Monday, August 18, 2008






No Artwork, too busy packing, so I thought I'd show some different art, the beauty of my garden this summer. Looking for a way to use these in my work. Going to try to create some transparancies with them I think for glass pendants... or maybe an art quilt... or...;.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Victory by Yvonne Howard


The second of the four Doll Street Traveling dolls has nearly completed her visit with us. Meet Victory by Yvonne Howard. Victory comes to us from North Carolina and she celebrates, well, victory with her pink t-shirt with its breast cancer ribbon, her sweet bracelet with its special charms and her pink and white sneakers and socks. These pics are from her visit to the Mountain Barn, a favorite local resteraunt. Our waitress, Stephanie was very excited to meet Victory. Stef is celebrating a year free from breast cancer and we are so very glad to share her joy.


Saturday, July 26, 2008




Charms! Specifically Domino charms. Before I go further I should warn you that these are seriously addicting!

I've used mini dominos as my base. You can use any picture, or piece of picture (copyright honorable of course) and glue down to your domino. These are from "Skinny Mini Potpourri" by "Altered by Design" (www.alteredbydesign.com) which I bought at Joggles. Finish your edges with a metalic leafing pen, coat with several layers of dimension lacquer and add wires and charms. I'm experimenting now with dyes, transparancies and stamps. I'm also using larger dominos to make necklaces. Hope to post more pics soon.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

My First Doll Street Visitor



...is Alexis! By Drusilla Esslinger, this lovely lady will be spending 3 weeks with me as a virtual vacation. She's already taken a tour of the garden and this is her favorite spot, the beginning of what we call the "fairy trail." Note that she came well prepared with her own camera!