I’m not real good at long challenges. But this year I thought I’d see if I could awaken my art muse with this first one. This is a 100-day Creative Challenge with NanetteSewz.com. I took an online class, “Photo to Applique,” from Nanette awhile back. Here is my post about her class and my project.…
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I stopped by a local thrift shop looking for specific household linens to make bags and a top for me. Here is what I found at the one shop. All these goodies for $12. The bright yellow, red, black, brown and blue is a heavy canvas shower curtain. I fell in love with it immediately.…
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Another activity we do every time we travel is check out a couple thrift stores. This trip I shopped three. These are all in Kihei.
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We just returned from Maui where we met some artists. When we travel we always like to check out art and if we’re lucky we get to meet them.
Read MoreHere are my top five watched videos on my YouTube channel.
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I love looking back to see what were the most favorite posts with readers over this past year. Here are the top six from 2024. Links to the posts are in the titles.
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Happy Holidays! Every year instead of exchanging presents Dave and I make each other an ornament. We create it in secret and then reveal it on Christmas morning. Dave gets up earlier than I do, so he’ll put his ornament on the tree, and when I get up we go to the tree. I have…
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Every year I look for something I can make for the girls’ group I belong to. We’ve all worked together years ago and have been meeting once a month for a meal for a long time. It started out as an evening meal, but now since we’re all retired we meet for lunch.
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Every December I highlight my five favorite things in my studio. Sometimes they are recent purchases; some are tools I’ve had for years.
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