Finally!

Life sure can throw some curveballs your way, can't it?? I think I'm finally in a place where I can continue this artful journey. I want to thank all of my friends who have stuck with me through this messy time in my life, I love you all dearly! Now...on to the art!





Isn't it amazing how some small idea in your brain..just a little spark that maybe like mine, hit while you were sleeping, can become a piece of reality that is treasured by others??? I'm having a tough time wrapping my brain around that one! Last year for my daughter's dance teachers, I made personalized shadow boxes of the dance studio. I was so touched that they actually kept them out until Easter and told every person who asked who had made it :) They have put them out again this year in the studio and I've had a few requests for them by both the young girls and their parents. I think it's so awesome that something I created has touched teenagers..they're definitely tough to impress!! Gotta love them!
I'm currently working on this years gift for them, the party's Tuesday! I'm such a great procrastinator.eh?? I think I hear a resolution in there somewhere...ah well, I'll get to it later ;)

The Dreaded First Post...

Well, I've started the blog a few weeks ago and STILL haven't posted my first post! I'm guessing this is fairly normal..it's not that I didn't want too...or that I wasn't thinking about it...A LOT..but it was that anything that I started to write sounded silly! SO, I've finally come to the conclusion that I'm just gonna have to deal with sounding silly and jump right in or I'm never EVER going to get this dreaded first post out there...

Guess I should start with a bit about me (I'll keep it at a bit!!!). I'm a 41 year old stay at home mom, although a "hardly ever seems to be home" mom would probably be more accurate for most of us these days! I have a 13 year old daughter who's started her drama career very early, life with her is never EVER dull :) She's my heartbeat and really is a fantastic kid :)

Guess a picture is worth a thousand words!!

As for my artwork, I've always seemed to be creating something. I've participated in
numerous swaps, both local and national (yahoo groups)..gotta love those yahoo groups!!
I love being around creative people and the talent out there never fails to amaze me.
I take as many classes as I possibly can because there never seems to NOT be something new out there that I have to know how to do! lol
I've decorated cakes, sewn costumes, scrapbooked, home decor items and my newest endeavor..painted! But more about all of that as we go :)

This blog was created out of my love for sharing ..my artwork, things I've learned or discovered (usually by accident)and any knowledge that I may have picked up along the way from all of the amazing people that I've met and continue to meet. I'm completely addicted to reading blogs and I've been asked quite a few times why I didn't have a blog of my own ...Well, now I can answer that I do..AND it even has that dreaded first post done! Yay!