This is my grandmother, Boo. I grew up painting and needlepointing and stitching and writing and reading beside her. She was my fairy guide mother to any craft or art or book I was interested in during my childhood. Still feel her with me today in my studio! She wrote stories about life in small town Kentucky that were published in The Saturday Evening Post and Scribners and Colliers.
This. This is going to take me forever. For a newbie quilter, this one is a challenge. One fox down. 10000000 more creatures to go.
well, it’s time for me to get busy on this quilt. I’m such a newbie. It’s like to killlllllll me. But I’m going to give it a go. Wish me so much luck. And bandaids.
Can’t wait to create more of my garrrden creaturrre vases. This is one of my earliest vases along with some sketches for new ones just below.
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Next time a birch tree falls in your yard, could you send me some logs. I think this is where my books belong! surely I could figure out how to make this.
Lovely late mid August flowers from the garden this morning. the dahlia’s are as pretty as pictured. love the lemony rosy cream color! 
Am getting so excited about my upcoming trip to Devon, England for a retreat that will feature learning from the creators of Cocoknits. Have my sweater idea in mind. I’ll need hands-on advice about how to adapt a Cocoknits sweater pattern to a picture of a sweater I found online. Can’t wait!!! Will post more during the week! 
I’ve set up a bit of studio space in the garage to create my flowergal vases again. In search of a clay as white and pretty after firing as my clay in Austin. With this vase, I drew on the face in glaze pencil after bisque firing and then used a clear glaze. I love the warmth and color of this clay once fired. With all of my art, I like to include the collector in the process of playing with flowers. With these vases, you create the flowergal’s hat again and again with different flowers. It’s everchanging and everblooming. 
I use plenty of battery operated flickering candles in my bookshelves, but gollly it’s hard to beat the real thing. These yellows…. 
Just delighted at the beauty of this little dahlia. She makes me hap, hap, happy. She’s snuggled into a vase covered with a piece that I embroidered and sewed with one of my besties, Laurie Wisbrun. We started out to make tea cups and ended up with vase cozies!! Glass jar sits inside to hold the water for blooms.
Laurie’s piece is pictured below. she says she lost interest in it, but I didn’t! I think I might use it as cuffs on a sweater I have. Or some such thing.
Found this sweet picture of me painting beside my grandmother, Boo. I grew up painting, writing, stitching, needlepointing and reading beside her. She was my fairy guide mother to all things creative. I still feel her presence in my studio.
Well, I’m jumping in again. Wish me luck. I’m carrying a survival kit and trail mix for this woodland journey!!
