Swirls of Life

Many months ago Linda Lee sent me several old dresses she’d been saving but wouldn’t be wearing again. In exchange for getting all the beautiful fabrics, I said I would make her a quilt. Well, I finally finished. What started as sketches based on seeing some of Linda Lee’s painting, came to life on the […]

Week 39, 40 and 41

Between job hunting, interviewing and trying to make a little extra money transcribing, I’ve not made a lot of time for creating. Click the thumbnails for larger photo” A wedding photo book A cloak of stars for a round robin art doll (the doll was created by PCF Cerwin Rhiannon) A triptych quilt…more on it […]

Week 37 & 38

1 2 3 4 5 (click on the thumbnail for a larger image) 1. Quilt to bring my grandparents to my wedding memories. I missed having them there in person, but I think they watched from the afterlife. 2. Art doll – she will travel to 4 others to be completed. Thus far I only […]

New Job

I started my job today. It was…not good. The highlight of the day was realizing how good the benefits are. I discovered that I have a different position than originally described and the department is going through radical changes that they either just found out about or hid how unstable it was during the interviews. […]

Untitled

We are here in Cincinnati. Our place looks like a tornado went through. It was a hard move – harder than the last (4 years ago). We threw out lots of junk and clutter as we packed, but not enough! The unpacking goes slow. We unloaded the truck on Saturday and by the time people […]

Faith….tagged

My last day of work is tomorrow. I’ve had my good-bye dinner and good-bye lunch. The walls of my cube are bare and I’m out of tasks to accomplish. I’ve never quit without having another job lined up. I’m trying to close my eyes and just leap…trusting that a a new job awaits me Cincinnati. […]

Snail Mail Swap Goodies

Yummy summer theme swap goodies from Elizabeth. Filled with ice cream treats including candy, ice cream dishes with matching curly straw spoons, stickers, confetti, candle, fun straws, card and an ice cream pin cushion! Thank you, Elizabeth – I love it all!!! Can’t wait to try out the ice cream bowls tonight and the pin […]

Pounce

Four years and two weeks ago we brought home a tiny fuzzy kitty. He had a loud meow, an insatiable appetite to play and was always exploring. We named him Pounce de Leon – called him Pounce or Pouncer for short. Since that day he has brought us such joy and laughter. But today has […]