Snowman Collage

Inspired by Jane Davenport's Art Lesson on CPS....needs more work, but, just thought I'd share what I've done so far.

Pumpkin Collage

Pumpkin collage inspired by Junelle Jacobson.

Adult Upcycled dresses

Here a some of the upcycled dresses I have been making for a couple shows I will be vending at.  They are made from recycled t-shirts that I purchase at garage sales and thrift stores.....  I have made 133 of them!  Hopefully they sell!!!

  Last year they went over very well.  What do you think?

Children's upcycled dresses

Panpastel Poppies

Hi everyone!  It has been a while since I've posted, but, summer is a busy time!  Family, friends and shows!   I am getting ready for two shows at the end of the month.....I recycle t-shirts into dresses and my inventory is quite low.  I will post a few pics after I finish them.   After the shows I will be off to Mobile Al. with my daughter.  She is driving to upper Michigan and I will drive back with her and my grandchildren.  Can't wait !!!

But, I did find time to do this mixed media print.  It was inspired by Donna Downey's art lesson from CPS....it is done with Panpastels.......

hope you like it!

A step forward

Here is a before and after picture of a piece I just finished. I wished I would have taken more pictures while I worked on it. It changed many times before i was happy with it.

Don't forget to be Awesome!

Wow, it's been quite a while since I've posted. I have been busy.  I teach classes at a local quilt shop and  I have not beeen able to play!  But, today I was able to spent the whole day in my studio!  Yay!!This was the result....I started out with a gelli print background.

So Blue

I drew this face and had a lot of trouble with the hair. I painted, wiped it off, painted again to many times. I decided to put it away, but, I took a picture of it first....after I wiped the paint off, again! I put it into my photo editing software and palyed with it. I changed the background color many times...I now have this girl with, at least ten hair colors! I am making notecards from the images. I need some cool quotes to type on the front of each one....and ideas?

Gelli Print Pillow!

A while back I saw a hand painted, strip quilted pillow on Julie Fei Fan balzer's blog.  I really liked it, but, never did make it.  So, I thought I would try and paint the fabric with my Gelli plate.  I cut my fabric into differnt size strips and started painting.....So much fun!!!  I used Jaquard textile paints and they worked well.  I added the word ART and a few others for contrast.