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Garden Pages
Inspired by the wildly popular PBS series, Downton Abbey, Garden Pages is a journal compiled of contemporary and Edwardian Era imagery. Butterfly wings for a gentleman, teabag flower motifs, copies...
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KICKSTART
Time for my first post, a kickstart to my blog, jumping in with both feet and sharing my first ever lino carved stamp. It was the same process, grab the tools, and the lino block, create a design on...
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New Beginnings
As the new year approaches, it is a good time for reflection and anticipation. I love to write down my goals for the new year because having them in writing keeps me focused. Otherwise I find myself...
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Dabbling in Watercolor
Getting ready for an evening of Wine and Watercolor at the Bemis Art School I decided to use pages of vintage sheet music for the substrate. I happened upon these amazing books of music at a Friends...
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S N O W
Love the white stuff, at least for the time being. Come April and May, now that is a different story. Today the sun was shining bright, causing the snowflakes to sparkle and glisten as the rays...
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A little bit of Colorado
Took my camera out today and snapped some photographs around our property. Yep, took the red Amaryllis outside just to see how it contrasted against the white snow and green bristlecone pine, sort...
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A work of art in Seville Spain
In Seville Spain, this amazing cathedral stands on solid ground paying homage to Gothic architecture and many skilled hands working together to create this magnificent structure. It is the largest...
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Art Journal Inspired by Georgia O’Keefe
Here is the book I re-purposed into an art journal inspired by the artistry of Georgia O’Keefe. I purchased it from the Friends of the Library District. An inscription inside the front cover. I love...
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Botanical Gardens and Chihuly
The Denver Botanical Gardens hosted a beautiful exhibit of Chihuly glass mixed with the blossoms and greenery of summer in 2014. It was a serendipitous discovery when I came across these photos on my...
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Art Journaling Classes
Autumn brings new beginnings. School starts, the garden provides a harvest, days become shorter, blossoms fade, and football games abound. It is an ideal time to pursue creative interests. Virtual...
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Best of 2015
Sitting on the Hidden Steps in San Francisco, they are hard to find but so worth it, amazing mosaic steps tucked in between the rolling streets of the city. Ghost in The Machine Art Show at...
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Butterfly Coloring Book
A beautiful gift from my daughter, Vive Le Color – Butterflies – Coloring Book. This is my first coloring book and now I totally understand the coloring pages craze. It is a lovely process to take my...
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Travel Pages Journal
Take a peek inside my travel journal pages. This journal was created with ephemera, found papers, and purchased postcards from my trip to Europe. The countries visited included The Netherlands,...
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Dabbling in Watercolor
Getting ready for an evening of Wine and Watercolor at the Bemis Art School I decided to use pages of vintage sheet music for the substrate. I happened upon these amazing books of music at a Friends...
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S N O W
Love the white stuff, at least for the time being. Come April and May, now that is a different story. Today the sun was shining bright, causing the snowflakes to sparkle and glisten as the rays...
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A little bit of Colorado
Took my camera out today and snapped some photographs around our property. Yep, took the red Amaryllis outside just to see how it contrasted against the white snow and green bristlecone pine, sort...
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A work of art in Seville Spain
In Seville Spain, this amazing cathedral stands on solid ground paying homage to Gothic architecture and many skilled hands working together to create this magnificent structure. It is the largest...
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Art Journal Inspired by Georgia O’Keefe
Here is the book I re-purposed into an art journal inspired by the artistry of Georgia O’Keefe. I purchased it from the Friends of the Library District. An inscription inside the front cover. I love...
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Botanical Gardens and Chihuly
The Denver Botanical Gardens hosted a beautiful exhibit of Chihuly glass mixed with the blossoms and greenery of summer in 2014. It was a serendipitous discovery when I came across these photos on my...
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Travel Pages Class Re-Cap
The first application was to cover chip board pages in white gesso and then a layer of hard pastels in various colors was added just before the gesso dried. Acrylic inks applied over stencils created...
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