Working in my art journal! While I usually try spend about an hour for each set of pages I work on, this took much longer! I was just having the time of my life adding elements as if I were cooking up a wonderful recipe from scratch. Just seeing what all the different ingredients could do for my art taste buds!

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The prompt was to create something involving windows or doors and to use all media! A media free-for-all. So I included pencils, watercolor, paints, pens, and inks! (I told you it was like cooking).



I used lots of different papers to build up my textures.


The fish are also collaged and painted.


I slid a sketch of a girl looking into the water. I wonder if maybe SHE is the one in the fish tank looking out into the big blue sea?



My R.A.I.L. Workshop for last month is now available for individual purchase:



This is an extra special issue of R.A.I.L. because I love my mom so, and I had a chance to create a beautiful memory box with photos of her and I in it. The little girl in the plaid dress is me! The photo is of my mom when she was living in Rome.


Another little spirit baby I made for my daughter.

I'll be back soon to post photo's of some wonderful Christmas goodies that have come my way!

On the hunt for pretty beads:



I love to make little spirit dolls! They somehow fit so comfortably in the palm of your hands, and these dolls have this way about them that assures you that you have a real friend to watch out for you! The beads I use are tiny, and after about an hour of doing the bead work, everything from my neck to my back gets stiff and sore! But, how else can you do this delicate work? One little bead at a time. So, I found this adorable little birdie bead, and for someone like me, who adores birds, I had to attach it in some way. There it is! I wish I knew where to find really cool, really amazing beads! I'll be out on the hunt for them and see what I find.

Still working on beautiful bottles, jars, and vases.

Another new one! This project is so much fun...! The colors all came together so well and the whole project just flowed. These are now sitting pretty in my home and the diffuser liquid smells so good! I like them as an alternative to candles and air fresheners because they have a nature-quality to them, and I love nature.