Two new members of my collection

I sketched at a reception last night, with my good pal Helen, at our 10 North gallery. Chatting, drawing, drinking champagne. Yup, it works for me! Had to two draw these two newcomers to my collection of metal birds. 7 birds, 2 rabbits so far.
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Filming in my studio

Andrea and David from Wonder Channel came over today to do the final filming for the DVD. We shot the introduction and a couple of scenes in my studio, and the rest we shot in September in a local video studio. The finished product of yours truly teaching three art quilt projects, will be out in a couple of months. Martha and Pokey, you know you'll get copies to review!!

Acacia branch

Acacia branch and hand made stamps.
Hey, I've got another 6 week art quilt class starting Friday March 16 at the Oceanside Museum of Art. Register now.
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I'm a COVER GIRL!

I just found out that MY sketchbook page is on the cover of the upcoming March/April issue of Cloth Paper Scissors!!! I knew the article I wrote, and images from my sketchbook were going to be in this issue....but being on the cover! WOW! Can you tell I'm excited.?!!
You can buy the magazine in stores after March 1.

Wedding Anniversary

Today is our 30th wedding anniversary. Husb gave me a beautiful romantic card, and surprised me with a very thoughtful present. Ahhh. Then lunch (you can read what we ate. Delicious!!) at The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe. After lunch, we two sat in the garden and sketched for 30 minutes or so. It was probably 75 degrees and a gorgeous and memorable day. I am very lucky.
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Burts Bees

Everyday matters.... I love Karen's blog and how she selects simple everyday stuff to draw. I could have worked a little harder on lettering, but oh well.
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shag-a-delic

Here it is, with color. I used my water-soluable crayons and it's interesting how they influence the color choices vs. what this would look like with color pencil. Not my usual color palette, but fun to do.
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could be a....

This could be crop circles, or a 1950's dress print or the los angeles freeway system...It's just giant doodle in my sketchbook moleskine. I'll probably add color today.

valentine kisses

A friend gave me a bunch of fabric from her mom's stash. I used the lace and pinks for this fabric postcard. The writing is Ralph's, done with a transfer technique. I especially like the part where I had to eat all those chocolate kisses to create the heart...I wrote on the back "Hope Valentines Day covers you in kisses!"

more fruitstickers

It was a rainy day and a perfect day to stay inside and putter in the studio. And here's another silly fruitsticker color pencil quilt done in my sketchbook moleskine.

Rabbit Lake

The 3rd of my little landscape quilts. It's about 8.5x11"
Can you guess why it's called Rabbit Lake?
(It's both hand and machine sewn.)

a day in the life

Husb brought me the first camelia of the season, our friend installed a new hot water hookup in the laundry room and the chant (my first chant!) from last saturday's yoga workshop.
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That Janey on the East Coast!

You know the photo of Buddy in the sink I just posted? Well Janey has already drawn him and blogged him! Thank you Janey! Another wonderful drawing.

An Amazing Gift

I've 'met' some wonderful people through my blog and flickr. I admired the creativity of Ruth Rae and she sent me this wonderful felt, lace and yarn valentine, and we've never even met. Isn't that amazing? You can see the real thing here, on her site. I promised I'd sent her one of my fabric postcard valentines...which, compared to her glorious work, look rather meager. THANK YOU Ruth!!
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Ralph's Envelopes

This piece (a companion to the cleverly named "Ralph's Letters") just got accepted into an international exhibition! The 49th Annual International Exhibition at the San Diego Art Institute in Balboa Park. And to give you an idea how thrilled I am --A total of 1518 entries from 21 countries were submitted and 84 selected works of art were selected! The exhibition runs April 29 through June 10 and the gala reception is April 28th, 6-9pm.

buddy in the sink

This is a first for Buddy! I walked into the bathroom, flipped on the light, and there he was...too cute. There's even a Flickr group called 'cats in sinks' which I just joined!

I heard from an old friend

That's me on the right...at camp..I think I was about nine. And that's Karen on left. She contacted me after reading the interview of me in Jan/Feb Cloth Paper Scissors magazine. Sent me this photo and an email and is reminding me of crazy, dusty, childhood memories! Karen and I were best buds, and I think we met in Kindergarten. I haven't heard from her in...gulp...40 years?

grandma's pitcher

I have a collection of small pitchers. This one was my grandma's. One of the very few things I have of hers. I was going to draw all of my pitchers, but I think I was too worn out. (Yoga class this morning, then I gave blood, then I had my first neuromuscular massage. whew!) Oh, and the beads are from Africa, a gift from my friend Beth--I can't wait to do something fun with them.
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Poetry Reading

I went to poetry reading this afternoon at NTC at the Expressive Arts Institute. Diane Gage, Elizabeth McKim and Megan Webster read their poems about memory and relationshop. It was divine! Such a delightful way to spend an afternoon. Resolution: I want to memorize a poem.
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My Kitchen Window

Phew! This took about an hour & 1/2--longer than I wanted to spend on this. As you can see there is tons of stuff in my kitchen window, and I didn't even draw all of it. Tomorrow I think I'll choose a less intricate subject matter! I do love this view in my house, the garden window is filled with plants and favorite objects.
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