I decided I wanted to learn to knit. I’ve tried a few times, but apparently didn’t get the hang of it. A good friend of mine and fellow artist, Debi Crouse, from Studio 301, took some time to show me how to knit some basic stitches. When I was sick many weeks ago with an upper respiratory infection, I had plenty of resting time on the couch knitting away at
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Hand-Made Painted Christmas Stocking
It is finally time for the 5th Annual Christmas Love Campaign with Susan K Weckesser Inc. This is such a special cause and I hope you will take part with us this year. The Designers at Susan K Weckesser Inc will be celebrating from Nov 2-16 with a Handmade Christmas, sharing projects handmade in honor of this campaign. Thank you to the amazingly generous sponsors at: I used
Canvas Corp Everyday Gal Tote
Some of us collect shoes, I have a passion for bags and totes. Here is an everyday tote bag I created using a tote from Canvas Corp. I painted it with Golden acrylic paints using stencils by Dylusions and The Crafter’s Workshop. The huge flower is a gorgeous fabric flower also by Canvas Corp. I also found a great pen by Koh-I-Noor USA. I used this pen to add a few
Start of Aruba Impressions
OK, so you know I’m terrible about blogging and for some reason I don’t ever put my paintings on my blog. Don’t even have a good excuse. But, I’m going to TRY to start showing more of my paintings and more of my encaustic works over time. I think the hard thing for me is taking the time to photograph the process. Nevertheless, here is the View in My Studio
Witching Bella Crafts Quarterly a Spooktacular Birthday Bash
Congratulations and Best Witches to Bella Crafts Quarterly who is turning ONE this month! I was invited to play along the Bella Crafts Quarterly birthday blog hop and you are all invited to celebrate with Bella Crafts Quarterly. Bella Crafts Quarterly™ would like to thank our sponsors: iLoveToCreate® Spellbinders™ Rowlux® Westcott® I used this great stash of supplies to create a spooky Halloween shadow box to help decorate my home