tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22175623860604071782012-02-17T14:01:07.294-06:00Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.comBlogger1631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-81056647494368103952012-02-15T18:05:00.003-06:002012-02-17T14:01:07.304-06:00<center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0E_zW9R1wlU" width="560"></iframe></center><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-8105664749436810395?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-55824195814720452692012-02-13T06:00:00.001-06:002012-02-13T06:00:18.392-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://rosesonmytable.ning.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="297" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nS_e27e_vvQ/TziZYbCULzI/AAAAAAAACOA/1T1cMN7avcg/s400/elizaposter.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>You can learn to draw a beautiful rosebud in my <a href="http://rosesonmytable.ning.com/">A Rose For You Workshop</a>. Roses are timeless and are loved by most everyone. In this video format workshop you will learn how to layer the colors of watercolor pencils to achieve both depth and dimension in your rose. &nbsp;You can post pictures of your drawings and ask me any questions you might have. &nbsp;I can help you with your rose. <br /><br />This rose can be framed, used on a card, bookmark, or gift tag, or it could even be used in collage art. The possibilities go on and on. This workshop will be offered until March 15 on <a href="http://rosesonmytable.ning.com/">Roses on My Table</a>. Come on over and take a look. I think you'll like it.<br /><br />The cost of the workshop is $25. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank">Wind and Honey Creations</a><br /><a href="http://creativepencils.ning.com/" target="_blank">Creative Pencils</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-5582419581472045269?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-5362227869847441102012-02-12T00:00:00.000-06:002012-02-12T00:00:02.667-06:00<div align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><br /><br /> </span></div><div align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!</span></div><div align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><br /><br /> </span></div><div align="center"><p><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/nTizOaVw2kz0TsVtl6wUYVj18RTmXOSNgln*15Qgg7SyVeEYr59CgwQgTobsPLVBkICC9iebHzpUO2anjMjMfr*drUZm9yM9/bloghopbadge1.jpg" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/nTizOaVw2kz0TsVtl6wUYVj18RTmXOSNgln*15Qgg7SyVeEYr59CgwQgTobsPLVBkICC9iebHzpUO2anjMjMfr*drUZm9yM9/bloghopbadge1.jpg?width=445" height="302" width="483" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /> </span> <br /><br /> <span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: large;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat, </b></span><br /><br /> <span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for Registration</a>!<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Blog Hop your way for chance to win!<br /><br /> <br /><br /> </b></span></p></div><div style="text-align: left;" align="center"><p>From <b>June to August 201</b>2, <strong><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></strong> will be presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.</p></div><div style="text-align: left;" align="center"><p><b>Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from <a href="http://jerrysartarama.com/" target="_blank">Jerry's Artarama</a>!</b></p></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div style="text-align: left;" align="center"><br /><br /> Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.</div><div style="text-align: left;" align="center"></div><div style="text-align: left;" align="center"></div><div style="text-align: left;" align="center"><br /><br /> You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a <b>$200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!</b></div><div align="center"><br /><br /> <b>Two</b> Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:</div><ol start="1"><li><b>For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!</b></li><li><b>Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> </b></li></ol><div align="center"><p><b>Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!<br /><br /> <br /><br /> </b></p></div><div align="center"><p>Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!</p></div><div align="center"><p><b><br /><br /> </b></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing Mixed Media Artist<br /><br /> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><b>Mary Jane Chadbourne<br /><br /> </b></span></p><p><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://desertdreamstudios.weebly.com/" target="_blank">http://desertdreamstudios.weebly.com/</a></span></p>;<br /><p><span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)<br /><br /> </b></span></p></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-536222786984744110?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-659356117666402842012-02-09T06:10:00.000-06:002012-02-09T06:10:00.668-06:00Paul Smith was born with a severe form of cerebral palsy. &nbsp;He was not expected to live long when he was born. &nbsp;But in spite of his challenges, live he did. &nbsp;Paul used an old manual typewriter to create beautiful intricate art. &nbsp;He was an amazing man and equally so as an artist. &nbsp;This video is a bit lengthy - 12 minutes. &nbsp;But it is worth your time. &nbsp;It might be the best 12 minutes you spend today. &nbsp;I hope this video inspires you as much as it did me.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/XiHyQhf9qAY/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XiHyQhf9qAY&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XiHyQhf9qAY&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><br /></a><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img height="75" src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0pt !