tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36850482404055235572024-03-05T05:02:12.833-06:00Pigment of My ImaginationMichellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.comBlogger1129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-57662906706145970502016-12-15T16:34:00.000-06:002016-12-15T16:34:46.702-06:00Still crafting. . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It has been ages since I've taken the opportunity to blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Not much painting or drawing happening - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">however, the craft bug continues to bite!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Mostly beads and yarn these days though - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Took the Eclectic Beaded Crocheted Jewelry class hosted through <a href="http://jeanneoliverdesigns.com/" target="_blank">Jeanne Oliver</a>'s site. Loved that class and it seems</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">to have created a monster!! I can't stop making these necklace/wraps! </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I think I've made close to 20 of them in the past month or so. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Some are in a local gift shop which thrills me because I seem to be addicted to the acquisition of beads lately. . . </span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-44839375698419458692016-03-03T23:03:00.001-06:002017-03-28T14:37:30.585-05:00Worried girl...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Linking to <a href="http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/2016/03/paint-party-friday-week-52-year-5-check.html" target="_blank">Paint Party Friday</a> and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://www.kimdellow.co.uk/p/show-your-face.html" target="_blank">Kim Dellow:Show Your Face</a></span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-22392156232959786232016-01-23T23:06:00.000-06:002016-01-25T21:14:56.219-06:00Stop thinking so much. . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We've gotten a lot of snow in the past few days here in KY. In fact, yesterday was declared a State of Emergency by the governor. School was cancelled for Caleb from Wednesday - Friday and we've been hunkered in the house as a family for the past couple of days. The board games have been dug out, goofy television has been watched and there has been a lot of laughter. Snow days ARE good days!</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-72752928570507448502016-01-16T15:51:00.001-06:002016-01-16T15:51:33.657-06:00But I think I touched it.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I used masking tape in my journal while painting these flowers and was so excited to see if it worked that I removed the tape too soon! Then I spent the next several layers having to be careful not to go outside my crisp edges. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">NOTE TO SELF: Leave the tape until finished with the page!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linking to <a href="http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/2016/01/paint-party-friday-week45-year-5-check.html" target="_blank">Paint Party Friday</a> and</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-86690565176514941722016-01-08T18:15:00.000-06:002016-01-08T18:16:48.615-06:00Pam Garrison inspired...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Pam Garrison has a class on Creativebug called <a href="https://www.creativebug.com/classseries/creative-sketchbooking" target="_blank">Creative Sketching</a>. These are my exercises from Part 1. Neither of them look much like Pam's - apparently, I am too structured and uptight for that. LOL </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It was fun using lots of colors and pen work - I prefer the one that is more earth colored - probably because it is the calmer one. I do love my neutrals. . .</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-19630371055139074982015-11-20T19:41:00.000-06:002015-11-20T19:41:11.825-06:00AEDM - Jane<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">it was supposed to make you feel something."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> - Rainbow Rowell</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Love that quote - what a great sentiment! It has been quite the mucky week with torrents of rain and wet leaves getting tracked in multiple times a day. As yucky as that has been at least it is better than the predicted low of 24 on Sunday morning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linking to <a href="http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/balzer_designs/2015/11/art-journal-every-day-two-pages-built-on-magazine-images.html" target="_blank">Art Journal Every Day</a>,</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-80606339690603010112015-11-08T14:09:00.000-06:002015-11-08T14:10:07.637-06:00AEDM - Life is. . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Life is about change</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Sometimes it is painful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Sometimes it is beautiful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">But most of the time - it is both.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So I took my <a href="http://msmathey.blogspot.com/2015/11/art-every-day-month.html" target="_blank">cut up flower painting</a> and made a book using <a href="http://www.poppypaperie.com/poppy_paperie/2010/10/mini-fold-book.