Spring!

I've been enjoying an online journaling class that has renewed my interest in drawing/sketching, so I've been taking some photos of the flowers that appear in my yard each year, hoping to get some of them into my journal before my muse deserts me again.
These are the lovely tulips that volunteer every year. We've been in the house for 15 years now and they were here when we came.

Here is the lovely pink dogwood that hides my dining room window, but it's so lovely in the spring that I wouldn't dream of removing it!
I'll add more photos in a new post since I can't yet figure out how to get them placed where I want them. I hope I'll have some drawings to show soon.

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I've Been Tagged

My Vegas friend Fran has tagged me and I must think of 5 things to tell about myself (that you don't already know).........hmmmmmmm, let me see.......

1. I'm totally addicted to books. I feel that if I can read a book about it, I'll be able to do it! Which of course isn't necessarily true, but I keep trying, to the tune of three bookcases, two built-in book shelf units and one double closet filled with the evidence!
2. I hate to shop! I think it happened when stores began to place their garment racks so close together you could hardly walk between them and it became difficult to see what you were looking for. Except for shoes......I always loved to shop for shoes, and still do! But........
3. I wear a size 7 1/2 narrow shoe and stores don't often carry that size anymore, especially in the very fashionable casual shoes that look so stylish now.
4. I enjoy many different aspects of the craft world, and have projects in the works now involving sculpting, journaling, knitting, stamping........no dollmaking at the moment, but that's always on the back burner.
5. I'm a procrastinator. Projects often intimidate me until I plunge in and begin. Then the flood gates open and I enjoy every moment of the process.

Okay, that's my five confessions. Now to find five more vicitims....er, friends....to tag!!!

Dress form in Progress

I've made a slow but sure start in Jean Bernard's Dress Form class, mounted the form on its base, apoxied the base with shapes that strongly remind me of banana leaves......not what I intended, but I decided to live with it! Gessoed the whole thing and painted with random strokes of about six different colors! What fun that was! I'm fashioning a finial of sorts to go on top, and the rest will get covered in variegated leaf. Then it will get some floral embellishment and then on to the second half of the class which will involved creating a garment for it. Jean incorporates myriad techniques within each project, so her classes are great for keeping your interest! Stay tuned!!!!!

Ghillie is home!

Our round robin is coming to an end, and my little Ghillie has come home from her travels! She started out as just a torso and head with a bit of an identity crisis...she wanted to be an elf, but decided that most elves seem to be male so she was helped along the way to develop her own true identity as a woodland faery!
Fran gave her hair, ear studs, and a lovely necklace. JudiW in her own unique fashion gave her a "crown of thorns" gourd skirt....how cool is that? Sherry made her a darling little hat and a bodice for her bare little torso. Natalie gave her a much needed make-up job, some cool fairy wings, and some painted embellishments for her bodice.Then JudiA gave her the means to be able to stand on her own with a charming wire stand, embellished with her(Judi's) new favorite creative tool....Apoxie! She added more apoxie vines and flowers at her waistline. Finally Jandee created the most fascinating arms made of heavy wire and some kind of coil, with beautiful clay hands, and puffy sleeves at her shoulder! Is this not the most adorable faery you've seen lately??? Thanks, everyone, you did a most wonderful job, and I love her!