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Garden Art Poles

So, it’s spring. I’m working on my yard. I found a few fence posts that were dismantled and thought I would try my hand at making some yard art out of them! It’s been raining, so I can’t put it out yet, but I’m starting another one today! I’ve been hanging birdhouses and cleaning beds. 

Enjoy the next few projects when I come back to show. Please leave comments to let me know someone is looking! Thanks!

Mario’s Toadstool Friend in Magazine Painting

My grandson wanted a picture of this character from Mario games. I don’t know much about him, but here it is. This was done with magazine pages torn and cut and layered like a painting. 

This is stage one. 

I learned that I cover with many layers and carefully sculpt and cover, so I don’t use the pieces that I want to be part of the image until I’m sure it’s at the stage I like it. 


Someday I would like to video a project. I just don’t have a camera set up right now. 

New York as I knew it.

I’ve been working on this for a year from a photo. It has transformed many times and though quite challenging, I enjoyed it very much. Does it look like my friend, Laura? Sort of. That’s honestly the tough part. And, I have never been to New York, so I had to educate myself a little about the atmosphere of Times Square. 

I have followed several magazine collage artists work on Pinterest, but I definitely have developed my own style. 


This is how it started a year ago. My intention is to some day film my progress. That would be quite a task also. 
I’ll be back with a new project soon. ❤️

 

Magazine Art and Gel Press Paintings

This is one of the first gel press print paintings that I did. I will try to post most pictures as I figure out how to use this blog. I am going to post artwork here and I have a Odd Thoughts and God Space
for my writings in the section on the side bar. I haven't written anything new yet, but I will be. This will be my art page. Thank you for all of you that have come from Facebook to support me. 

I'm Back and I Plan to Stay Awhile

I've been busy on other streets and found my way back home. I spend a lot of time on Facebook and created an art page and a ponder page and I found it changed a lot and I didn't like what I was encountering. So, I have found my way back to my original platform. 

I will try to work on various pages. I will move my Words Matter to the Thinking page. I will use this page for my art adventures and tutorials. Hope you can pass the word for me. 

Summer Schedule 2011 So Far

Most Mondays until Labor Day, inclusive, I will be doing the St. Germain Flea Market.

May 30- St. Germain Flea Market first one

June 4-5 Minocqua Torpey Park

June 6 St. Germain Flea Market

June 11- St. Germain Walk in the Woods

June 13, 20, 27 St. Germain Flea Market

July 3 St. Germain Fourth of July

July 4 St. Germain Flea Market

July 7 Christmas in July

July 9 Arbor Vitae  Firemans Park

July 11 Flea Market St. Germain

July 16 Artarama Eagle River

July 18 Flea Market St. Germain

July 23 Land o Lakes

July 25 Flea Market St. Germain

August 1 Flea Market St. Germain

August 3 Loon Days Mercer

August 4 After Loon Minocqua Torpey Park

August 6 Lakewood

August 8 St. Germain Flea Market

August 13-14 Green Lake

August 17 Eagle River Paul Bunyan Days Downtown

August 20 Wales, Bike Trail Donna Lexa Art Show

August 22 Flea Market, St. Germain

August 27 West Bend

August 29 St. Germain Flea Market

Sept. 3 Lake Arrowhead

Sept. 5 St. Germain Flea Market

Sept 17 St. Germain Colorama

Sept. 24 Beefarama Minocqua Torpey Park

Oct. 1-2 Eagle River Cranberryfest

October 15 Menomonee Falls High School

I wont be posting from this blog anymore. But I am planning on setting up a new one that will take you to it when you post the shebrews.com address. Thanks for all your support and love here.

 

First Spring Art/Craft Shows

I've decided that I probably will stop using Typepad when my subscription runs out. I think they will let me post a re-direct, but if not, I will keep my internet address and it will just go there when you type it in. I will probably set up a new Google one with Blogger. You don't have to pay for it, so I won't feel obligated to always be typing in it. My life has become a little more busy, and my priorities a little different, so, I am pursuing the Facebook right now, and if you want, send me a message and tell me you follow me through my blog, and I will connect with you. I have had several requests that I do not know, and cannot tell where they have come from, so I have not allowed them.

Thanks for following me all these years, since 2007, I think. I will be able to be found at Shebrews.com when I re-direct my address to the new blog.

Marching on towards another year in Art

Yesterday was my birthday. You know what that means. Three months into the New Year already. Kind of like Wednesday. I am getting nervous now, because another week is escaping me. I get this "hurry up" feeling by Wednesday.I have goals to reach before June, and the biggest goal I have failed miserably. Thoreau said, "You can't kill time without affecting Eternity". Perhaps its that big, perhaps its not.....

This came yesterday, and I am soooooooo pleased. It's the one show that I sweat about getting in. This year I had issues with my cd burner, and I was worried that the cd wouldn't work. But, alas, it came on my Birthday and was good news.

Soon, I will post my New Schedule. I think I have it figured out, but since I haven't sent in all the monies yet, am waiting to secure some spots. It will look a lot like last years schedule.

Oh, btw, that was my Birthday cheesecake made by my daughter in law with even home made caramel. YUM.

Be back soon.

 

My New E-Reader Cover

Long time since I have checked in. I am not really doing that much interesting things to blog about. I have, however, been doing things......Mikel purchased me an E-reader for my birthday. I did a little research on them, and decided not to spend a lot of money until I was sure it was something that I would use as long as I can read. I looked at the Nook and the Color Nook, and they are about 100 dollars difference in price and waaaaaay difference in function. I guess with the Color Nook, you get the backlighting, and it can act like an Android with internet connections, etc.

I am so illiterate with all the new electronic gadgets, it quite frankly, scared me. It has a touch screen and a very large book that you must "purchase" separately with tutorials-----I just want to read a book......

I chose a Look Book at Wal-Mart because it had back lighting and color, and you can change the print size, and it is loaded with books and books to load available. It is library friendly, and it seemed to be all the necessary things I wanted. It was a whole 89 dollars, whereas, the Nook ran 150-250 dollars.

The Look Book is its own size, so none of the covers fit it exactly. My very good friend, Annie, offered to make me a cover for it. Choosing the fabric was the very hardest. This is the inside of the cover, which shows little bumper pads so the book will be snug inside, but yet protect it. Its so cool with stiff boards, and a full zipper. Love, Love, Love it.

Annie didn't have a pattern, she just winged it, and so, I am really impressed. This fabric was from a kit to make a children's book, and  I purchased it for the graphics and then, didn't know what I was going to do with it, so, I asked her to see if she could make the illustrations fit. Love it, Annie!

So, the first book I wish to download on it, is Alice I have Been. Its the story of the real Alice that Wonderland was written for. It is written in novel form with much research on her life, so, some artistic license. My son and I both have birthday's this month, and we love all things Alice. Mikel's friend had a birthday cake made for him and here it is....so cute.

Well, there you have it. You have heard from me, I haven't disappeared yet. I will be back with more in the near future. Come see me again.......please?

What to do on a Winter's Day

Probably one of my least favorite things to do as a free lance artist. Getting the paperwork done. I cheered myself up by remembering some of the new things I did last year since these shows were, and when I loaded my Sonic CD media copier, I had fun picking out the pics to send.

I felt particularly happy about what my entries would look like. But, alas, it was not to be. I think my CD burner has died. It will read them, but will not burn them. What to do now is the great question. If you have any suggestions how to get my pictures from my computer to CD or a memory card, let me know. I need to send these in, soon.

Thanks, friends.