Update Hummie’s World PSE Class

I have been obsessively working through my PSE class.  Since I just signed up for the Photography class to learn how to better utilize my SLR camera, and I want to sign up for the Designer’s class coming up in October, I thought I would try and finish the PSE class as soon as possible.  […]

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Cup Bead Soup Update

Lori Anderson of Pretty Beads has extended my Cup Bead Soup Artist for the month of August into September – yay! And here is her first creation.  She has made a beautiful chandelier pull – it never occured to me to make them out of hollow beads: You can go to Lori’s Cup Bead Soup […]

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Bird A Week Challenge: Week 35/52

I like drawing vintage style characters, so for this week, I drew a chick with a bonnet:

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Drawing Lab 2011: Jewelry Sketch

This week’s assignment was to draw a sketch of jewelry, preferably one handmade by self.  I chose one of my favorite types of jewelry to make; orange earrings. We live in a small grove, and I just love the look of little dangling oranges: The actual sketch is not that bad, the scanner makes it […]

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“Bloomin” Second Quick Page Freebie

I made a second layout with Created By Jill Scraps kit “Bloomin”.  The layout reminded me a bit of the 70’s, so I found some nostalgic Partridge Family images to use (Yahoo images).  I was a little kid then, but I remember watching the TV show. I even owned that exact album! And here is […]

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Zentangle Challenge#37 “Kiss My Grids”

For this weeks challenge, we were to do a tangle based on grids.  And here is what I came up with:

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“Bloomin” Quick Page Freebie

I recently got to play with Created By Jill Scraps kit “Bloomin”: Here is the layout I made. I used a vintage photo of a mother and daughter from Altered Artifacts: And here is the freebie for you to download: I will have a second QP freebie. Check back in a couple of days.

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Drawing Lab 2011: Student’s Choice #7

This week’s lab was again student’s choice.  I decided to do a mandala:

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Bird A Week Challenge: Week 34/52

For this weeks challenge, I decided to do a layout featuring our dog Hiro with his bird toy:

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A Photography Challenge

This is what happens when you’re home from college, no gainful summer employment, and sleeping until 3:00pm: You become the victim subject of your mother’s latest obsession interest – photography! I found another challenge, a photography/scrap layout one.  The challenge was to photograph a person or animal jumping.  Since my eldest is back at his apartment, […]

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Zentangle Challenge #36 “Assunta”

This week, the Diva has challenged us to do a zentangle with the new tangle “Assunta” by Rick & Maria of Zentangle.  I had fun with this one:

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A Need For Inspiration…

I sat at my table today on an off for hours just putting things together, then putting them aside.  It seems I have “beaders block”  – if there is such a thing.   If I am participating in a challenge, it inspires me, and I am full of ideas, but to just sit and create, it’s […]

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