AEDM Day 15

Are we really halfway through November? Time seems to be flying by lately and I'm trying to get my house clean for the holidays. Unfortunately, I have a holiday sale coming up, so I'm trying to finish up a few things for that and I keep getting ideas for new items to make. Not such a bad thing, really!

I've been wanting to make some angels and I came across these little brown cardstock doilies I had purchased a while ago - light bulb moment - wings!! Then I thought, paper angels would be so much easier than stitched ones! And thus, the cleaning was forgotten and the designing begun!

Let's see - keep it simple, feet or no feet, white accents or colored, eyes open or closed, punched flowers or not, wearing a cape? etc, etc, etc… Lots of decisions, but this is what I love!

And now I'm imagining them in wool with lace wings, or gingham, or…..

Back to housework for awhile, but there will be more creating tonight!!

Hope you're having a great day!!

AEDM Day 13

A beautiful day today!

I've been working on a little notebook

of motivational collages which I'll share later,

and also a drawing of our cats, Rosie and Angus.

These sweet kitties have always been wary around each other

and I've tried to express that in their eyes.

I plan to transfer this drawing to fabric and embroider it,

adding some color with watercolor pencils.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for visiting!

AEDM Day 12

I've been taking a class in quilted collage for the last three weeks

and I'm just now finishing up this fabric landscape with some hand embroidery.

I'm planning to add some color in the foreground and some birds in the sky.

I love birds and have decided to add them to my work on a regular basis.

This tree in our backyard absolutely touches my soul at this time of year,

especially late in the day when the setting sun sets it aglow.

Our entire porch fills with golden color

and I feel like it's such a gift.

I hope that, if you're stopping by,

you are having a wonderful weekend!

AEDM Day 10

The thing I'm enjoying most about Art Every Day Month this year

is the fact that I've decided to use the month to finish up old projects

as well as to create some new ones.

This is a piece that has been hanging around my studio, unfinished,

for quite a while. 

I added embroidered details and finished it up today - a great feeling!

I was also so happy to see my Christmas cacti blooming today.

They always remind me of my mom!

Hope you are having a good week -

Thanks for visiting!

AEDM Day 9 - Breathing Space

Sending thoughts of love and healing

to all those who are struggling with reality today,

including myself.

Let's take time to regroup, find inspiration and seek hope.

We will find a way to deal with this disaster

and come back stronger.

May God bless the United States of America.

AEDM Day 8

Such a beautiful day here in New England. Having voted early, I was free to spend some time on the porch in the afternoon sun. With days shortened by the recent time change, I feel like I'm chasing daylight lately, the sun begins to slip away so early. The trees behind the house are glowing with autumn golds and greens and the colors shimmer outside the porch windows.

When I'm working on something, I always seem to create a mess!

I want to finish up this little floral piece and I auditioned

 some embroidery thread colors.

Then I snipped some little pieces of fabric and that's about

as far as I got today.

Now that I've chosen colors in daylight I can work on embroidering tonight.

I'm avoiding watching election returns until later,

praying that the "right" decision will be made.

AEDM Day 7

I have two things to share today...

I'm working on this fabric appliqué picture, had it taped on a porch window,

and loved how it looked against the trees in my yard! I'll reveal it tomorrow, I hope!

Also, I finished up this machine embroidered portrait,

and thought of the perfect caption for it, in view of what's going on in our country lately!

"George has voted early and does not want to hear another word about politics!"

My feelings exactly!!

Have a wonderful rest of the day!