course after a long and brown winter, I’m always excited to get out and put some color in my yard. Every year my attempts find varying degrees of failure! LOL. Oh well, it’s March,...
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Planting Guide
I made myself a planting guide – because I was kinda bored today. At the last minute I added a “brought to you by” at the bottom. I think I will try “pinning” it and...
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A New Niece
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And so I made a Skirt
This summer will be “The Summer of No Pants” – where my days will be spent in comfortable, soft, sweet skirts. I was so excited I made my first one! I made a pattern out...
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Will You Be My Valentine?
“You forgot the question mark” was the first thing he said when he saw it. “No I didn’t. It’s more of a statement than a question.” On Monday they spent the afternoon preparing our valentines...
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January Painting
I am so tempted to explain myself in this painting – to tell you all the things I was thinking when I painted it – But I’ve decided part of letting myself do art in...
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Calendar, 2012
I’ve never used a calendar until this year – something about my spontaneous carpe diem lifestyle never seemed to fit inside that box. And then I had kids – who went to school. My calendar...
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Use Your Imagination
A fun little illustration while Wyatt and I watched tv the other night. (He watched, I doodled).
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Ocean in the Red Rocks
When I lived on the Indian Reservation I made a lemon galleon out of paper mache. And then I made fish to swim along side. Paper mache fish with giant kissy lips and beauty marks...
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Forever Young
Aww . . . romance. See my early fascination with lanterns?
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