a little bird...

So I been trying yet again to find some time to work on something artsy, and finally did but didn't get any painting done {this is what I should be doing}, however I designed a few more new stamps and I really like how this little bird turned out.  I made it out of a scrap piece and it just one of those things that worked out perfect.

I had to use it on something I made for a friend of mine who lives over seas, its one of those "just because" letters and I hope its well on its way there...  Always fun to get something other than bills and fliers in the letter box.  On top I printed the birds on a old vintage music paper and then I added white acrylic paint, and below I printed the bird on a fun envelope I found and just added permanent red ink.

Here is the one on the music paper again, added a few more things to it and not sure if its done or not but I want to do more of them, how and what kinds I'll just have to wait and see what will come out of it...  That's the fun part of it, elements of surprise I suppose : )
The black bird is a gift I got a few years ago from one of my dear friends, its made of metal and I love how it looks and how the colours of the background comes through it.

Its November again and its safe to say its winter, we have had very cold nights and many frosty days and with that I have been having to deal with some new challenges in my work space.  Lets just say I have been having to be armed with a lot of wool and fleece to be able to spend time in there...

But my challenges are for sure nothing compared to what has been happening to so many living in the New York state {and all the other US eastern states and Canadian provinces} that was hit by the massive storm Sandy and continuing storms.  I have been following the news a lot and I cant tell you how much I feel for everyone who have been effected by the storms and this sure puts things in to perspective and make one think about all the things we so take for granted. 

My heart goes out to all of you in NY and you're all in my thoughts and prayers. 

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Its Monday, so much to do and so much done...

Cant believe my baby (Alex) just left for the summer, he'll be away all summer working as an LIT (Leader In Training) at a summer camp he attended last year. Sure he has been away before, but never this long... So I felt very emotional yesterday, and today, well it was strange not having to pull him out of bed by his toes, lol. We got a few pictures before he left, and wow, they are so tall... I guess they are not babies any more, I fell so short!!!!!

Lindsay (and as always, having her purse at hand, I bet you its full of Little people), me (the shorty) and Alex... They are such a good eggs.

So today as the day started with rain, Lindsay and I went down to my studio. I had to work, and got my new proposal done for a client that wants a mural painted for her condo. After that I made some mail art, had fun sewing it together. After the sewing I glued on sewing pattern paper and then drew a quick thing of a girl in jeans, after wards I put on two coats of varnish to protect it.

Lindsay was drawing away (and she typed a few novels again on her type machine), she is really great with details, I just love her art.

After I was done with my mail art, I set a few coats on some pictures that I will use for image transfer for two paintings that I'm going to do. And while they dried, I started to work on a large canvas that I have had in my studio for a while back now. I started a painting on it, but it sucked so I painted over it (its the base for something new)

As most of you know, I love numbers and old pages from books and ledgers. So this is something I have thought about for a while now to do, and its about thoughts and ideas, things that we humans cook up in our heads and then put on paper, to music, to build and invent.

This is one small part of the whole painting, will let that dry and see if I still like a few days later.
and here is my work table, all messy all over again (cleaned it up just a bit before the "where bloggers create II). I rather have it messy than cleaned up, because then I know I'm working on something lol.

Oh, rain stopped, time for a nice walk with Charlie and to mail the letter. I hope all of you are having a great day.

Cheers,

Mari

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snow, frost... oh yeah, Im happy!

It was snowing yesterday, and I cant tell you enough, how much that excites me. being a person with multiple allergies, this fall has been nasty for me with everything being wet and mold galore. Frozen ground Yeahhh, I can breath and see. Now I'm going to walk to the post office and mail some letters, including this one I did last night. I found in my box some old stamps, so cute, little pink pinks... I'm sending this to a friend of mine who lives in a part where they don't have snow (yet) but a lot of rain and grey skies.

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