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He Loves Me Not ACEO

2011-01-12T23:16:00.003-05:00

2010-07-31T19:03:00.001-04:00

Here's my newest ACEO.

Feeling a Bit Better

2010-07-21T14:35:00.002-04:00

Yep. Thankfully, I don't feel as depressed today.

Still thinking about that artist's journal. I think I will start it today once I get this apartment somewhat in order. Wish me luck.

2010-07-20T21:06:00.004-04:00

Feeling depressed.

Thinking about doing an art journal and listing it on eBay. Maybe I'll call it; "Diary of the Next Big Thing to Hit The Art World - Or So I Wish"

Maybe I will work on it in my blog. I sure haven't been visiting it much lately, so why not?

I did make my first big sale besides the pencil portraits I sold when I was younger. $200 for a painting - I actually got three offers on it that day and I only brought it in to display at a banquet. I added a pearl necklace and my initials and the year after this photo was taken.

People compared my painting to Modiglioni - who sadly, I had never heard of. Thank God for Google. I really should stop buying only books on Dali and start reading up on other artists as well. I am primarily self-taught and I still have a great deal to learn. Maybe this fall I will try to take a class again and not psych myself out this time.

School is a giant headgame for me. I only passed one college class out of five - I quit the other four. I don't remember spelling and grammar enough anymore, and English Comp. was the class that I made it through. I guess I should cut myself some slack; it was twenty years ago. But I need more self-esteem. Okay, I will take another adult-ed class. No pressure with those.

Money is the only issue now.

2010-03-15T02:24:00.006-04:00

Just finished this today.

YEAH!

2010-03-02T08:54:00.002-05:00

I got some really great feedback on eBay. I sold my Wizard drawing, which I didn't post here and now I can't seem to find the photo I took. Drat, I just checked my trash can and it's not there either. My thinking was to conserve space on my iMac, which is getting old and full of photos, vintage images, and artwork. I haven't backed any up lately because my disc drive is not functioning properly, and I can't seem to get those thumb drives to work either. I did upload some stuff to Photobucket, but not nearly enough. Sorry to anyone who is reading this. If you're inclined to take a peek, my eBay I.D. is designsbydoodles.

2010-03-01T11:01:00.000-05:00

Today's creation:

New ATCs ACEOs

2010-02-28T14:37:00.003-05:00

This ACEO was a photo taken in a small town in Arizona. I altered it using Photoshop, printed it on cardstock, then colored it with Prismacolors. SOLD!

2010-02-27T12:58:00.002-05:00

Here are a few things I've done this week: First one is SOLD!

Bored

2010-01-04T11:11:00.002-05:00

It's been a while since I've posted anything. I am bored. My husband stayed up late and he's still sleeping, so I have to be veeeewwwwy quiewwwet. Tonight I am going to a friend's house to scrapbook and tomorrow I am going to another friend's house to teach her how to make jewelry. She ordered a watch face off of eBay so she has a project in mind. That helps, but I'm sure she would think of something pretty fast anyway! I have to check out my inventory. It has been a couple of months since I have made any jewelry so I should make sure I have all of my tools and things in order.

Hubby just got up anyway, so I can stop being quiet and bored. Bye.

New Watch

2009-06-21T11:16:00.003-04:00

I made this watch for myself today.

Fourth Postcard

2009-01-07T19:11:00.002-05:00

Third Postcard

2009-01-07T18:49:00.002-05:00

Second Spring Altered Postcard

2009-01-07T13:05:00.002-05:00

This is the second of five altered postcards for my swap.

Spring Altered Postcard

2009-01-07T11:49:00.001-05:00

This is the first postcard completed for an altered postcard swap that I joined on one of my Yahoo groups.

We've Moved!

2008-12-26T09:25:00.003-05:00

Well, there have been a lot of changes this past year;

I retired from my 19 1/2 year job due to medical reasons. It was the best thing I could have done, even though it was difficult to do.

My mother was diagnosed with cancer, and now after a partial lung removal and chemotherapy is considered to be cancer free. We will find out for sure in January when she visits her doctor again.

Because I missed six months of work prior to my early retirement being approved, we fell behind on our mortgage and were left with no choice but to list our house for sale to avoid foreclosure. We were fortunate enough to have a buyer in the first week, but it took months for the mediations and other hoops we had to jump through for the bank, so we finally closed last week.

We have moved into our new apartment wich is 60 years newer than our old place, and in much better condition. I love the character of our old house, but the bright apartment and the lack of blemishes everywhere has made me more at home here than I thought I would be.

I loved our dance-hall-sized livingroom at our old house, but it never evoked an inviting feeling because of it's enormous size. The new place feels cozy in every room while still providing adequate space for us.

Now that Christmas has passed, things will finally settle down again and I can catch my breath and get back into creating more art and jewelry. Despite the many changes and unfortunate events of this past year, I am feeling better now; more relaxed and more hopeful about the future.

