For me, doing art, creating something, helps to calm and center me. It also allows me to work out my feelings in a different way…
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Yes, it has been a while since I have shared an art journal spread! This spread took its sweet time, probably because it ended up being about something sweet . . . my husband and I are celebrating our wedding anniversary this Saturday, our 6th one…
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Behind the scenes, I have been working on a sample altered book for the newly announced collaborative workshop called, Artful Pages - 4 artists 4 ways.
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My dad and my husband Steven have been working in their work shop on a set of matching bookcases for Maeve and Tina…
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My youngest son Dallas, is coming to visit tomorrow for four days! I love these photos Steven snapped of him in rapid succession when he visited us with his girlfriend Liz, earlier this year.
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You may have heard me mention the "sailboat rebuild" before… ever since my Dad and Steven found a workshop space, they have spent a good part of every day working on the project.
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I remembered the scrap of paper my husband Steven drew on the day before. He called it a "7-second" crab because he told me that is how long it would take him to draw it
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For quite a while we had been talking about going to the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota. I knew it was mostly older pieces (1300's-1600's) but I had also heard it had beautiful grounds to walk on, a contemporary exhibit and admission is FREE on Mondays!
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A photo and article from the Cortez Boat Festival was published in the Anna Maria Island Sun …
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Steven, me and my dad were at the Florida Gulf Coast Traditional Small Craft Festival today in Cortez, Florida. Last week, Steven decided to enter the Traditional Small Craft Festival Race with the Melonseed Sailboat my father made in 1995….
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While over at my mom & dad's celebrating their 54th wedding anniversary tonight, I spied this photo in a frame… Steven had taken it with my sister's camera and she did send me a copy, but I had forgotten about it.
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My dad and my husband Steven worked together to restore the finish on the cedar strip canoe my dad made that has seen a lot of use…
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More sanding, more spreading of epoxy, and talks about having confidence and diving in…
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Around 3pm Tuesday afternoon, we rolled into Bradenton, FL and drove straight to my parent's home…
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We have sold our home and are heading towards Bradenton, Florida in about a week or so... Bradenton is where my mom and Dad live. This is still hard to believe…
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This week our challenge was to "Art up a favorite, uplifting quote"…
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I finished the pages of a Star Book that I started as a sample piece in the class I taught in April. I had done the base pages and basic cover, but not completed the inside pages, so I used some appropriately mushy sentiments/snippets from our wedding program…
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Just this past week, we sold our sailboat Nimda. She was named after a computer virus by Steven in 2002 . . . just imagine what he was dealing with at work at the time . . .
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Chloe is a fine example to share with you what the days in CT have been like lately.
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For the holidays, I created a 2009 calendar for my mom, using some fun pictures. . . here are a few!
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