milk likes you....

"shades of white" for lisa gallup's TC white
journal,this is one page of my spread...i
could not resist the milk mustache! after
two years this rr is coming to an end.lisa
is my mailing partner,so i am the last to
work in her incredible book!after one
more spread i will put this in the mail to
you,my friend,should be verrry soon!then
i will get to work on rhonda's stunning
green & bronze book.i think that is the last
book i will get in this go round...here is the
rest of my work in all of the other books.

warhol themed atc offering

art-e-zine warholish atc swap 1 of 8...
thanks,marie,for inspiring me!
golden and liquitex acrylics,photo
booth rubber stamp.

retro themed atc

art-e-zine retro swap 1 of 7 due june...
golden acylic green gold background.

this is carol!

this is carol's new blogspot ....
"artist in progress"! you will get daily
glimpses of carols fabulous art and her
sassy wit when you visit!
the stamp & ball chain & charms are
little tokens for carols impending
birthday on may 26th.
be inspired :)

know this guy?

from becky's bulletin board

upcoming atc swap offerings

art-e-zine grunge swap due may 27
1/7 denise lombardozzi

art-e-zine numb3rs swap due may 27
5/7 denise lombardozzi

hilda

...my grandma on her graduation day
many years ago...she will be 99 on june 9th.
this is a collage i put together using direct to
paper for the color on top of a shorthand page
and various inked images. originally i thought
that this image was of my aunt betty...hence
the letter 'b',but later found out it was in fact the
matriarch not one of her daughters! amazing
resemblance for sure!

creating joy

our weekend with kaylie...this is kaylie...my niece,
firstborn to my baby-ist brother (bookend) chris
& his wife,angie. there is a ton of life in this 19 mos.
old package! we wore each other out this weekend
taking walks,visiting the local carnie, going up &
down,up & down,up & down steps,eating,eating,then
eating again...a great time was had by all!
time for a nappy.....; )

the last 24 hours

pages for a skinny book...
using belinda's classroom instruction & helga's new hats
...i made these pages for the artchix july contest.

last night at the american art alliance meeting i
officially became the program director,the job is this...
i will gather artists throughout the next year to come to
the monthly meetings to demonstrate their craft,the less
than two hour demo will pay $50! any takers? i will be in
touch with some of you!
annie asked me to demo last night,so i chose to show & tell
artist trading cards..."artist trading cards 101" as it were,
i brought my big,fat binder full of cards and my atc book
by somerset and 2 baskets full of supplies so that everyone
could make their own cards...it was a big success, as most of
the artists there had only briefly heard of this phenomenon!
we will be planning swaps & "play"sessions for the group in the
near future!

for the birds

a dinner table for the birds : )
tom made this very cool feeder for his mom
for mother's day,using old clay tiles we found
at a sale in augusta,mo. years ago, the trim is
scrap brick mould! mom loved it!

mother's day goodies for me :)

momma's new shoes

"Transparent Art"

I am very happy to have been included as a featured
artist in this upcoming book by Somerset Studios/Stampington!
I will have an article and pieces throughout the book! Very cool!

COMING OCTOBER 2005!

The hottest trend in papercrafts and mixedmedia, Transparent Art™
showcases the exciting versatility of transparencies –
also known as acetate in artwork.
Discover a vast array of innovative projects with instructions
on how to incorporate stamped, painted, sewn, cut, and even
burned transparencies to achieve incredible results. Learn from
well known artists who show how these diversely treated transparencies
can be fused into a variety of artwork including ATCs, shrines,
art quilts, collages, cards, journals, and much more.
From simple to sophisticated, from jewelry and altered books to
scrapbook pages, purses and more, transparencies will bring an imaginative
layer of creativity to your artwork!
OTHER CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS INCLUDE:
Nina Bagley,Angela Cartwright,Nancy Curry,Sarah Fishburn,Jill Haddaway,
Jen Osborn,DJ Pettitt,Michelle Ward,Lisa Cook...and many, many more!

kate's magic

...kate's magic!
i stopped in to visit with kate yesterday
at her way cool studio at the foundry,
i have always been a ferocious button
collector and came across these buttons
at an antique mall near my home a few
weeks ago...can you see where this is going?
i remembered to grab them and bring them
with me to show kate,and,in a matter of minutes,
while we talked she created this soooo
verrry bitchin' necklace for me! i LOVE it!
don't you just love it?!
it looks really great with the button bracelet
that i bought from her a couple of months ago!
thanks,kate....you rock!

button betty

an altered cabinet card
for jen's first round swap..
using wax twine i sewed
vintage plastic buttons
onto betty's head & added
just a touch of silk ribbon.
she's a beaut!

sunday morning...

...sunday morning surfing.waiting for the peeps
to get up....nice cup o coffee...killing time
loretta lux
pixiechick
art by the inch
chicago
lyle lovett
the foundry
the gardens
the art museum
laumeier
......need fresh coffee,enjoy the day ahead!