Month: December 2011

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas morning sketch, 9″ x 12″ Christmas morning …      pretty packages under the tree               fire burning in the fireplace            hot coffee            sticky buns in the oven              camera at the ready                 granddaughter running                    baby watching                        squeals of delight                            laughter                               excitement                                  smiles                                      hugs                                         dogs shredding boxes                                             cats pouncing                                                  kids playing                                                    grateful                                                       happy                                                          content                                       […]

Embroidered Wool Christmas Ornaments

Embroidered Wool Christmas Ornaments

Christmas is only three days away, and I’m finishing up some last-minute projects, like these cute embroidered wool Christmas ornaments. Since I’m a grandmother now (and a crafty one at that!) I’ve decided to start a new tradition of making a handmade ornament for the grandkids each year. Since we only have two grandchildren so […]

More Folk Art Christmas Stockings

More Folk Art Christmas Stockings

Our family is growing! In the past year and half, we’ve welcomed a new son-in-law and, not one, but two new grandchildren into our family. Nicholas and Lilly Last year at Christmastime, we made-do with an assortment of miscellaneous Christmas stockings for the new additions, but this year, I decided to stitch up some stockings […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Ireland: Days 13-16

Sketchbook Journeys – Ireland: Days 13-16

With only three days left until we had to fly back to the US, our wonderful Irish adventure was coming to a close. As we left the west coast and pointed our car toward Dublin, I was feeling a little worn out and ready to head home. Two weeks is a long time to be […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Ireland: Days 11-13

Sketchbook Journeys – Ireland: Days 11-13

I took way too many art supplies with me when I went to Ireland, just like I do for every trip. I always have such high hopes of all that I’ll accomplish: “Oooh, I might want to try out those colored pencils! And I just might need that spatter screen and all those drawing pencils […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Ireland: Days 10-11

Sketchbook Journeys – Ireland: Days 10-11

I hope you’re enjoying this sketchbook journey through Ireland. We’re past the midpoint of our trip, but there are still lots of sketches I’d like to show you… This next page was a bit of a catch-all, where I wrote down an assortment of interesting observations and facts that didn’t really fit in anywhere else. […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Ireland: Days 8-9

Sketchbook Journeys – Ireland: Days 8-9

The Dingle Peninsula is the Ireland that everyone knows from photos on calendars with titles like “Magnificent Scenery of the Emerald Isle.” Stone walls surround vibrant green pastures where flocks of sheep idly graze. Picturesque cottages perch atop towering cliffs with waves crashing below. It’s almost too beautiful to be real. But a few weeks […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Ireland: Day 7

Sketchbook Journeys – Ireland: Day 7

The 7″ x 10″ Canson watercolor sketch book that I used for my travel journal contained 20 pages of 140 lb. watercolor paper. I used both sides of the paper, which gave me 40 pages to fill during my 2-week trip. The whole time I was in Ireland, I had a niggling worry in the […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Ireland: Days 4-6

Sketchbook Journeys – Ireland: Days 4-6

Dunluce Castle was our last stop in Northern Ireland. The crumbling structure looks as if it might tumble down the cliffs into the churning waters of the Atlantic during a rough winter storm. When I did this little sketch of the castle, I framed it with a Celtic border, drawn after we were out of […]

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