Lost in cyber space

Wow! I have been lost in space for quite some time. Glad to be back.

Hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July!

Rest in peace sweet baby

Tasty Topiaries

Hi friends!! Here is a yummy floral image that I dreamt up using a collection of milk glass containers, fruits, veggies and some happy little flowers. I created these topiaries for a photo shoot when I worked as a stylist for Decorating Ideas Magazine. To see more of my published works you can visit my portfolio by clicking here.

Kreativ Blog Award

The Super sweet and ever so talented Val Lorimer has graciously passed the Kreativ Blogger award on to me. I'm truly honored. Please stop by and visit Val's blog, her work is absolutely magical!!!

So, in receiving this award, I must pass it on to 7 other bloggers and share with you 7 things I love.

Here are 7 things that I love

1. You probably already know that I love creating, but just for the record, I love drawing, painting, decorating, styling, coordinating and making things look pretty.

2. I love hugs!

3. I love quirky movies that tell an unexpected story.

4. I love dogs, especially my parents two little furry balls of perfection.

5. I love 75 degree weather

6. I love hard boiled eggs (When I was a kid, I used to call them fatso eggs because I thought they were so cute, round..... and delicious.)

7. I love Lucy! ;) (but then again, who doesn't?)


Oh and here is one thing that I don't love.........computers crashing! Mine decided to poop out a few weeks ago and I've had nothing but technical computer problems ever since. Sorry to mention it but I couldn't resist.


Here are 7 blogs that I admire and love visiting (no pressure to the award winners to post anything, I'm just in awe of your wonderful blogs)

1 Some Pink Flowers
2 Vanessa Valencia's A Fanciful Twist
3 Ooh La La Design Studio
4 Du Buh Du Designs
5 Noodle and Lou
6 Melissa Valeriote's Fantastical World of Holidays

7 Hint Jewelry

IF: Poise

This piece is titled "Elegance in Training"

She is just learning how to carry herself with poise.

Happy Spring

I was going through my portfolio and found an image that I thought would be fun to share for the first day of spring. Aren't we all just longing for some beautiful flowers to start blooming in the garden?!! Well, if your region of the country isn't quite warm enough for flowers to start blooming, here is an easy way to bring some flowers into your life by transforming an entry wall to look like a gigantic floral painting.

For this project, I used Wallies, oversized Wallpaper flower heads to create the illusion of a giant floral painting. I started by painting the wall with a drip paint treatment to mimic a painted canvas. I then determined the layout of my floral stems and painted the stems onto the wall. After the paint dried, I applied the Wallies flower heads onto the wall using a little water and a smoothing tool. It's that easy!!

Happy spring everyone! Now go treat yourself to some flowers today!!

Custom Altered Books

I just really love the process of creating altered books!

For some reason, I feel like there's something magical about working on the pages of an existing book. Maybe it's the fact that, in a way, I'm writing and illustrating my own book.

(which I'd love to do some day)

In this case, I created two custom altered books for a client and it was so much fun to tell their story through my artistic voice.

There is nothing like bringing a book to life through personal images and bits of information. It's so very exciting and I love the fact that when I begin a book, I never really know how it will turn out until I'm finished. The mystery of letting the story come to life while playing on the page is the most fun for me. The story magically unfolds as it's being created.

I hope you enjoyed this tiny peek into a few of my altered book creations. I will share more altered book pages from new books that I've been working on.

In the mean time:

By clicking on the images above, you will be transported to the gallery on my website where you can view more of the work I created in these two altered books.

Growing a Creative Business

Hi Everyone!

Look, it's a free workshop this Thursday Feb. 26th at 7:30pm central time to help us creative types who want to turn our passion into a business. Click on the image above and it will take you to a magical place called artella land where you can sign up for the free live teleclass.

Hope to see you there!!