Beelieve

Bench Monday~Dear Santa....

i'm the mom...deal with it!

been art making...

these are all 7x7 wood square mixed media done with original photos of mine

"journey's end"

 

to view details

"a visitor that day"

to view details

 

"her viewpoint"

to view details

(the ferns added are real ones i had picked and pressed last year just before winter took them away...so i would have them to create with)

i hope to update my poor forgotten etsy shop later this week and add these as to it, thank you for looking

Bench Monday~ "if you can't beat them you might as well join them in the holiday fun?" ~non pose pose

bring on the holidays!

jump week

"jump" was a spelling word this week for pj girl...and anything that i can capture in a photo is a challenge i will attempt.  i did a jump shot a day for her and here are the results....

monday

tuesday

wednesday

thursday

friday (with flare of course)

and my picture for today...saturday

I have wanted to photograph these chairs for so long...they were there...then gone...now back again so i "jumped" on over to the Blue Hen (a shop you would never know was there filled with all sorts of Amish handmade goodies) in Amsterdam NY to photograph them.  the chairs are Amish made of composite decking, stainless steel hardware and fold up for easy storage...and you should see the colors!

I ♥ Bench Monday...

and

 I ♥ Flickr

 I ♥ friends

 I ♥ twinkle lights

 I ♥ pink

 I ♥ vintage slips

 I ♥ having monday off

 I ♥ you, mean it!

Dedicated to our Veterans...

the best way i know...with flare

“In Flanders Field the poppies bow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below” ~John McCrae

I have been excited and inspired by an amazing series co-started by Kristin and Dani ♥ called "walk with me" and could not wait to do a slide show.

I really thought my first one would be very different but today was a day that was different in my life and scenery. I had to go to my old stomping grounds in Albany NY for an appointment. Since there was no school today what better chance to bring my daughter along to NY State Museum what i did not expect after hours of fun was a silence that stopped me in my tracks...and today being a day of remembrance i chose these photos to start with. they are actual remnants of the 911 tragedy and those dedicated to making things better. please remember it has been 8 years without a tragedy like this...please remember why... read all about it here :: join in & post slide shows to the group here

pleased click to View slide show and walk silently with me

Hello girlfriends...

guess who has some pages done :)

in no paticular order:

 first is a page for Bab's of "Off the Wall Art" named "Roots"

mixed media,ephemera,gesso, paint, ink, machine stitching

next is "Fragile Wings" for Karen C of Threadstory

mixed media, ephemera,gesso,ink,machine stitching all done on a canvas of ribbons

"Sight" below is in Lynn's book...Lynn Who is Getting her Feet Wet  that is.

i used this layered art photo and then mirror imaged it before i printed it for a gel medium transfer onto fabriano 100% cotton paper already layered with a page from a vintage bee keeping book

and oh Suki....i just adore yours so much my Wabi-Sabi friend

It is called "Soul Drops" and

I incorporated this photo of mine and borrowed quote for these 2 pages

and again, mixed media, book pages, machine stitching, gesso

and last one to show today is for Joss of Soulbrush

mixed media on black gesso, white charcoal drawing, iridescent pigment powder and paint 

it is one i made quite a while ago, yeah...i know...i am holding everyone up...

This is called "Fly"and based on the quote:

 " “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” by Henry Ward Beecher

I will be getting these in the mail this week...and i would say fingers crossed...but not all of them...a week ago today marked a very monday-ish monday but all is well and i will not be losing my finger :) (and that is my tiny camera i now keep with me in case i ever ride in an ambulance again....weeeeee)

oh...hi mom...i'm okay...love you, mean it!!

Bench Monday~ L is for Leaves

and
Live
Love
Language
Legacy

"Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place”

(a french proverb)

let's start at the very beginning...

...a very good place to start

A very good place to start
When you read you begin with A-B-C
When you sing you begin with do-re-mi

Do-re-mi, do-re-mi
The first three notes just happen to be
Do-re-mi, do-re-mi


Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti
Let's see if I can make it easy

Doe, a deer, a female deer

Ray, a drop of golden sun

Me, a name I call myself

Far, a long, long way to run

Sew, a needle pulling thread

La, a note to follow Sew

Tea, a drink with jam and bread

That will bring us back to Do (oh-oh-oh)

When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything

Color week: Blue Thursday

 inspired at noddyboom

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

kisses...luv ya, mean it!