I now have a 3 yr old...ahhh

One of London's b-day presents :)
London with his new buddy Scout. He takes him everywhere with him. The super cool thing is you can plug him up to the computer and program in your child's name and a few other fun things. (pretty neat huh?)

This is London's friend Bella and we play with her usually a couple times a week. Let's just say at night when London says his prayers he thanks God for Bella (heehee).

London's 3rd Birthday party

Here are a couple shots from his b-day party. I really did not take too many photos as I was running around all over the place. My friend took a few when London was opening presents. If you notice...he was pretty wore out by the end of the party. A lot going on for a 3 yr old! :)

Granny helped him eat one and 1/2 cup cakes...mmmmm.

We never seem to get many shots of Uncle Nate and Aunt Ginger with London so we tried to get him to smile. Like I said earlier he was really tired by the end of the day and had no expressions left. We could not get him to smile but trust me he had a great time.

London opening some presents. Scott and I assisting him.



Drum rollllllll.......

Here is the cake that Scott made and I decorated...it is supposed to be a flashlight. lol Really we just try to have a good time making his cake every year. People were coming in and had bets on what that cake theme was going to be. We try.... :)


Here are 2 new pieces I have made

"She sent her wishes out to the World" - original fabric on wood art now in my Etsy shop :)
I just bought this fabulous red fabric and had to use it ASAP!

"His hands in my Pocket" - original fabric on wood art.
I have been thinking about doing a "tall people" series. I have so many tall friends (and family members) that it just seems right. This is I guess the first of this possible series.
In this cold weather I am finding that the polyurethane takes longer to dry so I still need to get a clean, clear, crisp photo of this piece.

I am trying to get back into blogging a little bit more regularly. Hopefully I will be able too.
Be back soon!

Oh my Oh my

Yes, I have a little boy, but sometimes he wants to be like mommy and have a "ponytail" as he says. Yesterday was the first day in a week that he did not have diarrhea, a tummy ache and lack of appetite. Pretty much I gave in to him for simple request such as, "ponytail mommy!"

Above is us playing outside. If the ponytail fell out he would cry and beg for another. So silly.
Then below was later in the day. He took a nap and luckily I got him off of me and onto the couch so I could sneak in a quick shower (and let me tell you what a small wonder that is, usually I shower at 10 o'clock at night).

This season has been especially busy with custom orders. I love it but it has keep me very busy and I have not had much time to make my own art...but that's ok...not complaining!
I have put up a few and some I may have posted in progress or before so sorry if I have doubled up. I have one left to finish up, and I am not 100% sure I will get it done in time and most importantly shipped out in time, but it is for a friend of mine who is being very understanding. :)

Here we go....

"Willie Hour" - 24" x 32" fabric on wood

"Spanish Mackere" - 9" x 24" fabric on wood ...the cool thing about this piece is it is meant to hang over a doorway!

"Tree of Life" - 12" x 14 Fabric on wood

"Honeymoon" - 12" x 14" Fabric on wood

"I'll bring home the turkey if you bring home the bacon" - 12" x 14" fabric on wood (love the title of this one!)

"Simon in the Starlight Lounge" - 10" x 12" fabric on wood ( love this title too and this kitty just looks like the sweetest!)

Well there you have it. And I get to let out a big *SIGH* :)

Hope you all are getting ready for the holidays...they are almost here!

Art/Craft Show this weekend!

As the holidays approach I have had many many custom orders. Here is one I just finished last week. I was so nervous about making the bike in fabric. I seriously was going to call her and tell her I was not sure I could pull it off. But I sat down one night and just worked and worked. My husband helped direct me on a few of the angles that I had all wrong. After adding in the extra rock, flower, trees and just a tiny little glimpse of the black and red chili pepper bandanna he wears the whole piece came together. I was so proud of how it turned out and really happy that I was able to pull it off. Hopefully my customers husband will be happy with it for Christmas!

Mountain Biker - original fabric on wood

This weekend I will be participating in a 3 day show at the

Anne-Robb- South Charlotte Banquet Center
9009 Bryant Farms Rd
Charlotte NC (Ballentyne)

South Charlotte Handmade Crafts Holiday Sale
Friday, November 13 - Sunday, November 15, 2009
9am - 4pm

If you are around and looking for handmade holiday gifts please stop by. I know there will be artist selling a variety of items. This is the longest show I have done in a while so I would love to see some familiar faces! Bring a friend!

100th post...lots of new work

Scott and London and Sugar bunny and Douglas all chillin - they are the best!

Yes, I finally made it to my 100th post, slowly but surely. I thought for this post I would put up a few new pieces I have completed. I have always seemed to work in spurts and the past few days have been very productive (...now if some of it would just sell- LOL). I have as of right now 372 items in my shop. Now many of those are prints of sold originals or favorite images. Acutally, probably a little more then half of the items in my shop are prints of my originals...but still...super full shop!

I just finished this one above and named it "A Thousand Kisses" it is fabric on wood and really is so vibrant in person. I must admit, I think it is a new favorite. I have really had the best time building up my stash of green fabrics. It gives me great pleasure to pair up various greens and somehow having them work well together. I will never stop making these fabric pieces and that makes me Happy!

