Well, the grandsons didn’t make it back in time to go sledding… so I’ll share a few presents. Here’s Johnny’s watercolor I painted of this scene… Yeah, well… morepractice, morepractice! Here’s a couple I received… This one is a vintage pillow, you can see the pattern underneath where they stitched. The light is off a…
Category: Crafts
Winter Watercolor
Today we shared gifts at the library… My favorite to give??? A monochrome watercolor of this sod roofed barn. I wanted a place unique enough the owner could recognize it, and this was perfect! My rendition was not… but I tried! A little artistic license… but not bad. **** On another note… I entered a…
A Couple More
Here are a couple more of my crafts for the library’s Silent Auction Monday evening. This mug was given a watercolor effect using fingernail polish. This is a set of three melted crayon ornaments with bead highlights. Here’s a tiny pastel done of the Big Horn Mountains… [easy-image-collage id=16365] My favorite… three little tomtens, or…
Wyoming-loving Wine Glass
I usually try to submit some crafty items for the Silent Auction at the library. I’m actually accomplishing more than I have in years past… This is the one I’m happiest with at the moment. I decided to etch some stemless wine glasses. Now the glasses aren’t that expensive, so I wouldn’t be losing too…
A Little Boy’s Hands
One day, when the twins were here, Wyatt found some plain wooden blocks. I had a plan for them at one time, creating a puzzle set of four blocks, like ones I’d made for Jaxon. Wyatt played with those blocks ALL DAY. Well, I decide I was going to give them to him for his…
Remember This?
This was my first big tangle pattern poster. I did it for One Book Wyoming and Craig Johnson’s visit to Ten Sleep last year. We didn’t use it for a poster but I spent many an hour on it, and loved how it turned out. No matter that we didn’t use it, I was bound…
Watercolor
I played today by attending a workshop at the Washakie Museum in Worland. Gayle Barnett was the presenter for a class on watercolor painting! I had never met her until today, though I have bought some of her cards before. Formerly of Meeteetse, Wyoming, she now works in the big city of Recluse! This was…
For Now
Been working on this one a while. I’m not completely sure I’m finished, but… for now…
Nice Looking Men
I got sidetracked again… so still no video… Here are two of my favorite photos from the other day… My boys! Daniel. Brandon. I *still* can’t get over the grass! This morning I completed this… another sweetie! This is for a tshirt contest for the English Shepherd Club. They wanted art – although “art” is…
67 Million Years
Hey, there, Craig Johnson, author of Dry Bones, the newest installment in the Longmire mystery series… I have a bone to pick with you! The reason my garden is full of weeds, none of the outbuildings have been weeded around, the trim on my house isn’t painted, nor is a myriad of other jobs complete……
Felted iPhone Case
For my first wet felted bag I’ve made… I chose to do a sunflower decorated iPhone case for a friend’s birthday. With lots of needle felting after the wet felting… I like it.
A Wonderful, Beautiful Thing
It has been raining here… a wonderful, beautiful thing! When you live in such an arid climate, rain is a thing to be celebrated! Of course, there are plenty of people who are whining, plans ruined, more work, and I understand… but to listen to the earth drink in the raindrops, to hear plinks on…