Life is Good! The Cleveland Museum of Art is reopened!

http://www.clevelandart.org/

I've been back in Cleveland for a year now and finally I can visit my personal sanctuary again!
I'm SO excited to see the revamped digs!!

Snippets of new drawings

Okay these are not the best pictures, normally I would scan them but the husband has the scanner on his computer so I can't. We'll have to get by with these until I'm finished!

Brief Hiatus

Well the baby's first birthday is in a couple weeks so I'm going to take a brief hiatus so I can work on his birthday cake and party plans. I'll continue to be working on my projects so I may post some pictures if they warrant it.
If you're in the USA, have a happy & safe fourth of July. Lovely Canadian neighbors, Have a wondrous Canada Day!! I love your Country and your people, such a fine lot you are!!!

Homemade Play Dough Kits: Space Boy: basic

Basic kit includes five colors:
3.5 oz of mars red, golden sun, plutonium gray, galactic blue and 2 oz stellar white. $10
Available at busylittleelf.etsy.com

New Ribbon Candy Ornaments!!

Bright Version - Fuschia, White and Lime - Listing on bzlittlechristmaself.etsy.com soon!!

Now available - Buddha Baby Half Notes!!!

Set of 5 blank notes now available on etsy!! Price: $7.50 for 5
I can add greetings to the inside if you'd like.

OH YEAH!!!!

My mom came over to visit yesterday and saw my new drawing sitting on the table. She loved it! I can't wait til I can post this series. Here's a hint: lions and tigers and ????

New Drawing!

Well, I've been working on one of my new series of prints. So far I have the drawing for one painting basically completed. I have at least 4 more in this series and then I will post them. I would post them now, but I have a feeling someone is using my prints as "inspiration" for their own site.
That said, and being a reasonable business woman I will unveil my new series when it is ready to be listed! It is very cute! Hopefully, I will be able to report more progress in the next few days!
Maybe I will even allude to the subject matter. I may even post a small section of it to peak your curiosity! I can tell you this, it will coordinate with an already existing series!! and it has something to do with animals, sort of.......NAMASTE!!

Like saying goodbye to a close friend!

Well, I sold one of my hand-stitched baby blankets. I absolutely love making them. I do everything by hand so there are slight imperfections here and there, but isn't that the beauty of handmade?

I appliquéd the little submarine on this while my baby slept on my lap. I guess I stitched most of the blanket edges while he slept on me also. It's hard not to put great love into your work when the love of your life is sleeping like an angel baby in your lap! Anyway, the little submarine is on it's way to the West Coast, I hope it finds a loving home!

My Dad

My dad passed away nearly 12 years ago and I still miss him nearly every day. They say that you marry your father (if you are a girl). I see some of my father in my husband, but I wish I saw more. My dad was funny, he died when I was 28 and even at that age I truly appreciated his company. I loved going out to lunch with him. He was a great conversationalist. I truly believe that my sister and I are able to express our opinions because of his ability to listen to us and allow us to have our own voice (no matter how silly it may have sounded at times to him). He was a gentle man. I don't know how many times he roared about not bringing another pet into the house. Then there he'd be, that same pet he claimed he didn't want anything to do with, sitting in his lap or snuggled up against him. He was glad he had girls because he was worried what kind of a father he'd be if he had boys. His own dad died when he was 4 so he was raised by his polish immigrant mom and a plethora of sisters. We found out that he'd be a great dad to boys when my sister had my first nephew at the age of 19. Justin had his dad in his life but grandpa was his pal. There wasn't a day that went by that those two weren't attached at the hip, Bones and Fatboy. I still have an image of my father driving down the road with Justin next to him, navigating, my dad's health was failing by then but we really didn't know yet, there they were driving 20 mph in a 35mph zone, a long line of traffic trailing behind (I'm sure they were irritated, but had they known the back story....)I wish my little boy could have known my dad, there is a gentle kindness that is missing in the men around us. There is something to be said about boys who have been raised by strong women (not bitchy, crazy women but strong self- sufficient women) I know my sister told my husband that I idolized my dad, that he wasn't as perfect as I said. Well truth be told, my dad was a human being, he was flawed, we all are. We wouldn't be on this planet if we didn't have lessons to learn or later to teach. I loved him because he was my dad and he loved me and did the best job he could. He was a good example of how to treat others and animals, he had a good work ethic and common sense. He made me laugh and he laughed with me. He valued family and good food and unfortunately left us all too soon. So Happy Father's Day Dad, I know as I write this that he is hearing me.