Posted in Motherhood, My Art Projects, tagged drawing, milk, Motherhood, parenting on March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tears weren’t shed, but mom did have to run and get her camera.
Ironically, I had started working on a project the other day and made this drawing for it:
Posted in Motherhood, My Art Projects, tagged applique, art, embroidery, horses, Motherhood, quilts on March 29, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I finally finished this 26″ square art quilt last night. I learned a lot in the process of making this quilt, especially in regards to hand-quilting and loosening up my embroidery. I wrote about the ideas behind this quilt here. I am finding it pretty challenging to get a good photo of the piece. The [...]
Posted in Making Crafts!, You Must Be Kidding!, tagged felt, home improvement, mobiles, painting, windows on March 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Inspired by all the mobiles I’ve seen being swapped around the crafty-world, I decided to finally finish the mobile for Mogs that I started a few months ago. I hand-felted the wool and carved up a branch from our Asian plum tree. (The patch on the wall is from a letterman’s jacket that I found at a [...]
Posted in Motherhood, My Art Projects, tagged art, horse, Motherhood, painting, parenting on March 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Mogs has been taking shorter and shorter naps. It started when we returned from CO and with the daylight savings time change. I had been very, very spoiled by her dependable, lengthy nap schedule over the past year. I always thought that when she stopped taking naps she would at least be old enough to spend some quiet [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged directors, fan, film on March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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Originally uploaded by PatCastaldo
My brush with fame. I asked Gus Van Sant some goofy question about his paintings after a presentation he did at the Capitol Theater in 1994 or so. (I am the one standing…and very nervous) A friend mentioned seeing this photo on our friend Pat’s Flickr page. Pat recently uploaded all these great [...]
Posted in My Art Projects, tagged art, friends on March 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Do you know the expression “old home week”? Tony had never heard it before and I can’t remember when I started using it. Basically it is something you say when you are going around town and run into several people you haven’t seen in a long time. Having lived in my town for 16 years [...]
Posted in My Art Projects, tagged art, illustration, tulips on March 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Tulips are my favorite flower–I think their shape is so elegant and stately. Since our tulips are just about to bloom, I thought I’d give a few away. I will send this “Tiptoe” aceo (small illustration that is the same size as a baseball card) to the first person who wants it. It is an original illustration with [...]
Posted in Making Art with the Little Lady, Motherhood, tagged easter, egg hunt, family on March 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Posted in I Am A Sewing Machine, Making Crafts!, tagged bunnies, crafts, sewing on March 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I made a couple of little bunnies from a pattern generously shared by Wee Wonderfuls on her blog. The green-blue one is for a little friend who recently turned one. It was a quick project to complete and really straightforward. My only change was to stitch the details with perle cotton floss, rather than add googly eyes [...]
Posted in Motherhood, My Art Projects, tagged art, family, marriage on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I finally feel like I was among the living again. Mogs and I went to lunch downtown where I had this amazing salad with brown rice, tahini dressing, lettuce and tomatoes. She, in turn, scarfed her bagel and cream cheese like it was going out of style. After a week of soda crackers and [...]
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