New Marie themed journal pages

I have been waiting for my vacation time to catch up on my art groups. This spread is for my Marie Antoinette Art Journal Round Robin

group. I drew Marie ready to go to a masquarade ball. I am working on two more books and I will post those as soon as I finish them! It feels good to finally get to work in my friend's books.

Santa Baby, hurry down the chimney tonight!

While I was digging in my crowded garage bringing the Christmas decorations in I happened upon this original 45 of Eartha Kitt's Santa Baby in my grandmother's records! Isn't it cool looking? It's dated 1954 on the back. I created a shadowbox complete with a hot pink stocking, a pic of a light blue Cadillac, a copy of the cover of the single, and a photo of a Tiffany's box. I lettered some of the lyrics around the edge of the shadowbox. I love this version of the song and I thought this was a cool way to display it for the holidays.

It will be traveling to Connecticut tonight as a gift for my son's partner.

What do you think? Is it retro enough?

I hope your holiday is overflowing with love!

Oh Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree!!!!

TaDa! Here is my sweet little

Marie themed tree. I made most of the embellished ornaments.

It's a tabletop tree and I LOVE it.

Now I'm on the hunt for a cool big white tree OR a silver

aluminum tree from the 50's!

Merry. Merry To You All!

This is what I've been up to this week.

I wanted to make some

ornaments for my little white tree I bought after Christmas last year. I am in a Marie Antionette Round Robin and I wanted to make some girlie, frilly, sparkly ornaments for MY tree. I had some embossed wallpaper and I layered sheet music, scrapbook paper, lace, ribbon, glitter and jewels! I had so much fun I made a bunch more to give my girlfriends at work! I will take a photo of my pretty little tree so you can see how it all looks!

Please Check out My Son's Next Career Move- It's an Album, Baby!

Hello blogger freinds! Happy Holiday Season to all of you!

Please take a few minutes to check out my son's video from Kickstarter.com.

Scroll down and turn my Playlist OFF and then click on the video above. It's pixelated at the beginning and then it straightens out!

Kickstarter provides a unique concept to help struggling artists live their dreams. They have one month to raise the funds for a project online. It's ALL or Nothing!!!!! My son has reached 1/3 of his goal and he only has 9 days left. If you want to support his talent, he will be grateful for ANY donation starting at FIVE dollars! If you wish to leave a comment I will forward those to him . Thank you so much for taking the time to listen. If you'd like to read more about Jamison's project OR make a donation click on the blue title right under the video and you'll get to his page on Kickstarter!

Thanksgiving Greetings!

I made a few Thanksgiving cards for my family this year. The components came from Paula's Kit Club. I was a member for several years and I treasure all of my lovely themed kits! I wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving . Surround yourselves with loved ones and be happy with what you have! I am so thankful for the love, friendship and art that fills my life!

Christmas Card Workshop Designs 2010

I have been busy this week making preperations for my annual Christmas Card workshop extravaganza!

I invite my friends from work and my family to make Christmas cards. I design 5 new designs every year. When I started this tradition I assumed everyone who came really wanted to learn new cool techniques. But, I soon found out that, NO, not everyone is handy with the scissors and glue. So...

I got with the program and I prepare lots of the elements ahead of time and my frinds have fun coloring and putting the pieces together. We have dinner and drinks and spend a few hours making handmade holiday cards. Of course, I have to make sure they get a good start before I serve any cocktails!!!!! My party is tomorrow evening and I will try to post some pics of the festivities.