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0pt !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0pt !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0pt !important;" width="200" /></a><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-65935611766640284?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-36239156232655895802012-02-06T06:00:00.001-06:002012-02-06T06:00:06.423-06:00My pioneer students at Creative Pencils have come to the completion of the Pencils 101 class. &nbsp;Pencils 101 is the introductory set of 10 lessons that gives the foundation for all the other lessons and projects that will fill the Creative Pencils site. &nbsp;I am so proud of how well they have done. &nbsp;Most of them were complete beginners when they started Pencils 101. &nbsp;And now, a mere 2 months later, they are doing wonderful drawings. &nbsp;I've been given permission by two of them to share their final Pencils 101 project with you.<br /><br />I am so proud of their hard work and how well they stuck with the lessons even when they were unsure of themselves. &nbsp;These two artist did not have drawing experience in the past, or at least very little. &nbsp;But as they have progressed through the weeks I have seen them grow before my very eyes. &nbsp;These drawings were completed with just a simple graphite pencil!<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6VT1hOvP9Ms/TyytiQ4ct7I/AAAAAAAACGc/BEXOOP5Ge3k/s1600/sc000bfee4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="489" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6VT1hOvP9Ms/TyytiQ4ct7I/AAAAAAAACGc/BEXOOP5Ge3k/s640/sc000bfee4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This rocking horse was drawn by Vanessa Cherry. &nbsp;</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tqzSjItMY_A/Tyytlu3oTlI/AAAAAAAACGk/u_Ch4UZipZQ/s1600/12812B001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tqzSjItMY_A/Tyytlu3oTlI/AAAAAAAACGk/u_Ch4UZipZQ/s640/12812B001.jpg" width="417" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This bird house was drawn by Sandy Simpson</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0pt !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0pt !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0pt !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0pt !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank">Wind and Honey Creations</a><br /><a href="http://creativepencils.ning.com/" target="_blank">Creative Pencils&nbsp;</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-3623915623265589580?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-73187498645497011552012-02-05T00:00:00.001-06:002012-02-05T00:00:00.422-06:00<div align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><br /><br />&nbsp;</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><br /><br />&nbsp;</span></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/nTizOaVw2kz0TsVtl6wUYVj18RTmXOSNgln*15Qgg7SyVeEYr59CgwQgTobsPLVBkICC9iebHzpUO2anjMjMfr*drUZm9yM9/bloghopbadge1.jpg" target="_self"><img class="align-full" height="302" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/nTizOaVw2kz0TsVtl6wUYVj18RTmXOSNgln*15Qgg7SyVeEYr59CgwQgTobsPLVBkICC9iebHzpUO2anjMjMfr*drUZm9yM9/bloghopbadge1.jpg?width=445" width="483" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />&nbsp;</span> <br /><br />&nbsp;<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat, </b></span><br /><br />&nbsp;<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for Registration</a>!<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;Blog Hop your way for chance to win!<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;</b></span><br /></div><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br />From <b>June to August 201</b>2, <strong><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></strong> will be presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.<br /></div><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from <a href="http://jerrysartarama.com/" target="_blank">Jerry's Artarama</a>!</b><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />&nbsp;Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.</div><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"></div><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"></div><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />&nbsp;You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a <b>$200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!</b></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br />&nbsp;<b>Two</b> Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:</div><br /><ol start="1"><li><b>For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!</b></li><li><b>Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;</b></li></ol><br /><div align="center"><br /><b>Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;</b><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br />Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><b><br /><br />&nbsp;</b><br /><br /><span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing Mixed Media Jewelry Artist...<br /><br />&nbsp;</b></span><br /><br /><span class="font-size-4"><b>Nellie Wortman<br /><br />&nbsp;</b></span><br /><br /><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://www.earlymorningthoughts.typepad.com/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.earlymorningthoughts.typepad.com/%3C/a%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/p%3E" target="_blank">http://www.earlymorningthoughts.typepad.com/</a></span>...;<br /><span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)<br /><br />&nbsp;</b></span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0pt !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0pt !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0pt !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0pt !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-7318749864549701155?