Oh look...another post...

What do you know. Two posts in one week might just be a record for me. I am trying very hard to be more diligent to my blog. My kids are bathed and pajamaed and are having their last few minutes of pre bedtime freedom so I thought it was a good time to take a moment and post my newest piece.

I have a couple of things I am pretty excited about this week. One is that I finally posted my first entry in my Etsy store! Yeah me!! I posted my cool kid portraits and I used this one of my daughter as an example.

I am also excited that I finally finished this one of my daughter since the poor kid is 17 months old and I just now sat down to make her a picture. My boys both had numerous ones by now but you know what they say about the third one. Haha.

So be sure to check out my Etsy store and let me know what you think. I am still not sure what I am doing there but I am trying to get the hang of it. I also posted a bunch of stuff on Ebay this week so that was another accomplishment for me to be proud of. It has been a busy week with all this going on and VBS this week for Shawn and school for Austin. Never a dull moment.

Everyone is happy and healthy so that is a blessing. I think we are going to hit the Field Museum this weekend for a little dino fix and maybe cruise the lakeshore. I am really looking forward to that family time.

I hope everyone is having a wonderfully creative summer! More to come...

Summer Fun...

It has been while because SUMMER IS HERE!! Of course that means 3 kids home all day driving Mommy crazy and even less time for the fun things...like blogging. So far it has been hot hot hot!! We alternate between sitting outside in the sprinkler and being in the basement where it is colder than cold with the air on. We have become the neighborhood hangout and I routinely have not only my 3 kids but a bevy of friends and neighbors. The other day I counted 12 at my house. Can you say...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Here is a pic from the fishing derby we did yesterday. Last year Austin won a trophy for the big fish and this year we didn't even catch one. Probably the heat...yeah...right...hehe...

But...I have been making art which is good. I just finished a couple of pieces to hang over the TV in the living room. Of course I should be listing them on Ebay like a good artist but we will see. I like to enjoy things a little while first.
And I finally got around to photographing so many of the more recent pieces that I have finished and hung up with out bothering. I am excited to get this stuff out there in the next few weeks. I feel like I have not been selling anything lately...oh...wait...that is because I have not. Hmmm...

My work has definitely taken on a different look lately which I am very excited about. I am struggling a little bit with some of the media I am using that is a little bit unfamiliar to me but each piece leads me to a better understanding of how to make things work. I am using tons of texture now with modeling past which is so much fun. I am also growing more comfortable using the canvas paper which is also a fun product.

I created this piece to fill a naked wall in my bathroom and so far have filled two custom orders for similar pieces from folks who have come over to visit. I can't imagine how busy I will be if I ever get it up on my Etsy store. I know...working on it, working on it...

But for now, I am off to make the traditional Father's Day breakfast of bisquits and gravy, eggs and smooches. Happy Father's Day to all you Dads out there!!