Monday, August 28, 2006

Smooches from PTown


Enclosed in a mermaid's body and loving it. Provincetown, MA is one of my favorite places to visit... and I have been doing so since I was a teen. It is full of art, fun, history, tolerance and wild pleasures. Like becoming a mermaid at the drop of a hat.

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Thursday, August 17, 2006

earrings from perth


i love them...

Skirting the issue


From a favorite linen skirt which drove me nuts due to it's lack of legroom ... to a more free kicking handpainted version...
Here I am in the south of france three years ago, 105F , the skirt is cool, but hard to take deep strides in due to the slit being held together with two toggles and very cool buttons. No you can't see them here because my bag is in the way. sorry!

I decided to get rid of the buttons and paint up from the bottom
a couple of my signature flowers which have appeared in my paintings lately.

here they are finished and detailed before taking off the tabs and buttons...

Rainer was able to capture me on the mini trampoline showing how easy it is to now move about in this skirt. I like it a lot more now, and even though it is over three years old, it is linen, it is a comfortable skirt and now a little refashioned.
I am entering this in the Whip Up embellish/decorate catagory because the painting took longer than the deconstruction. Go see more whip up here.


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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Trapped in a chair from the past


These chairs have got to go. For many reasons I won't go into here. This photo captures my desperate feelings about these chairs. Crazy I know, but sometimes you just have to let it out.
The photo helped me a lot get in touch with my inner chair loathing.
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006

August 1, 2006



This is my first tight space photo for August at Self Portrait Challenge. It is in our bathroom which is long and narrow and most definitely on our list of home repairs. It is tight with the two daughters and I all messing about simultaneously - me doing the essentials, you know teeth, hair and wash face. They do the extras that young women do - eyes, lips, cheeks, sprays, powders, more eyes, hair do and redo, and redo again, ok, maybe one more redo.... so it was the first tight spot I could think of. I left them out of the photo simply because they get the rest of the room. We have a second bathroom downstairs, but somehow it is just not appealing to them or to me to use it. Guess where my husband ends up?


I came home to find two special packages at my door ... one from my crafting trading buddy in Australia - Feli and one from a new friend Belinda in Luxembourg. HOW LOVELY! especially cause today's my birthday!
First look at those stunning earrings Feli made! (modeled in the self portrait) Look at those crows feet laughlines too! I think they go great with my blouse and well, my daughters said I look hip! (bonus points) Then the box of goodies ... a cuff, (girls are still fighting with me over that one, can i wear it?) mugpads, (how did you know I needed those?) pincushion to keep me pins at hand, fabu brooch made of buttons, and the famed feli tissue holder and bonus postcards from Australia. oh my oh my. The stitching is just perfect on everything and well, I am green with envy at your skills Feli.
Belinda's felted poppy is adorable and useful too to brighten up my work desk area. I found out that she is teaching felting classes in Portland. Too bad it is Oregon and not Maine. I have done felting, but want to take another class. Thank you blogging friends. Too too kind.
off to enjoy my birthday and contemplate the year ahead... i make birthday resolutions instead of new years. after all, august 1 is MY new year! tee hee.