Quakies...my fave

Quaking Aspen. A little 11x14 in acrylic. 

Watercolor Daisies

I've been having fun with watercolors lately. 

A bit of the process:

Red Poppies

I have an obsession with watercolor flowers.

Chevron

I know today's chevron is probably tomorrow's floral wallpaper.....

but I just don't care. I'm lovin' this guy. I just wish somehow I had more time in life. 

And I wish that blogger wasn't having issues & would stop rotating my pics the wrong way. Ugh. 

Cuttings

I just love a scrappy cutting mess---

Wonky Star Baby Quilt

Yay! I have another finished quilt! 

This is my first quilt - start to finish - completed in sooo long. 

I am such a fan of the Wonky Star. I love the look. I love to make them. I love a chance to put some of my horded scraps to good use. 

This little sweetie is up for Sale -- check out the listing here Modern Star Baby Quilt. 

Or my shop front here. 

Two Quilts Finished!

These 2 quilt tops were made forever ago, and I've finally been able to do the quilting and finish them! It's so exciting to actually have a finish! 

 I wasn't sure how quilting would go after a 3 year break. I was happy my machine still ran pretty smoothly and it felt so good to be quilting again. 

 

The quilting on this second one isn't my fave. I don't love my thread choice & definitely feel like a need a bit more practice quilting again.  

But it made a little girl really happy. That makes me happy.

I'm also learning how to do the binding all by machine. I really hope that gets better with practice.

I've always had issues with my right hand, but after having a tumor removed from my thumb and growing too much scar tissue, I just can't hold a needle and do hand stitching anymore. Bummer.

I'm not loving my bindings right now, but I'm hopeful they'll get better.  

Happy Quilting!

Why do people Blog?

I haven't updated my blog in...about 2 years...that's a long time. I haven't been consistently updating my blog for almost 3 years...that's a really long time. I've really missed the blogging community. I basically quit blogging after a series of health issues, surgery's, moving and some other changes that just made life feel a little crazy. Something had to give, and blogging was one of those things. It's also been about 3 years since I have really been able to quilt. One of my true loves. Life is still crazy, I will probably always have weird health issues, but at least I've been able to do a little painting and just recently even a little quilting!
As a mentioned, I've really missed blogging, so here we go again! 

Creativity Art Studio

Here is just a bit of what I get to do at work--

Creativity Art Studio - Where Artists Grow

Check us out on Facebook

Time to Catch Up

Summer is always so busy, and with moving and working more, updating my blog has not been at the top of the to do list. But I have missed the "blog world" and I'm aiming to do a quick catch up.

We've been on quite a few fun hikes this summer in our beautiful canyons

The kids started school back in Aug. and we are enjoying our new place. We especially love having our good friends right upstairs. 

Gracie has now joined Kyle in becoming a Brace Face

 I'm lucky to have a job I enjoy. I taught a few Kids Camps this summer. We paint bisque, watercolor and play with clay. 

 And of course--the staples in life--Coke, fabric, hot glue and friends. 

 All in all, it's a pretty good life.

What's in your Drawers?

You can take that question so many ways. As I was wasting many hours on my favorite time waster--Pinterest--I came across a blog with this great idea. Fabric Drawer Liners........yes please! 

Painting Poppies

I mentioned a while back that my brother had opened an Art Studio called Creativity, and I have been working there. 
During the summer they offer week long Kids Camps (which are so much fun) and I teach a few days of the camp. One day we focus on Watercolors. I haven't really painted with my watercolors for many, many years. After teaching a few days, and spending a little too much time on youtube, I caught the bug to paint...and so I did. 
And yes, I know I am a little obsessed with poppies, and hopelessly obsessed with flowers.
My Gracie is thankfully in love with taking pictures and she snapped quite a few of the painting process. I made a little slide show so you can watch the picture progress. 

Then later that night (as in way too late) I painted another one. I was just having too much fun. 

I also recently cut my hair....

Before:

After:

Settling

Too much of my house still looks like this

But at least some of it looks like this too.  

Mmmm...I do love me some fabric in pretty little piles.