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-4114226287098722472012-02-02T06:02:00.000-06:002012-02-02T06:02:00.572-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tBx-zjSWcyk/Txm6nuOIQII/AAAAAAAACDA/0KCRjQRh21o/s1600/IMG_0555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tBx-zjSWcyk/Txm6nuOIQII/AAAAAAAACDA/0KCRjQRh21o/s640/IMG_0555.JPG" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe I'll grow if I sit in here...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4suw5zVbelo/Txm6p8izUYI/AAAAAAAACDI/cXixOJdQN-g/s1600/IMG_0563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4suw5zVbelo/Txm6p8izUYI/AAAAAAAACDI/cXixOJdQN-g/s640/IMG_0563.JPG" width="444" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a long nap in a packing box. &nbsp;</div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-411422628709872247?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-83164262953880130242012-01-30T06:00:00.001-06:002012-01-30T06:00:14.824-06:00Many years ago an artist friend of mine, Sharon L Bell of Windom, TX, gave me a stubby charcoal pencil and a much weathered paper blending stump. And she sent me on my way. &nbsp;I had it in my head that there might be an artist hiding inside of me. &nbsp;So charcoal was my first experience and first love in the world of drawing and pencil art. &nbsp;I was inspired by Clare Turlay Newberry who often drew in charcoal and who, like me, loved to draw a beautiful cat. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lipWG71fBSM/Tx3cnKufgjI/AAAAAAAACEI/XqcJ02c26Zc/s1600/Derwent+charcoal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lipWG71fBSM/Tx3cnKufgjI/AAAAAAAACEI/XqcJ02c26Zc/s400/Derwent+charcoal.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>With time I moved on into paint, graphite pencils, and colored pencils of many different kinds. &nbsp;As I got busy I left my charcoal pencil sitting alone in the drawer for a long time. <br /><br />Three times each year my local students and I order supplies. &nbsp;Each time I order some new colors or I try a completely new set of pencils to feed my addiction to pencils. &nbsp;I've looked at the Derwent tinted charcoal several times. &nbsp;But I really thought they were either just like a muted soft pastel or just another version of the graphitint pencils. &nbsp;However, after reading a favorable review about them, I decided to add the tinted charcoal to my order this time. <br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7KjoORV0hbs/Tx3clVqXJlI/AAAAAAAACEA/ddZwNdLImdc/s1600/1133331_f520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7KjoORV0hbs/Tx3clVqXJlI/AAAAAAAACEA/ddZwNdLImdc/s320/1133331_f520.jpg" width="320" /></a>Well, when the package arrived I sat right down and opened them and began to doodle. &nbsp;Oh my! &nbsp;About 20 seconds into it I knew I was in love with these pencils. &nbsp;They go on very smoothly. And the colors! &nbsp;Oh what beautiful colors they are! &nbsp;These charcoal pencils were like coming home to me - only better. &nbsp;I remembered those early days with that stubby charcoal and how much I enjoyed it. &nbsp;As I marveled at the beautiful colors Derwent had created I began to wonder just what I could draw that would do them justice. &nbsp;One of the fun things about these charcoal pencils is that you can set them with water. &nbsp;So, when I had the pupil of this cat done, I could set it and then as I worked on the rest of the eye, the pupil did not bleed onto the colors. &nbsp;How cool is that?! &nbsp;And unlike the graphitint, who get much more intense when water is added, these do not change in appearance with the water.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">This feline face was created with the Derwent tinted charcoal pencils on Strathmore 400 series vellum bristol board.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br />I will be going today to my <a href="http://creativepencils.ning.com/" target="_blank">Creative Pencils</a> students and encouraging them to purchase the Derwent tinted charcoal pencils. &nbsp;They will love them too! <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-8316426295388013024?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-7354341615548156302012-01-28T23:23:00.000-06:002012-01-28T23:23:53.034-06:00<div align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><br /><br /> </span></div> <div align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!</span></div> <div align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><br /><br /> </span></div> <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/nTizOaVw2kz0TsVtl6wUYVj18RTmXOSNgln*15Qgg7SyVeEYr59CgwQgTobsPLVBkICC9iebHzpUO2anjMjMfr*drUZm9yM9/bloghopbadge1.jpg" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/nTizOaVw2kz0TsVtl6wUYVj18RTmXOSNgln*15Qgg7SyVeEYr59CgwQgTobsPLVBkICC9iebHzpUO2anjMjMfr*drUZm9yM9/bloghopbadge1.jpg?width=445" width="483" height="302" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /> </span> <br /><br /> <span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: large;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat, </b></span><br /><br /> <span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for Registration</a>!<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Blog Hop your way for chance to win!<br /><br /> <br /><br /> </b></span></p> </div> <div style="text-align: left;" align="center"> <p>From <b>June to August 201</b>2, <strong><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></strong> will be presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.</p> </div> <div style="text-align: left;" align="center"> <p><b>Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from <a href="http://jerrysartarama.com/" target="_blank">Jerry's Artarama</a>!</b></p> </div> <div align="center"></div> <div align="center"></div> <div style="text-align: left;" align="center"><br /><br /> Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.</div> <div style="text-align: left;" align="center"></div> <div style="text-align: left;" align="center"></div> <div style="text-align: left;" align="center"><br /><br /> You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a <b>$200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!