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Ninety Nine Bottles of Beer on The Wall

So what does that song have to do with crocheting an afghan? Well, really not much but since I will be making 100 "squares" that's all I can think of!

With my recent crocheting craze I had been seeking a simple, beautiful, colorful pattern and I found it! Kaleidoscope by Cecile Balladino of Eclectric Gipsyland and in kit form from Renanissance Dyeing.

I'm in for 23 squares so far and enjoying it so much. The wool yarn is lovely to the touch and the colors great in combination.

 

 

Progress will be posted...

The Elephant Baby

Who could love you with a face like this?

What a long nose you have!

 

Friends

One Eyed wanted a friend.

Nearly a family!

Learning a new skill

Dd introduced my to Craftsy and I was wandering around that site recently and fell into a must need to learn Amigurumi. Craftsy was offering a half price eclass and I was hooked (yeap, pun intented!)

The class is about designing your own patterns. I choose that class as a way of trying to figure out how best I learn. So far I have liked the "reason why" you do that method. Stacey Trock tells you why you should do it this way or that...the pros and cons of a certain method.

I think this little guy is pretty cute for my first Monster Ball Doll! What's your new skill?

Two See Eye to Eye, One does not

I am getting excited about family coming for a visit this weekend! I made these creatures  for the boys of this family. They are filled with a plastic bag so when they're squezzed they squeak!

Two of these see eye to eye, the other does not! Have a wonderful weekend.

Flowers in Los Alamos, CA

 

These 12"X12" wrap canvases are now available at Art Brut inside Cafe Quackenbush in the small and lovely village of Los Alamos, CA. They are open for breakfast and lunch til 4pm. When you stand at the counter to order your fabulous meal just look to your right and there is a wall of my work! The food is special and the art is too.

 

(note: Sweet Sweet Peas is not yet available at Cafe Quackenbush. If interested let me know)

Finding Beauty

I was looking through an old sketchbook and found these three pieces of paper...I was struck by how much beauty I could see in them. Do you find it odd sometimes what strikes your fancy?

Then I went outside to the garage/studio and found a "not finished" and probably never will be project and was again struck with it's beauty and loveliness.

Where do you find beauty?

Have a wonderful weekend. 

Leta Armstrong

Leta is the daughter of Heather Armstrong of "dooce" fame. I used a flickr photo as inspiration to work with oil pastets and crayons.

painting, cutting and pasting

 

First I painted...

Then I cut...

 

Then I pasted the flowers back into a .....

 

Some kind of floral art!

Small works of art...5"X7" on mat board