Suspenders

I made this skirt to wear to the Farm Chicks show in Spokane a couple of years back. Then I found the suspenders. Done!

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I just had to  mention, after viewing some of the posts over at Not Dead, that I learn something new and interesting about style every Monday.... a new color combo, putting together garments in ways I would never have thought of. Thanks to Patti and all that participate. You inspire me every week!!

 

Art for the day...Buffy the mountain goat.

Happy Canada Day

Here's hoping everyone has a safe, fun Canada Day weekend. Bruce and I will probably watch the fireworks at the beach. I'm hoping I won't need the PARKA I needed to wear last year!

I'm the guest artist at Black Star Studio Gallery this Saturday. Drop by and say hi!

Get Busy!!

Must paint today!

This little top is a thrift find by Bridgehead. It has a block printed effect on cotton and the small dark squares are hand sewn. I like the artsy style. Sorry for the blurry photo.

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Art for the day. I very much liked this little red-haired girl playing the flute but I may change the background.

Paint-in at Crazy Ravens Studio

 What better way to celebrate the first long day of summer than a paint-in.

 A few members from the Headwaters Art Society arrived to explore gelatin printing. I made small molds of gelatin (you can see one just in front of Leslie's left hand. We slathered them with acrylic paint, impressed texture items and layered the results.

  A result. Of course, you can make bigger gelatin slabs. I am going to use my prints for collages and art journals.

As usual, I get into my work.

If you are interested in seeing more photos of the paint-in, go here:  http://headwatersartsociety.blogspot.ca/2012/06/summer-solstice-celebration.html

Happy Solstice

Hooray! summer is officially here. So I decided to put up a pic of me in my lovely Solstice headband.

And a green man.

I am going to celebrate by spending as much time as possible outside today..we look like we may actually get some sun. As usual, it has been a very wet June (our rainy season).

I saw an elk cow and an eagle on my morning walk.

The elk came tippy-toeing along the back fence the night before last... a half dozen cows with lovely spotted calves! This is an older photo prior to calving season. I would love to get a pic of those pretty babies. We have seen the big mama whitetail doe hanging close and acting tough but I haven't seen the fawns yet. The magpies and crows are continuing their terrible, raucous war.

One more time

Same jumper, different t-shirt. It was raining so I'm posing in my greenhouse. I quite like the chandelier in there.
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And the painting of the day is

I really like mourning doves.