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a>. I even got out my trusty Scor-Pal for old times' sake. No worries if you don't have one - just use a scoring blade on your paper cutter. Makes me want to get out and use my papercrafting tools again. . . </span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-37499528978909052512015-11-06T15:03:00.002-06:002015-11-06T15:03:20.357-06:00AEDM - Doctor's orders<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-52034842286797697812015-11-04T18:10:00.001-06:002015-11-04T18:10:38.350-06:00AEDM - Lisa Congdon inspired<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This page was inspired from an exercise in the <a href="http://lisacongdon.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Congdon</a> class - <a href="https://www.creativebug.com/classseries/more-sketchbook-explorations" target="_blank">More Sketchbook Explorations</a>. I love watching her draw - she makes it look so easy - then you try and the easy part turns out to not be that easy after all.</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-13898852373896850612015-11-01T21:40:00.000-06:002015-11-01T21:54:53.034-06:00Art Every Day Month - <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hey - I've missed you - life has been challenging lately and my creative side took a big hit.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'm hoping that taking part in the <a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/art-every-day-month" target="_blank">Art Every Day Month</a> challenge will help get things moving - at least I painted today which is more than I can say for the past two months! Anything is a move in the right direction!<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My flowers are all cut up for the next step in their transformation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linking to <a href="http://illustrationfriday.com/" target="_blank">Illustration Friday - BOUQUET</a>,</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-80063107041285575642015-08-07T22:26:00.000-05:002015-08-07T22:26:13.495-05:00Powder vs. freckles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">She was realizing that the powder she used attempting to hide her freckles was more distracting than the freckles themselves.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linking to <a href="http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/balzer_designs/2015/08/art-journal-every-day-lost-my-mojo.html" target="_blank">Art Journal Every Day</a>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/2015/08/paint-party-friday-week-22-year-5-check.html" target="_blank">Paint Party Friday</a> and</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-37704615186286413482015-08-02T21:35:00.000-05:002015-08-03T21:33:31.634-05:00Hee Haw!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">(This girl looks like a Hee-Haw Honey to me)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I was born in Illinois and we moved to Kentucky when I was eight. My mom and dad never listened to country music and I still don't although my dad and younger son have moseyed over that direction a few times. One television staple though was watching <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hee_Haw" target="_blank">Hee Haw!</a> Yesterday, an ad came on for a Time Life collection of Hee Haw episodes and I found myself singing along to the goofy skits. I hadn't thought of that show in decades but I remembered the silly songs from my childhood with no problem. Now if only I could remember the important things. . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linking to <a href="http://bluechairdiary.blogspot.com/2015/08/sunday-sketches-be-your-own-kind-of.html" target="_blank">Sunday Sketches</a> and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/creativeeveryday/2015/08/creative-every-day-check-in-august-3-9.html" target="_blank">Creative Every Day</a></span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-83885829450690019462015-07-19T20:57:00.001-05:002015-07-20T20:01:00.186-05:00Insect tragedies. . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It has been nearly a month since I've last posted - summer is really busy and my free time is nearly nonexistent. Not sure what prompted that weird bug to be the item that breaks my slump - go figure!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linking to <a href="http://bluechairdiary.blogspot.com/2015/07/sunday-sketches-dreaming-of-hedgehogs.html" target="_blank">Sunday Sketches</a>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/balzer_designs/2015/07/art-journal-every-day-beginning-of-june-2015.html" target="_blank">Art Journal Every Day</a> and</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-66187840084842203232015-06-26T17:41:00.004-05:002015-06-26T17:42:02.556-05:00A question for you regarding Andrew Wyeth. . