Art I want to get back into - "Inspired By Trees"

Art I want to get back into - "A Dog Holding A Paintbrush"

Art I want to get back into - "Brush Twurls"

6" x 4" Cardstock pre-cut, oil painting.

Art I want to get back into - "untitled"

Art I want to get back into... "Beer Bottle Accident"

Back in the year 2004, I painted roughly nine or ten paintings a month for nine months. In that time, I found that throwing away excess oil paint that wasn't used up on the palette, being tossed out was a waste, so I recycled it onto paper cardstock cutouts, watercolor paper using a palette knife, either the metal one, until it broke, I bought a set of plastic ones. I started using the palette knife to spread the recycled oil paint onto cardstock paper enjoyable. Mixing the paint on paper was fun.

Seems like accidents always happen in my work when creativity is in the works. Once I placed empty beer bottle on top of one of my cardstock work of art and didn't realize the paint was still wet, when I cleaned my room and found the bottle was on top of the work, I went to recycle the beer bottle, upon picking up the bottle, the paper stuck to the bottom of it and my initial reaction was, "Oh, no!" Usually, the paper would rip, but I carefully peeled, to my surprise, an impression of a cool semi ring formed with a cool impression left behind. The picture is of the work on cardstock pre-cut, size is 6" x 4" of recycled oil paint.

Wired Necklaces with Turquoise Dangles

Most of these pieces have genuine pearls both button and full size 6-8 mm pearls. One with bone as the focal point, another with smoky quartz chips, and some with metal hearts, and finally glass. It's amazing when you wear it, b/c you can't even feel the necklace around your neck. It's very light feeling. The wire is very light too. It's coated so you can't feel it, really... I will be posting some in my shop soon, so come on by and have a look.

Some of these will be for this years Christmas Holiday Gift giving for the girls. I would like to learn how to make jewellery for the boys also to give as gifts for the holidays, but that would probaby be in another year or so.

my own design of crochet 'lil slip-ons

This was made from 100 percent organic cotton. The brand is called lion brand yarn. Size: Medium, 4 Color: #106, Blueberry . It's my own design, I followed no pattern, as a matter of fact, I don't even own any crochet books. My mom was the one I learned from many, many years ago. I happened to remember how to crochet from the one lesson she taught me. It's the simple crochet style. For this one I pearled two together to form a row. This particular piece was approx. length of 18 and a width of 14-17. Sometimes, the starting out is 18 across and end up in the 4th row at 17 across, so somewhere, maybe at the end, I would miss a hole or two, so the sizing is different. I also need to keep-up with a notebook and pen to keep track, and also keep count while I'm crocheting. This is something I need improvement in, so, in the meantime, these 'lil crochet slip-ons will just stay in the family.

I took several shot and angles, so you may see it. The two are different size and depth, but they were my third one, but this one, is a completed set.

Convertible Earirngs

While out of the country I was making some beaded rings on a wire. It didn't turn out the way I thought it would, so by accident, I turned them into earrings. Then on Monday, Oct. 12th, 2009 afternoon I made the same as usual and here I have one to show you. It can be convertible earrings from a straight to a curled loop. I'm going to try to do different things with the same concept and see what comes out of it. I was joking to my jewellery pals - my bro and his fiance that you could hang your key chain at the end of the convertible earrings since it has a lobster clasp attached to the end, so if the wearer decides to have a loop instead of a straight dangle, she may wear it one way or the other. They were laughing. My journey in making jewellery has been fun and new designs in necklaces are underway. Some necklaces are repeats b/c I wanted one and others liked 'em too and I also wanted to do a posting online for sale as well. Then the Holidays are coming up and every year I try to make something. I'm deciphering whether to give Jewellery for the girls and boys something they can use that's also handmade, or to just disembark and go out buying handmade things to give.

Cook'n

Yesterday cooked up a very delioucious baked chicken and wanted to share to you the recipe. I saw it on television, very briefly and took no notes, only to place a few items on the kitchen table as a reminder the next day while still fresh in the mind. You will need one package of chicken breast, washed, dried and remove the fat. a pie pan of wipped or stirred or beaten eggs-whole, and pre-crushed-one can of french fried onions - poured, pre-crushed into a pie pan. Place one chicken breast into the eggs, coating both sides allowing the drip to fall back into the egg pan, coat both sides of the egged chicken in crushed frenches onion and place directly onto un-oiled foiled baking sheet. Repeat for each pieces of chicken breast. Bake at 350 degrees fahrenheit for 10 minutes then 375 degrees fahrenheit for 10 more minutes for side one. Turn each breast over and bake at 375 degrees fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes and remove from heat, slice into thick slices, and serve as a main dish.

Note: to crush the (dried) frenches onion, pour contents into a large zip lock bag, remove most air as much as possible, seal it up, get a rolling pin and roll over the frenches onion until it is crushed. Does not have to be super fine crushed, large chunks tastes better.

Overall taste: Moisture is locked in - since it is baked, no oil is needed b/c it's already in the frenches onion, no salt is need, nor seasoning!

