Leap Day

"An intense and unremitting creative life goes on in this place, and the gardens exist as a source of private refreshment and inspiration, not -most certainly not- as a show place for public pleasure."

from Tasha Tudor's Garden by Tovah Martin









Today is the last day of the show my books are in at the Ocean City Arts Center. Soon I'll pick them up and drop off my list of Spring Classes.
I'll be adding some new Workshops for making Altered Books.



Then it's time to turn my attention to the garden, planning the beds and containers. We've already bought our seeds and will be planting the tomatoes and peppers this afternoon.


View Gift of the Sea Here:
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=14215053&uid=5176240


View Garden Home Book Here:
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=19019636&uid=5176240

Repurposed Art Show

This is how my House Book looks on display at the Ocean City Arts Center's current show. I have two pieces in the gallery, this one and my altered copy of 'Gift of the Sea.' Both can be seen 'close up' in my albums by clicking on the Picture Trail link on the right of this page.

The show runs the month of February.

Bio Page

Two of my altered books are in the

"Repurposed

Art" show at the Ocean City Arts Center this month.

This is the first time I have shown my work in a gallery and I had to write up a page about myself for the program book.

I used some of the same elements I use in my books- my digital photography, painted backgrounds, and altered and distressed elements. The little heart is stamped polymer clay. The roses are scans of some of my 'David Austin' blossoms over this past summer.

Catching Up

Has it really been 5 weeks since my last post?! So much has happened since then...

2007 ended with a bang and a crash- a computer crash. I've been pretty diligent about backing up photos since I began using Photoshop Elements. But I lost some recent photos and digital projects. The most time consuming thing has been gathering discs and trying to re-load the essentials back into the computer.

Here's a photo of Lucy enjoying her Christmas gift. I noticed this wonderful orange velvet "Princess Chair" while shopping with Suzette & Jenna at Skyline Antiques on Third Friday in December. I was distracted then by finding the perfect gift for Ray (which I will post later.) I think I remember having a little velvet dollhouse chair just like this when I was a little girl.

When Ray and I went back to Skyline later it was still there and he agreed it seemed the perfect fit for her.

Lucy seems to think so, too.