Winter Days with my Gal

A chilly view of silhouettes from our bathroom window. When the sun comes up in the morning these are the shadows that reflect on our pebbled glass window. It's a striking sight when I walk in at the right time.

We have been busy making our decorations for the holidays. You can also see Toot's turkey made from construction paper, pine cone, feathers and eyes that move around in their plastic casings. The Christmas decorations are also great because we will recycle the paper and make new ones next year.

We also made it to the Huntington Gardens on the 3rd. We went with some friends in Toot's class. We had a fabulous time. So much to see and enjoy! I did get to take some photos of textures and nice shapes for inspiration. I'm anxious to paint again, but the days go so quickly and the sun is gone so early in the day. I need natural light to paint. I did have a great time photographing the desert gardens. So photography will have to be my creative outlet for now.

Potato printmaking this year for our Christmas cards.

We're making our Christmas cards this year. Well, I've been making them for several years now. It's become a Christmas tradition that I've started since my girl has been with us. It's possible that I did make our Christmas cards before she was born, but I don't remember anymore. This year she has added some details to a couple of cards. I did let her print a couple and I'll post the finished product in a few days. We're still working on them.

Clouds, Sand, Kite and the Sea

These kind of days are my favorite. The clouds are amazing and so is the feeling I get when I see what a lucky woman I am to have my family. Sometimes I need to get out to open spaces to shake off the grimy crowded city life feeling. This beach was nice and clean. I don't know much about the beaches here off our coast, but this one was clean and not full of sewage from the city. It hadn't rained yet so I wonder what it looks like after a shower. This day it's perfect!

Toot finally got to fly her kite. We've had it in our car for months and this was an ideal place to finally get to fly it.

Video: Wait behind the line.

Mini Hanging Art Series up on Etsy

I have put up six new pieces in my Etsy store. Click here to see the other four in my Mini Hanging Art Series.

"Tunas"

"Ladybug Feasting of Aphids"

Update: This piece Sold :) 

I'm so excited to have my Etsy store open again. I am still tweaking some things while it's open and I am open to any suggestions.

My girl has been so patient with me by letting me get all this done. It sure takes a lot of time to create, photograph and put up on the site - but I sure do get lot of pleasure in accomplishing my goals. All is good and now I must go hang our clothes to dry in our foldable clothes dryer. We are expecting some moisture this afternoon.

Please let me know what you think of the new items or my Etsy store. 

I would truly appreciate some feedback.

Thank You!

Drafting sketches and independence

I'm exhausted, but I wanted to post some quick sketches of some sculpy pieces that I've been working on and finally finished. I'm getting ready to post the finished pieces on Etsy in a day or two. It takes a lot of time to get everything ready for display.

"Bloomer"

These are some quick drawings that I had fun creating as part of my photo display in my Etsy store. 

There is something about measurements and drafting lines that fascinates me. When I finished these drawings I remembered when I took a drafting class in high school. I was the only "yound lady" in the class and it was a little unsettling at first, but that didn't stop me from doing well in the class. It's interesting how I was already forming my interests in details, measurements, and independence. 

"Canary Egg"

"Earthworm"

"Ladybug Feasting on Aphids"

"Tunas"

"Sunflower"

I am grateful that my parents never told me that I shouldn't be taking classes that didn't have other females enrolled. They let me blaze my own path. I'm still blazing my way through this amazing life I've been given.  

Update: Click on Titles to see the actual finished pieces.

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