There, I'm really happy with this - it came out just as I hoped. Northern Lights. Acrylic on canvas board. Sorry about the glare.

In my defense, I did paint a background yesterday and am going to try to paint the foreground today. It will have to be a combined aaad - af...

Oh, it almost didn't happen. I was just soooo tired today - almost useless tired. Though I still managed to get a lot of things done - I...

This is my aaad from yesterday. A scarf from hell. This was so beautiful in my head - the skein of yarn was very expensive and wonderful loo...

Here is my aaad.11 - I can't believe I've made something creative every day for two weeks - plus I've been working on knitting t...

I uploaded the word ring necklaces, the pink sapphire flower, the red and black crane and the two autumn bracelets. Thanks for looking!

We spent a wonderful day yesterday visiting friends in Port Townsend. Another town I'd love to move to... but the commute is a bit too f...

Actually, I was feeling a bit UN-balanced. I wasn't sure I was going to get a day 10 aaad in or not. I was messing around all morning pl...

Another inspiration necklace - this one says Dream and Create and I used a thicker gauge wire to make the ring, and I made it a little small...

Today is International Day of Peace. It's also our wedding anniversary. It's a wonder I didn't miss either one of them as neithe...

I've had this one floating around in my head for MONTHS. I still need a little practice soldering and stamping the rings, but this is go...

Pink sapphire & sterling silver pendant, black tourmaline, garnet, silver & suede.

Luke: Mom? Why do you call me Babycake? Me: Because you are my baby and you taste like cake. Luke: NO I DON'T! I taste like PUMPKIN!

Tonight was the first night of my drawing class and I'm thrilled to say it was FUN and a complete success for me. I put away my inner cr...

Carnelian, Nephrite, Aventurine, Mookaite, Karen Hill Tribe Silver.

And I don't mean me. Luke asked for a journal. He said it was not fair that I had one and Dad had one and he didn't... and so I boug...

This one is for my neighbor and her Bloodhound Search & Rescue auction or whatever it is. I should find out hu? I like it because it...

Here is one of the spreads after I've worked a few more layers on:

Just art journal backgrounds... but thought I'd photograph them before I gunked them up with words and stuff. And a tree that I've b...

My son is an angel. A real live angel. I say this now, knowing that in an hour he could be pushing all my buttons and I might be sending him...