Below is a little piece called "Tall Grass" and it is fabric on wood. We have been living in our house here in Lancaster for 3 years now and have yet to have more then a few small strips of grass. We have so many trees that they have created quite the natural space and with Scott always working and me always running around with London it just seems to stay more natural then anything. Someday we will get our grassy yard back but it could be some time and I just will continue to make grass pieces until then. My dream grass is the kind that is soft and you can roll around in it. In the winter it turns brown but always comes back green in the spring. Not sure what it is called.

More Kitchen pieces! I seem to sell my breakfast pieces pretty well and had sold out of almost all the originals so I decided to stock the shelves again.
Here is another "Kiss my Grits-Blue" I added the blue twist and rearranged things a bit from the first 2 grits pieces I made.

"Tea" original fabric on wood

"Waffles" (with blueberries) - finally I got around to making some waffles, thought it was only fitting since I have made a few pancakes already.

Finally sometimes I just want to draw on the wood. This particular piece had such nice wood grains coming through I just could not cover them up with fabric.
"The Mountains were Calling" colored pencil on wood

Hope everyone's summer is going well. I will be headed to the mountains in a few weekends and can't wait to get a little bit of that cool, crisp air!

Dustings of White {our 1st snow day this winter}

Here is a new little piece...I am into these shadowy people.

"The Moon Cast her Shadow" - new Fabric on wood piece in the shop..prints coming soon or upon request :)

I am so excited and need to start getting ready for a Spring Bazzar I am participating in on March 14 in Rock Hill at the National Armory. It has been over a year since I have done any shows so Im pumped...so much work to sell!


Scott and I enjoying a little SC snowfall...he got to stay home from work even though the roads by us were fine. We did hear that some of the roads were icey in Charlotte and why chance it- ha We were stock up with bread and milk and fruit and lots of goodies. The sun actually came out right after lunch and worked her magic on most of the snow. Sad it was barely with us for a day but better than nothing.

London was really not feeling good at all. We took him out anyway b/c who knows when we will get snow again. He had a fever and the next day I took him to the doctor and found out he also had a sore throat and double ear infections. Poor little one.

Calhoun and Alex had a blast in the snow...good eating for a dog!

For V-day (I like to give presents early) Scott had this custom decal made for his laptop. We just went onto etsy under the "custom" tab and put in a request on Alchemy. We ordered it from this guy who was great to work with and super fast! http://www.precisionengraving.etsy.com/

Here it is on his laptop...it really looks fantatic and it is a great topic of conversation at work. And if you have never met my husband he has a thing for pirates..yarrrr.

"Follow Me" - Fabric on wood...another new one in the shop

Other then getting over everyone in the house having a funk (aka- really bad bad colds) we have just been chillin. I have a bit of cabin fever and am hoping to be busy this week with lots of outings. Also, I am planning to catch up with some old college friends this coming weekend. I have not met their 2 kids and they have not met my husband or London so it should be a good time.

Baby Fawn Girl with Blossom

Fawn drawn onto the fabric

Baby Fawn eating blossoms- In-Progress

My first attempt at drawing a fawn...and here it is. We have a couple shower to go to tomorrow for a freind of my husbands who is having a girl. After some research we learned that they will not be doing the PINK thing (I didn't think they would) rather a more Sage green nursery. Both the mom and dad love the outdoors so I want to have a pine tree somewhere in the mix. What goes better than a baby girl fawn eating blossom. Hope they like it. Here are some in-progress photos. It will be finished up tonight with the second coat of polyurthane.

Kitty and Crow - Original Fabric on Wood art

I just finished this piece and will be adding it to my Etsy shop today. I am fascinated by crows and a little obsessed with cats. We keep finding dead birds all around the house as we have 3 cats who like to hunt. Sometimes I think that perhaps they are just trying to be whatever it is they are huntings friend. They never eat them- it is just for sport I suppose. I think my cats would be friends with a crow. Crows are intimidating b/c they are so very smart!

Some New art!!!

"Bloody Mary" - Original fabric on wood art

York County Art Museum Show Nov. 1st

" They Shall become One" - original fabric on wood art

Here are just a of my new stuff. I have been trying to play catch up after a couple of super busy weeks. I had a show and sold a ton of pieces. I still have over 1o0 in my inventory but I must keep working. I plan to start selling prints soon- keeping my fingers crossed that I will have saved up enough for the printer before the beginning of the year (tax write off- ha ha). Anyway here are some photos of new work and the show I participated in at the York County Art Museum in Rock Hill, SC. I am also trying to make my blog a more regular thing!!! So see you back here soon!

Petals in the Wind

I am so ready for the cool fall weather. I made this abstract piece with the FAll in mind!!! It has finally cooled off a bit at night here but the days are still humid and warm. I am keeping my fingers crossed for some snow this winter (we had one day last winter of snow).

This piece of art is for sale in my Etsy shop and is Fabric on Wood