TIME TO REELLAAXXXX!

Try something new and be inspired,

hang out with friends,

don't get bored,

eat lots of junk!

After all the soap making and all the bazaars trying to sell soap I am looking forward to NOT MAKING SOAP! Time to hang out and be silly.....but I can't wait to use my gift certificates and get something new at Blick for my paintings. I have a meeting with Rose Spring Gallery on the 27th. I need at least one new painting for that. Well not need but really want!

DREAMS ON A STREET?

I don't know about "Street of Dreams" but there were some things that were dreamy.  This years Street of Dreams in the Portland Oregon area was small in my opinion.  Small in size and ideas.  I think the best part of the show was the little details.  Some of the details were wonderful and dreamy. Also, the outdoor decor was pretty neat.  Not sure how one would keep all those beautiful decorations and televisions dry in our Oregon weather.  Good luck! 

WINNER!

Winner, winner  Willows Nest,  congratulation Helen!  I will be making something specific just for you over the weekend.  Just shoot me an email with your address:  milkywaymocha@yahoo.com.  I'll post the art on Monday and mail it away.  Check out Helen's blog, she's really an amazing artist.  I LOVE her work.  Thanks for playing everyone :)  I'm going to have a special giveaway in September.  Be watching for that!

Ever see these clowns?

They are called Q-Tee clowns.

My Mom has given me one for my birthday every year for years.  Now I have this big collection but I don't think they make the clowns anymore.  My Mom ran out a few years ago.  I'm not a big clown lover but these guys are charming!  They have such fun hair.

OWLS ORGANIZATION HAIR

This is a painting my sis did for me for my birthday!

My art desk and bins. NOT loving the tilted picture!

The new purple/red hair.

I really love the picture my sister painted for me.  She uses acrylic paints.  She is a huge fan of texture in her paintings. I hope she will start her heart painting series soon. GO TINA GO!

The desk and bins are located in my dining room which is connected to the kitchen.  I read an article in the late 1990s about keeping your art work space in a central location. That way everyday you have to walk by your art and it would always be in your face. Good idea, for me!  Those are dollar store black wash bins.  They sure are handy.  I am in the process of relabeling them.  I'm not into stamping at all anymore and a bunch of those bins were for stamps and ink.  I glued some metal sheets to the underside the bottom shelf. I added magnets to my bottles of glitter so they can hang there for inspiration.  Yes, glitter is a big inspiration!

The hair?  UGH!  I sat down in my hair dresser, Shannon's, chair and said, "Do whatever." Then we started talking as usual I talk endlessly to Shannon.  When she was finished and blow drying the hair I noticed the DARK underneath.  YIKES!  During the course of the process Shannon was getting sicker and sicker.  At the end I had to leave, she was throwing up!  Now I'm stuck with this strange multicolored hair.  Not sure if I like it?  Mom, Gram and SIL do not like it. My Sis and other SIL, friends, love it. Maybe it's more artsy. :)

ART DISPLAYED ON WALLS

Roberts painting...

Original tree paining.  Wouldn't really be this big...

My favorite pink tree.  It's so tiny you can hardly see it....

On another note, Happy Birthday Heidi!

Heidi's favorite, whip cream and carrots.

I always wanted to have examples of the art work above a chair or in a living room setting.  I've asked some artists how they do it. I get either no answer or a vague answer which explains nothing.  Does anyone know how it's done?  A program?  Or what I did? I found some images online and pasted the pictures on the walls.

My Corgi, Heidi turned five on Valentine's Day!  We had a birthday party and everyone got gifts and goodies.  Goofy, I know!  Still a reason to celebrate Valentine's big time. :)

AIRPLANE BARF BAG ART

 The last time I flew, in the summer to San Diego, there was a bunch of turbulence.

I'm use to that.  I fly a lot.  I grew up on an airstrip.  My family owns two airplanes.  We fly to Salem for breakfast on Sunday.  My Dad is a retired Capt. for Delta Airlines.  WHY ALL OF THE SUDDEN DO I HAVE A FEAR OF FLYING?  Oh the mind is a tricky thing.

So while I'm having the panic attacks and near nervous break down, I drew goofy trees on the barf bags so it wasn't obvious that I might need them...the one on the bottom, which is hard to see I know, is an cool idea.  A tree that's roots crawl down into the water and become tentacles like and octopus.  Can't wait to design that one!

JUST FOR FUN FRIDAY

 My favorite fire work, Rock-a-baby....

 My boys and my Dog....

 My sister forgot her coat at my house after movie night.....

 I took a picture of a flower at the Portland Rose Gardens, but not a rose!

 Kisses from dad, YUCK!

 My youngest, Tommy catching Mary in the Christmas play.... 

The Angel Gabriel and a demon fighting for souls in the Christmas play!

MORE INSPIRATION

 Crazy light fixture...someday we will have fun lights in our house.  For now we still have the same lights that are in the movie Poltergeist. Yes they are that old. 

 Some clever sculptures.  These metal guys were climbing up a wall.  Hard to see the scale.  The wall was really big. The shadow they cast on the wall is amazing.  Really smart art!

Everyone has a massage room in their house right?  Gotta love the Portland Street of Dreams.  Well, I do but some of my family can't stand it.  I think for some people it might make them want what they can't have? Some of it seems excessive so I don't have that same feeling.  However, I want new light fixtures. :) 

JUST FOR FUN FRIDAY....

 What was on my lunch box in the 70's....

 Sexy Tron pose.....

 My Mom and Step Father and their daughter, uh hum, I mean dog.......

 New pajamas.....

 Owl salt and pepper shakers....

Owl coffee cup and matching journal! 

THURSDAY BLEH...

 Aren't these lights great?  Wish I had them....

 I also love this outdoor fireplace in a screened in back patio area.  Also wish it were mine. The man in the picture is mine. :)

 Another gorgeous room with an incredible view.  All pictures are from the Street of Dreams in the Portland  Oregon area.

 During Christmas I kept taking pictures and Paul's shirt would reflect the flash. He reminds me of Tron.  So funny!

My MIL, my SIL's best friend, my SIL and ME!

I usually don't post on days that were kind of "bleh" for me.  BUT since I'm posting everyday I guess I need to post the good, the bad and the ugly right?  Why was it a bad day?  Because I'm nervous about teaching the Art Literacy class tomorrow!  I always do this.  So dumb, it's easy and always fun.  Nothing to be nervous about.  Geez!