The other day, my friend Lorin and I met at The Huntington Library in San Marino. It was a nice day, and they had an exhibition, “Revisiting The Regency” going on: It was not a very large exhibit, but well worth seeing. I visited The Huntington Library for the first time as a child, and […]
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I wanted to make something special for my dear mother on Mother’s Day: It’s a trinket box embellished with rhinestones, a vintage bird & floral decoupage. The bird graphic is from Free Pretty Things For You. I will make a small special something to go in the box :-). For the blog hop list of artists, […]
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This weeks assignment was kind of fun. We were asked to draw a bunch of scribbles, look at them from different angles, and then find something in them: It’s a dog! 🙂
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May 5th is Boy’s Day in Japan, although it is now also called Children’s Day. My parents gave us a kabuto/warriors helmet to decorate for boys day, but along with all other things, it is lost in the deep beyond of our garage :-(. I did however find the little warrior figurine and koi-nobori/carp: My […]
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I did not have a particular story in mind for this theme. I really like the graphics of Rian Design, and wanted to use them: Rian Design has some really neat graphics for sale as well as for free – it’s worth checking out. Here are the credits: Windows & Brick Walls: Google Image Clowns […]
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This weeks theme was “Royal Wedding”: And here is my inspiration, the Westminster Abbey:
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There are a lot going on in my garden this month. But the two standouts would be my first and only cherry on our Minnie Royal Cherry tree, and the return of the “volunteer” hollyhocks in my front garden: The Minnie Royal is a new low chill sweet cherry compatible with our climate/region. I did […]
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DH is forever trying to instill his European “culture” on us. Thus, we spent last night at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles enjoying the LA Philharmonics Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. We have gone to many plays and concerts, but had shied away from classical music for a while. The last time we attempted classical […]
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I love love love flowers! I saw a bunch of pink tulips at the store, and bought it. Tulips bring back many fond memories. DH and I met in graduate school in the Netherlands. We used to go to market every week and buy fresh flowers. Growing up in Southern California, I missed the sunshine […]
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Oh my, only week 17 of 52! I really am running out of ideas right now. I started off doing one thing, and it didnt work, so I cropped, stamped, colored, poked a hole, and hung a bead. And , “voila” a birdie bookmark:
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When I got this assignment, I was really excited. We were to come up with an art journal using watercolors, stamping, collaging, drawing, embellishing, etc. It started off ok, then I was just trying to salvage it: I was trying to use paper dolls that I drew as my theme. I made the background too colorful, […]
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I am not a Royal Watcher, but with all the media coverage of the upcoming nuptials, it put me in the mood for making roses: These are hand torched/sculpted white roses, temporarily strung on a satin green ribbon. Perfect for making jewelry for that special “Princesss” Bride. You can find it in my Etsy shop.
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