Susan Tuttle is giving away a copy of her new book: Digital Expressions which you can find on Amazon if you don't want to wait.
Click on her name to go to the post to read all about it. Her first book, Exhibition 36 was wonderful and if that is any indication to this one-you are in for a treat.

Latest Art

Here is what i did over the wkend for my art meeting.
Used scrap pieces of wood i had in the garage, cut them like tags. painted and collaged them.
Now to find something new to work on~

Where the Hell Did This Come From?

and how did it get into my house? It's not like it could have "snuck" in when someone had the door open...maybe it hitched a ride in on one of the dogs...yea right. Needless to say it's now safely outdoors again and out of the house!
The Southlake Art Festival started yesterday so i went out there to see the art-no pictures though.
A few interesting things-talked with some of the artists which is always interesting. When i was done, i treated myself to this:
If there is a Corner Bakery, i'm all over that bundt cake! :) Today i went and got my hair cut. Not a trim but new style. Lisa said i change my hair more than any woman she knows~not many are as "adventurous" as she called it. I just told her, "it will grow back." Usually think about it for awhile before i chop it off-the last "whim" cut i got i hated, so i learned to give it a wk or so to really decide. I'll just call it my summer-do.
Finished up my swap items for our art meeting tomorrow. I'll post pictures tomorrow-the ones i took tonight didn't turn out great and don't feel like re-doing them right now~

Bits of Art

Here are a few things i'm working on this wk.
The "girls" are almost done-will add a saying on here in vintage text
The brown piece is burned glue-looks like trees so i added a swing and it
will soon have a little girl sitting on it.

the pink piece is just beginning-not sure yet what images it will have, but i just
felt like something pink. Probably "girly" anyway~

More Main St and downtown

My Iris'


Gary and I ended up going back to Main St late sun afternoon. Talked to a few artists, looked at some i wanted to see again. Got inspired to do some new art-Took some pictures of rooftop skylines of the city- This is a reflection of the AMC theater's sign in the bldg across the street.
and the angels at Bass Hall.






Really like this artist's work too-talked to him quite a bit-Jim Brown
loved hearing about his process~

Main St Art Festival~fort worth

Went to the festival thurs around noon-best time to go is opening day. early. not crowded and you can actually talk to the artists and see the art~There were some new artists this year to Main St.
This photographer had some unique frames and way of mounting the photos.
We came across this trio too~dog, cat and mouse. Gary has a friend who said he has seen them on animal planet-showing they can all get along.
This next photo is Kimberly Wilcox. I actually came across her last march in Houston-at the bayou city art festival. Very cool work up close. There were other artists who's booths i didn't get pictures of~will try for that if i go back on sunday~
And of course, tradition. Our stop at Corner Bakery for dessert~Banana Bundt cake for me!

This and That

The Alice journal i am currently working in has sort of a heart theme-queen of hearts is the cover. I did an figurative page of the Queen of Hearts.

I've also been working on some wooden hearts as seen here. The aqua one may change, but i am having fun with them. The sayings are small so that someone looking at them has to be up close~drawn in to art.

I've also been wanting to play a bit with wax. This piece is just a collage that has been waxed over. I had to play just a bit more with it and added another layer of wax over the piece after the picture was taken. Now i don't like it-figures i couldn't leave it alone...
Finally, this piece is something i started this summer-I burned glue-and whatever it did to the original thing i had going, i didn't like and painted over-left some of the burned glue showing.
Now i like it-It looks like two trees. Just need to figure for sure what image i'm adding in the middle. Maybe a child on a swing...

Time to Update~

Seems lately i spend more time catching up my blog than maintaining it~guess i've gotten busier lately. Last sunday was our art mtg~we made these copper bracelets. Mine is ugly, but i finished. What each piece should have looked like was below~ I've also made some wooden hearts that i'll post later-just realized none of the pictures turned out very well. I also finished my page in the first Alice book~will post that too after i take some pictures.

Spring in N Texas

Saturday was the first day of spring~ The trees are blooming with white~the grass is coming up. Birds are chirping in full concert...and then we get this...yep, snow again!

This nest was found when i was trimming one of our trees that had too much snow last time. It wasn't in use-it's from last yr-and i know this because of the colored yarns in there. I put them out in the trees last spring for the birds to use-nice to see they actually did! now it'll be decor for me~

Birthday Sneak Peak

no, not my birthday-a friend's. Actually her day has passed, but this is a sneak of what she's getting from me-can't show it all until she gets it. (i'll post the whole picture when she has seen it) ok-no picture yet-can't upload-*again*
here's what i'm listening to today~I listened to this cd while driving down the Oregon coast-so it reminds me of that when i listen to it~

Alice in Wonderland Journal swap

I agreed to participate in a journal swap-with an Alice theme. (what was i thinking?)
Got my first journal to work in today~will add pictures here tomorrow. This is a picture of one of my sign in pages~
not the men-those are on a book under the page :)
this is my back cover-which may change by the time this is all over~went w/the more vibrant colors from the new movie...
This is the cover to the first book i'm working in~gorgeous!

