Happy 2012 ...

I so hope 2012 brings each of you a wonderful, healthy, happy year .... I hope to do better about getting back to my art, making time for my genealogy, and enjoying family and friends ..... Linda

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas around the world ...

Afrikaner (Afrikaans) ~ "Geseënde Kersfees"
Argentine ~ "Felices Pascuas"
Bohemian ~ "Vesele Vanoce"
Brazilian ~ "Boas Festas"
Chinese (Cantonese) ~ "Saint Dan Fai Lok"
Danish ~ "Glædelig Jul"
Dutch ~ "Vrolijk Kerstfeest"
English ~ "Merry Christmas"
Filipino ~ "Maligayang Pasko"
Finnish ~ "Hyvaa Joulua"
French ~ "Joyeux Noël"
German ~ "Froehliche Weihnachten"
Greek ~ "Kala Christouyenna"
Hawaiian ~ "Mele Kalikimaka"
Hebrew ~ "Mo'adim Lesimkha"
Icelandic ~ "Gledileg Jol"
Indonesian ~ "Selamat Hari Natal"
Irish ~ "Nollaig Shona Dhuit"
Italian ~ "Buone Feste Natalizie"
Japanese ~ "Kurisumasu Omedeto"
Korean ~ "Sung Tan Chuk Ha"
Lithuanian ~ "Linksmu Kaledu"
Malay ~ "Selamat Hari Natal"
Maori ~ "Meri Kirihimete"
Norwegian ~ "God Jul"
Romanian ~ "Craciun Fericit"
Peruvian ~ "Felices Fiestas"
Portugese ~ "Boas Festas"
Slovakian ~ "Vesele Vianoce"
Spanish ~ "Feliz Navidad"
Swedish ~ "God Jul"
Welsh ~ "Nadolig Llawen"

Thank each and everyone of you ...

To all our Veterans far and wide, young and old; I salute you and thank you for your service and sacrifices ....

Cards for Fall

well I have done a little this last couple of weeks ... still can't do cutting out but can do die cuts ... I am so excited that I can do a little creating ...... click to enlarge

News on the home front ...

 our son will be doing an online class at www.creatureworkshops.com

.... this is what Jason says about it, "i'll be breaking down one of the weekly sculpts cesar is doing, for the class, into a game-ready "hero" model and explaining the why's and how's of it."   .... if you want to get into the business you should do this class ........ yes I am a very proud Momma, he is helping others learn to do what he loves, maybe it's genetic .... ;-)

Halloween is just around the corner

My arm/wrist/hand is getting much better and in a month I should be able to really start arting again ... but since I haven't been able to do anything for so long I thought I would share photo's of my little Halloween project that got canceled due to health reasons with you ...

REMEMBERING 9-11

My heart is heavy with the loss and devastation this day brings to mind but I want all people to remember ...

(image from 911memorial.org)

(image from Focus Georgetown Magazine)

See you can TAPE anything

progress ... I still have to wear the stabilizer but now I have this kinetic tape also and it is making a world of difference in my progress ... love this stuff ... still have a way to go but in 11 more days I go to the Dr. and maybe then I can really get going again ....... hope everyone is having fun for me too ..... Linda

update 8-31-2011 Linda's arm

One more posting

I was to be in a Round Robin with some awesome artist but had to bow out because if this surgery so I am posting the front cover which I finished about a month ago, it's a Junque' Journal I made to use got lots of canvas, cardstock, envelopes, pockets and stuff inside for the artist to use as substrata for their work .... hoping I can get back before the 2 months (for full recovery), they are taking my thumb out of socket and scrapping it then putting it back, calcium deposits from arthritis is just to bad and has messed up tendons all the way up my arm .......  Linda

Graphic 45 "Curtain Call" Triptych

Second part of special project ......

the finial .... she won't be able to play with this just have it in her room ... maybe one day she and her mom can build another fairy house or maybe a total village ...... how knows what tomorrow will bring ..... click to enlarge

Magic Fairy Wand ....

this is one of the special projects ....... I got the Tinker Bell at the Disney store she is about 3" tall and I put her sitting on a bouquet of flowers made from sparkle fun foam and paper flowers with fun foam leaves on top of a wooden dowel I painted silver ...... click to enlarge

Sneak Peek - 2

ok here is a little more .......

Sneak Peek

I am working on a special project for my granddaughter .... her 2nd birthday is in a few weeks ... can you guess what it is ........

Garden Book ...

I attended a private art retreat recently and we worked on this In the Garden book ... thought I would share with you my version .... click to enlarge

D is for Daring Diva

I am doing Alphabet art in an Art Journal a friend made me and this is my "D" .... when I finish this book I will teach my granddaughter her alphabets with it ....... should be interesting when she get to school ....... ;-) .... click to enlarge

Got it done ............

When our granddaughter was born I got a super banner kit from a friend - just the pieces - I had to put it together but that was what I wanted to do ..... well she is turning 2 next month and I just now got it done .... can you see what I mean about LIFE getting in the way of some of the things you really want to do ...... click to enlarge

More of my Altered Art Journal

yes I grabbed a few hours and did something in my Art Journal .... sure made me feel good to create

Couple of Stair Step Cards

I had some fun the other day so thought I would share ......

Want to take awesome jewlery classes online

this is the place ... Deryn is a super teacher and does such awesome work ... enjoy

My Altered Art Journal

A wonderful friend gave me this great art journal ... she started it with background papers and odd bits of pages and I am to make it come to life ...... this is my first work and I am so excited about working all thru these great pages ..... I will continue to post as I complete pages ... I am really more of a visual journalist but I am trying to write personal things in this one to go with the visual .......

Went to a Play Day ...

I had fun making Easel Cards .... love that Graphic 45 paper .....

Arting around again .......

Having fun with plant stakes... and making Garden cards ...

Finally a little art .......

I am trying to get back into the swing of things so I had a little time a few days ago and got this done ...

Have a safe and Happy Memorial Day weekend

I want to remember the sacrifices my fore-fathers made in each of the wars that have been fought to obtain and keep our freedom and protect us .... Thank You, Daddy, Granddad, Great-Grandad and other Great-Grandads back as far as I have traced to before the Revolutionary War .... I also want to thank the men and women of today for the same sacrifices they make on an ongoing basis to keep us free and safe ... Linda

Happy Mother's Day everyone

May your day be filled with love and laughter ..... remember all the sweet smiles and I love yous that those wonderful kids gave you though out time ......

Happy Easter everyone ...

hope you have a wonderful one with friends and/or family ..... maybe you can use this in some art ...