</b></div> <div align="center"><br /><br /> <b>Two</b> Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:</div> <ol start="1"> <li><b>For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!</b></li> <li><b>Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> </b></li> </ol> <div align="center"> <p><b>Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!<br /><br /> <br /><br /> </b></p> </div> <div align="center"> <p>Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!</p> </div> <div align="center"> <p><b><br /><br /> </b></p> <p><span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing Mixed Media Jewelry Artist...<br /><br /> </b></span></p> <p><span class="font-size-4"><b>Kecia Deveney<br /><br /> </b></span></p> <p><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://lemoncholys.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://lemoncholys.blogspot.com/</a></span></p>;<br /> <p><span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)<br /><br /> </b></span></p> </div> <div align="center"></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-735434161554815630?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-20457331068663498112012-01-21T23:00:00.008-06:002012-01-25T10:22:35.462-06:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/YQiG48fMNEcOIX1OqR*z*Jz8q31gLtCSRE3BR0etsTzDDKQ4XIhF5w6wWuFjlY726QxRwtrGhKpJwnlSq9bacWXy6Jw7sLch/bloghopbadge1.jpg?width=470" width="470" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Artful Gathering Event <a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Registration</a> is Open!</span></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /><br />I'm the Spotlight Artist for The Artful Gathering Blog Hop!</b></span></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Follow along with me for fun, creativity, and a chance to win a</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">$200.00 e-gift card from <a href="http://jerrysartarama.com/">Jerry's Artarama!</a></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></b></div><div align="center"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">This summer I will be teaching TWO fabulous premiere video workshops at</span></b><br /><span class="font-size-3"><b>The Artful Gathering Online Art Retreat 2012</b></span><br /><span class="font-size-3"><b><br /><br /></b></span><br /><span class="font-size-3"><b><br /><br /></b></span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/0A8SZMB7pSjma-tllLCKD-pmfj4PnzF-I3indBiP5cIkPAjRNK9neB0uNZA15VAka8ffSxpkAgeXq9*eSdXmIpwcbg8fBm2V/hopping.jpg" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/0A8SZMB7pSjma-tllLCKD-pmfj4PnzF-I3indBiP5cIkPAjRNK9neB0uNZA15VAka8ffSxpkAgeXq9*eSdXmIpwcbg8fBm2V/hopping.jpg?width=350" width="350" /></a></div><div align="center"><div style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #3366ff;">Hopping Into Soft Pastels</span><br /></b></span></div>From <b>June 6 to July 17</b><br /><br />Hop into this creative and fascinating drawing class with me. Learn to draw and shade a realistic rabbit in soft pastels. I will explain all the steps to shading and highlighting the bunny. And you will learn to layer the colors of the pastels giving your rabbit more depth. This class will also include an introduction to my technique for capturing animal eyes and fur. This class is for beginner or intermediate level pencil artists.<br /><b><br /><br /></b></div><div align="center"><br /><b>And...</b></div><div align="center"><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/0kilP2zh5aM5I8T6eLAT1ud0VTfRr2XvfErOE4LhF820*PBRasp9pXASj-RlRvjW-Rzdgg0d2ABmYC8yxBsrujKT5ytLUUxS/sessiontwo.jpg?width=350" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/0kilP2zh5aM5I8T6eLAT1ud0VTfRr2XvfErOE4LhF820*PBRasp9pXASj-RlRvjW-Rzdgg0d2ABmYC8yxBsrujKT5ytLUUxS/sessiontwo.jpg?width=350" width="350" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #3366ff;">&nbsp;</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #3366ff;">A Portrait of Beauty and Wisdom</span></b></span><br />From <b>July 15 - August 25</b><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Learn to capture the subtle softness of feathers. Learn to recreate the depth and intensity of eyes. Learn to shade beyond what you can see in the subject in front of you. And learn to do this all with simply a graphite pencil. I will walk you through the steps to bring this beautiful owl portrait to life on your drawing table. I will not only teach you the steps to create this portrait but I will teach you why you are doing them. You will then have the tools to continue further in your portrait pursuits. I will also teach you how to add touches of color to your graphite portrait using Graphitint pencils.</div><div align="center"><br /><br /><b>Come Hop With US!</b><br /><b><br /><br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Hop Rules:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>If you would like to hop with us and meet all the super awesome <a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Artful Gathering 2012 </a>Art Instructors, and have a chance to win a random drawing prize in our random drawing, then hop with us! Each week, I will announce the blog for you to visit, and off you go to meet them, and to pick up the newest secret word. Your chance to win prizes....<br /><br /><br /><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><b>For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!</b></li><li><b>Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.</b><br /><br /><br /><br />This weeks word is ......<u><span style="font-size: large;">Every</span></u><br /><br />Next week, I'll announce the next person to hop to. Good luck!!!</li></ol></div></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0pt !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0pt !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0pt !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0pt !important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-2045733106866349811?