Isabella's house

I've wanted to make houses for such a long time !

Today I made one for Isabella .

I took a break from cleaning .

see the house in my shop !

This is how I clean [ click to enlarge , except for the Jerry ones ]

Today > as I was cleaning the basement , under lots of junk I found this velveteen covered chair for "JERRY". So , of course I had to stop and clean it and give it to Jerry with a book for him and take a photo !

Back to cleaning >>> fill up a few more garbage bags [ of probably really good stuff ] .... THEN I find this little rubber cat head and I had to stop cleaning to look for the perfect old bottle to put the head on it, [ and take photos ] , THEN peel some carrots and get a chicken in the oven . This is when I found this 'adorable' photo on my kitchen counter . It's Baby Silas ..... so in the middle of carrots I had to take photos to introduce you to Silas ! Isn't he CUTE !

congratulations Theresa and Brian , welcome Baby Silas !

a little more cleaning > where's Michael ! He's late and the carrots are burnt and the chicken is dried out

ah ..... what a day

P.S. yes ... I painted that little cupboard thing a long time ago , the flowers too .

and no I have not gotten around to painting my new window which is now 5 months old .

Is this how you clean ? Is this the artist's way to clean ? Please tell me you do this too ! I get distracted and inspired while I clean ..... ha ha . Michael has not noticed because there is still so much for me to do in here .

been busy

I've been busy .... cleaning ! In the basement .

I'm getting rid of so much , dried and silk flowers,

old Christmas craft stuff, old art work , bits of this and that [ things I was going to use for altered art ],

old furniture [ not going to paint furniture anymore ! ] and old books .....I am a collector ! and a hoarder . I'm a slob .

There's so many things I want to make , I'll never get to it all .

I had to remove that Barbie painting > I'm not supposed to post paintings that are not in that gallery YET ] .... so that's why if you're wondering why it's gone

and late last night .... a drawing . I think she has dishpan hands . I don't know what's going on with her hands ... ha ha !

Julie Julie Julie won the giveaway

Julie Julie Julie do ya love me

Who sang that song ?

I just looked it up ... ha

If you remember > then you are OLD like me !

so Jerry picked Julie's name and Isabella will be going to her house !

Julie has a wonderful blog

visit her here

Thank you .... EVERYONE !!!!!!!

Give away

Please leave a comment . Please > only people in the U.S. and/or Canada .

I am giving away an Isabella art doll .

I've been really busy painting for Cavalier Galleries .

It freaks me out to be in such an amazing gallery .

I'm finishing up a few more things and I will let you know when he puts them on his website [ it will be a while ]

I want to thank you .... THANK YOU .... again and again ,

a thousand times ....thank you for visiting my blog and especially to you that leave a comment . I don't always respond [ I know ] , but please know that I look forward to reading these and you say such interesting things ! or sweet encouraging things OR you just crack me up laughing

Thank you

I don't know when we'll do the drawing . I have to check with Jerry ...... please tell your friends to visit here

vintage Tuesday rabbit

so ... way back in 1980 or there about , I found this rabbit doll at the 'Do Drop In' antique shop in Westport , Ct.

I think I paid $ 5.00

There's a tag on it that says .....

Schmid Bros.

Boston Mass.

I love him

He is posable.

And then [ way back then ] ....I drew him ...

on illustration board with graphite and colored pencil [ no Inktense then ]

I just love this rabbit .... isn't he great !

click to enlarge. I think I will do some new drawings of him ....maybe put them on Etsy

I don't know , what do ya think ?

today

Today ... I made some little gift /storage boxes [ now in my shop ]

and

I finished a painting

I don't know the story here ....

I love to hear your thoughts

Is she Alice ?

with a creepy rabbit ?

and

I don't know where it's going

maybe to Etsy ?

maybe to a gallery ?

not sure

oh .... Happy thursday !