Completed ?

all i have done for the last few days is play with and finish this mm piece of art so i can use it to start my jewelry pieces for the class i am taking with sharon and deryn ..... i did travel to saluda nc this past monday and took a class at random arts..... a great time was has there....somehow my pieces that i did in the class got lost between here and saluda...if i find them i will post them..... ugh....

Cards with Suzi Blu stamps

i did these cards with some Suzi Blu stamps that i just had to have.........i really do like them...simple and fun to stamp and color....and i needed some cards ......

Still a WIP

have added a few more things to my houses....mostly butterflies ....love butterflies....not finished yet.....am working on getting as many"sweet spots", as Sharon calls them, on this ... Sharon and Deryn's class has been loads of fun...we are using our painting for the jewelry pieces we are going to make...hop on over to her site ans read all about it.....

WIP

this WIP is for Sharon and Deryn's class,Of Towers and Turrets, over at sharon's ning site. it is going to be so much fun...go check it out.....it is something i have been wanting to do and i am doing it.....

Polymer Clay Again....

Another class I taught.....This time we put together 5 signatures, sewed them to a canvas spine and I designed a pattern for the front and back cover that we then put together.....It was a full 5 hr class and we had more laughs..... so relaxing...

for Annie

i painted this on a re-purposed popcorn box that i covered with brown paper tape....i did it in less than an hour for my grand daughter Annie...she loves the blue star glittery hair....i wanted to give her something special today because she was sooo nervous about attending 2nd grade at a new school..... she looked so cute.. i wish i had taken a picture of her in her new school outfit......they grow sooo fast...

Beads

here are the beads the girls made in the class i taught this past saturday....they loved it and so did i.... i really like how these beads turned out....i don't wear jewelry much but i think i would wear these..... ;)

Playing with Polymer Clay

I am teaching another simple polymer clay class in a few days and this is what we are doing....some beads to use in a necklace or a bracelet.......love playing with clay.....boy my work area is a messy mess......i am now off to clean some romano beans that i just picked from the garden........they are yummy!!!!!

Question...

I have just about finished a 30x40 picture for my grand daughter and would like some suggestions on what i should use as a finishing coat to protect it....It is a mixed media piece....I am not sure what to use....I love the beeswax finish but think this painting is too large for it.....Suggestions please.....

2 Reasons

There are 2 reasons why I am not producing art these days....I was stressing about it but I am over it now....The 2 reasons are pictured here...they are growing so fast, these 2 grand daughters of mine...Piper Jane and Annie Kate.....Summer is almost over and Annie will be returning to school but I will still be caring for Piper during the day for awhile.....

Pink Journal

This is another journal I made from recycled postcards...I had fun doing the "messy swipes" of color on the pages for the journal....very colorful...The cover is hand made paper glued onto Davey board.....It measure 5x7....lays flat when open....nice size to work in....I listed it in my Etsy shop....

Busy with summer stuff...

I have not posted here for a week or more and almost feel guilty...Summer just seems to consume me.....The garden, the grand kids, the heat!!!!

I did manage to put a polymer clay "mokume gane" necklace piece in my etsy shop..Here it is....Still working on the shop!!!! I am taking Sharon's "Face's in Technicolor" class and loving it.....

Find it here http://allnorahsart.blogspot.com/

Beads on Etsy

Yippee, I finally took the plunge and opened my Etsy shop....I have learned a lot today about listing, paypal, etc....I guess you are never to old to learn new tricks......Anyhow, these are the beads I listed and I will be adding more items soon.....

Good Morning

It is 6:55 this beautiful Monday morning ....The humming birds are feeding on a almost empty feeder and the sun is already coming through the trees ...It is 56 degrees out side now and I am loving it....I am off to babysit my grand daughter....She is such a happy baby.....Still can't believe she is 3 months old already.....not a very clear shot of her "not liking" the carrier she is being totted around in......don't you just love the daisy!!!!

Messy Swipes

I am posting 2 more pieces of fabric with "not so" messy swipes....In Alisa Burkes "Graffiti Chic" class she says to be messy but it seems like my messy swipes turnout too "controlled"........I have not added any words or lettering but I do intend to do that........and that is where Martha Lever's "Calligra-fun" class will come in handy.......

It is a beautiful day here in the mountains. Almost too warm....I should be out gardening but I am taking care of a 3month old, Piper Jane, until my daughter gets home from work.....Hard to believe that she is 3months old already.....

Purse in Progress

This piece of canvas that I painted will be a small shoulder bag....The photos show the piece unfolded and then folded in the shoulder bag shape....not sewn yet....and I would like to add a word or two....I am taking Alisa Burke's "Graffiti Chic" and "Adventurous Accessories" classes and I have really been enjoying shoveling craft paint around on fabric......I think I needed the break from drawing for awhile......This is soooo freeing...(lol...is freeing a word???)

Recycled Postcard Book

This book is what "happened" with the re-purposed postcards I mentioned in the post below this one.....I am not sure I am crazy about the binding....Will try another binding on the next book...

Class I Taught

I taught a beginners ploymer clay class on Saturday morning at a "small" paper arts store in our "small" town....I forgot how much fun polymer clay is...I have not worked with it for a long while....I came up with this very simple piece for them to make and the students loved it....

Gift for "Pinkie"

I whipped up this "cross structure" book for a friends birthday.....It is made from mostly recycled materials....A grocery bag and some wrapping paper from a gift I received some time ago are used for the cover....When I saw the pink sheets and the dotted wrapping paper I thought, "how perfect"!!!!! Pinkie will love it.....She loves to journal and is a "glue monkey".....The text sheets will be perfect for her glue stick!!!!

Of cousre my photography is lousy....sorry...I need to work on that..

Beads

A few days ago Martha Lever posted the fabulous beads she made and it reminded me of the ones I did 5 years ago, or more, in a class that I took in Saluda NC with Sherrill Kahn...We painted and stamped fabric, tore it into strips and rolled it around a straw to create these beads...I did hundreds of them and made a few necklaces to sell and the rest of the beads got lost in my studio...I hunted them down after I saw Martha's post.....The photo is of a necklace I made years ago.....I let my daughter wear it yesterday and she sold it right off of her neck...lol......Maybe I will make a few more and start a Etsy shop.....and "maybe" that will happen!!!!!