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I just checked in and saw Happy Halloween still on my blog...Really?! Has it been that long!

I am not a writer, but I am trying to figure the whole blogging world out.

doodles just happen..

Whenever I have a bit of free time I love to go through old magazines and create "doodles". These collages are inspired by the colors and images randomly found in old magazines. I am really not looking for anything. The colors start appearing and then the images fall into place as if the doodles just collage themselves. It is very relaxing just to let the process just flow.

GhostBusters....

Making costumes started as a tradition when I was growing up. My mom hand sewed all of our costumes and much much more..This a costume I made for my son.

Who are you going to call?

My son wanted a costume for a school dance. after much consideration, He decided on GhostBusters.

We found these wonderful uniform shirts at a local thirft store and I painted the Ghostbuster images on the shirt.

I started with a stencil of the image and then painted a base coat of white. Next I painted the red circle image. The black background was filled in and I used black permant ink pens to make the lines sharper.

One of my most favorite things is... My kids drawings

By my 6 year old daughter and 5 year old son.

Wish LisT 2

I started making these little postcards as a joke and leaving them all over my mother's house for her to find after I left. Now these little collages are one of my favorite forms of art.
With very little time to create, they are quick little doodles I can do just about anywhere.

All in a day...

For the love of collage

Christmas Starfish..

Ginger tea, rice cracker mix, and the beginning of sea stars…

I woke up this morning and I just kept thinking about starfish. I thought about crocheting one and I still might. Then I was putting away some fabric I bought for Christmas gift totes. I kept looking at it while I was drinking my tea and I started seeing stars… I zig-zagged cotton threads to accent the star points. I had the back fabric left over from my daughters mermaid costume from last year. I thought it would be perfect for the starfish. I crocheted a loop for hanging. I love these sea stars. I am going to make smaller ones for gift toppers and larger one for baby toys.

Baby Mocking bird…

Our new kitty brought us home a gift, a baby bird. It was peeping and jumping and chirping for mama and daddy. We saw that there was a nest in the tall tree in our backyard. We tired to let the baby go in the yard, but we decided that it was way too unsafe. We took the lost baby to the animal rescue. The volunteer told us it was a baby mocking bird. It was quite an exciting morning at our house. We had an unplanned adventure and the kids learned a good lesson.

Our three year old named her Chirp. This is baby Chirp outside.

This is Mama bird and Papa bird standing by watching from a far.

Life has so many unexpected opportunities to teach respect for life!

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summer wrist cuff

I love these summer cuffs. They are light weight and comfortable to wear all summer long and even longer....all my cuffs are one of a kind and one size fits most. Inspired by paper collage work and quilting. Each cuff is a work of wearable art that you will want to wear everyday...