Birthday Card for My Sister

2008-06-14T08:24:00.003-04:00

I played with this old photo of my sister in Photoshop and made this card.

2008-06-14T08:17:00.002-04:00

I'm a self-taught artist and not very good at watercolors. I did this ATC yesterday, and I like it even though it's very ammeter.

Fairy Postcard

2008-06-13T20:50:00.003-04:00

This is a fairy postcard for a swap I'm in. I realize I haven't posted in a long time. I have been ill and not up to posting anything. My creativity has not been up to par either.

5x5 Children Collage

2008-04-15T17:50:00.003-04:00

This collage is listed on eBay.

2008-04-11T18:41:00.003-04:00

Here's my latest piece. Completed today.

6x6 Scrapbook Pages

2008-03-13T03:05:00.003-04:00

I am involved in a swap with two partners for 6x6 scrapbook pages. One requested that the page be about me, and the other requested that the page be about the Titanic. I thought the Titanic page would be a challenge, but I was wrong; it was the page about myself that I found difficult. How do you sum up your life in one 6x6 inch page? Well, I completed both of them, and I like the Titanic one the best. I hope my partners like them, that's what's important.

Double Deuce Dare

2008-03-04T05:15:00.004-05:00

Here's the final product!

Double Deuce Dare

2008-03-04T03:03:00.002-05:00

I received these items in the mail from Pea. I have been challenged to make something using at least five of these items. They're great items, so I think I can handle it, lol!

Today's Journal Entry:

2008-03-03T08:49:00.002-05:00

Winter is almost over!

2008-03-02T16:26:00.003-05:00

Here's a Teesha Moore inspired art doll.

2008-03-02T10:29:00.000-05:00

Today's art journal entry: Trish's Boot!

2008-02-28T02:58:00.003-05:00

I made this page this morning. I like how it turned out. When I bought this journal, I was attracted to it because of the handmade paper. However, it's not an easy paper to do your artwork on because it has a tendency to ball up. Otherwise, I love the look and feel of it.

Art Journal

2008-02-27T18:21:00.004-05:00

I worked in my art journal for the first time today since last July. Here's one of two pages that I completed.

Birthday Card for my Sister-In-Law

2008-02-26T18:14:00.005-05:00

I drew the image and colored it in with paint pens and markers, then I scanned it and added a watercolor filter in Photoshop. I printed it on photo paper, then on acetate. I cut the background out from the photo paper and mounted it to the acetate. I cut out a square in the card, mounted the image, and added the patterned paper to the inside of the card. The inside sentiment is hidden behind the bird.

New ATCs ACEOs

2008-02-24T13:39:00.005-05:00

I made some ATCs or ACEOs. Here's one.

Zany Zetti Inchies

2008-02-17T11:00:00.002-05:00

These are Teesha Moore Inspired Inchies. I have joined another Yahoo swap group!

February Zap Pages

2008-02-15T19:12:00.005-05:00

These are my February Zap Pages for my Yahoo swap group.

Valentine Cards

2008-02-15T19:02:00.006-05:00

These are the Valentine cards I made for friends and family.

Paper Doll Swap

2008-01-26T13:13:00.001-05:00

This is the paper doll I created for a swap this month. Hope you like it.

First Completed Project for 2008

2008-01-07T16:25:00.000-05:00

This is my first completed project of the year. I promised myself that I would try selling my art on eBay again, so here it is!

2007-12-28T17:00:00.000-05:00

This is a photo of our sweet Beagle, Max. Yesterday, fortunately my husband was off work when Max had his first seizure. My husband rushed Max to the vet. The vet examined him and told my husband that Max has idiopathic epilepsy. The vet won't put him on medication unless he has several seizures in a week. He also said that if he has a seizure lasting five minutes it will kill him. Fortunately his first seizure was only a few seconds, but I'm still worried about my sweet little friend.

2007-12-25T03:42:00.000-05:00

This is a scan of a painting I made for my step-daughter. I gave it to her last night for a Christmas gift. I could not fit the whole canvas on the scanner, but you can see part of the black border.

2007-12-23T14:55:00.001-05:00

2007-12-23T14:37:00.000-05:00

Here's another Photoshop creation.

2007-12-22T13:35:00.000-05:00

Angels We Have Heard on High

Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.

Refrain

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?

Refrain

Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Refrain

See Him in a manger laid,
Whom the choirs of angels praise;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While our hearts in love we raise.

