Shrine

I bought this little mirror about 2 years ago.I liked it and knew I wanted to change it,but up on a shelf it stayed,until now.
I removed the mirror,and repainted the whole thing,(it was a grayish brown shade)then I dribbled hot glue,beeswax and a little bit of melted crayon to camouflage the designs which were carved into it. they were fish and weird leafy things,that I didn't really like.Plus I wanted a bit of texture.You can still kinda see them but they aren't so bad now.
Her favorite canary figurine makes it a little more personal, as do the flower seed packets hidden in the little drawer.The sleeping cherub was mine,but I think she would have liked him.
Ok that's it for now, see you later for Pink Saturday!

August paper dress

I know I'm super late with my paper dress for the Dress up Challenge it's almost September! But it's too cute a challenge to pass up, plus I have loads of time to work on my catch-up dresses now.
My parent's anniversary was this month and I decided to pay tribute.
I even used a bit of lace trim on the bottom that was falling off of my mom's dress.
Her dress was ivory,but she always said she wanted it plain white,but money was a factor for them when they started out,I have added a few white flowers in her honor.
Thanks for looking!

Frogs and Pancakes

Hello!
Very silly post tonight...but I had to write about it!
We went to Ihop tonight for dinner, I wanted pancakes but I didn't feel like cooking...anyhow,we went in, we ate,we came out to our car and this HUGE frog was right near it,maybe some people are used to frogs, but I'd never ever seen a live frog!Not even at a zoo or anything.It was so big! We got a picture and then it hopped off...I'm sure the people in the restaurant that could see us through the windows thought we were loony.I didn't care,all I could think of was that that frog would have done very nicely at the Practical Magic party next month!
Have a nice evening.

Pink Saturday

Today is my first official Pink Saturday!
I'm very happy to be included,I love pink!! I decided to use some things I have made.
Hope you enjoy.There's lot's more pink at
http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/

A cotton candy I felted and put onto a small paper cone,

This bitty pixie,made with paperclay,

Some roses I picked that I'm making candy with,but had to play around with first!

Have a great day!

My mother's garden

This little girl reminds me of my mom,since she was happiest when surrounded by singing birds and beautiful flowers.

Here's a few old pictures of how some of her garden looked...she loved her sweetpeas most I think. She's been gone 12 years and there's a couple royal purple amaryllis she planted that still bloom every year right near her birthday.

Art O Mat

We had a a really fun day today. We started out by going to My Addiction Gallery,where they have Tucson's first Art O Mat Machine!!!!!Finally!!!

This is what we got:
A necklace,

Bottle cap art,

A cat carved on a wood block,

And some polymer beads,

After that we went to a place called Oasis and got Strawberry raspados....

You can't tell from the picture but there's vanilla ice cream in there...yummmmmmm.

Hats and spells

I had another Halloween moment! I think the Practical Magic party is casting it's spell on me.I made two little witch hats.
This is the Sugarsugarplum hat,

I call this one Midnight Pomegranate,

and a little witch too!

Viva Frida...again!

In June I wrote about a dream I had about Frida and how I was asking her for inspiration....
i think one of the main reasons I had this dream is because of the huge mental block I was battling, I was frustrated,with very few ideas,and even those I couldn't bring to fruition.
Right after I had this dream,I created these paintings...I used acrylics,water color pencils,artificial flowers,decorative papers and covered it all in beeswax.
I've had a lot more ideas and inspiration lately,and maybe they aren't life altering or earth shattering,some are actually pretty silly at times, but they have made me happy.most of this happy creativity I think is due to the lovely,amazing women that come by to visit once in a while.There may not be many but when they do, they leave such encouraging comments....they have made me realize there's a little Frida in us all.
Thank you!

Queen of the night

I went outside tonight to look for small twigs and leaves....and as I stepped out the door something caught my eye!I thought they looked beautiful and I wanted to share them.

candy clouds

I think these look like cotton candy!


I love the effect the sunset has on clouds.I just had to take these the other day.