Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

To all of my family and friends from all over the world.  

Thanks to all of you for looking at my blog and for cheering me on. 

Getting ready for Christmas is hectic, and I have been spending my time making presents, and cookie dough for our annual Cookie Day, which was held on December 7th.  500+ cookies, and most of them given away.  We had about 30 adults and 10 kids, so it was lots of fun.  John's homemade chili always wins the prize.

 

More news and art in the new year.

 

On the Road to Christmas

It has been such a busy fall.  John and I have done some travelling and I have been working on a few quilting projects. 

I spent most of the summer working on miniatures, all of which are now posted (I think!).  I plan to make a few more in the next week or two, as changeover at ArtScene is November 25th. 

I've just finished, except for a bit of hand-sewing a small wall hanging called "Starry, Starry Night".  It only about 14" x 20" and is all silver and navy.  Watch for it, as well as my three new pieces, "Evening Sail", "In the Forest" and Christmas Kitty. 

I hope to have everything posted by the end of November.

Autum Leaves

Happy Birthday to all of my family and friends who have birthdays in October.

It certainly has been a long time since my last visit to the blog.  It was an outstandingly busy summer.   Every few years I seem to get into a miniature mood, and this year was that year.  I created 11 new miniatures, some of which are on the blog, and some will only be on display at ArtScene.

"Autumn Leaves" was created in 2011 to celebrate the beauty of the fall - my favourite time of the year.  This piece is three dimensional, in that all of the leaves have been anchored by only one corner, allowing them to move freely.  It is currently on display at ArtScene Spencerville and will remain there until the end of November.

Cardinals, Cardinals and More Cardinals

"Cardinals"

Yes, you have seen this title before in my blogs posted in June 2013.

I often review my art pieces to see if they still appeal to me, and look for areas that need to be improved.   The original Cardinals never seemed quite right to me, so I enhanced it and then left it for a few months.  Still left me cold.

I decided to replace it with this piece, and re-use the name and label, as it seemed a shame to waste a perfectly good title on a shabby piece of fabric art.  I hope you enjoy this piece as much as I do.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to all my family and friends who have birthdays in August.  These are some of the kids in our family.  Older, somewhat wiser and all loved.

Can anyone identify who is whom?

Feathered Elegance



Its been a very busy week.  The painters finally came to paint the house, and all the plumbing work we planned for the summer has been done.

 

 

I've started working on my "Tall Ship" silhouette.  The silhouette will be made from an actual picture provided by Helen Mott, one of my co op artist friends.  In the meantime, visit the Miniatures Gallery to see the most recent addition.