Grrrrrr, Blogger is not saving drafts!!! I've sat here recreating a blog post I wrote yesterday that disappeared! I just committed mysel...

I'm totally backlogged with working on the chemistry class starting soon. Eight high-school students, $1000 in laboratory equipment, and...

My fiber roots have not completely deserted me! I've been reading about a new fabric service on Kelli Perkin 's blog that I just had...

I finally finished Cigar Box #2, which needed its ruched lining installed. Here's the outside again, so you'll know which one it is....

Since all my favorite recent beads are away at shows, I need to make some new ones to take with me to Bead and Button next week. On Saturday...

I guess I'm happy with the first box, because today in between painting glass tiles for beads and torching, I painted the outside of the...

I painted the inside of the cigar box today and added a ruched violet chiffon padded lining. I'm going off to work with glass for the af...

After I popped the bronze clay into the kiln, I voted for a change of pace. First I painted a cheap, on-sale, wooden picture frame that I bo...

I think I've mentioned before that flying seems to be the perfect time for sketching. I see that when I fly with DH in our small plane, ...

It's tough to make beads, stitch quilts or work with metal clay while immersed in the Caribbean Sea. Grand Cayman is a very laid back pl...

Reading dj pettitt 's blog is like opening a box of chocolates -- so many sweet ideas! One brilliant idea was to photograph one of my or...

I'm adding more fuchsias to the swallows. I've decided to add some single fuchsias to the doubles. Each area like this takes at more...

Supposedly the strongest memories are associated with the sense of smell. I've been painting and have to attest that the smell of acryli...

Life inspires art. When in an artistic slump, my best advice is look around you for some handy inspiration. After the wicked tulips arrange...

More crossover -- I've been painting fabric to work on another cactus quilt and found myself last night making cactus beads. Here's ...

Sketchbooks and sample books are source materials for artists everywhere. I recently sorted through a huge stack of old sketchbooks and jou...

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