My Peace of Art

Guess what my earwig of the day is?  . . . . let's have a party, let's have a party . . . . .

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Deryn Mentock is a fabulous jewelry and mixed-media artist.  I would have to say she is my idol :D  I adore every piece of Deryn's that I have ever seen.   If you've ever taken a  class f...

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So we have this beautiful day here of weather.  I love it when it's in the upper 70s lower 80s.  A nice gentle breeze.  It sparked my creativity!  I had even wedged in some creative time.  ...

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How could it possibly happen that days fly by when the hours in the day crawl?  It seems like I am at work forever, completing my duties there, while always in my mind is an idea or two f...

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I couldn't tell you for sure when I came across Kelly Rae Roberts art or her blog.  I've been reading and admiring both for some time now.  So when I walked by our gift shop and saw a display ...

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Before the pen doodles   It has been way to cool here for me to work out in the garage with metals. (Cool is my nice way of saying . . ."colder than a ____") !   I suppose I could have fired ...

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I've missed working with paper, glue, inks, and paints!  I've decided that I need to rotate out all my art media loves.  So this week I am dedicating myself to paper arts.  Collage and mixed m...

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BEFORE: AFTER: And now I am making Resin Paper.  I haven't a clue what to expect when these are done, but nothing ventured nothing gained! 

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I've just registered for another e-class.  This time with Sally Jean  , an artist that I have admired for oh so long!  The class is:  Soldering For Virgins  and I hope thunder and light...

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I spent a long time neglecting my blog. Worse yet, I spent a long time neglecting my art. I let my Mojo slip away. I started an unorganized journey into the WWW world and now am kind of force...

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Say hello to my best "La Paix d'Art" ever. This is HRETMG, who is now 13. Wow! Does time ever fly. This is the first picture I took with my new Canon G12. I am in love with the camera! Right ...

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This is Sarah in the pink, Kathy in the blue waving hello to you. Saturday Kathy invited us over to her very cute little house by a river for a Twisted Sister day. Love those days! So much f...

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LOVE this book! It has so much great information in it. It is very well written with clear and precise directions. FUN stuff for sure! Working with metal is such a great way to relieve some ...

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METALSMITH ESSENTIALS: BASIC FABRICATION WITH HELEN DRIGGS I watched this last night with Hazel. What a great beginner DVD! Covers everything I needed to learn: Gauges and thickness of...

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Or perhaps I should just bite the bullet and get something like this :) I have been looking and researching. Seems I've been bitten by the photography bug now. LOL. But it would be a needed di...

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Twisted Sisters Gallery I don't know. I put effort and money into this website, but now I am kind of at a standstill with it. The person who was helping me with this site is no longer able to, ...

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"Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different." — Oprah Winfrey

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My love of Etsy. An obsession actually. I find myself drawn here daily. Not only daily, but often throughout the day. It has been the best place for me, the girl who lives in the middle of a corn...

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I am so thrilled! Starting Friday, I will be having my first official mixed-media art class! An Art Class!!! I haven't taken such a thing since my freshman year in high school!!!!!! And in honor ...

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Right now it's short . . . but I've gotten it started . . . inspiration page at Twisted Sisters Gallery . . . I'm starting by adding most of the links found on this blog page . . . if you'd be so...

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After a long absence from the art world I'm back! I am rested, rejuvenated, back in the saddle, whatever you want to call it, I'm coming back full force! I hope you will join me as I develop my n...

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My middle sister sent me a link to HBO specials on Alzheimer's. I haven't had a chance to view them myself, but did do a quick peek to the link. Looks interesting. I know many of you share the s...

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Today I blog with a heavy heart. Yesterday, my husbands only brother passed away. It has been a rough road for my husband's family. They lost their sister, then 3 months later their mother. ...

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I’ve been having a twitching eye for the last week. Although my shorter sister says, “eat a banana”, I know what it really is. It isn’t a lack of potassium. It’s a stress related twitch...

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