Refrain

2007-12-22T08:53:00.000-05:00

This is an excerpt from the HHT Foundation website. My mother is seriously afflicted with great amounts of blood loss. This disease has nearly taken her life. Her heart is currently being monitored and I suspect the problem she is experiencing with an irregular heartbeat is the cause of HHT. I am also afflicted, but my symptoms are not as severe:

About HHT
Posted By Ann On September 30, 2007 (2:20 am) In About HHT

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) is a genetic disorder of the blood vessels, which affects approximately 1 in 5,000 people. It affects males and females from all racial and ethnic groups. The disorder is also sometimes referred to as Osler-Weber-Rendu (OWR) after several doctors who studied HHT about 100 years ago. In 1896 Dr. Rendu first described HHT as a hereditary disorder involving nosebleeds and characteristic red spots that was distinctly different from hemophilia.

Before Dr. Rendu’s work, doctors did not understand that individuals with what we now call HHT have abnormalities of their blood vessels, not a clotting problem in the blood itself. Drs. Weber and Osler reported on additional features of HHT in the early 1900s. More than one hundred years later, HHT is still often misdiagnosed in affected individuals and many doctors do not understand all of its manifestations.

What is HHT?

HHT is a genetic disorder that causes abnormalities of blood vessels. Most blood vessels in the body of someone with HHT are normal. However, a small percentage of the blood vessels in a person with HHT have a specific type of abnormality.

Blood vessels are the tubes that carry blood around our bodies. There are two types of blood vessels: arteries and veins. Arteries carry blood under high pressure out to all areas of the body after being pumped by the heart. Veins carry blood that should be under low pressure, back to the heart. An artery does not usually connect directly to a vein. Usually there are very small blood vessels called capillaries that connect an artery to a vein.

A person with HHT has a tendency to form blood vessels that lack the capillaries between an artery and vein. This means that arterial blood under high pressure flows directly into a vein without first having to squeeze through the very small capillaries. This place where an artery is connected directly to a vein tends to be a fragile site that can rupture and result in bleeding. We usually call a blood vessel that is abnormal in this way a telangiectasia (tel-AN-jee-eck-TAZE-ee-ya), if it involves small blood vessels. We tend to call it an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) if involves larger blood vessels. So, an AVM might be thought of as a big telangiectasia. The basic abnormality in the blood vessel is the same.

Telangiectases tend to occur at the surface of the body such as the skin and the mucous membrane that lines the nose. AVMs tend to occur in the internal organs of the body. The telangiectases (plural for telangiectasia) and AVMs of HHT occur primarily in the nose, skin of the face, hands, and mouth and the lining of the stomach and intestines (GI tract), lungs, liver and brain. It is not currently known why these abnormal blood vessels tend to occur in certain parts of the body and not others.

It's The Weekend, Time To Party!

2007-12-21T19:45:00.000-05:00

This is my husband in Margaritaville in Las Vegas. Yes, he was quite drunk. We were walking the strip and checking out the casinos, and my husband had to be "wastin' away in Margaritaville."

Anyway, it's finally the weekend, so enjoy it - but remember not to drink and drive!

Have fun!

Photoshop Creation

2007-12-20T05:25:00.000-05:00

I was searching the internet this morning for some good images of eggs for a project I'm thinking about and I found this great photo of a Robin's nest and turned it into a brush in Photoshop. I added some details, as you can see, and now I have a completed image. This could be a good element to my creation, or in the very least, just some fun that I had with Photoshop. If you're an artist and don't have this program, you just don't know what you're missing! There are endless possibilities with Photoshop, and with all of the playing I've done, I'm sure I still haven't discovered all of the fun things about this program. If you don't know how to create your own brushes, please leave me a message and I will tell you how to do it - don't worry, it's really simple!

How Do I Get My DH To Pick Up His Clothes?

2007-12-18T04:07:00.000-05:00

Ok, so he strips right where he is, be it the living room or the bedroom and that's where the clothes stay. I have asked him time and time again to put his clothes in the hamper and he can only manage to get them a few feet away. He will even leave a trail starting with his jeans at the foot of the bed and ending with his socks next to the bed. It's very annoying going from room to room picking up his clothes. I work full time; I don't have time to be following him around with a laundry basket. He doesn't even empty his pockets or remove his belt until he needs the stuff. He thinks the back of a kitchen chair is where his coat belongs and his shoes belong on the kitchen floor next to a chair or next to the sofa in the living room. I complained again this morning that he makes a joke out of my requests to keep the place semi-clean and he said "yup" and put his clothes in a laundry basket so that I could take them to the laundry room for him. I have even tried going on strike but that only makes more work for me because he just doesn't get it.

2007-12-16T19:11:00.001-05:00

2007-12-16T17:41:00.000-05:00

One of the things I really enjoy collecting and creating with is vintage postcards. I especially enjoy hand-tinted ones like this. Isn't she beautiful? I have hundreds of postcards and I cannot bear to cut them up, so I keep them stored in photo albums and scan the images into my computer to use in my artwork. This also enables me to use Photoshop to retouch or alter the photos. This one has not been retouched or altered, I think it is lovely just as it is and needs only a little bit of de-speckling, and a patch on the dog-eared corner.