Look at my charming tussie mussie from Christy!!!!!

I took part in a tussie mussie swap in my Paperwhimsy group. I received this beauty from Christy, thank you so much!
Shelf in living room with some of my collaborative altered books!
Remember when I posted about my man in the moon I got for $1.00?

Well, I got this pencil for a buck!!!!!

Enjoy your weekend!

Some things my son emailed me!

Every day my son sends me some images he finds on line. Thught I would share a few!

Paperwhimsy Quote Book

5x5 pages

Happy Birthday cathy!

She added laughter to my happy times

and comfort to my trying times.

She was my friend in sunshine and shade!

Some of you have seen this before. I wrote these thoughts the night I found out my dear friend died after a 2 1/2 year battle with ovarian cancer. I had gone by to say good by since we were going on vacation and I would see her when we returned. She said, "have a great time"!

Cathy, your star shines brighter than ever!

Morning walk in the garden!

Bitty's snowbells!

6"x7" collage

Image from paperwhimsy

My pressed flowers

Tried out zazzle for a t shirt design!

Nice light weight cotton/lycra. My sketch turned out pretty well! 

I bought the man in the moon for $1.00!!!!!!

I went to a garage sale on saturday and got the greatest buy!!!!

So, I thought, remember the old photos they did with the people by the man in the moon?

Here's my version using photo booth on my mac!

Happy Birthday Kyle and kyle's mom, Julie!

Kyle's 8th grade class celebrated his birthday in a grand manner. Special t-shirts, designed by the class were worn when they presented a check to Riley, Julie, and Michael(family) for monies raised by the class for 

The Kyle O'Connell Foundation. You can read all about the foundation if you click the logo to your right "Kyle's Sunshine Club"!

I have this baseball cap I wear that has his name on it(nonnie,gave it to me) and Kyle accompanies me on many adventures! We have had some fun times!

Next time you look up at the sky and see something beautiful, I am pretty sure Kyle had something to do with it!

Backyard view.......

playing with picasa!

Tessa's Garden

I added this 2nd photo because I thought it was clearer and I didn't enhance the color.
Image from paperimagerydesigns.

4"x4" on watercolor paper

Thank you ann!!!!!

What a needed surprise last night!!!! Ann was selected for this renee award and passed it on to me. My day was less than so so, not bad, just eh!

I will think about passing this along to some of the inspiring artists and friends and post later, this is hard!

Thanks again ann!!!!


 http://annsimaginationcreations.blogspot.com/2009/04/renee-award.html 

Helga's challenge!

I decided to make a postcard!

http://www.myartisticlife.typepad.com

Paperwhimsy Tussie Mussie swap!

Nest comes out to reveal the sweet surprises inside. Flower pin is removable and wearable.
Vintage hankie
Seed packet fro the Chelsea Flower Show (1991)

Cloth, Paper, Scissors 2010 calendar contest!

I am a finalist in the calendar contest, along with 15 other artists. 12  art works will be voted on by those attending the quilt show.

Wish me luck!

12"x 12" collage

Theme: Life is like a box of........

I chose "buttons in the sewing basket"

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Sunday collage!

Finished!

PW/magazine collage

The little artist

7"x7"

image from paperwhimsy.com

page from Victoria magazine

3D rose from www.annagriffin.com

MMC (more magazine collage)

12"x12"

girl and birdhouse from Victoria mag

sunflowers/mag

transparency of poppies/botanical paper

flowers behind birdhouse/my collage

I am not sure what I am going to do next. I have to think about it!

Wishing you a happy springtime!

Quote collage

We must live in the joy of discovery and shout out the beauty as well as the pain of this human/natural experience.

Quote from yahoo group

6"x8"

I loved this quote and decided to try an interpretation by doing this collage.