Create!

I'm having fun today playing with a site called Polyvore. I hope that you enjoy my whimsical piece of artwork. Have a great day.

Thrifting is Fun, and Smart

I have enjoyed perusing thrift stores wherever I am, and being a military wife, I've been able to check out quite a few. Part of the fun for me is finding a treasure - something special for my family or an object that has special significance in its uniqueness or charm. I proudly display several pieces of artwork that I have found thrifting. Thrift shops can be a great place to find frames. I will tape out the frame edge, gesso the painting surface, and voila! - a great new surface to play with.
Lately I have enjoyed following The Thrifty Chicks blog. It's such fun to see their finds and follow suggestions for reusing thrift shop treasures. If you are also a thrifting fan, go here to read about their idea for a USA Nation Thrift Store Month. Check out some of the other Month celebrations. Very interesting stuff.

Hope

Spring blossoms soon to come

Sweet fragrance in the air

Hope

The Lovely Daffodil

"Daffodils" (1804)

I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the Milky Way,

They stretch'd in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company:

I gazed -- and gazed -- but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

By William Wordsworth (1770-1850).

Butterflies Flutter By

I created this little mobile for one of the girls' bedrooms. It is very simple. It moves slowly with the any breeze. It's fun to lie underneath and watch it rotate.




Same butterflies, solarized. Cool effect.


If I had more time, I would love to try this. The bird mobile is AMAZING! Such talent.