My Easel

These are pictures that I drew using an online drawing site. Queeky is the place I like to draw. There are many free sites to draw and publish your pictures. What is cool about Queeky is you can see other artists pictures and comment on them, as well as, follow their work. It is fun to be part of a community that only knows you by what you draw. There are artists from all over the world, young and old.

It took me a while to learn how to use the different tools and techniques and I have to say that I am still learning. It is easy to spend hours drawing. One of the features of the site is that you can replay the draw and see how the artist arrived at the finished product and that is really awesome to watch. I have received advice and encouragement from so many folks at Queeky.

Here are the titles of my drawings.

• Primerose
• The Purple Door
• Trinity
• Blue Ribbon
• Daffodil Sky
• Daisy Dear
• Daisy
• Gourd Pumpkin
• I Am
• Pink Hydrangeas

The drawing entitled I am is actually another artists draw that I changed from a man to a women and added pink highlights and blond hair. Another feature of Queeky. You can change an artists draw and make it your own. Cool Cool!

What do you think?

Glitter Bird

Little Red Glitter Bird

For Christmas I made the cutest glitter bird. I got the idea from Martha Stewarts website. Here is the Link: http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/glittered-holiday-crafts#slide_29

If you need an idea Martha Stewart has so many you have to find some that you like and can make. I like cute ideas that seem manageable. I also like to get results. That is, I like to get a cute usable craft from the project.

The glitter bird was a big hit at Christmas. I put some pictures together to make a slide show. Take a look. Martha was interviewed not long ago and said she made 100 million dollars from glitter. Cynthia McFadden interviewed Martha on Nightline.She really pushes it. If you watch her show or look at her website you will see glitter. Her craft merchandise is expensive but it's the best in quality and easy to use. Michael's and Walmart both carry her line of craft supplies. If I had a lot money I would like to buy all her products.

Take a look at the slide show I made of the materials used to make glitter bird.

A Wonderful Present

Melissa made this card for my birthday.

It is so beautiful That I had to put it on my blog.

• Take a look at the detail. It's kind of like a seek and Find Book.
• Do you see the table with the birthday cake it looks so good (I want to eat it) and those candles make it look so festive. I am ready to blow them out.
  There is also a tea cup on the table. Tea please!
• Above the cake is a poster that says flower grove and it is filled with hearts, eight hearts.
• To the left of the table is a rainbow colored toucan.
• Isn't it outrageously beautiful. The center of attention of this drawing.
• To the right of the table are two white flowers and they are raining petals on the little girl.
• Petals of happiness are falling on the girl that could be Melissa.
• The little girl has the biggest smile and she even has little pink cheeks.
• The sun is in the upper right hand corner looking down on everything making a happy warm place.
• On the far left is a girl with blond hair and a long pink dress.
• I think she looks like me. I am the birthday girl.
• In the sky is a banner that says, Happy Birthday Eve.
• It is decorated with green and blue stripes and looks like a balloon. It tells the viewer what is going on in the picture.
• There are two other people in the picture, they look like a small women and a big man. I think this is mommy and daddy.
• Melissa has even drawn the ground and it looks like it's alive with plants.
• I was so excited about this amazing drawing by Melissa.
• It has so much detail that it is interesting and exciting to look at.
• When you look at the color it is bright with an impressionistic quality.
• The drawing has a real feel of texture.
• The composition of the drawing is excellent.
• It is balanced and all the elements retail to the subject.
• Melissa is a true artist as she draws what she feels.
• She takes time with her drawing and wants viewers to share her interests an enthusiasm.
• I am proud to have received this masterpiece.
  
  
  

Thank you very much Melissa!

I Love you!

Christmas Crafts From The Past

Fun With The Famly

Just a little family fun I thought I would share.

• 4th of July
• The Walnut Room at Macy's (Marshall Fields)
• Family Golf
• High School and College Graduation
• Celebrating a Birthday
• A Bug Collection

Memories and photos are great.

Look At My Slidshow

I was fooling around with www.slide.com, a site that allows you to make slidshows. It is fun to do. It has a lot of options for creating different slide shows. Take a look at it. I would like to see what cool things you could do. What do you think.

http://www.slide.com/

Making Valentine's Cards

I made the cutest cards for my family for Valentine's Day. I bought some vintage valentine cards from an antique store and some of the cards are images I found on the internet.

• Photo-shopped the cards: fixing the color and the size and printed 3 copies of each image.
• The bottom layer was the base. Cut the second photo into the large sections following the outline of the image on the photo/card. I than put the picture back together like a puzzle and used silcone to raise the image up and glue them ontop of the base photo.
• Next cut the third layer into even more defined parts of the card and raise them off the card again using the silicone so they added another 3-D effect to the photo.
• To make them a little more interesting I added plastic flowers and ribbon, as well as, a heart that labeled the valentine: who it's for and who it's from.
• Supplies needed: Photo-paper with semi gloss finish, a small tube of silicone, scissors, small nail scissors, ribbon, small plastic flowers.

Making Valentine's Cards

I was just working on making some Valentines for my family. I scanned some vintage valentine's that I got from an antique store. I than photo-shopped them and copied them and made 3-D cards. I added flowers and ribbons to give them a little texture and depth.