Holiday brunch

This holiday seasonhas been about giving thanks for all of this year's blessings,relaxing, spending time with friends...and doing a little crafting on the side :)I recently made 4 very colorful patchwork table runnersinspired by a...

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Merry Christmas and a Happy 2008!

My son Daniel's version of theCharlie Brown Christmas tree :)(he made it to put in his room)Wishing all of you a very merry Christmas!!It has been a wonderful year of blogging for methanks to all of you who visited :)BIG hug for each...

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Busy, busy, busy

I gifted myself some pretty amazing books this year(staring from the top):A Year in Japan by Kate T. WilliamsonThe Knitter's Handbook by Eleanor Van ZandtHandmade Project by Lotta JansdotterYou Grow Girl by Gayla TrailThe Principles...

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Oven Mitts

These are a pair of oven mitts I made yesterdayusing a pattern from Lotta Jansdotter's "Simple Sewing" book.It's so full of ideas and inspiration.I highly recommend it.The light has been so beautiful & warm these days,perfect...

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Snowy Owl

Watercolor and acrylic in on pap...

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Four Things Meme

I was tagged a long, long time agoby the incredibly fabulous & talented Kate Hamilton to do the 4 things meme:Four jobs I've had:1. Apple computers sales person (LCs, Classics, SEs etc...you get the idea...a loooong time ago)at...

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5 Things about me...

The super talented Livia Colojitagged me to tell 5 random facts about me so here goes:Tomorrow: another tag :)Happy Tuesday friends.Two more weeks till Christm...

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Bible verse of the week: PROVERBS 15:30

Proverbs 15:30A cheerful look brings joy to the heart,and good news gives health to the bones. (NIV)Next week's Bible verse will be:Luke 2...

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Illustration Friday: LITTLE THINGS

Happy lil single cell guysWatercolor & ink on pa...

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White Christmas

I will be dressing my treein paper snowflakes this year :)Instructions on how to makeyour own paper snowflakes can be found hereI've got lots of snowflakes to cut out still...I'll be back tomorrow.Happy Thursday friends...be we...

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Flock of birds

All birdies made it into the shop today :)This is the last Etsy shop update for 20...

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4 more specimens for the shop

These 4 new guyswill be going into the shop tomorrowat 12 PM Central Time.along with another one I'll finish up tomorrow morning :)They are all painted on beautiful 200lb (440 grs) Twinrocker Handmade Watercolor paperthat has really...

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Bible verse of the week: PSALM 23.1

A great reminder to start the week :)Happy mond...

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Shop update

A BIG flock of birdiesWill be flying into my Etsy shop on next week!All original watercolors on gorgeous handmade pap...

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Illustration Friday: EXCESS

"Excess baggage"Watercolor & acrylic ink on paperfor this week's Illo Friday...

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Hand Carved Stamps Tutorial Part 2

Whew!The weather has been unseasonably rainy this weekand I thought I wouldn't have time to do Part 2 of the tutorial,but the sun came out this morning :)I'll be adding the explanatory text over the weekend...I didn't want to leave...

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Custom pieces

Custom pieces for my friend Mariana,she will frame and give these as Christmas gifts to her little nephews and niece :)Two "to do" lists downand 5 more to go...

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Stickers

My friend Marianamakes the BEST cookies & baked goodsand she asked me to design two stickers:One to use as a label for a jar she'll use to giveher delicious cookies as gifts this Christmas (see below)and another one to have on...

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To do lists...

I'm trying to tackle a whole bunch of to do lists these daysto be able to have a nice and relaxing holiday season.I recently moved my "sand box" shelf from the wall on my rightto make room for the new inspiration boards and it's...

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A lotta Lotta

I just recently bough these wonderful books by Lotta Jansdotterand they're so full of inspiration!Starting from the left there's"Simple Sewing", "Travel Style" and "Handmade project"Inspired by one of the projects in the "Simple Sewing"...

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Bible verse of the week: Psalm 19:1 & 4:8

Psalm 4:8 says:I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep:for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.I LOVE that verse!Great choice Oliver :)I didn't post my verse for last week because I was away,but here it is :)Visit our Flickr...

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Illustration Friday: THE ZOO

Although I am not particularly fond of looking at caged animalsI think these guys look quite content :)Watercolor and micron pen on Fabriano paper.5 x 7 inc...

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Hand Carved Stamps Tutorial Part 1

This is a list of the tools that I use to make my stamps.You can certainly use other alternatives.I am linking each item to Blick Art Suppliessimply because they have good photosand it's where I usually buy my supplies,but any of...

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Carving the bird

Although I didn't do any turkey carving yesterdayI did have fun doing some unconventional bird carvingswith my Speedball cutter :)I can't believe we're almost at the end of 2007.Where did time go?I'm getting ready with some new Christmas...

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