Bolton House

 I'm still working on my 100 Days of Hair Challenge, this lady was inspired by Tamara Laporte's class on Life Book 2021 course.  http://www.willowing.org/ This is Day 56/100 of the challenge...

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BEAUTIFUL MINDS INSPIRE OTHERS COLLABORATION  A few months ago I noticed on Face Book that Tina Walker was looking for participants for a StencilGirl Product collaboration.  I LOVE Stenci...

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> 100 DAYS OF HAIR During the quarantine I've been focusing on drawing faces as my art project.  I never seem to tire of this for some reason.  To guide me with the proper placement of fac...

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Now that there are no new magazines at the bookstore, plus I don't really go to my usual hangouts due to the Corona Virus...I really look forward to receiving my faves in the mail.  I recently ...

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I recently received an email from favecrafts.com putting out the challenge to create projects with recycled things around the house.  I think a tea bag creation qualifies along with a few old p...

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I received a little ray of sunshine today in my mailbox, the latest edition of Somerset Studio Summer 2020 has arrived.  With all the negative news about the Corona Virus that we have every day...

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My daughter was out here from California visiting for the past 10 days and of course we were in my studio for a couple of days during that time.  She wanted to learn how to make a tea tin bird ...

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Today I received the new edition of Somerset Studio in the mail!  I'm very excited to say that my tea bags earned a spot in this beautiful issue.  The cover artist, Lynne Moncrieff, has shared...

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I finished another lady bird tea tin project.  For this one I used a tin that reflected my friend’s love of Earl Grey tea, the bird’s coloring is dictated by the color of the tea tin.   She...

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I just finished another tea bird and this one has flown the coop to Hawaii.  The title is:  "Don't doubt the strength of her delicate wings".  I used That's Crafty, Lynne's Affirmations stamp...

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As you know I'm a big fan of re~purposing every part of my afternoon tea/bags/canister.  Today I'm sharing a group of tea bags that have been dried, emptied and used as a canvas for my art.  I ...

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Sorry I've been MIA for so long, I've had a few things that popped up over the past few months.  As I mentioned before we had the hurricane and flood drama, shortly after that I had to have surg...

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I'm currently taking an online art class with Ardith Goodwin .  If you're not familiar with her work you might want to check out her site.  Many of my favorite artists are students of hers.  H...

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Have you heard about Artists Trading Coins?  I keep seeing and hearing about them in magazines and online so I ordered a few different sizes from Joggles.com .  The coins that are sold by Joggl...

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I'm still such a fan of Pam Carriker's newest face stencils found at Stencil Girl Products!  I am reworking an old canvas using acrylic paints, gesso and the stencils. I hope you're having...

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We had quite a scare with the recent hurricane (Florence) that skirted past our area and then the subsequent local flooding.  We boarded up our house and literally fled as quickly as we could t...

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I've been working on a ZIA project lately of a Pit Bull dog.  I know most people are afraid of this breed of dogs but I do know one that is very sweet, this picture is of her.  If you look very...

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Just thought I'd let you all know that StencilGirl products has a new Pam Carriker face stencil release.  I love her stencils so you know I splurged and bought 9 of them.  I thought I'd share...

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A little while back I received a couple of Masonite Boxes from Joggles .  I altered one of the boxes right away which Barb shared on the Joggles blog.  I finally got around to altering the seco...

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I've been making small canvases (4" by 4") using mixed media techniques.  Here are my five pink ladies. I used products made by a few of my favorite artists:  Lynne Moncrieff, Seth Apter a...

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I've been working on a series of altered paintbrushes for the past week or so.  Each one has her own name and story, of course. The longer they sit on my desk the more I keep adding to eac...

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To say I've been a bad blogger is an understatement!  My sister-in-law, her husband and my mother-in-law, who is 93 years old, have recently moved to South Carolina.  They were our house guests...

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I'm doing a series of faces using the same stencil by Andrea Matus DeMeng provided to me by StencilGirl Products .  This is to demonstrate how with just one stencil many different looks can be ...

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I used the StencilGirl Products face stencil by Andrea Matus DeMeng to make more faces.  This is to demonstrate how the same stencil can be used for a completely different effect. The he...

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If you follow my blog I'm sure you've noticed that I'm in love with stencils!  So you can imagine my delight when StencilGirl Products asked if I would like to be their Guest Artist, my respons...

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