Hard to Let Go

I woke up to a beautiful day, full of sunshine and MELTING SNOW! Yippee! I made some chai tea, then stumbled over to the 'puter to check my email. What's that? I sold something in my Etsy shop? COOL!

Well, I didn't realize how much selling my original work would mean to me. Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful I sold something. And I've sold a few other pieces. But my heart felt a bit less elated than my bank account as I looked at the message, informing me that "Crooked Man Blank Journal" would soon be on its way to the West Coast. This piece has been one of my faves since completion. It's also inspired me to paint more houses, which, surprising to me, is one of my favorite subjects.

So I will gingerly wrap it up and ship it out promptly on Monday. And instead of mourning the loss of a piece of my heart, I will rejoice in the feeling that my art - that the art I made - connected with another human being. Off to console myself with acrylic paint...

Love Grows

Boy, is it COLD outside! I think we got spoiled by a few "above zero" days and now we're paying for it AGAIN. I know I shouldn't complain, as we haven't had any power problems like so many continue to struggle with. I sure wish Spring would quit her dilly-dallying and get her butt HERE!

Not much else to do but stay inside and make art. Too bad, so sad. :o) NOT! So today I have another mixed media piece to show. It's maybe 5 X 7 inches. It's hard to see all of the texture, so I'm gonna try to get some better pix. But for now... Enjoy! :o)

xo debmarie xo

Maternal Privilege

Sharing a new piece with you that I'm very happy with. It's a mixed media piece of paper, transparency, inks, cello, wire, and thread. It was one of those projects where you began going in one direction and then all of a sudden your brain screams, "WAIT! Look at this! Can u see what I'm seeing?!" And it does a 360 on you. I love those moments! I'm working on another piece that's in this same vein.

I hope you're all enjoying a wonderful day. We actually have sunshine and a teensy weensy bit of warmth - it's 25 outside now and supposed to get to 40 this weekend! Wow! Pretty sad that we're excited about that... will Spring EVER get here?? ....sigh......

Celebrate Today!

Here is a piece I've been slowly working on. I wasn't sure what I was gonna use it for, but I now think I will make it into a tote bag.

It was so fun to make and watch as areas developed. I purposefully didn't plan it all out. I thought this would be something different to try, because I usually AM a planner-outer. But I'm pleased with it.

I painted different fabrics and then pieced them together atop a piece of timtex. The text pieces were made by running painted sheets of fabric through the printer. I back a piece of acrylic-painted fabric with a full sheet label and my printers have no problem accepting them. I then spray a bit of clear sealant on them, cut out, and stitch down.

I think I may play around with a pair of my DD's jeans with this technique.

Collage Mania Challenge

Virginia Spiegel heads Fiberart For A Cause: Fundraising for the American Cancer Society. Her hard work and dedication seems unending, which can be witnessed by perusing her website: http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/NewFiles/ACSFundraiser.html

ALL proceeds raised through Virginia's efforts are donated to the American Cancer Society! And she has raised an incredible amount of money for ACS.

I recently submitted a collage for Virginia's review, which was accepted (pictured). I'm so very pleased to be a part of Virginia's cause. If you get a chance, please consider donating a collage for this worthy cause. Or perhaps become a buyer on May 6!

Chicken Hawk

I know, I know… I’ve been VERY remiss in my blog! I’m catching up now and I’d like to start out this beautiful, crisp, Fall day with something I JUST finished for my gorgeous sis-in-law. I’ll ship it this Friday (don’t worry, she has no idea I have a blog, so she’ll never see it prematurely), along with a box full of "stuff" we've been collecting for them.

First you will see a photo of Corbin, their first, and no doubt only, little bubba in his first Fright Night Getup. The second I saw the pic, I got an idea to make the following piece of wall adornment for aforementioned SIL. It’s my first larger-than-a-post-card mixed media project and I must say, I’m loving the freedom!! I sure hope she likes it…. Anyway, it says "The Cutest Chicken Hawk in the Whole Punkin Patch".

It's made from fabric that's been run through my printer, painted, ripped, stitched, tied, sprayed and embellished. The back is fab, as well. The two middle layers are (what else?!) Timtex. It's nice and stiff and was such a dream to work on. I attached some found sticks (my secret will soon be out, I guess. I am a stick-a-holic!) with raffia. ENJOY!! And thanx for poppin' in! Hugs...deb