As you can tell, I am just getting the hang of all of this.  I didn’t realize it had been almost 2 months!
I guess I will show you my new tees….

This one is my first.  I had this idea in my head for quite a while.  The image is of my ,  Jacky.  She is a [...]

I have never lived in the house my mom lives in now, but I feel at home when I am there.  I didn’t know my husband long before marrying but I was at home beside him.  I have felt more ‘at home in my own skin’ in the past 5years than ever before.  Maybe it [...]

Hey Guys.  Of course I am always playing with more animal paintings like my newest one above, but I want to learn some new things now.
I will make anything I can out of paper & glue, so I have rolled up some paper beads for craft supplies.  What is nice about them is, I have my hands [...]

Here is the new paper mosaic I promised you.
 

 
The title also has to do with my lost feeling right now.  I know I need to paint some more animals, I am working on that. For now though, I have played with making supplies because, although they can be time consuming, they do not take a lot [...]

Here are a few sketches from today & yesterday. I am also working on a new ‘paper mosaic’ project, but I hate for people to see things unfinished.  I will show you that one tomorrow hopefully.
These are sketches a friend asked me to do

Kids & dogs are always favorites.
later – Tatum

Well, with the Christmas deadlines getting nearer, I have neglected the blog. I am giving a few paintings as gifts that I haven’t shown you yet. Of course I still have to finish all that caramel making, ugh. Some things are fun at first but do them a dozen times or so & it is [...]

I know we are all looking for ways to save money this year without looking, well, cheap.
My husband has a very large extended family.  Last year I made a batch of homemade caramels for each household & found a cute but inexpensive container for them.  They loved it, so that is what they are getting [...]