Every year I make something to give away for Christmas. This year I am making hand crocheted cotton dish clothes. I started about a month ago and have made about a dozen so far. I am going to wrap them with my cookie baskets and give them away as gifts.
Easy to make, inexpensive, and very durable.
I am heading back east this week for my father's SURPRISE 70th birthday ( he does not know I am coming ;) so there will be two surprises. I made this piece using his baby picture to be blown up poster size for his party - cuteness of it ;)
Pretty Much EVERYWHERE you look at my house ....
I worked on a new journal today - pre thanksgiving movie (a family tradition) we saw "THE BLIND SIDE" so good and so moving and then dinner out at Duke's restaurant.
Anyway I digress ...
I started by making laser copies of my artwork which I then cut up for borders.
I made the journal using wassau paper that I painted with black gesso. The inside pages are a combination of acrylic and fabric dye on water color paper.
Happy Thanksgiving - Hope yours is filled with COLOR!
In the Spirit of Thanksgiving I have decided to offer my friends a gift. Sign up for my online class starting Jan 9 and a friend gets to sign up FREE.
(for those of you who have already registered I will honor this as well)
ADDED CLASS DETAILS - Many of you have asked about self portrait work and as I use them in most of my work it will be included in the Animal Spirit Guide Class as well - see above example.
Here are some more details about the upcoming Online Class ...
This class is based on my article "Heeding the Call" in Somerset Studio issue May/June 2009
Lessons will include ~
step by step videos
painting background pages
finding images online
taking and altering photos using iphoto and photoshop
pen, pencil, paint and pastel techniques
journal prompts and intention setting
journal construction
self portrait work
resources for materials, photos, actions, and poems
* Once your payment is received you will receive a confirmation that will allow you to log in to a private class blog*
The blog lessons, videos and assignments will stay online until March 1 so that you can work at your on pace.
Date: Jan 9 thru Feb 9
Fee: $45
* to register click on the buy now button below and you will receive a confirmation and class details*
When signing up please email with your friend's name and email address and they will be sent the details.
(for those of you who have already registered please email with your friend's info as well to armfield@att.net)
Judi gifted me with this great little box the other day - its original use was to hold slides. I decided to turn it into a journaling box - voila
and yes if you take out the tall guys in the back it does close ;)
Here are some of my favorite .... I am very picky about the way they feel in my hand and how hot they keep the coffee and tea. These are all original ceramic artist pieces - no doubt - always on the lookout for new and interesting ones.
I got a bee in my bonnet this evening and decided to spruce up the studio. Maybe it was because I spent the day with Judi yesterday who is the queen of organizing and beautifying her studio or maybe because I am joining her bright and early tomorrow morning to go on the Arroyo Arts Collective Studio tour. Whatever the reason it feels good that it happened ;)
New Christmas Journal a la Teesha's influence ;)
