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until the new year!

 

Here are some journal pages from the last couple nights. I love to sit down at the end of a long day and cut and paste and doodle and color.

I started a new journal. I'm using a beautiful book I bought at Anthropologie. When I first saw it last year, I was soooo in love with it and found it so inspiring. It's a book by artist Louise Bourgeois about a time in her childhood.

The size (12x16ish), the paper, her writings, and particularly the photos of beautiful fabric designs made my mind race with ideas. But it was $95.00(!), so I had to walk away. I recently found it on the sale shelves for $14.95!!! I was so excited, I bought two; one to journal on, one to keep and look through again and again. Maybe your Anthropologie has one on the sale shelf too...

 

Wishing you and yours the happiest of holidays. I hope that you are with loved ones celebrating and enjoying  your traditions and beliefs. All the best for 2011, I think it's going to be a great year!!!

holiday gift tags for you

 

 

 

My friend Charlotte made a downloadable pdf file using some of my illustrations for you. Just click here, print, cut out and enjoy! She also made some adorable gift tags for you, and I love these super cute gift tags as well. Happy wrapping! xo

inspired by anthro again

Once again, an Anthropologie display has inspired a flurry of creating over here.

 

 After Amy told me about this garland in the store, I instantly wanted to make one myself. Of course, with a different slant, but still, gotta give credit for the inspiration where it is due.

 

Here is a bad photo taken while in the store and still another below. My own take uses a more traditional Christmas holiday leaf, and switched up the color scheme, but the general concept is the same.

 

Thank you again Anthropologie display creators, I love seeing what you come up with!

 

Here are more shots of my version:

        

           


          

Nothing like hand made decorations for the holidays in my book!

{Ed: I used any felt (and combination of felt/wool  that was white/creamy white and in my fabric stash. I made one leaf for a pattern, and then cut them all out by hand. It's not a speedy project ;). Then I used a hole punch to punch the circle to string them through. The balls were just felt scraps that I sewed together in a somewhat round shape, very much imperfect, then sewed on by hand. }

sweet charlotte

Have I told you how much I adore Charlotte's  latest ornament stitchables?    Love, love, love.     So sweet, so fun, so happy.  Endless hours of fun to be had!   

 

 

            

newest paintings

Pink Parfait

Poppy Field
 

Life's a Hoot




Orange Crush

 All available over at Etsy : pamg.etsy.com  ....other non-painting items coming to my etsy soon!

go red titans!

 
                                                               {photograph credit: Michelle Thorpe}

Please permit a non crafting post by a proud mom. I'm so excited for my son and his Pee Wee Pop Warner football team. I'm told that 1,500 teams in their division began the season, and our team is one of the 8 remaining that will play in Florida next week for the National Championships!!! If you have a son that plays Pop Warner, then you probably have heard coaches say for years, as we have, "let's make it to Florida!"...and I'm sure many of you have gone, but this is a first for our family. Our team has worked so very hard all season...and are still at it. Here's hoping they take the title next week!!! Will any of you be there with your sons? Hopefully, our boys are not playing each other!

You may have already seen his team if you watch NFL football. During half-time, Toyota has been doing a Tiny Football League segment and they are one of the teams that were featured. Here are some shots of them filming their commercial this summer.It was a fun day for the boys, and a very special football year for my little guy.

 

And just because I'm his mama, a couple of my baby. If you look closely at the second one, you can see that he still has a little bit remaining of those hand dimples children have. But at age 11, not for long. My kids are getting too old! (What does that say about me? haha- don't answer that!!!)

Well, I won't be there to see it live, too expensive and my daughter has school, so I'll be excited to get the reports and will let you know if they make it to the last playoff game! Here's hoping!!!

                     Go  Red Titans!!!