At This Moment…

Sep 30, 2011

I am hav­ing a blast with nearly 80 ladies alter­ing aprons and mak­ing embell­ish­ments at Artis­tic Jour­ney. As you can see,...

read more

Stencil Pop Art

Sep 29, 2011

I finally fin­ished my “Pop Art” por­trait ver­sion of Ans­ley. Julie Fei-Fan Balzer calls this sten­cil Sum­mer and since...

read more

Artistic Journey

Sep 28, 2011

Here is another lit­tle sneak peek of the project I will be teach­ing at Artis­tic Jour­ney, this week­end. Can you tell I’m...

read more

Thanks for Pinning…

Sep 27, 2011

I just want to give a heart­felt thank you to those of you who take the time to pin my projects on Pin­ter­est. It always makes me...

read more

Upcoming Jewelry Class

Sep 26, 2011

I’m so excited to tell you I will be teach­ing a new class at The Crafty Scrap­per, Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 15th. The time is...

read more

Oh Happy Day…

Sep 23, 2011

Today, is the first day of AUTUMN!!! I sur­vived the SUMMER HEAT WAVE of 2011. Now, I’m off to fin­ish up a Jew­elry class I am...

read more

Two Awesome Ladies

Sep 22, 2011

I have to tell you about and thank two very awe­some ladies who helped me dur­ing my classes at ScrapFest. Kathy and Shay Lynn...

read more

ScrapFest Recap

Sep 21, 2011

Trav­el­ing to dif­fer­ent places to teach is always so much fun but being home and in your own bed is awe­some. Last night, I...

read more

Prepping for ScrapFest

Sep 15, 2011

Just a quick post to say, “Hi” and to let you know, I’m lov­ing MN! Here are Ronda Palaz­zari and Emily Pitts prep­ping...

read more

Are you a dreamer…

Sep 14, 2011

I often won­der how many peo­ple dream of things they wish they could do but allow fear to creep inside their heads which then ends...

read more

Vintage Finds for Classes…

Sep 13, 2011

While Alan and I were down sur­pris­ing my nephew this past week­end, I did some junk­ing and antiquing with mom and dad. I found...

read more

Friday Night Lights

Sep 12, 2011

Thurs­day after­noon, Alan and I headed down to Beau­mont to sur­prise my nephew Brit­tain at his Home­com­ing game, Fri­day...

read more

Doily Flower Brooch

Sep 10, 2011

Here is a brooch I cre­ated using a vin­tage doily and some Maya Road Vel­vet Pleat Blos­soms. It looks so cute on my sweater...

read more

Shabby Chic Bangle Bracelet

Sep 8, 2011

Com­bined are two prod­ucts Maya Road released at CHA-S that I just LOVE. If you like Shabby Chic and ban­gle bracelets you are...

read more

Artist Trading Cards

Sep 7, 2011

I think I’m going to have to title this ATC “Con­flicted” as this is where I’m sit­ting right now in my cre­ative world....

read more

The Internet makes the world seem smaller…

Sep 6, 2011

Sev­eral months ago I received an email sent to me using the “Send Me A Note” form on my blog. It was from an art stu­dent...

read more

Happy Labor Day…

Sep 5, 2011

(Dad, Uncle Clay­ton, Aunt Brenda, Aunt Linda, Aunt Wilda, Mom, Grampa Childers and Great Grand­mother “Momma” Rand at Grammy...

read more

Stepping out of your comfort zone…

Sep 2, 2011

How many of you fear step­ping out of your com­fort zone? I know I am rais­ing my hand high in the air on this one. I am so guilty...

read more

Super Cute Idea

Sep 1, 2011

I’m not sure if I should thank Chris­tine Drumheller’s mother or not but she now has me on the hunt for vin­tage salt and...

read more