Fabrics have arrived!

I'm really excited because yesterday the fabric
swatches I ordered from Spoonflower arrived.

My Spoonflower shop is now open!

The swatches are 8"x8" And it is so cool to see your work on fabric. Its a whole different thing than paper or canvas.

Speaking of fabric, I've been working with felt,

which I have put on the blog a few posts ago.

I made some cute pieces right before

Easter to give as gifts. The bunnies are my favorite.
 I drew out the form for the white chocolate bunny but the chocolate bunny's shape I traced off of a box of candy my son received. It wasn't too hard to figure out the base to stand.
I sewed pennies in at the bottom to weigh them down a bit.
I did't have any dry beans.

We had a great time at Easter, as always. 
The younges ones are getting big but they are still 'kid' enough,  young and playful enough to keep it fun. Not to mention that we're all a bunch of 12 year olds deep down. That helps.

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Take care,
Fran T

Sunday Sunday

I've posted more ICADs on Flickr and I've got them below.


Leafy goodness

Was looking for inspiration and I asked my mom to give me a single word so I could illustrate it. This is her contribution.



  

Cherry tomatoes from my dad's garden

Random Flora

After a month and a half, I am really growing to love this small area of art to work in. I'm mostly using my colored Micron pens. I know that I wanted to use my acrylics more but the page is so small and flimsy. I've got all those acrylic paints and some small canvases, but I just don't have the time or the 'oomph!' to want to get set up and do it. Those darn micron pens make it so easy to just grab and doodle/draw/create. It's all good:)

happy Sunday

Days #9 (a lesson learned) and #10 - 29 Faces

My lesson with rushing.

I had this vision of a girl amongst roses....

I had such a good time creating her.

Boy, I am glad I took these photos right before I finished. Impatiently,

 I shut my sketch book (CLASSIC Fran) and pretty much ruined her

face. I couldn't just wait for her to dry:( I have not a bit of patience and

'had' to put all my things away so that I don't leave them hanging about..

The original smile, which came easy with just a stroke,  but I felt it fit her just fine.

Up close

Upon opening my sketchbook :(

re-painted but not the same :/

Day 10's face was created entirely from my homemade stamp colleation. This gal looks like a clown AND  she was so hard to create. I almost started carving more stamps go make it easier but I wanted to challenge myself to see what I could come up with based on what i had;)

Have a good evening everyone. I had a great birthday and thanks for the birthday

wishes from friends and family throughout the day! My son and husband took me to a wonderful Japanese restaurant and surprised me with delightful and thoughtful gifts.

 The food was terrific and we had a great time, as WeThree <3 always do.

Take care!