while visions of sugar plums...

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

We are in waiting mode for our granddaughter to be born back east,

My dad is visiting,

a new puzzle is waiting to be puzzled,

the sun is out,

cranberry orange cookies are baked, 

and the three of us are in vacation mode.

Hallelujah life is good!

I wish you each a blessed time with family and friends

filled with good food and conversation,

and praise for the hallelujah moments in your life.

advent moments

 some glimpses of home...

  a snow day Friday

my helper as I prep art lessons for the kiddos

 and  3 wonderful pieces by my ipadders

 I adore Joseph waving or exclaiming,

 "Hallelujah he has arrived!"

and poinsettias made in the Mixed Media class.

Oh I do love glitter!

a blessed advent season

Here are some of the newest iPad pieces created this advent season.

 This one is going on our Christmas cards.

Thanks to my fur balls for being good sports.

 This beauty takes my breath away-created in class this week

by one of my students.

 And here are more by my students

 including lots of birds

 and Christmas doves that will get some holly festivity added to them

in this week's class

and this nativity scene created by my youngest student in First Grade.

Notice the crow attending to the birth of Jesus.

See I really do influence them -hee hee.

Blessings to you this advent season!

the Christmas fur balls

I love these guys...

they never cease to make me smile.

Have a woofy Thanksgiving

We spent a blessed day yesterday with family.  

Zoe even got to tag along...

 and play with Ella pretending to be a dog

 and go on a sunny walk too.

 And my first-born turned 29 the day before - 

yikes this photo seems like yesterday.

 And advent starts this Sunday 

so I drew a backdrop and set up the stable

at church.

Hope you each had a nice Thanksgiving 

and the countdown to Christmas begins!

today

I took these four to the gallery and Mr. Crow went home with a fellow crow lover

and never made it up on the wall.

The rest are waiting to be adopted at artEAST.

The Friendly Skies

The Bird said...

And I taught a class on iPad gift making for the holiday season.

Pull out your iPad and get sketching...

It's that time of year!

Have a beautifall day!

Met him on our trip a few weeks ago in Lititz, PA.

good day

Just finished my new friend here 

and he wishes you a great day!

Selfie

What's new at artEAST?

Time for a change.

With the weather changing I tend to switch gears too.

I get out the texture and molding goo and tend to build layers,

just like my wardrobe.  

Layers rule the day.

Just finished and delivered these two.

 Black Button Bouquet

$130 

at UPFront Art Gallery.

(shipping available :)

Stone Gardens

$240 

at UPFront Art Gallery

Stone Gardens comes with this tag attached.

My imagination can really go to some odd places.

But seriously I do so wish this company existed.

Then just maybe my mind would get a rest.

And time to say goodbye to these two friends

who I enjoyed birthing.

So hard to say farewell to those I love,

even if they are only flat beings on canvas.

Hope they go to a good home and make someone smile.

Such a weird part of being an artist...

I must learn to release :)

but I miss them.

in love with Lancaster

Ahh Lancaster PA,

words don't describe how beautiful this place is.

We were greeted by these two

and given a tour after the 10 inches of rain subsided

(seriously do we know how to pick our vacation dates to get away from Seattle rain?)

and we saw lots of buggies

and covered bridges

and heard clip clops

and saw farmers farming

and saw some strange transportation methods

 and cuddled with him

and was so proud of him

and tried hard not to cry watching him preach

 and met Sweetpea and loved being with her radiant mama

 and worked in their new yard

and played in their yard

and was so very blessed by their incredible church

 and made new friends

and ate yummy things

 and saw new things

 and photographed new things

and will return very soon

when Sweetpea makes her way into this beautiful world.