Sunday Sketches...

POST UPDATE:

Many of you have asked...

YES!

These have licensed and will be in stores!

As always, sweet friends~ thank you for your

sweet comments, support and for respecting

my original designs...

They are copyright protect... and published.

I will post about the cool products soon!!!

I have a sketch book for this...

A Moleskine journal for that...


This is a special diary that helps to keep me focused.
I want to hear the message~
I wish I could sit nice and make eye contact~
There is so much to see!

The gorgeous sage scarf with the pale mustard polka dots...
Three rows up~
The light patterns on the walls that begin
to look like design elements... or is that an elephant?
The sweet, rosy cheeked, baby that adores his momma
and cannot stop looking at her loving eyes!

I am visual.


When I draw...
I hear the message and learn~
because I'm not distracted.



I'm sure the top of my head is not all that fun
to look at. I try look up. I am interested in
everything the speaker has to share!
I will hear and retain more... if I draw.
I doodled in my notebooks all through
high school and college...
The teachers were not amused...
I tried to break myself of it...
I hear more this way.

So thankful our children
are able to focus better than their mum!


Thought it would be fun to share my Sunday Sketches...
Each Sunday I'll post a new scripture~

Hope you have a fantastic week!

Love banners...

I hope your weekend is filled with...

Love...


Love...

Love!

Sharing some love...

Hope all of you had a wonderful weekend!

Sweet 17 and I were at a friends house, helping her

sort through years of treasured collections...

As she prepares to move into a very small apartment.

We always love visiting with her...

Listening...

To where she found some of her favorite things.

How she risked life and limb at auctions!

Traveled states away to dealers...

Her visits in Shaker communities...

The most amazing, odd, rare and unique goodies!

We have purchased from her through the years...

She shares with so many~

She is finding her way through this downsize.

"These boxes for the college... this one for the antique

dealer... this one here to a brother, that one a niece...

Libraries... nursing homes..." she is a treasure!

The greatest treasure~

Her love!

We will have to find new projects in our future

visits... perhaps we will scrapbook, organize & journal!

Her heart and mind are filled with stories

we want to preserve for a very long time~

Hope your day is filled with love~

Valentine Illustrations...

Sweet little cheeks and big bright eyes...

All ready to wish someone you love...

A Happy Valentine's Day!

These are a few of my new Etsy treasures~

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Giraffes!

Thank you for your sweet comments!

Our Sweet 17 loves Owls and Giraffes...

These were fun to make~

Just to see her smile!

Hope they make you smile, too!

Birds and mice!


All these new pieces are going to be in my Etsy store!

Do hope you're warm and cozy!
Wishing you all the best~

New Art for Etsy...

Little friends with big hearts...

Feathered friends with little hearts...


Cold hands... warm heart!

Hope your weekend has been perfect~

Carved Stamps...

Somewhere in the hustle and bustle of the holidays~

I was playing.

I'm sure there was a list of things needing attention...

Maybe it was the day the roast was very dry?

Distraction is the cause of many a dry or burnt meals!

Or maybe I was playing on the day set aside to dust...

Ah, keep the lights down low if someone stops by!

Laundry piles indicate I was busy with "other" chores...


When I was in high school I enjoyed Linoleum Printing.
Carving those slippery, tough blocks...
Who needed aerobics?
By the time I had a design hacked out
I was sweatin'!

Through the years they have manufactured the
linoleum in a softer block... I prefer these new
ultra-soft carve blocks for little fun projects that
keep me from my housework.
I could however use the aerobic workout (giggle)


There are several soft products...
Some artists even use white erasers~

Tools n' such

I draw on the block with a soft pencil.

Working in negative space is fun!

Simply leave what you want to print~

Most craft stores carry a starter kit.

Many of the tips and one Speedball tool are from my

college supply box... they haven't changed much.

Hope your weekend is wonderful!

New Friends to Welcome 2011...

Happy New Year!

The morning sky was bright sherbet orange and pink...

Our home glowed for about an hour!

Unseasonably mild temperatures...

Ice jams melting all around us...

The feeder is filled with little feathered friends~

Especially this special little one!

Just before Christmas our Tiny Tim,

A Chickadee love that tried entering through a window,

...needed a little assistance.

After Tiny hit the window he flew down to a

small bush in a little L cove. He was perched/hanging

upside down like a cave bat...

I brought a hand towel out to protect him from

the whipping winds... and had him sitting upright again.

He watched me the whole time...

I pet his head, down his back... he turned and faced me...

After 3-5 minutes another Chickadee flew near my head

and began calling to the injured friend.

He took a small hop to the next bush...


Where they sat and had a pep talk...
He flew off to the feeder and then on his way...

I pet a Chickadee!
I know there are several trails nearby where they
have trained the Chickadees to perch and feed
from your hands...
I think that is very sweet... but this was special.

Wishing you sweet surprises for 2011!
Hope your year is filled with laughter, joy and
ooodles of creative moments~


Thank you for sharing your time with me~

Giveaway Winners & Treasures I Received...

Thank you for so many wonderful comments!

Our giveaway winner...

Ellen (Netherlands)

Ellen will receive the signed pocket calendar...

I searched through my sample boxes and

found 12 more little treasures to share!

Please click on the tree to see if your name is there~

I will try to leave a note on your blogs...

Please email me your address and your

treasures will be on their way to you!

While I was having a giveaway...

Look at these wonderful treasures that I received

from a VERY generous, fun, playful, vintage giveaway!

Little Grey Gardens

Nita Jo
Opening this box was as fun as the little

candy shop I went to as a child!

Each surprise more beautiful...

I hope you will visit her sweet, sweet blog!

Thank you, Nita Jo!

Click for a closer peek...

...

The linens so soft, so loved...

BUTTONS!

You know these beauties will be packaged

with some of my pen and ink illustrations!

The colors are beautiful~

I was able to take a few pictures of new baby

dresses... Do hope to have them listed soon!

Hope your evening is perfect!

Winter Visits...

Peek a boo!

A quick hello to thank you for your comments

on my pocket calendar giveaway!

I wish I had one for everyone...

...but I do have other samples!

So I will share 12 gifts on December 21st!

I will post the names & gifts on Tuesday!

You can leave comments on this post, too~

A few vintage baby dresses to share in my

Etsy Store later today...

I have put everything in the store on sale!

Must make room for more!

So many goodies... so little time...

I hope each of you are enjoying this

beautiful, blessed~ Holiday Season!

Special Giveaway!

A New Giveaway!

One of my Pocket Calendars

Just in time for 2011!

I signed the front and inside~

Sweet friends we have reached 900+ sales!

Thank you for all of your comments, purchases,

special orders... encouragement... praises...

A little peek inside...

For a chance to win this calendar please leave
a little hello in the comment area of this post.
I will have Sweet 17 select the name
December 21st!
The first day of winter
We have been enjoying the winter weather~
Over 42" of snow since Dec. 1st brrrrrr...



I just listed more treasures in my Etsy store...

Little vintage dresses & journals coming soon~
I am trying to finish my Christmas cards... How I love to play!

Wishing you joy!

Christmas Birds & More...

I hope all of you are staying warm and cozy...

Such blustery weather!

Our children have a snow day today~

Yummy chicken soup for lunch...

Fresh baked cookies...

I just listed oodles of new treasures in my

Etsy store...

Each piece comes with a little bag of

vintage buttons...
Any excuse to play with buttons & share!

Love these little bird pieces...

Oh the fun our feathered friends would

have if they were indoors...

Oh the fun our kitty dears would have if songbirds

were flying about our house!

Wishing you joy!