Long time . . .

. . . no posts!  Two months!  And our beautiful Florida fall turned into a VERY COLD, for us, winter.

Here's a basket of pumpkins my daughter helped me make for Thanksgiving.

A pile of crocheted scrumbles - stay tuned to see what they become.

And a couple of hats.  Free form crochet over a commercially made hat.  I really like these!



And a pet bed that has been in the works for a long time.  It started to be a boxer sized bed - but I quit at chihuahua size.

More later - I wish I had a restart  option like on my computer.  Mine should be a restART option. 

COMFORT and CONNECTIONS

So, here's my art inspiration for this week.  The emphasis was to create a comfortable time and place to create.  Sounds like a good idea - but no bunny shoes for me! Barefeet are my idea of comfort.

CONNECTION!

A few weeks ago I purchased some arts & crafts items that had belonged to an artist - unknown to me.  There were fiber things, a box of copper enameling supplies.  And this unusual ceramic piece, unglazed, with holes around the edges.  Perhaps it was intended to be a basket base?  As I looked through the pages of notes and sketches, contemplated the patterns and tried to decide what the ceramic base was intended for - and what I might create from it, I felt a connection with her.  So perhaps some day my collections of art supplies and unfinished projects will become a connection to a future artist.

Learning - -

This is my art inspiration for the week.  Lerrn by reading, classes, or just by doing!  But try new things - take a class or teach a class.  Be inspired by your surroundings.  Just create!  My newest obsession is copper jewelry, especially pendants.

BE SILLY!

The art inspiration card I drew for this week says "Be really silly".  That's pretty easy for me, but there is a fine line between silly and ridiculous.  So I thought I'd share a silly story that happened last week:

Jack handed me two tiny flowers.  I carefully placed them in water in a shallow dish.  Two days later I marveled at how long they stayed alive.  Then he handed me another - that he pulled from his pocket!  As I carefully placed it with the others, I realized THEY ARE NOT REAL!!  So they still reside on the kitchen window sill - to remind me of my own silliness!

RAW MATERIALS

This week's Art Inspiration emphasized using quality materials in your art.  That's a real challenge since I like to recycle and repurpose found objects .  It's not always easy to decide what's trash and what's treasure.