Happy Holidays!

Hope your holidays are full of merry brightness!

--we painted our own Christmas tree this year-- :)

Sweet & Spooky

We decorated a haunted house this week.

It was made out of chocolate cookies.



And candy.



And lots and lots of frosting!



We went a little overboard with the frosting and it was delicious!

Have a spooky-ooky, happy Halloween!

Tiny Tote

I used some of the remaining pillow fabric to make a tiny tote for Brianna.




I'm starting to like this sewing thing.

Chillin'

Delicious iced mocha with lavender, anyone?

Yes, please!

This yummy drink is called Midnight Garden or Moonlight Garden (I can never remember, but it's my favorite). So, thank you River Rock Coffee for making something I can't stop drinking.

:)

Sewing Project: Pillows

I took another class at Crafty Planet and this time I made pillows. We made inserts first with muslin and poly-fil and then we made the covers with invisible zippers.



The main reason I wanted to make pillows (besides the fact that you can never have enough pillows) is that our couch is an Ikea couch. It's tiny and easily transportable (which fits into our current nomadic existence), but it needs a little extra help in the comfy department. Hence, the pillows.




Now, the only question is what do I sew next?

Waves and Pagodas

Tonight, while I browsed through my photo collections, I ran across photos of two paintings I did a little over a year ago.

The first I painted for my mother who loves the ocean.



As for the second one, I painted it with the idea of a secret place to go and dream extraordinary dreams.

I like to imagine that I'm in this painting somewhere.

Maybe on the starlit path.



Maybe in the dreaming pagoda itself.



Or maybe resting on the hill, staring at the sky.

Inspiration Blooming

We visited Como Park yesterday. I wanted to see the conservatory and all of the gardens. Many times I like taking inspiration (for my paintings) from the shapes and textures of plants and flowers.













One of the highlights of the day was walking into the Sunken Garden and being enveloped by fragrance. Amazing! It smelled so wonderful that I could have sat in there the entire afternoon.



Mmmmm... I wonder how much it would cost to build my very own conservatory? :)