Knot on Wood

Acrylics on 3 1/2" wood cube. I really love the wood knot on this blo...

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Bookhou + Geninne

I am so excited to show you a little sneak peek of a project between Bookhou & me. It is such a joy to collaborate with an incredibly talented & wonderful friend like Arounna.We've been plotting this for the longest time...

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Kitty Kat

Linen kitty kat dolly I finished this weekend. I made this as a gift but I can't say who the recipient is because it's a surprise ...

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Feather Display

This morning Manolo & I went to pick out the roof tiles for our house at a local clay brick/tile shop. This little brick caught my eye I knew it had to come home with me. I glued a piece of leather to the bottom to protect the...

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Swallow

Watercolor & collage on paper. 6" x 8"Hope you have a lovely weekend frien...

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Most Frequently Asked Question

I thought today I'd tackle the answer to the question I'm asked the most:"What material do you use to make your stamps?" This is my humongous stash of Staedtler's MasterCarve rubber carving blocks. Unfortunately this wonderful material...

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Protea Stamp

The thing with hand carved stamps is once you start, it's pretty hard to stop. It's quite addicti...

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Bushy Tails

New hand carved stamps. For no other reason than a dear friend's love of squirrels. You know who you are ...

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On My Desk

To do today: package up some orders from my Etsy shop and play around with bits of leath...

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Ta da!

I'm really happy with my 'new' old linen skirt.I screen printed my design all around the bottom in a lighter shade of green. I used Pebeo Setacolor fabric paint.*In case you are dying to know:My gorgeous shoes are from a wonderful...

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1st Test

Yes! That was extremely satisfying :-)Now, I'm going to print that all around the bottom hem of one of my linen skirts!Screen printing...where have you been all my life...

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Screen Printing

Dipping my toes into screen printing. I chose a simple image from my sketchbook. I used a brush & screen drawing fluid which now has to dry completely so I can cover the screen with filler. If you do a YouTube search for 'screen...

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Winter/Spring

It's getting kinda weird working on some fun projects for next Christmas when the weather is turning warm & springlike ...

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Moth Tote

I found this lovely natural hemp tote at our local organic supermarket and decided to paint an imaginary moth on it with Pebeo fabric paints after visiting this wonderful link about moths that my very talented friend Nicole mentioned...

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Indigo & Umber

Went back my good ol' watercolors this weekend. Watercolor on paper & digital colla...

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Progress

Work in progress. Still working on this one... 40" x 40" Acrylics on can...

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Going Big

 So, I've had this big blank canvas leaning on the wall for over a year and yesterday I finally had the itch to paint something on it. Work in progress, acrylics on canvas 40 x 40 inches.  When I finished the background...

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