Mixed Media Paintings That Are in the Show at Cornell Street Gallery

I entitled this one "Umbrella Love" for the show but I really wanted to call it
"The Early Promise". That's what I will call it after the show.

"Love is Color Blind"

"I Love You From Afar"

Three new mixed media paintings thatare currently showing at Cornell Street Gallery's "Art and Music Show". The opening is this weekend, February 11th. The musician David Temple will be there for the opening festivities. If you are in the Kinston, NY area it promises to be a lovely evening.
I will have prints posted on my etsy site sometime this week.

Lilies

Lilies are such a beautiful flower. The shape of the petals and the way they curl is just so graceful. I did this painting last year and relisted it on ETSY this week. It has reminded me that I need to explore this flower some more.

Gingerbread Houses

My good old Kitchen Aid mixer getting ready for our yearly batch of gingerbread.

Goodies of all kinds waiting to decorate our houses.

A few busy elves.

My sisters and nieces and dare I say it great-nieces!

For the past three or four years we, my sisters and nieces and I (and when I can convince them... a few very special people) get together and make gingerbread houses.

Will we win any prizes? We think so and each year we have been getting better at it.

But the main thing is having fun and sharing memories during this very busy season.

Cyber Monday Listings

I should have posted these last night to be ready for early morning shoppers, but yard work was screaming out to me and my husband yesterday. I had purchased some bushes that really needed to be planted and I was busy digging twelve holes (yes twelve)! My knees were killing me last night. We also need to get the leaves up from the front yard at least so the house dosen't look so awful. I think that we have the most leaves in the whole neighborhood!

Anyway these sweet birdies can be yours on esty today.

I have made them out of painted muslin with fabric wrapped wire legs.

Arts and Craft Show Booth

My display booth is different at every show I go to. It has been a work in progress and I like the way it went together at this show the best so far. I do like the look of the swirls on this carpeting, very whimsical and sort of goes with my whole whimsical theme :) Unfortunately the lighting was bad in this part of the room and I only brought one light. (Note to self; buy more clip on lights!) Lisa the show organizer was kind enough to lend me another lamp. The shelf unit on the center table I found at an estate sale and nailed a decoupaged board to the back of it. It worked very well for my new birds and small paintings.

Sunday Drive

We went for a sunday drive today, on a mission to get my husband work boots.

It was a perfect sunny autumn day....

we drove past many small farms....

and my favorite one with the sheep!!

I love this rolling hill full of healthy sheep and their horse.

After a while a police car drove by with sirens going and frighted the sheep and it is hard to tell from the picture but they started to run... almost a sheep stampede, I have never seen that!

But this beauty came running toward us,

I wish that I had brought a bag of apples!



Craft Fair at Spackenkill Last Weekend

My booth is a work in progress.



My new design for crows.



I have been having so much trouble getting pictures out of my Droid. It takes beautiful pictures but I can't seem to get them up loaded correctly to Picasa. I have a grey section on a bunch of photos that I can't figure out how it happened. Anyway these two are ok, I have better ones but I am still working on them. The fair was very nice and it was great to see some past customers. I am getting ready for the Dutchess Arts Council Fair next weekend. More birds and paintings and ornaments and note cards........