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-1825325269234948122012-01-18T13:11:00.002-06:002012-01-21T13:54:14.700-06:00<span style="color: black;">I've created another youtube drawing demo with Valentine's Day in mind.&nbsp; This drawing of a squirrel holding a gifted heart could be used for a gift tag, to make a special card for a loved one, or it could simply be matted and framed.&nbsp; I've included the outline here if you would like to try your hand at it.<span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span>I hope you have lots of fun with him.&nbsp; I would love it if you would share how you use him here.&nbsp; If you post it on your blog, be sure and leave the link so we can see.<br /><br />If you enjoy drawing and would like to learn more, check out my online drawing lessons at <a href="http://creativepencils.ning.com/" style="color: #134f5c;" target="_blank">Creative Pencils</a>.&nbsp; I teach interactive online video classes.&nbsp; We are having a great time there.&nbsp; <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bJm7-v6K818/TxcXkdJIrZI/AAAAAAAACCo/xdwH2CbVNdM/s1600/Squirrel+demo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bJm7-v6K818/TxcXkdJIrZI/AAAAAAAACCo/xdwH2CbVNdM/s320/Squirrel+demo.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://0.gvt0.com/vi/HT3fjCbdAIA/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HT3fjCbdAIA&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HT3fjCbdAIA&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /> <br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" style="color: #134f5c;" target="_blank">Wind and Honey Creations</a><span style="color: #134f5c;"> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-182532526923494812?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-30761813608151725302012-01-14T23:51:00.000-06:002012-01-14T23:51:38.729-06:00<div align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><br /><br />&nbsp;</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span class="font-size-4"><br /><br />&nbsp;</span></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/nTizOaVw2kz0TsVtl6wUYVj18RTmXOSNgln*15Qgg7SyVeEYr59CgwQgTobsPLVBkICC9iebHzpUO2anjMjMfr*drUZm9yM9/bloghopbadge1.jpg" target="_self"><img class="align-full" height="302" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/nTizOaVw2kz0TsVtl6wUYVj18RTmXOSNgln*15Qgg7SyVeEYr59CgwQgTobsPLVBkICC9iebHzpUO2anjMjMfr*drUZm9yM9/bloghopbadge1.jpg?width=445" width="483" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />&nbsp;</span> <br /><br />&nbsp;<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat, </b></span><br /><br />&nbsp;<span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for Registration</a>!<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;Blog Hop your way for chance to win!<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;</b></span></div><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br />From <b>June to August 201</b>2, <strong><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></strong> will be presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.</div><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from <a href="http://jerrysartarama.com/" target="_blank">Jerry's Artarama</a>!</b></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />&nbsp;Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.</div><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"></div><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"></div><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />&nbsp;You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a <b>$200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!</b></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br />&nbsp;<b>Two</b> Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:</div><br /><ol start="1"><li><b>For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!</b></li><li><b>Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;</b></li></ol><br /><div align="center"><br /><b>Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!<br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;</b></div><br /><div align="center"><br />Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!</div><br /><div align="center"><br /><b><br /><br />&nbsp;</b><br /><br /><span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing</b></span><br /><br /><span class="font-size-4"><b>Laura K. Aiken</b></span><br /><br /><span class="font-size-4"><b>(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)<br /><br />&nbsp;</b></span></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br />&nbsp;<span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.laurakaiken.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.laurakaiken.blogspot.com/%3C/a%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/div%3E" target="_blank">http://www.laurakaiken.blogspot.com/</a></span></div>;<br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0pt !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0pt !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0pt !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0pt !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-3076181360815172530?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-63325350663478966522012-01-08T00:01:00.002-06:002012-01-08T13:50:58.418-06:00<div align="center"><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/nTizOaVw2kz0TsVtl6wUYVj18RTmXOSNgln*15Qgg7SyVeEYr59CgwQgTobsPLVBkICC9iebHzpUO2anjMjMfr*drUZm9yM9/bloghopbadge1.jpg" target="_self"><img class="align-full" height="302" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/nTizOaVw2kz0TsVtl6wUYVj18RTmXOSNgln*15Qgg7SyVeEYr59CgwQgTobsPLVBkICC9iebHzpUO2anjMjMfr*drUZm9yM9/bloghopbadge1.jpg?width=445" width="483" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span> <br /><br /><span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: large;"><b>Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat, </b></span><br /><br /><span class="font-size-5" style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">Open for Registration</a>!