Happy Accident?
So I made some flower beads, not for the Smoosher’s challenge as they were a couple days late, but intended to be included on some handmade Mother’s Day gifts. I created them late on Friday night, and baked them on Saturday morning after getting back from the car dealership (oil change, tire balance and coolant [...]
Saga of the ruined painting
I have an old painting that I started in my senior year of high school, which my then-teacher effectively ruined by painting upon it with her firm idea of what she thought I should be doing with it. Here is a picture: I used a photograph from some book for the fuschia flowers [...]
In need of inspiration
So I’ve finished thirty-two more pumpkin pie slice charms like these: (some with and some without whipped topping). I haven’t photographed them yet, the whipped topping on some is a little different and I used copper for the wrapped loops on some of them as well, but they’ll be available for the asking when I [...]
Please take a look at my new blog
http://www.positivelycharming.com/eeblog/ I am toying with another blog platform. It is actually called a “CMS” – “content management system”, but in a nutshell, that is what all blog platforms are. Some are just more robust and can do more than others. Anyway, I used this one, called Expression Engine, as my main blogging platform for several [...]
Exploring Watercolor
Ok, not so much “exploring” as jumping right in. In July I talked about receiving a new book by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, which sparked my interest in picking up the watercolor brushes again. I noted that this time, I wanted to use artist quality paper and paints. And so I went out and bought some. [...]
Results of testing out Pardo Clay
So I baked the Santa, Snowmen and Angel beads I made over the past week, yesterday. Here they are all together: I forgot to put halos on the angels, and I’m debating whether to add them since their flesh color already seems to have darkened just from the 30 minutes they spent in the oven [...]
Claying again
I tend to flit back and forth between projects. So I started painting the picture of my daughter, got as far as getting a little of the undertones of her skin in place, and then set it aside in favor of working with my polymer clays again. Hobby Lobby is opening stores in town, and [...]
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