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!!!

Thursday, July 10, 2014

CLASSES AND A NEW FOUNDATION

WOW... I have really relaxed and have a new peace of mind since our house sold. It cleared away a lot of physical responsibility which became mental too!! 
TODAY they are putting a NEW FOUNDATION on the corner of our new spot so we can add a porch room ...our headboard was two inches lower on that side of the house! All other corners are good!!  SUCH is life, one corner a little skewed and if the the other three are stable, you'll make it!! Ha! Then I take kids to ART Classes and they are constantly singing in the back seat the FROZEN theme...."LET IT GO.... LET IT GO!!"  SO NEEDLESS TO SAY  I'm covered and doing well!!  AS IS HUBBY!!
NOW THE OTHER THING...is that I have been taking art classes for my own enjoyment on line for the last year or two or three. Right now the one I am taking is called SKETCHBOOKERY with Mary Ann Moss.  It is watercolor joy and journal making about what ever strikes your fancy!!  That is her style and so easy going!! Here are a few shots of rediscovering my watercolors and just PLAYING AROUND with color and letters and some blind one line contour drawing which forces you to look at WHAT you are drawing and not what you THINK it should be....just good eye and hand practice!! AND some POSSIBLE JOURNAL COVERS to add signatures of watercolor paper to....oooo YUMMY!!
The journal, bought, a Canson, for my class...it is 9x12 with lots of heavey watercolor pages...I'll make a journal with real stitching a little later and show you the results...but here are some journal covers I might use for journaling about different subjects...like....
This old "Everyday Cookbook cover.....
OR this cover for writing about REFUGEE CHILDREN in THE WORLD.....










OR THIS OLD PAINTING of a Winter Time House with a little collage I added...this could be about the new season in MY LIFE....
I'll do another post later on my new garden adventure for Grandmas....later!!  BLESSINGS!!