<br /><br /><br />Blog Hop your way for chance to win!<br /><br /><br /></b></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;">From <b>June to August 201</b>2, <b><a href="http://artfulgathering.com/" target="_blank">ArtfulGathering.com</a></b> will be presenting <b>TWO</b> exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.<br /><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><b>Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from <a href="http://jerrysartarama.com/" target="_blank">Jerry's Artarama</a>!</b></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.</div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a <b>$200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!</b></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><b>Two</b> Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.<br /><br /><br /><br />Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:</div><ol start="1"><li><b>All Blog Hop participants with&nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>the secret puzzle words collected from each instructors blog&nbsp;</b></span>are eligible for the Grand Prize Drawing,&nbsp;</b><br /><br /></li><li><b>Runner up prizes will be randomly selected from all participants. Registration to Artful Gathering is not required, but blog hoppers will need to have all the secret puzzle words to be eligible to win.<br /><br /><br /><br /></b></li></ol><div align="center"><b>Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!<br /><br /><br /><br /></b></div><div align="center">Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!</div><div align="center"><b><br /><br /></b><br /><br /><span class="font-size-4"><b>Please HOP over and visit the Amazing</b></span><br /><br /><span class="font-size-4"><b>Jodi Ohl</b></span></div><div align="center"><br /><span class="font-size-4" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://sweetrepeats.blogspot.com/">Sweet Repeats</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-6332535066347896652?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-56100279417727419852012-01-01T18:42:00.000-06:002012-01-01T18:42:27.545-06:00This summer Artful Gathering will blossom into not one but two wonderful sessions of classes, workshops, and creative fun. I have already shared with you what I will be teaching in session one. In session two I will be giving a workshop on an animal portrait. The subject will be a beautiful Barn Owl. And we will accomplish this portrait using a simple graphite pencil and a touch of Derwent graphitint pencil. This owl portrait was fun to create and will be even more fun to teach I will walk you through one step at a time. You will love drawing him. This workshop entitled A Portrait of Beauty and Wisdom and it is an intermediate to advanced class.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hiGj_RdQmhw/TwD8-kSYBNI/AAAAAAAACCI/0r4wWg49awc/s1600/Owl%2Bwatermarked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="278" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hiGj_RdQmhw/TwD8-kSYBNI/AAAAAAAACCI/0r4wWg49awc/s400/Owl%2Bwatermarked.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-5610027941772741985?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-88869681731388682992011-12-29T06:00:00.001-06:002011-12-29T06:00:16.613-06:00We do not have snow at my house today. These were taken by my son last winter in the Arkansas Ozarks. Aren't they beautiful!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tFCsPgcDVk0/TvDWN_xgNMI/AAAAAAAACAo/MKPwCuYFdUw/s1600/IMG_1419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tFCsPgcDVk0/TvDWN_xgNMI/AAAAAAAACAo/MKPwCuYFdUw/s320/IMG_1419.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2TiC8l9E8-A/TvDWOARGMDI/AAAAAAAACA0/D7H9TYWj6mQ/s1600/IMG_1420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2TiC8l9E8-A/TvDWOARGMDI/AAAAAAAACA0/D7H9TYWj6mQ/s320/IMG_1420.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iPFr_yLPONY/TvDWOWQtKxI/AAAAAAAACA8/4EiZtS-S3NQ/s1600/IMG_1410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iPFr_yLPONY/TvDWOWQtKxI/AAAAAAAACA8/4EiZtS-S3NQ/s320/IMG_1410.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-8886968173138868299?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-84832410228467901012011-12-25T06:00:00.002-06:002011-12-25T06:00:05.242-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RTGybOgg2_s/TvDSChoglTI/AAAAAAAACAc/1jYBg4ZXgG0/s1600/2008%2BChristmas%2BCard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="258" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RTGybOgg2_s/TvDSChoglTI/AAAAAAAACAc/1jYBg4ZXgG0/s320/2008%2BChristmas%2BCard.jpg" /></a></div><br />May you all be blessed with a merry and joyful Christmas. I hope as you walk through the new year and the inevitable challenges that come with life, that you will be strengthened with hope and the peace that passes understanding.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-8483241022846790101?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-25513898501426891582011-12-22T06:00:00.001-06:002011-12-22T06:00:06.011-06:00I have watched this video many times and it makes me giggle every time. I hope you find it equally as delightful. It starts slow. Just stay with it a moment. <br /><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Vw4KVoEVcr0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-2551389850142689158?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-86320032239514430982011-12-19T20:55:00.002-06:002011-12-20T09:40:36.820-06:00Finally I can share with you the projects I have prepared for <a href="http://theartfulgathering.blogspot.com/">Artful Gathering 2012</a>. Artful Gathering is an online art retreat. It is truly an extraordinary and unique adventure in creativity. Hundreds of students enjoyed the workshops offered in Artful Gathering 2011. And even more will join in on the fun this coming year. <a href="http://theartfulgathering.blogspot.com/">Artful Gathering 2012</a> will have 2 sessions and I will be teaching a workshop in each one. <br /><br />The first session is June 6 - July 17. But you can register now if you'd like. In the first session I will be teaching a beginner to intermediate level drawing class featuring a black rabbit using soft pastel pencils. I've posted a sneak peek of him here. <br /><br /><a href="http://theartfulgathering.blogspot.com/"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hBZAcyN_S5k/Tu_3rH49PnI/AAAAAAAAB_U/-aFjciDkC1k/s1600/AG%2B2012%2BRabbit*.