WOYWW 193 - Valentines and Vintage Handkerchiefs

What's on my work desk today?  Too much junk and stuff to show you because you might get scared!  But I will give you a peek of what I've been creating for the Little Darlings.  The past couple of days I've been going through my stash of hearts, glitter, glue, paper and doilies and came across these sweet vintage handkerchiefs.

Don't you just love this one that says "To My Dear Wife"?  Probably given as a Valentine or perhaps mailed from a far away place during WWII!  I can just feel the love!

To see more of what others are doing around the world just click HERE and see all the fabulous work desks. 

FAT TUESDAY - MARDI GRAS ART

Happy Fat Tuesday everyone!  In keeping with a Mardi Gras theme, you will see I've been busy with my art piece titled "Basin Street"...in honor of one of my favorite jazz songs!   (We learned to play that piece when in high school band many years ago and oh what fun we had!)

I used a combination of colored pencils, collage elements, and acrylic paint.  The ruffle on the parasol is a crumbled up dress pattern!  Go out an have yourself some beignets or king cake today.Enjoy and let the good times roll!

Buttermilk Pie on this BLUE MONDAY

Howdy folks!  We had a quick glimpse of the sunshine today but for the most part it has been a cold, blue Monday here in central Texas.  A perfect day for making Buttermilk Pie!  Yummy! 

While the pie was cooling I did a little sketching and doodling and thought I'd share my creation with y'all.



The dripping paint at the bottom of the sketch sort of describes the kind of day we've had....drippy and bleak!  But we certainly welcome the rain and moisture around these parts.   That's all for now!  Have a fabulous week and in the meantime check out more Blue things HERE on Sally's blog.

Ceramic Ornaments for Sari Wrap Bracelets - WOYWW 191

It's a very breezy Wednesday in Texas with Blue Skies all around ...at least in Central Texas!  Hope you are having a great day.  On my work desk today you will find handmade ceramic bracelet ornaments to be used on my sari wrap bracelets.

The first photo is of the greenware pieces drying. The faces were pressed into a ceramic mold I inherited from my MIL and the others are just free-formed out of the same clay. They will be fired in my small kiln to bisque and then glazed.



The above ceramic ornaments have been glazed and are ready to string on recycled sari ribbon.

Isn't this stuff beautiful?  It can also be used to crochet or knit with.  But  I use it to make wrap bracelets. Just add some bead embellishments and some knots and you have a fab bracelet!

Don't look at the arm, I couldn't find a young model in time for this blog post!  Francine was out riding the range with Hunky at the time!

Czech out what Julia and others around the world are creating over HERE!  And go out and make something beautiful!

Monday Blues - Blue Monday

Started the day by quickly sketching my Blue Monday Blue Girl!  Created her on some type of canvas paper given to me by a friend. Don't you just love it when your friends are cleaning out closets and give you a box of art supplies, broken jewelry, and other "junk"!  I sure do.  Hunky Jones and Fritz don't get near as excited as Francine and Frieda and me!

To see more fabulous blue things just click HERE and see what's going on on Sally's blog.
Until next time....go out and see what's left of the full moon tonight!

Handpainted Gift Enclosure Cards - WOYWW

Happy Wednesday Y'all!  Hope you are off to a great start!  On my work desk today are more gift enclosure cards.  I've been packaging them in bundles of 8 or 10 and tucking them inside my handmade greeting cards!

The brown rose on the top right of the photo was painted with instant coffee!  You will also see a red Adams extract bottle lid.  This is a remnant from my Christmas ornament making session using empty vanilla extract bottles!  Of course, I haven't made those pictures available as of yet,,,too distracted I guess!  Sorry,,,maybe another time!

I will leave you with a sunrise pic from the art retreat on the Texas coast this past October...wish I was there today! 

In the meantime,,,,go out and enjoy the sunrise where you live!  And go see what's going on around the world on other work desks by clicking HERE !

Blue Monday - Working on Blue

Happy Blue Monday Y'all!  Hope you're having a fabulous day celebrating MLK Day and the inauguration of our President!   I've been working on a "blue thing"!  A painting in blue on raw canvas fabric! And posting pics of a few blue things.  To see more Blue Things...click HERE and see what everyone is doing around the world on Sally's blog this Blue Monday!