EXCITING CHANGES TO COME!!!

Dick and I have made some big changes for the year to come!! We are downsizing to free us up to do the things we have always wanted to do ..... that is.... free to travel, spend more time together, follow His lead for new adventures, no more retail store after 27 years, more time with kids, but still MORE ART and probably some sewing classes for girls ..... that is a dream right now ..... but the ART won't stop, it will be here on the blog as soon as we finish remodeling our NEW/OLD smaller home about 20 miles away. SO STAY TUNED ... we'll be having a big sale and beautiful house and property SALE in the SUMMER!! MORE FREEDOM ON IT'S WAY!!! WooHoo!!! And THANKS for all your support the last twenty seven years in my shop!!!

Monday, April 26, 2010

TIME FOR SOME PLAY...

A busy week up until tonite....or should I say this morning!....since it is 4AM!! BUT...after watching a video from our GUT ART CLASS on tracing paper....I had to go up to the studio to play! It has been too many days since I last got my hands on some art supplies. This was just a drawing I had that I didn't like but used it to experiment with stamped tissue paper (I didn't have any tracing paper like the video suggested. It was nothing new, but just the right ingredients to play a little. I used Derwent aquarelle pencils, then applied stamped tissue paper with gel medium, then dried it, then played with the color using Caran D Ache water crayons. Just simple , but simply fun and wonderful feeling to play with color freely creating. Also I had two new visitors come to my house for a vacation!! They are cousins....Stanley and Stanley! ....yes, they have the same name! ....Even their first name which is FLAT!!....yes, FLAT STANLEY...'s are here for only a week! They can't get over all the interesting junk and old stuff I have in this house!! One of them climbed up on our old Ohio Buck deer head for a picture, then the cousin Flat Stanley got all excited that I had a toy antique house that he almost fit in!! THEN, Stanley discovered an antique doll chair that he fit perfectly in!! These guys kept me pretty busy taking all those photos!! I told them I had to work a little, so they sat by me while I sewed Montsey's curtain for her room and the other Stanley just had to pose in front of my art! He thinks I'm famous....I get a giggle out of that. I actually like having them around, does my ego....uh, I mean my HEART good! Tomorrow they are going to the garden with Mr Peck and I to check on the newly planted vegetables....they will get to ride the golf cart, my garden vehicle....Flat Stanley thinks he will get to drive....we'll see. Then they can give the miniature donkey and little cow an apple to eat. No, they won't ride the donkey, as he is not trained for Flat Stanleys. I'm glad they came together to entertain one another .... they are cousins you know! Dick promised them a ride in the 1946 Piper Cub too....it will be a long afternoon I think.... Blessings to you all....and thanks to those fourth grade girls, Montsey and Angela, (they are cousins too!) for sending me their Flat Stanley to visit us!

8 comments:

Poetic Artist said...

I love your girl. She is wonderful. It was also nice to meet your cousins Stanley..LOL..
Katelen

Mary said...

Thanks for sharing the cousins, stay!! That was fun! :)

I love what came of play time for you too!!! We so need it.

Thanks for the comment you left, I understand the layers thing so very well. In fact, I think I did a post on layers, will have to go back and check. We are all made of so many layers, both the good and the bad. But you are right, God uses them all, and I do believe he can and will make something beautiful out of them.

Hugs!!

DJ said...

Oh, I do love the stamp designs in her hair. And the Flat Stanleys are a scream...let us know who drives the golf cart...

Butterfly Works said...

I love your attitude girl, create whenever and at whatever time....sounds like me...I really like your girl and the expression on her face......and hearing about the counsins was fun too.....
Hugs and Blessings,
Nancy

Nelda Ream said...

Sounds like you are super busy. Love the Stanleys; they remind me of Mr. Peck.

Emelie said...

This is a fun visit, I hae been here for a while looking and enjoying all the beauty of your creations. Enjoying your playful imagination of stories that delight both young and old, remembering stories of that nature I told when the children were young. I couldn't help remembering the one we told with additions around the table of a sea gull that was a soar loser. The girls thought that funny and wanted more and more of the things that happened to him. The Stanleys reminded me of this.

Your work is varied with colorful charming results. Interesting writing, I always scroll to the bottom of the page look and admire then go back and read. thanks for a great time. I also appreciate your visit to my blog

Diane said...

Hi Sherry, I'm so glad you came over, and thank you for putting me on your blog roll. I love your lady here. How is Mystele's class?

Diane said...

Hi Sherry, I'm so glad you came over, and thank you for putting me on your blog roll. I love your lady here. How is Mystele's class?