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="251" width="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hBZAcyN_S5k/Tu_3rH49PnI/AAAAAAAAB_U/-aFjciDkC1k/s320/AG%2B2012%2BRabbit*.jpg" /></a></div></a><br />Click on the links above to visit <a href="http://theartfulgathering.blogspot.com/">Artful Gathering</a> to see the rest of my rabbit and to learn more about the entire art retreat. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-8632003223951443098?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-46505957507907569362011-12-10T07:00:00.001-06:002011-12-10T07:00:10.672-06:00<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ta4C0WvagVs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-4650595750790756936?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-44603021980598466212011-12-08T16:23:00.000-06:002011-12-08T16:23:12.925-06:00Today I am finishing up this leopard portrait. It has taken me longer than usual. It is a special gift for my son. Maybe that is why it has taken so long. I am excited to give it to him. I hope he is pleased. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hNa47pnQpHU/TuE4JbHfY3I/AAAAAAAAB_E/4kki6wTColE/s1600/Micah%2527s%2Bleopard%2BMaster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="222" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hNa47pnQpHU/TuE4JbHfY3I/AAAAAAAAB_E/4kki6wTColE/s320/Micah%2527s%2Bleopard%2BMaster.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-4460302198059846621?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-10917890843156571862011-12-03T07:47:00.000-06:002011-12-03T07:47:27.253-06:00Here is a bunny quickly sketched in my art journal using marker and then colored in watercolor pencil. Do you use your artist pencils in your art journal? Art journals aren't just for mixed media collage artists! It can be fun to draw in a journal with no performance pressure. You discover all kinds of surprises.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4K5LdaDR0rQ/TtonkfqGaxI/AAAAAAAAB-4/-Wi9sQJHtTg/s1600/WC%2BBunny%2BJournal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="229" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4K5LdaDR0rQ/TtonkfqGaxI/AAAAAAAAB-4/-Wi9sQJHtTg/s320/WC%2BBunny%2BJournal.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1091789084315657186?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-77041473507665269432011-11-27T20:58:00.000-06:002011-11-27T20:58:17.605-06:00There are so many ways to use your art pencils for the holidays. You can design your own gift tags, tree ornaments, or greeting cards. You can even draw something special and frame it as a gift. Remember to bring your creativity into this wonderful season. You will enjoy it so much more. I've recorded this video demonstration to show you how quick and easy it can be to personalize your items. I am including here the pattern for the little bunny. Please feel free to download him. He is large enough to be used for a greeting card. Or you could print him smaller for gift tags or ornaments. Feel free to add embellishments like more greenery or more ornaments or perhaps some collage elements. <br /><br />I hope you enjoy him. <br /><br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uz-96EEh-no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wRbstyTCf_U/TtLuqvFgn7I/AAAAAAAAB-s/cnFCLLpls8I/s1600/Christmas%2Bbunny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="261" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wRbstyTCf_U/TtLuqvFgn7I/AAAAAAAAB-s/cnFCLLpls8I/s320/Christmas%2Bbunny.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-7704147350766526943?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-46852994059072208722011-11-07T14:12:00.001-06:002011-11-07T14:14:22.295-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zRHCoqpfrxA/Trg5heuZ0eI/AAAAAAAABv0/8Sp26ncZO08/s1600/Creative%2BPencils%2BBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="69" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zRHCoqpfrxA/Trg5heuZ0eI/AAAAAAAABv0/8Sp26ncZO08/s320/Creative%2BPencils%2BBanner.jpg" /></a></div><br />I am so pleased to announce the grand opening of <a href="http://creativepencils.ning.com/">Creative Pencils</a>. <a href="http://creativepencils.ning.com/">Creative Pencils</a> is a ning site that I have created for the presentation of my video drawing classes. CP is under the umbrella site <a href="http://eclecticartstudio.ning.com/">Eclectic Art Studio </a>created by Zinnia Galliher of <a href="http://zinniasart.blogspot.com/">Zinnia's Treasures</a> and <a href="http://rosesonmytable.ning.com/">Roses on My Table</a>. This is the beginning of a great adventure. I hope you will come by and take a look. Classes will open at <a href="http://creativepencils.ning.com/">Creative Pencils</a> on Friday November 11 but registration is open now.<br /><br />"Capturing Dreams One Drawing at a Time"<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-4685299405907220872?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-38924012399188447122011-11-01T13:50:00.001-05:002011-11-06T18:35:15.484-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/AGsIuSYHhtU/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AGsIuSYHhtU&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AGsIuSYHhtU&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Its not too early to start planning for your 2012 Online Art Retreat adventures. &nbsp;Check out <a href="http://theartfulgathering.blogspot.com/">Artful Gathering 2012. </a>&nbsp;</div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/valentinestudio123/Client%20Blog%20Design/Signatures/WindandHoneySig.