Bon Apetit

ACEO's/ATC's

It's been a while since I last made any ACEO's, but want to do a posting here, so hope ya all like 'em. I want to keep 'em, since this idea first came to me out of the blue. They are Solely, my OWN Creations, that is the Idea, Painting and including a Photo either of my own work or photo of another photographer's work. It is TRUELY an INSPIRATION ACEO MAKING.

These MOO photo stickers were a gift from a lovely Photographer on a site I plan to sell again from. She's a Wonderful Photo Card maker. I just love her Work. Please go check it out! Her name is HESSA ALFALASI and her website is: http://www.7e9ah.etsy.com/ ! NOTE TO PHOTOGRAPHER: THANK YOU HESSA FOR ALL THE freebies AND LETTING ME USE YOUR WORK! ALL THE BEST!

..a duplicate from my shop online - some editing

Welcome!

Jewelry making was fun for the duration of time it lasted. ..A few years... Coming Soon! No, for real, I'm highly motivated by ideas that come into mind, often times sharing with my sister-in-law, but often times not writing anything down and eventually just gets forgotten. Ideas, usually that can be prosperous for patents - but it's to bad, it's lost forever.

I'm into Crafting now. Created and Made an Awesome Convertible Apron Coming Soon. Only one was made by me last month. The idea came upon thinking of a gift for a lil boy - my Nephew whose turning three soon and instead of buying him toys where he would grow out of it, I've decided to make something he can use in the future as well as now, but it seems as tho he's not interested in wearing things around the neck nor on top of his head. At least if the child won't wear it, the adult, or parent, or grandparent, or someone in the family can put it to use.
This most likely could be a: Child and Adult Custom Made Designer Apron!
My very first apron I've ever made was when I was in Brownies in the 1980's - the design is fairly old and really, very simple, and it works.

I had gone into this fabric store that I've never been in and didn't know they'd been in business for many years. They specialize in fabrics of all walks of Designers and pre-cut squares by the bulk/package for Quilters - hey, that's another idea, someone can use and do for their business-it'll be an stolen idea, but hey... As I was saying, since having that idea of the making an apron as a gift for lil Nephew, I decided to purchase an material and see from there. I had no idea of names of Designers, nor the variety of patterns that are printed on textiles these days. It's a facinating world to see so many interesting things out on the market today, as well as listening and Discovering Artist from the Music World. I'm real happy to have finished one apron which took a VERY long time to make, a lot of pressing involved and figuring things out, but all in all it has been enjoyable in the Creative Process.

Toe Tendonitis

I got one word - Ouch. I got a message that my uncle got a glider chair for me if I'm interested... Of course, I was, estatic to hear they got another one, so I went to check it out and loved it - didn't even sit in it - b/c I've tried it out at a store and also one they aleady have, so when I got home, I put the glider chair in the middle of my room since that was the only place to put it, it became my main chair to sit in ALL THE TIME. Anyways, since it became so cramped b/c of all the craft stations going on all in this one room, I wasn't paying attention about manuvering around in cramped up situations, so there's this one 5-sided wood block seat, that I would use to sit in at one of my work station that was off to the side up against a foldable table, and before you know it, I jammed the lil toes right on the right angle of that block! I tell ya, the pain, it was THE MOST EXCRUCIATING pain I ever felt - it wasn't going away, it took a very long time, it's funny, I ddin't even go, to rub it, or massage it, I just left it - - it was as if it didn't matter... such pain, oh, it'll go away.... kind of thing, just SO strange! By about 8 hours I woke up feeling great, looking forward to my training for volunteering at the Discovery Shop. As I went to put on my sneakers, the most painful feeling in the toes came apparent that this could be serious, I couldn't cancel my appointment since I was looking forward to it, so I kept my schedule as is, training, then grocery, cooking. I found my self limping most of the day, just ignoring the pain. To me, the volunteering semi-training day (since there weren't any donations, nothing for them to show me) went pretty smoothly. It seem kind of dull to me, i'd rather be crafting - ya know, making things in time that just seem to stand still in volunteering on a dead day such as it was on tuesday. Well, anyways, after walking on the foot for some time, after 2 hours of hanging out at the Discovery Shop, Grocery shopping - REALLY QUICKLY - the pain, I got home and the toes just swelled and SO much pressure - even some sciatic going on when the foot is on the side - like during sleep. I diagnose the injury myself, since I recognize it from previous tendonitis.. This would be my 4th time experiencing tendonitis, NOT something I like, nor enjoy, ya know, being temporarily handicapped is tough. I had to cancel my volunteering that I was gonna donate my time for 6 months, just to heal a 3 month injury, can't carry my nephew, whose coming this weekend to celebrate two birthday parties - he's my lift weights person- anyways, lifting a 30 some pound boy gives you great muscle-was really looking forward to lifting and walking. I'll be hanging on Y! answers and helping out on the community Q&A section, do that tile bleach that was scheduled for Wednesday .