Happy Thanksgiving to all .....

MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY,
MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP.
MAY YOUR POTATOES 'N GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP.
MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS.
MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE,
MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER STAY OFF OF YOUR THIGHS!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL

A little work done today

I know you are thinking GEE Linda you are just now getting this done ...... well life keeps popping up other things but today I got my Christmas album brought up to date with our 2008 Christmas pages .... this is but one of them and that is all I will share at this time ..... about 1/2 of it is digital the rest is good old fashion scrapping with a little altering thrown in ....

Still catching up on rest and life

Since I seem to be doing other life and family things right now instead of art I decided to put up some images for you all to enjoy in your art ...... click to enlarge then download

Wedding was Wonderful

Had almost as much fun doing the digital work on their announcements as we did at the wedding .......

Halloween Free Images

click to enlarge and right click to copy ..... enjoy ......

Son's Wedding Rehearsal Dinner

ok now I am working on doing a little special arrangement for our son's wedding rehearsal dinner table ...... yep it's the frog prince and princess ... I did some altering to the original frogs, made the little crowns and don't you just love her eyelashes .... lol .... I used some of the leaves from our oak tree that I had dried last year and a little stippling work on a card with fall colors then added the bing in green saying GO GREEN, a little double innuendo .... oh I think I didn't post the response card I did for the dinner, guess I better do that also ..... not sure if you can make it out but it says "he ask her and she said yes" ... the card and invitation were a little more of my digital work ... click to enlarge

A little Preview

this Steampunk Fashionista Bird is a class that I will be teaching in April 2010 ... click on this link to learn more Shady Ladies Altered Art Retreat ... along with my classes there are lots more available ....... it's going to be a rip roaring time come join the fun ...... There will be a lot of things going on at the retreat including raffles, mini projects, giveaways, a catered bar-b-que and a vendor event ... Linda

Well I am home to stay for awhile and working on

our sons wedding in October, just 7 weeks away, and samples and classes I will be teaching in 2010 ........ yep have to get that stuff ready well in advance ..... at the moment I know I will be doing a 4 day Altered Technique Book Retreat/Workshop, a 3 hours Altered Book class, and a couple of 1 hour Altered Pages class .... if you are interested in any or all of these keep checking the links on the right side of this blog ...... they probably won't be posted till after Oct. 15, 2009 ....... thanks for stopping by and hanging in there with me ..... Linda

Official Birth Announcement

I did a little digital work and came up with the birth announcement they will use .......

She has arrived ......

At 8:14pm on Aug. 12, 2009 she brightened this world by coming out to see us .... she weighed 7.56 lbs. and was 20 1/4" long ...... parent and baby are doing great .... GRANDparents are ecstactic ...... I will continue to be on an art hiatus for awhile still but I will be having so much fun ...... later Linda

Fairy Mirror

I am home nursing a badly sprain ankle and today I decided I wanted off the bed and couch so I came into the studio and the Fairy's told me to make a mirror for M&M's (that's what we are calling our little miracle granddaughter that will be born VERY soon) bedroom ..... so here it is ..... click to enlarge

My GG book

Some of my online group friend got together and made me a GG book to honor our first Grandchild (our little miracle girl) ... they were so kind and it made me cry and realize how great it is to have friends all over the country ....... thanks again ladies ...... click to enlarge

Taking a hiatus from art

As several of you have read we will be having our first Grand Baby soon and this GG is doing lots more baby things than art these days .... our daughter is having some problems with her pregnancy she is now bed rest until our little miracle arrives ... I make camp at their house lots and may need to even more in a week or so ... I am sewing burp clothes, receiving blankets now and working up a digital scrapbook that after printing I will do some altering to each of the pages ...... anyway there won't be much going into The Art Sook for about 3 to 5 months because after our little miracle gets here our son's wedding will be very close and I want to give lots of time and detail to that also ... as I do things that I can take photo's of I will post some of them so keep coming back .... I wish everyone health, peace, happiness .... yes this is a photo of our daughter in all of her 8th month glory ...... till next time ...... Linda

Got something art wise done

I am in an online group that is doing a Fat 4x4 Book and the theme is Lock & Key ... anything you would keep under lock and key or what you think of when you hear the phrase ..... so I decided that the thing I think needs to be kept under lock and key the most is Pandora's Box .... click to enlarge

Happy 4th of July

I am proud to be an American and I want to thank everyone in all branches of the Armed Forces for their dedication and sacrifices to keep us free ......

