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 Let's talk about paint, shall we? I did one watercolor on paper this week, but spent an amount of time painting on fabric instead. The above painting was done on a linen white fabric with textile paint.(they are acrylic with textile medium mixed in) 

I used to teach painting techniques on fabric, and have quite a number of different brand paints in my supplies, so I pulled out some that looked like my pink flower series, went outside

in the wild fire smoke (three blazing out of control fires at the moment in Colorado)(people still have firepits ...

This painting is from a photo that I took when my mom visited me several years ago in Nashville.

I started this painting in 2014 and set it aside. It was one my many works in progress that sat around the studio. I have decided that I will finish them all before I start any new paintings. I will still work on charcoal drawings in front of the television some nights with my husband, but no more new paintings until I finish all of them. 21 was the Pebble Creek painting I posted about last week. This is number 20 ...

I decided it was time to finally finish all of my works in progress. Many of them aren’t what I would choose to paint today. Many of them have problems with the composition. However, I started them and I should have finished them at that time. I will never learn anything if I don’t finish most of my pieces. I had 21 wip’s before I finished this one. Now I am down to 20.

I decided to work smallest to largest. It is my hope that I will make some improvements in my work before I get ...

This is the first piece of art that I have created in more than a year.

My mother died on June 6, 2019. I was a wreck. My sister and I had spent over a month in the hospital with her. It was a drain on us both. I was barely holding it together during her illness, but after she died, I was broken. I thought I had an aneurysm or a stroke. My language skills were depleted. My memory was unreliable. My emotions were chaos. I didn’t feel like myself and I didn’t think I ever would ...

It has been FOREVER since I’ve posted a Silhouette Software tutorial which seems so crazy to me because I literally feel like I’m in there every day working on sign layouts and mockups for clients.

I thought I’d share today some of my go-to tricks and tips for editing fonts.

This is honestly the easiest way to take your designs to the next level. Without paying for expensive fonts or additional editing software, just a few adjustments can give your layouts more visual interest, making them that much more dynamic!

In the video below, I walk you ...

March is National Craft Month, so let’s get our crafting smocks on, fire up the sewing machines, and have some fun for spring!  Today I have gathered some of my spring inspired projects and some really great deals for you.  First up, paint a watering can to hang in your garden with my Watering Can Garden Art post.  As mine clearly shows, no real talent needed.  Learn how to be a better painter with classes at Bluprint.  All this month, get 50% off all classes at Bluprint, or choose Any One Class $10 with coupon code CREATE10.

Or turn ...

Since today is for remembering, I want to thank our friends Bob and Linda. Linda was in our neighborhood quilt club and taught sewing to the girls at her church. She was first in the neighborhood to sew with vinyl - she made some cool school binders for Alex. Once we had a sew day and made draft guards - to keep the heat out LOL. I still have one :)

So I've been a little pre-occupied lately with all this Drawing, Sewing, and Wedding planning. It's been crazy! Plus it's school holidays so I'm trying to get all the creative time I can in now before it's back to the paperwork of Doom!!! Duh Duh Duh.