I promised art.....

.....I just didn't say if it would be vintage or not. Here's the scoop; I was exhausted when I got home last evening, one of our friends dropped of a lawn roller, which I filled with water and worked on the yard way too late, then came in and cooked and this morning I can barely move and of course, have to hustle to get ready for PT. Spent the night with a bad stomach ache and still not feeling good at all.

I don't remember what year I did this quilt; it took a Governors Award and a Best of Show. Other than that, the details are vague. There is tons of machine quilting in it; it was an amazing work to put together with tiny pieces of fabric being cut and then applied with a fine line of glue, then almost everything secured under a layer of tulle before going under the machine.

I wish I had somewhere to hang this in the house, but it is BIG. One of the last pieces I did this large. I completed this one before I started having back and shoulder problems.

Maybe.....maybe, maybe.....tomorrow, I will have the box canvas posted. It is almost complete for all intents; just needs a final coat of varnish and lots of photos. LOTS.

So hopefully you won't feeling like digging out a cut from the crypt in you creative ventures today----unless, of course, it's one you really want to finish!

Here's to freshness and imagination and starting new projects!

Go for it!

A fast peck at the keys

Today is hurry up and hit the road for a few meetings and I am hoping that by this afternoon I can get back to the box canvas. I have to admit....there were several steps I did that I did not photograph. I was too busy trying to get things done (all at once) such as change the oil in the John Deere, do laundry, clean the kitchen, mow the acre and head to town to paint on the Circus Banners. And that last one is making parts of the body recently operated on most unhappy. I just keep forgetting I am NOT Wonder Woman. I'm sure it's just because I can't squeeze into those satin tights anymore....... ;) .......probably all that yummy pizza and Abita beer! From New Orleans, you know!

At any rate, if you all will bear with me, I will get some sort of art posted this week. I have no idea what at this point! I am hoping for the box canvas to be DONE by Wednesday evening, to take to Co-Op and show----not that it has anything to do with the theme we picked, "Peacock". That's the Mr. Mel piece that will go to Jan that will be shown. But I absolutely MUST show the other one off a bit!

And when I do post it, finished no doubt, there will be a lot of pics so it will have been worth the wait. I promise! Or I'll eat dirt. And even with my more-than-healthy appetite, I don't want to eat that. Now, a nice pot of crawfish, ahhhhhh, different story!

At least it appears we will have a sunny day here today for all my running and then home and try and think what I want for dinner. (something I don't have to cook---that's what!) I could have put a lovely outdoor picture up today, but you know me and monkeys....this is much more *me* except his desk is less cluttered!

So for everyone else, have a good day, have some creative time and enjoy yourselves! Don't let this be a typical Monday.......

Make ART!!!!!

Make creativity happen!

Have FUN!!!!!

A Very Early Day.....

This is one of those days that I will be on the road before the sun is up, thus a quick hello and wishes for a fun day for everyone reading. I'm off for the CT of my leg, to see what is going on in the soft tissue, then have to pick up meds, then back here for a meeting. Have a feeling I will be pretty much like the drawing by the end of the afternoon!! LOL!!!

I look forward to a few quiet minutes to either:

A. Keel over in a heap

--or--

B. Go to the studio and work on some background texture I am building up on a canvas.

I guess it all depends on if I can see or not. Maybe I just need a hyper-dose of caffeine and some chocolate, you think?

Anyway, hoping this is the last test for a while and that I am doing okay. And by the way, yesterday was the first full day I walked without my cane, so it has officially moved from a *tool* to a *weapon*!!!! ;)

Hope everyone is having a good creative day---I have a rather long post I want to do in the next couple of days and will probably ask for your comments. Yes, it's art related.

And maybe there will be some art to post by then too.