This about brings me up to this past week!!!   I held a workshop here last Friday and it was very good I think.  Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves so I will be holding more here.  It is good to get back in to it...I haven't held a workshop since I lived in London Ontario 3 years ago next month...sigh...I have missed it...

this time we had Joann McLean in to do a workshop on coloured pencil...boy that is not as easy as it sounds...lots of work goes in to it like any other medium but it is wonderful and relaxing to do.  I will put mine up when it is finished. It is almost there...if you haven't seen Joann's coloured pencil art please, if you are on facebook look her up or go on my page and find her in my friends....she does awesome work and just look at her work on "coins" you would think it is a photograph....

I am blessed to have so many wonderful fantastic amazing womyn artists as friends...sometimes you just have to pinch yourself to make sure it's real....

These are two ATCs I did for the swap on Art For The Creative Mind.  "Grace"...they were fun to do.

this was an inspirational card I did for a swap on The Sketchbook Project...

I have managed to get some art done....

Been busy moving my mixed media art back to my studio downstairs in the basement...it was killing my guest room up here as my stash just kept growing and it was harder to go downstairs to do any painting so now it is all in one spot and I can do everything...plus laundry...hahaha no more excuses since it is all on the same floor now....My guest room is getting back to being a guest room...and I feel more inspired to go to the studio now and work.  My dh is connecting a laptop down in the studio to connect with my big one in the guest room so at night I can work on this one upstairs and during the day I can use the one in the studio.
It sure helps with the legs....

Front Cover and says Nana's Dictionary of Words

Inside of front cover

Back Cover

Here is the front of the journal that Nicky did

Oh my gosh!! I have been so bad. I just couldn't seem to get back into my blogging since before Christmas and I love blogging...so I apologize..
So many things have happened...I had a wonderful Christmas. I always get spoiled..

I helped my grandaughter Nicole (11yrs) make a journal for her other Grandma...what a fantastic job she did on it...I am posting a few of the pages for you to see...It was based on her Nana's favourite sayings....