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So yesterday I was out and about with Connor (18) and he took a quick peek into the current issue of MAD magazine while we were waiting to check out of the grocery. He laughs at a political cartoon of Chris Christie saying, "Isn't this funny? - it is referencing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina's_World" target="_blank">Christina's World</a>." He saw my confused face and said - "You do know about Christina's World don't you?" and quickly googles a picture of it. When I saw the artist was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wyeth" target="_blank">Andrew Wyeth</a> I said, "Oh, he's the guy who painted lots and lots of portraits of the neighbor lady and nobody knew anything about it." (See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Helga_Pictures" target="_blank">Helga Pictures</a>) At that point it was Connor's turn to look confused.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The big scandal regarding the 247 Helga paintings hit when I was not much older than Connor is now and is the immediate reference my brain goes to when it hears the name Andrew Wyeth. I knew that he had a history as a painter but I was a kid and we didn't have Google then so Helga is the only reference I have for him. Connor says that my not knowing about Christina's World is on the same level as if someone didn't know about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gothic" target="_blank">American Gothic</a>. So tell me - is it true that I've been living under a rock?? It's okay - I can take it. . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">BTW - this girl is for the <a href="http://twinkletwinklelikeastar.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-summer-of-color-5-week-three.html" target="_blank">Summer of Color Challenge 3</a> (two purples and one yellow),</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linking to <a href="http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/2015/06/paint-party-friday-week-16-year-5-check.html" target="_blank">Paint Party Friday</a>,</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-402430554924142432015-06-21T22:02:00.000-05:002015-06-22T22:07:34.977-05:00More veg. . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Finally took some time last night and this morning to paint up some more veg for the Delicious Food class being taught by the amazing <a href="http://www.traceyfletcherking.com/" target="_blank">Tracey Fletcher King</a>. I'm pretty pleased with all of them - took me forever though and loads of layers to paint these critters. Tracey makes things looks easy that are not!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There are crazy storms that have been blowing through these parts the past several days - the grass is really tall but when it is about time for Caleb to mow it starts raining again. Good grief.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linking to <a href="http://bluechairdiary.blogspot.com/2015/06/sunday-sketches-litte-blue-for-you.html" target="_blank">Sunday Sketches</a> and</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-42561556169407471192015-06-18T23:14:00.000-05:002015-06-19T09:33:56.515-05:00A plethora of pink<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'm not a huge fan of pink - in fact I often make fun of my friend <a href="http://serendipityvintagestudio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kim's</a> love of that hue - but it is time for the <a href="http://twinkletwinklelikeastar.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-summer-of-color-5-week-two.html" target="_blank">Summer of Color Challenge</a> and this week's palette consists of two pinks coupled with an orange. This is exactly why I love this challenge - I'd never paint a picture like this if it weren't for the daunting task of using these colors together and frankly I kinda like it in all its glorious rosy hue - Go figure! Thanks <a href="http://twinkletwinklelikeastar.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kristin</a> for making me stretch from my comfort zone!<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linking to <a href="http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/2015/06/paint-party-friday-week-15-year-5-check.html" target="_blank">Paint Party Friday</a>,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://balzerdesigns.typepad.com/balzer_designs/2015/06/art-journal-every-day-the-end-of-a-journal.html" target="_blank">Art Journal Every Day</a> and </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.kimdellow.co.uk/2015/06/art-it-friday-show-your-face-with.html" target="_blank">Art It Friday - Show Your Face</a></span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-78581460958656771612015-06-08T23:36:00.001-05:002015-06-08T23:36:29.127-05:00The BEST tomato I've ever drawn. . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">YUP - This is the BEST tomato I've ever drawn - also, it is the only tomato that I have ever drawn so it wins by default but seriously now - isn't it amazing??!! I've been a huge fan of <a href="http://www.traceyfletcherking.com/" target="_blank">Tracey Fletcher King</a> for ever so long and when I found out she was hosting a class on Community Thrive called <a href="http://www.traceyfletcherking.com/2015/05/two-things-i-am-looking-forward-to.html" target="_blank">"Delicious Paint with Tracey"</a> I jumped for the opportunity to watch her paint and learn some of her amazing secrets.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Tracey's work abounds with luscious color and she is super FUNNY to boot so you can thank me later for pushing you her way (unless, like me, you've been enjoying her posts for years). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I own very few pieces of original art but I am proud to say I own a painting that Tracey did of <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/264868021807571039/" target="_blank">my mug for her Cuppa with Friends project</a>. It lives in my kitchen and makes me smile everyday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Linking to <a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/creativeeveryday/2015/06/creative-every-day-check-in-june-8-14.html" target="_blank">Creative Every Day</a></span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-32920662311312998972015-06-05T12:44:00.001-05:002015-06-05T12:44:24.386-05:00Big Hair Tale<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In <u>The Year in Janie's Diary</u> our heroine is valiantly trying to look older and more attractive by, among other things, ratting her hair out to gargantuan proportions. No wonder most girls needed an entire evening to wash and style their hair - can you imagine how much time it would take to wash out all that hairspray?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I haven't used much hairspray in the past decade or so but I will admit that in 8th grade I had some of the best feathered hair around - my technique was to curl and arrange the hair precisely where I wanted it to lay, hold it in place with clips, spray the whole mess into submission and then remove the clips once the hairspray had dried. Worked like a charm until the wind blew or the rain fell. LOL What extremes did you go to for the perfect coiffure? </span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-68226181548732144002015-05-31T22:45:00.001-05:002015-06-01T07:44:42.849-05:00Sewer Flower<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-1816600059936066142015-05-28T23:03:00.000-05:002015-05-29T08:44:45.764-05:00Mixed Baggage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It has been an exciting, busy week - our oldest graduated from high school, we attended two graduation parties, enjoyed hosting family in from Seattle and seeing other family that was in town as well. The days flew by in a blur but were so enjoyable - still trying to recover. . .</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-73582652828679477882015-05-17T20:53:00.001-05:002015-05-18T22:24:58.971-05:00Bad advice. . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The fortune cookie bolstered her courage to try a new cut and color with her hair - she learned the hard way not to take advice from a cookie!</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-71023316469720030792015-05-15T08:33:00.003-05:002015-05-15T08:33:44.333-05:00working on my own grass<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Our oldest graduates from high school a week from today - where did the time go?? I'm not going to say it seems like yesterday that we brought him home but I will admit that the years have certainly gone more quickly than I expected. In the meantime, I'm in a frenzy of activity to prepare for family arriving and graduation parties to commence.<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-51413775877418277622015-05-10T21:59:00.000-05:002015-05-12T16:02:39.513-05:00traces of the applied arts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Well, time is marching on and I'm not getting any younger - LOL! The old dark circles have been creeping up so I've been watching some makeup videos and there are way too many choices these days! Who knew that I should be applying foundation with a brush and not with a sponge? This is what I ordered - <a href="http://www.itcosmetics.com/bye-bye-under-eyer-anti-aging-concealer" target="_blank">IT Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer</a>. I'm hoping for the best - what products are your favorites?<span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linking to <a href="http://bluechairdiary.blogspot.com/2015/05/sunday-sketches-new-dreams-adventures.html" target="_blank">Sunday Sketches</a> and</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-7080992490635762442015-05-07T22:45:00.000-05:002015-05-08T09:00:47.442-05:00Wallpaper girl<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Recently I noticed that my backgrounds are very bland - a bright pop of color or an occasional flirt with texture. Today I decided to let the background do the talking. What I love is how the girl looks like she was drawn on white paper, cut out and glued on the page but in reality she was drawn first and the "wallpaper" was painted around her. It was really fun to paint these loose flowers. Gonna have to try that again!</span></div>
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Michellemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02812499413831211360noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3685048240405523557.post-43186631966513880462015-05-03T22:13:00.002-05:002015-05-04T21:05:23.128-05:00buy me this<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The weather was gorgeous this weekend!! Way too pretty to be inside drawing so all I have to show is a quick flower doodle on a prepainted ATC card. How was it outdoors by you??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Linking to <a href="http://bluechairdiary.blogspot.com/2015/05/sunday-sketches-its-ok-to-be-different.html" target="_blank">Sunday Sketches</a> and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/creativeeveryday/2015/05/creative-every-day-check-in-may-4-10.html" target="_blank">Creative Every Day</a></span></div>
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