Happy MOTHERS' Day

This is a wish for all you MOTHERS out there

for a happy day today.

Above is one of my mom's paintings from years ago.

I think it is absolutely beautiful -

filled with forget-me-nots

This is a tribute to my mom (below)

with me (age 2?) sitting with her discussing books.

I have always loved this photo of us.

Thanks Mom, for being who you are and allowing me

 to be who I am... from a very young age.

I bet I was a challenge and I am SURE I gave you grief

from time to time.

As a mom now, I appreciate you even more than ever.

Hope your day is lovely and filled with happy memories.

See you on Saturday morning....

xo

FABRIC SQUARES

These are part of my latest collection of fabric:

"FLY"

"nurture"

"create"

"tea"

They are still unfinished .....sigh...... but I am working on them every, single day.

It has been a BEAR!

click HERE to see the other four designs

lavender

so, last weekend I painted 20 bunches of lavender

They are on metal that my pal, Jodi cut out.

They look so good all together, drying in the sun.

I don't have a photo of the ones with the twine

tied around the stems as if they were real bunches.

.... even better .....

Lavender will be blooming soon around here...

and all summer long.

I can't wait!

Track Star

Last Saturday, Grayson was in a track meet in Albuquerque.

Here he is getting into place:

 preparation:

 taking off:

 sailing over the bar:

a shot from the other side:

this was his first year to do track & field

he did the High Jump (highest 5'6") and the Long Jump
and he ran the 100 mtr and 200 mtr

not bad for a "newbie"

sure was fun to watch him go.....
I'll miss that.....

inchies

here is a group of the inchie initials that 

I have been working on for our Pantry Violets project

It has been two years plus and we are almost

D O N E

I can hardly wait to see what they look like completed.

I know that everyone has done something

WONDERFUL

for each "inch square"

For a few individual initials 

click HERE

xo

Goodies Going Out

I have been putting together some small things to go to someone 

to see if they would like to reproduce them......

Here are a few close-up "introductions":

The bunnies are quite small

1 1/2 inches tall...

They are FIMO that I painted after they were baked.

I can't imagine how I did that!

little houses in a row

...sat down and made a few.....

 ... and then painted a few "teensie" laser-cut eggs (!)

...and aren't the rooftops sooooo cool?

I really like 'em.

Think I'll make a few more.....