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Happy fRidAy..........

this is my mess this morning but just finished up a few Christmas Journals...........

All of the above are the covers of these Christmas journals that have between 10-15 pages and are the normal looking pages with all kinds of Christmas goodies....the next one below is kind of a little outside the Christmas box but fun little images that I bought on etsy and I love the quirky/whimsical look.....not for everyone but..........

Hope you all had a productive/creative week and looking forward to the weekend..........

 

Happy Friday all............

mail from Australia.......

Maybe some of you are familiar with this designer of slow stitching but I just discovered it.........and I love her kits.......she is from Victoria Australia.....anyway a couple weeks ago I stumbled on her website and of course had to purchase one of her beautiful kits......slow stitching this beautiful fig kit! My Colors for sure.......

I love her organic style and anxious to get started...... Check her out........wattle and loop!

 

Happy THursday..................

this and that tuesday.........

this time of year this monkey grass goes crazy with the purple blooms and I love them.......it makes a beautiful trim in the yard and flower beds....

this mess is on my worktable right now.......cut paste and figuring out what to do with them......these last little characters are so fun and whimsical....What's on your creative worktable today?

 

have a great tuesday..............

more floral stitching.......

 this summer was the year for online classes ............. the two  I decided on was from French General Summer Stitch Camp  and the one I just finished with Charlotte Lyons Summer Stitch a Long........then I got to thinking why not use some of the techniques and looks from those classes and put together a few more Floral bouquets and vases with flowers..............fun to combine the two! Don't have a clue what they will be when finished but this is it so far.  The one above I have already started to do just simple embroidery stitches in some of the flowers....I may even add some tiny seed beads to see what that will look like.....anyway this is what is on my lap in the evening.........

Hope you all are doing well and enjoying the change in the weather like we are here in Oklahoma.......I know everyone is enjoying this cooler weather but I want summer back!!!! I won't lie to you about being warm.......HAPPY THURSDAY..........

art.......

Something I have always been interested in is Art and the reason my degree is in Art from Southern Nazarene University.....so this brings me to these paintings above !  For 20 something years the University ( SNU) had a yearly auction at the Cowboy Heritage Museum here in Oklahoma City to raise money for Summer Scholarships for kids.......I was in charge of the live Auction items and loved seeing ever year what was donated . We always had wonderful items........but one year I was drawn to this artist who donated the painting above of the abstract flower vase...her name is Behnaz Sohrabian........ this one came home with me that year and I have loved it....the next year she donated another one of her paintings and I got outbid and had thought about it  since.....the auction is no longer but in early August there was an article in the Daily Oklahoman about Behnaz...... she was showing her artwork at the Edmond Art Center and would be showing there the month of August.. of course I was on it and that bring me to the 2 portraits hanging now in my home........this gal is really talented and has quite a story of how she came to the US from Tehran, and so glad she did. She has also had shows at the Paseo Gallery. If you ever have a chance to see her work go and meet her. She is a sweetheart and so talented.  (The painting in the grey above is of one of her daughters.........and I feel lucky to have it!) Thank You Behnaz for sharing your talents with us.........

 

Happy Wednesday all......it's raining and a bit chilly here in OKC today!

slow stitch weekend.........

the photo above is before slow stitch and before basting..........

this is why they call it slow stitch.......... you do a little bit here and there ........set it aside from time to time to make sure your lines are half way straight.......mine are a little wonky and they are not the same size but it's suppose to look handmade and organic....... hopefully in the evenings I can just sit and slow stitch........I haven't added any decorative stitches around some of the icon looking pieces and I haven't really decided on any photos to add.......it's a process as you go along and it has been fun to have Charlotte Lyons teach from her years of stitching and her talent for this kind of project! All of the students who are enrolled for this virtual class will have zoom to check out what all everyone has come up with.......it will be really interesting to see each persons project......

Hope you are enjoying this Labor Day weekend.........HAPPY MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2020...........

Happy Holiday weekend..............

Well this is what has been on my list to try for a while..........marbling with finger nail polish!!!!  Yes... can you believe it.......I have taken several marbling classes with the typical marbling techniques and have loved them all.....but this one I can do at home with little products and prep work........all you need is paper, different colors of nail polish, small plastic dish, and a couple of sharp tools such as a nail or wooden stick and water.......that's all. I had so much fun doing this and hopefully I can find some other colors of polish......as you can tell I wear orangish/redish polish usually and that is all I had for experimenting for the first go round but hopefully I can try it again with a few other color combinations....

have a safe and fun holiday weekend.......

slow stitch project with Charlotte Lyon.......

Slowly stitching my summer project with Charlotte Lyons virtual class.........we started a couple weeks ago with designing and stitching down the vase and flowers.....then came the basting of the patchwork background ( I am still working on it).....this part has been challenging because of the many ways you can put down the pieces of fabric (then take away many times) to make the right choices and balance of the look you are trying to achieve.......next week will be the slow stitching down of the entire project..........when more of the stitching is complete I will show more of the project. This has been a fun project so far and I am enjoying the process......

 

 

Happy Thursday or should I say Happy Stitching........create something fun today! 

doodling ornaments........

Last week's post on the Doodling Ornaments is something that needed to be ordered a bit early so this is how I hope it will work for you and me......their are 8 different shapes.....so you 1. pick which one by the no. ..........no.2 name or maybe just ( peace, joy, merry ) whatever you want ( even the date)..... if you don't want it to be Christmas and just want maybe the circle or little girls dress I can make it just regular doodling without the Christmas theme.....I had some orders for dogs so this is why their is a dog bone.....it also got me to thinking of those who have cats why not a fish......so this is the reason for the fish.....or if a male in the family is a fisherman it would also work for that!

If I get the little girls dress finished  I will post photos ( if you follow this very much I know you have seen the dress doodled before, I just didn't get a Christmas one finished ).....also each one will have a thin gold string so you can hang on the tree or as a gift tag.........

 

If anyone is interested in these hand doodled ornaments please email me at jpeter@cox.net ...................thank you

 

Happy Tuesday............

 

party and holiday paper dolls.......

How fun would these be on a little girls birthday cake or stuck in the top of a package, stuck in a plant or just about anything , with a sentiment to go along with it.....my idea was to have each of the dolls hold something like maybe if the little girl was 4 she could be holding a glittered up 4 and where the banner ( where the gingerbread, candy canes or paperdoll) is have her name, happy, smile, congratulations  whatever the occasion.......they can be totally monogramed however way is appropriate.....they are on wooden picks.......anyway if anyone is interested please email at jpeter@cox.net..........

 

Tomorrow I will have all the order information on the Christmas Doodling Ornaments....still working that out.........

 

hope you all had a great weekend and looking forward to the new week ahead.....the rain is coming down here in Oklahoma this morning.........