I am back and I have art.

I am working on a new piece, but I just don't know... what do you think? I love the concept and can see a whole series.

I feel refreshed after my trip. Ready to really tackle some new stuff. I am ready for some leaps forward.

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Peace
K

So much...

I have been having a tough week this week. Some emotional dramas have been playing out in some interesting ways that were very unexpected.

On the the other stuff. I was brain storming a while back trying to determine how to get a hold of a cheap canvas that would require a lot of work to clean up. It is easy enough to find used canvases that you need to spend a great deal of time and effort to make usable. But finding anything that just needs a coat of gesso or paint is next to impossible. Especially if you are trying to keep to a recycling theme. One of my resolutions is to reuse as much as I can that others through away. I have an affinity for thrown away things.

Anyway I was, brainstorming and I realized that all I needed was something to keep the canvas tight and taut. Well, an embroidery hoop does that. And it does it quite well. So what if I used embroidery hoops as my frames? Turns out it works just fine. It enabled me to continue to tighten the fabric ( I used fabric and not canvas because I was out of canvas at the time, still am actually) as I needed. It also allowed me to take the fabric off the frame to make other adjustments as needed.

The result is something that is a departure from my usual style. It hearkens back to a simpler time when recycling was the norm, reusing was done all the time. And is in line with what is my new focus.
Peace
K

Weekend goings on

I have been busy the last couple of days. I mentioned that I found my canvases. Well, I have put them to good use. Finished two paintings. I will be hanging the cherry one in the kitchen, and I don't know what I will be doing with the other. But I am very happy with both of them. The roses one felt like a dramatic departure from my "style". And both of them strike me as very graphic.

I made a darling doorhanger for the girls. I was watching football (UGH!!!!) and like to have something to do when the game starts to stress me out (I take my football very seriously). I have started lifting from my old magazines. I would call it scraplifting, but I am not making just scrapbook pages, so... I should really call it idea left. WHatever, I am finding inspriatio and using it as much as I can. This doorhanger is from an old creatingkeepsakes mag. I love how it turned out.

Yesterday I made yummy chocolate covered pretzels. Very simple, although really messy! But the girls loved them! Just look at how much Stinky likes them! Another thing we are doing this year is being very careful what we eat. I read labels like crazy. I discovered that the packets of oatmeal that the girls love for breakfast are packed with chemicals. So we will be making our own from now on. Sissy is still trying to find the right flavor combination.

Tomorrow we are having a girls day. They boys will be playing football with a bunch of brothers friends (a belated birthday get-together), so the girls and I are going to see a movie at the dollar theater. We may change our minds though, because the weather is supposed to be very nice. I would not say no to getting out and exploring.