happy birthday, soyun!

This is a little necklace I made for a sweet friend of Wesley's. Happy birthday, Sweetie!

happy valentine's day!

valentines goodies

...courtesy of Lisa Vollrath...thanks, Lisa!

Another countdown of free goodies. You can find them right here.

art book and new digiWERX papers

If you are looking for some nummy eye candy, Christina has published a book of her mixed media collages.

As Christina describes it, "It's an 80 page, full colour book, measures 7x7 and is crammed with full colour versions of all my mixed media collages." I got my autographed copy today, get your's here.

She has also created some new fabio digital papers that you can find here.

Take a look and see for yourself. I think you will agree.

snow day!

A few of pictures from today's snow fall.

much too young

Heath Ledger 1979 - 2008

It was such a shock to hear of Heath's passing last Tuesday.

A fabulous actor, and one of my favorites, I can only imagine what else he could have offered us in the way of his talents. Seeing him in the upcoming 'The Dark Knight' will be bittersweet indeed.

My thoughts are with his family.

art du jour

This is a little book I whipped up for my work friend, Kim. She is a big fan of paper art and I have been meaning to make something for her for quite some time.

Even though the grungeboard 'k' sticks up beyond the top of the book, it is so flexible that it can be folded over without damaging it. It really is fun to work with. I punched holes in it and sewed it to the cover, adding beads along the way.

another blast of winter

They were calling for 4-10 cm (or 1-4 inches for you non-metric types) of snow starting Saturday afternoon. The snow started late Saturday, but stopped after a light dusting. We woke up this morning and the snow had started up again. The the big flakes came...and they kept coming for the next three or four hours. By the time the clouds started to clear and the sun came out this afternoon, this is what we actually ended up with. More in the neighbourhood of 20 cm.


Doesn't really matter that we shoveled our portion of the driveway when we have to drive through the rest of this. Looks like public transit will be the mode of transport for the three of us tomorrow morning. (I know those of you who actually experience the true force of winter, for longer than a couple of days two or three times over the season, probably think we are wimps and this is nothing more than a drop in the bucket, and you would be correct...we are, I'm not ashamed to admit it.)

I have to admit, it sure is pretty. :u)

Was visiting Angel's blog and I saw this...had to give it a try. Here's the result...

the recipe for deb

3 parts Craftiness 2 parts Devilry 1 part Fun Splash of Charisma Serve over ice

What's the Recipe for Your Personality?

silver lining...

...got word last Thursday that, just a couple weeks after celebrating my 10th anniversary with my company, I was going to be one of 115 people effected by the latest restructuring. Not the best day for sure. But, on Friday morning, I got a phone call...

We are going to Mexico!! Margaritas here we come!

too cool...

First of all, I would like to wish everyone a very happy new year. I can't believe we are half way through January already...crazy!

I went out to visit Haroldine at 'Be Creative' (you locals know who I mean). It was demo day and the products were Tim Holtz's grundgeboard and distress paints. Now those who know me, know what a fan of Tim's I am. OMG! Grundgeboard rocks!! If you don't know what I'm talking about, check this out on YouTube. I just love this stuff!

After the demo, I came home with my new treasures and sat down and played. The following are the results of my playtime.

Yup...inspired by Tim on this one...loved the look.

happy holidays!

It is Christmas evening. Gifts have been exchanged. Toys and games have been played. Phone calls to wish family well have been made. Turkey has been prepared and eaten. And to top it off, snow has fallen.

What a wonderful treat it was to see snow flakes fall on Christmas day. I can't remember the last time it snowed on Christmas.

What a lovely, quiet day the three of us have spent together. Memories have been made.

early Christmas presents

Today we three Mays delivered nine early Christmas presents in the form of blood donations. It was Wesley's first time and he came through the experience unscathed. While we were having our juice and cookies post-donation, one of the volunteers told us we were giving presents to three people each. It felt good to know that we could be making a difference to someone's life...especially at this time of year.

If you give blood on a regular basis, way to go. If you have given before but haven't in a while, please consider getting out to a clinic over the holiday season to help out. And if you have never given, please think seriously about checking out the Canadian Blood Services website and seeing if there is a clinic coming up in your area.

If you don't live in Canada, please consider making a donation through the blood services programs in your country.

Wishing you and yours a very wonderful holiday season.

Happy Holidays everyone!

sale!

Shari Beaubien is selling several lots of art supplies and goodies via ebay. For more details, click here.

oh, the weather outside is frightful...

This is what our weekend looked like during the first snowfall of the season. Glad it decided to do it over the weekend so we could just hunker down and appreciate the beauty.

check out the size of the snowflakes

It's raining now, so don't know what things will look like in the AM. I am just hoping it doesn't freeze overnight.

studioWERX blog

Check out my latest contribution to the street team blog.

lisa's christmas countdown

Lisa Vollrath is offering another one of her fabio countdowns with load of free goodies starting Dec 1. Can't wait!!

Click here and check it out for yourselves.

suminagashi marbling

Suminagashi (sue-me-NAH-gah-she) means literally "ink floating".

This is the style of marbling I learned last weekend in a workshop taught by Candac Thayer-Coe. It was the first class at Nancy and April's new home. It was a great class.

The process is done by floating ink onto a surface of water by coating oriental brushes with the ink and then dipping the tips onto the surface of the water.



laying the paper onto the inks

lifting the paper off the water

...and onto the board for rinsing

The best thing about the class was sharing it with some of my special art friends...you know who you are!

This was a very zen-like experience, even in a group setting. I am looking forward to trying it again.

art & soul...finally...

It's taken me a while to get back in the swing of things since returning from Portland. I think it's a combination of wanting to spend time with the family after being away, the post-art retreat funk and now a bunch of other life stuff that just muddles things up.

I had a wonderful time at A&S...classes were great. Took classes with Lesley Riley, Beryl Taylor and Traci Bautista.

Janice is the perfect travelling companion...and the best part was no hassle crossing the border this time! Woo hoo!

Janice and I took the MAX into downtown Portland. We went to Powell's Books. That place rocks!! I thought it was very strange that downtown Portland should be so quiet on a Saturday morning, so much different than Vancouver (BC). We puttered around. Looked in shops, grabbed a Starbucks and took the train back out to the hotel. We also got the shuttle to visit Alberta Street. Wasn't as exciting as I thought it might be but there were a few cool shops and great murals. Reminded me of Commercial Street (for you local folks). Here are a couple pics.


Got to catch up with friends. Especially grateful for being able to spend some catch-up time with Shari! Met some new friends from Minny...great to hang with you Laura and Jacque! April and Nanc...always a treat!

Drive back home was very smooth. We made it back to Bellingham in four hours, did a bit of last minute shopping and then headed back over the border.

Fun time.

october 3 - happy birthday, pygmy!!

To my little sister...happy 40th!! Love ya!