Finished the Mobile for Nursery

ok the colors don't come up quite right with my camera today so just think lime and lavender with a little clear, white, cream and pink ........ click to enlarge

Went to an Art Retreat in Grapevine

An online group I am in has an art retreat each year for 4 days, it's such fun getting together and laughing and creating art ..... the theme this year was GIRLFRIENDS ... anyway these are some photo's of the projects we did ..... the corsage on the front was one of the small projects then the book was the big project (I am only posting 4 of the 7 spreads) and then we did a German glass edged slide that went into the book (the lady that showed us how to do it gave us each one with our name on it and I put mine on the front of my book), the back has some of the stuff from the weekend - my bunny slipper tag, a large decorated tickets for entrance to a party one night (we all decorated these tickets and then blind drew them after the event and I got this super one) .... we made an autograph book and each of us signed it , I am posting the front cover ... we also made this wonderful little pin nib butterfly and the background is Glimmer Mist .... and then this AWESOME wand was a drawing prize and I won .... enjoy .....

28 weeks today or 7 months for us old ones

well this is what I have been spending all my time doing lately ..... expecting a first Grand baby is so exciting I am sure each one will be but since this is our first I will have to wait to know ..... the nursery is still in progress .... the window is missing it's shelf rod to drape the swags and hold pretties, the rocking chair, in which the baby's Great Grandfather's rocked her mother and her uncle, corner is missing the chandelier; the changing table wall (which there is no photo this time is missing the shelf above it and the curved changing pad and the pretties for the shelf; the crib wall is missing the shelf above it (these shelves are antique from the baby's Great Grandparents mantel of there home) and the things that will go on it .... the colors didn't come out good in all the photos but the walls are lavender, the shears and recovered the rocker and stool (we did these) are soft lime, the black design on the walls I cut with the Cricut in vinyl and it was sooooo easy to adhere to the walls ... I will post more photos when it get finished ....

Thank You for your Service

I wanted to THANK all the service men and women in our armed services today and in the years past for there bravery and watchfulness of our country and our freedom .... THANKS so much for taking a part of your life and giving it to us and special THANKS goes out the the families who gave the greatest sacrifice of there loved ones to us ...... Linda F

Chandalier for Nursery

ok so you know I will alter anything ...... so guess what I did ... I took this baby chandelier and added the colors our daughter chose for her baby's nursery, lime and lavender .... I may still add some more to it but this is how it stand right now .......

Spring family B-day/Anniversary Cards

Our lives have gotten so busy that we now do one large get together in the Spring and one in the Fall to celebrate birthdays and anniversary's ... this just happened for the Spring and I made some cards and thought I would share ... I forgot to take a photo of our son's card before I mailed it he's in CA now ....... click to enlarge

Doing a little Grandbaby stuff

I have crocheted a lavender baby blanket and now I have done a center piece for a shower and a Mother To Be pin for the shower also ...... so my art has taken a different turn lately

Free Images

Sorry my art has been so scares lately hopefully soon I will get back on my game ...... in the mean time here are a few images I hope you can play with ....... click to enlarge .....

Altering Spoons again

These are two spoons I just finished ... the butterfly one is done with Swarovski crystals, jade beads and mother of pearl circles the flower-vine on has Swarovski crystals, glass beads and pearlized flowers with metallic gold vine ... click to enlarge ... enjoy

Getting together with Friends

Had a wonderful day with friends and we did some projects I really enjoyed ........ the ruffle around the Scotties is of gathered pattern paper ........ and the background of the lady is textured wallpaper .... click to enlarge

Altered Book Retreat is over for 2009

They worked so hard but I think everyone had a good time and learned lots of Techniques ....... go over to my Teaching blog to see them working so hard ..... Altered Book Retreats in Texas

Think I am ready

or maybe I should say I hope I am ready for the AB Technique Book Workshop/Retreat I am doing from Thursday thru Sunday .... this is the work table so far .....

GREAT mail day

You remember the Wand I posted earlier well yesterday I got my swap wand in the mail and this is it ........ The title of the wand is "Time Flies" don't know if you can tell but the ribbons and feather are flying in the wind ......

The spoon is from the mingle I did my two spoons for .... it's so awesome ... the lady that did it knows me so well she used an Elephant and the main color is green - it's me all over ......

Now I am waiting for my second one and I will post it when it arrives ..... click to enlarge ...

Altered Spoon #2

This is the other spoon ..... these are for an online mingle so I will be posting the spoons I receive also ....... click to enlarge

Altered Spoon #1

Couldn't sleep so I did some altering ........ yep it's an old silver spoon from the Albert Pick Hotels cir 1942 ... just did a little wire and bead work then some flowers and a butterfly ....... click to enlarge