Christmas in a box!

Love these old ornaments!

Happy Birthday Laura!

Happy Birthday, happy birthday to you!
CUPCAKES!

She thought I should so I did!

A fun thing to do from my favorite Laura
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) -Sylvester Honda (sounds more like a porn star!)
2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) -Coffee Shortbread
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)
N'Dur (sounds like endure..that's a good one!)
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) -green puppy
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) -Lassell Youngstown
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Durna
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink) -The Pink Latte
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) -Robert Clifford
9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy) -Vanilla Chocolate (same as Laura's how funny!)
11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) -Creekmore Cicero
12. SPY NAME/BOND GIRL: (your favorite season/holiday, flower) -Fall Iris
13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) -
Raspberry Shortie
14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree) -Omlette Oak
15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”) -The Mosaic Downpour Tour

I love this girl!

Tagged- 5 things about me

I am accepting Erin's tag from her fabulous blog, A Dress A Day. I wish I knew how to put a link here so you could click on it and get to her blog. Well, I'll just tell you her address:
http://www.dressaday.com/dressaday.html

Anyway, 5 things about me that I have never posted before.

1. I used to like tuna fish until I was pregnant. I couldn't stand it when pregnant and can't eat it now, 20 years later.
2. I do not know how to type without looking at the keys.
3. I used to smoke and I smoked Benson and Hedges menthol lights!
4. I was a waitress in Philadelphia years ago and I waited on Leslie Nielson right after his Airplane movie came out. I made a joke to him about how the customers in the front of the restaurant had eaten chicken and they were all sick now.
5. I am taking a web page design class and when I finish it I hope I will have learned how to put Erin's website into my blog as a nifty link. In fact, I hope I can make a very spiffy blog of my own!

Her face was like an open book

The joy was written all over her face

A Portrait of the artist as a young Frida

Photoshop work

Here are some of my photoshop exercises from school. It is so much fun learning this stuff!
The top example is a movie poster using my own images (Paul's family that came through Ellis Island) The bottom image is a tiger lily photo where I added painting techniques I am learning.

Autumn means Candy Corn!

I love October because not only is it the month of my favorite holiday...Halloween, it is also the month of one of my favorite candies, candy corn. I know you can get candy corn anytime of year, but you know it is fresh in Autumn. My friend Susan loves Halloween and candy corn, too, so I made her this bracelet. I made the candy corn lampwork glass beads, they were so fun, and I used commercially made black and white beads to go with them. Good enough to eat!

More tiles for Joyce

These tiles are numbered 1-7, the top tile being number one. The yellow T with fish is Number 1, the pink dress is # 7. The tiles in the next post will start with the top tile being numbered 8 (the shorts or swim trunks with fish) scrolling down to the last tiles being.....#23, itsy bitsy teeney weeny green orange polka dot bikini!

Joyce's tiles

In your eyes

Blanton Museum of Art

This week I have been going to the new Blanton Museum on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin. My daughter is taking a writing workshop at UT this week and next, so I have been enjoying the museum. It has an incredible collection of art, you should check out the website
http://blantonmuseum.org.

A-HA

I have A-Ha moments on a regular basis. I don't always have a specific, preconcieved idea when I start making something. Working with ceramics, it is an A-HA moment everytime you open a kiln after a glaze firing. Sometimes it's an A-Hell moment! But when that happens, I just smash 'em up and use them for a mosaic peice! A-HA! hee hee!

Tile installation

I just got these pictures of my tiles that were installed as a backsplash. I love seeing how my tiles are used by others!

Gotta love those art supplies!

I love all art supplies! The seductive promise of a new piece of art work! The possibilities, the potential, the perfection! Right now my favorite art supply is my "concepts" glaze. They are easy, versatile, and beautiful! You can use these under a glaze, over a glaze and even as a glaze!
I got them to use in my own work and also for a class I taught this past spring. They give solid coverage or painterly, brush stroke coverage for ceramic glaze work. Gee...I almost feel like I am doing a commercial for these little gems!
I must admit, I have never met an art supply that I did not love! It is all good!