I love using felt tip pens. I love writing and doodling with them. My very favorite felt tip pens are the Paper Mate Flair. I think part of it is the little hearts that Paper Mate has incorporated into their logo and etched onto the clips of the pens. I go through boxes of these. …
Today I didn’t get a start on my painting until very late in the day. It wasn’t until my kids were in bed, in fact. I’m not sure that was the most productive time to start a project, but I am committed to getting a painting done every day. My brain was super fried, and …
We moved into our home 11 years ago. That’s not THAT long ago, but it feels like my husband and I were different people back then. We had been living in an apartment built in the 1890’s. I was pregnant, but we didn’t really have any idea of what it would be like living with …
I love the movie Grease. I love the costumes and the songs, but most of all I love the Pink Ladies. Each of them are so cool in their own ways. I love that they are this total group of misfit friends who seemingly have nothing in common. The pink jacket binds them together though. …
I LOVE Franciscan Starburst tableware, but I had a really hard time with this painting. I got the stars just as I wanted them, but the rest was a major pain. I’m not sure why. I just couldn’t get it to work like I wanted to. I had a vision in my mind, but I …
Today I painted a picture of Ms. Jo Anne Worley. I fell in love with her the second I watched her on Laugh In reruns. She has a big ol’ voice and a big ol’ personality. I of course also love love LOVE her fabulous wigs. I based this painting off an ad she did …
I am a big fan of embroidery, vintage or new. This is a painting of a framed piece of embroidery we have hanging in our front hall. The first time I spied it, it was hanging in the home of my husband’s grandparents. We had flown across the country with Brett’s family to see them …
As a child of the 80’s I think I will always have a place in my heart for Strawberry themed anything. Of course I loved the Strawberry Shortcake Dolls, but I also loved strawberry scented scratch and sniff stickers. I was a huge Hello Kitty fan and many of those items had a sort of …
I’m using a picture of myself from a month ago, because I have been too busy to even take a selfie. SO BUSY. I’m not sure why that saying “When it rains, it pours” is so true, but it is. This week has been crazy. At the onset, I thought it would be perfect to …
As a kid, my parents would listen to NPR all the time. It was just ubiquitous in our home. After the news ended, our local public radio station would switch to night time jazz. I can’t even express to you how much I loved it. The way that melodies wafted like smoke in a club, …