A Blog to Check Out

Prairie Thistle is having a giveaway on her blog~
if you click on her name-you'll see her blog. If you click on
"blog" it will take you to the posting. She is celebrating her 400th
post! You have until Mar 21st to enter-so check it out.

A Bit of Catching Up

Several weeks ago, before my art mtg, i learned how to make these fabric flowers. The pink one is the "learning" one. The others were ones i played with when i got home. Different fabric, but still cool.
The following wkend was Gary's birthday weekend. His birthday was fri-so i lit his b-day candle from his childhood~
That sunday, we went to Hillsboro to check out a cemetery we were told about. -there were some wrought iron fences around some of the graves-very unique ones. Different from any i've seen before.

We stopped by the post office to mail something i had in the car and it still had the old PO Boxes-so i had to grab the camera for some shots of that as well.
After that-we headed back towards home-and ate a very late lunch at Babe's in Burleson...
here's a dark shot of our food-sure was good~

Snow and A touch of Spring

Here are my valentine flowers~
Here is my amaryllis blooming-pretty color in these dreary days!
Below are 2 photo's from our record breaking snow day~at the cemetery. Working on some new
art-hopefully can post pictures soon~

OWOH Winners

Split my total comments in half and did 2 drawings~so Lovey and Tina Wilson are the recipients of my giveaways~will contact you both for mailing info~thanks to all who visited! Random numbers Each value was randomly selected, with an equal chance of choosing any integer between 1 and 65. Row # A 1 34

Random numbers Each value was randomly selected, with an equal chance of choosing any integer between 66 and 130. Row # A 1 69

Musical Day

just perusing video's on youtube...

SNOW in Texas-again

This is the 4th time there has been snow in our area this winter-unheard of here. This is the most snow we've had out of those times-and may set a record for the area period. I decided this time i wanted to go to Ft Worth to take pictures at the cemetery. That turned out to be quite an adventure... Gary decided he would go with me-since he would be home tonight.
On the way in i spotted a "bike tree." Yep, lots of bicycles hanging in a tree...
We were in the honda. This is an important part of the story. The honda sits low to the ground. very low.
I ususally pull in to the cemetery and park-and walk. Move the car a bit but mostly walk. We parked. I got out. I was dressed for the weather. Boots, jeans, hat, scarf, gloves, coat. gary wasn't. I got out to take some pictures. walked around. more pictures. Gary came to find me. (easy to spot in the red coat) He went back to car, i walked around taking pictures. When i'm on the far side of the cemetery, i see him come walking up-then i notice the car and my first thought is "what was he thinking?!" The snow is deep here-not much traffic like the streets-car sits low. Gary said "we should probably leave while we still can before roads get bad." Well, when we get in the car to leave- and he asked where the road was-uh, there's not one at this point in the cemetery.

He sees open space that he decides he can drive through-luckily, this is at the back of the cemetery-where there are not old, little markers that could be covered in snow (that we could hit) well, this plan didn't work. We got stuck. dug out, stuck more, dug out....you get the picture. going farther away, not getting anywhere near out. Bad words came from gary's mouth. "this never would have happened to me" was going through my mind. "I never would have driven to that point-would have left the car and walked." We called the cemetery office-even though someone is there, answering machine. Gary finally called Fred. Fred would come pull us out-he had an SUV and a chain. so we wait. Then gary goes to open the car to discover that it has locked itself. (for some reason the door started doing this recently) and the keys are inside...soooo, call to nathan, find the spare, get the gas can, (because men NEVER have enough gas in the car) get the tow rope and come bring it all to us... Fred arrived-with heat. Nathan arrived with key-Fred, Gary and I managed to get the car turned enough that we could hook up the chain and thank God, Fred was able to pull the car out and to the front of the cemetery. He thought we were nuts. I mentioned again, probably wouldn't have happened if i drove. (which, now that we are home gary agrees with) So, frozen feet and hands, wet jeans and coat & several hours later we were free-
and on our way home to dry
clothes, puppies, a fire, pizza and movies. We're in for the night~:)
note: gary was convinced there was a road where he was-i was pretty sure there isn't. He looked it up on google. I was correct-he was "in" the cemetery, there is no road there. "looks different in the snow"