Journal for Shady Ladies Altered Art Retreat

I am working on this so while I am at Shady Ladies Retreat I can keep all my memories in a cool place ....... will show more later ....

Crazy Day in Central TX

Central TX is totally no snow but we don't often get this much ...... this is only after 2 1/2 hours ... 11am - I may post another one later today because it's still snowing BIG snow flakes and steady ... 6pm - well it has snowed more then melted some and is snowing again but just lightly now ... I think we have probably gotten 3-4" so far

Annual Altered Book Retreat 2010

it's only a month away ..... I am wrapping up loose ends ... getting ready for all the fun

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone

free image ... to download just click on image to get larger size then right click and save ..... enjoy

I am feverishly working

on Techniques for my Altered Book Retreat in March and trying to get all the things together for classes I will teach in April for the Shady Ladies Altered Art Retreat ... I will start sharing as soon as I can ... if you are interested in either of these just click the link and have a look ...... thanks for stopping by .....

A new magazine hits the stands SOON

This is the cover of Stampington's new magazine GreenCraft and yes the reason I got one first is because it has one of my projects in it ..... the article starts on page 15 & with explanation and photo on page 17 ... it has lots of cool things in it and it's recycle - reuse therefore GreenCraft ........ enjoy

Come One ... Come All

No I am not asking you to come join the circus but that might be fun ... I just wanted to remind you that there is going to be a new Retreat venue this April .... it will be in the charming little town of Salado, Texas, April 24-25, 2010 .... the teacher line-up is impressive, including Deryn Mentock, Lisa Renner and several other VERY talented teachers ... classes look inspiring and it will be such a fun, relaxing and artful weekend ... Check it out http://www.shadyladiesalteredart.blogspot.com/ sign up for one or more classes .... oh yes I will be teaching a couple of classes also ;)

Happy 2010 to ALL

still not doing much art but wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year ... hoping everyones 2010 is filled with happiness, health and success ......

hope you can use this in your art ...... click to enlarge .....

Christmas art

got something done but I have to admit it was done on a day of local get together and it was kind of a kit ....... we used our own establishments if we wanted to and so I did ....... I sure do like it and love the concept ...... it will be put out in my home each year for many years to come ... click to enlarge

"Come join in on all the fun" ....

Jeri Aaron has put together a new Art Retreat venue and it's going to be fabulous ... I have known Jeri for some time now, she is so creative ... with her being such an awesome artist herself, she has put this talent to work making her retreats unique ... she thinks of all the "special touches" to make a retreat a very special and personal event ... it won't be so large you feel like you are just one of the heard ... as a friend said it's an "I'm special and deserve it" kind of thing ... this is the kind of retreat you would plan for or go to with your very favorite and best of friends ... this event is the Shady Ladies Art Retreat in Salado, TX (Austin area) in April 2010 ... I will be teaching there along with some VERY talented awesome teacher ... so please click on the link and "join in on all the fun" .......

Recipe

This is something we all enjoy and it makes a quick easy cocktail munchie ..... enjoy

Yep I am getting ready for Christmas

Thanksgiving meal is over ... we are all stuffed like turkeys ...... now we are making plans to decorate the house tomorrow after we take our sweet Granddaughter to get Santa shots ..... hope everyone is safe and snuggled up with full tummy's ...

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