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-3892401239918844712?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-72087784161131884592011-10-27T13:40:00.000-05:002011-10-27T13:40:34.224-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Odhd-jchD0w/TqmjoA_WIvI/AAAAAAAABto/F5dcn19QVSQ/s1600/Dancing+Swan*.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Odhd-jchD0w/TqmjoA_WIvI/AAAAAAAABto/F5dcn19QVSQ/s400/Dancing+Swan*.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A while back I posted the unfinished version of this Dancing Swan. &nbsp;At the time I thought I would finish her in the next few days. &nbsp;However, I've had several curves thrown into my schedule since then. &nbsp;But she has been gracious and patient as she waited beside the drawing table. &nbsp;I did hear her feet tapping a few times. &nbsp;But I don't think that was impatience. &nbsp;Rather, I think she was longing to get up and dance to the music I was playing that day. &nbsp;I hope you enjoy her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-7208778416113188459?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-18574641011466179272011-10-15T12:28:00.000-05:002011-10-15T12:28:44.922-05:00I want to share this painting created by one of my private students. &nbsp;This young man is mentally challenged. &nbsp;He loves art and has quite an eye for it. &nbsp;He especially loves to paint and to take photographs. &nbsp;Whenever this young man goes on a trip with his family, he always brings photographs back to share with me of art and artistic moments that he has found. &nbsp;I love when he shows me a moment he has captured and he is quick to remind me that even that is art. &nbsp; This painting is a lovely sunset over a lake. &nbsp;His inspiration came from a calendar photograph. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0NzUleLVbZU/TpnCRFzVvsI/AAAAAAAABsU/5nHclb2De0k/s1600/Clints-Sunset.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0NzUleLVbZU/TpnCRFzVvsI/AAAAAAAABsU/5nHclb2De0k/s400/Clints-Sunset.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1857464101146617927?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-72829527336817590482011-09-30T08:15:00.000-05:002011-09-30T08:15:00.344-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ngxe_M1AkdY/ToM0h_LRC2I/AAAAAAAABdI/CcerF7AXdYw/s1600/IMG_0178.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ngxe_M1AkdY/ToM0h_LRC2I/AAAAAAAABdI/CcerF7AXdYw/s400/IMG_0178.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Poet and I celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary recently. &nbsp;Its funny. &nbsp;It seems like such a short time ago that we stood face to face captivated by each other's eyes and promised our whole lives to each other. &nbsp;And yet at the same time, it seems we've been together forever! &nbsp;In reality we've spent well over half our lives in this commitment. &nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GK4mZaKandA/ToM0gBqzU-I/AAAAAAAABc8/OpHRm_VQ4v4/s1600/IMG_0171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GK4mZaKandA/ToM0gBqzU-I/AAAAAAAABc8/OpHRm_VQ4v4/s400/IMG_0171.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year our calendars were both very full. &nbsp;So rather than going on a trip for our anniversary, we simply had a nice lunch together and walked down to a local antique store to look around a bit. &nbsp;Right up front there was a stack of dishes just like the ones we got when we were married. &nbsp;Denby Seville Stoneware. &nbsp;We never did get very many of these dishes and just a few years later, they were discontinued. &nbsp;I have never seen even one piece of it in an antique store or a thrift store or at a garage sale. &nbsp;This is the absolute first.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m2slIf9LFWA/ToM0hPodetI/AAAAAAAABdE/YJyYg5gt8ug/s1600/IMG_0176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m2slIf9LFWA/ToM0hPodetI/AAAAAAAABdE/YJyYg5gt8ug/s320/IMG_0176.jpg" width="320" /></a>We got the collection at an incredible price and there were even some fun extras that I have always wanted. &nbsp;The funny thing was we never even discussed whether we were going to buy them. &nbsp;We just walked in, saw them, and both knew instantly that we would definitely be getting them.&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--B_3-cmQav8/ToM0gcLtNCI/AAAAAAAABdA/qGGj7B0cPqQ/s1600/IMG_0175.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="279" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--B_3-cmQav8/ToM0gcLtNCI/AAAAAAAABdA/qGGj7B0cPqQ/s320/IMG_0175.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I ALWAYS wanted this beautiful teapot!!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EFuuzh1ocX0/ToM0ib3w3GI/AAAAAAAABdM/a_Zu5gz0Kfc/s1600/IMG_0182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EFuuzh1ocX0/ToM0ib3w3GI/AAAAAAAABdM/a_Zu5gz0Kfc/s400/IMG_0182.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a SERVING BOWL! &nbsp; I'm sooo excited!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This color is so versatile. It looks beautiful with Fall decor. &nbsp;But the softness and the hint of very pale blue allows these plates to coordinate well with just about any decor you wish to use to creatively compliment them.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f8DuaPLvEdI/ToM0lWCiRBI/AAAAAAAABdQ/IeuKpOZxqTQ/s1600/IMG_0184.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f8DuaPLvEdI/ToM0lWCiRBI/AAAAAAAABdQ/IeuKpOZxqTQ/s400/IMG_0184.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What surprises have you had lately to remind you of the good things in your life?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-7282952733681759048?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-41971248710868584802011-09-28T08:25:00.000-05:002011-09-28T08:25:34.715-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fwh0GBqvMsU/ToMbbryLSDI/AAAAAAAABcs/Xu-0I-Q5q5E/s1600/IMG_0384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fwh0GBqvMsU/ToMbbryLSDI/AAAAAAAABcs/Xu-0I-Q5q5E/s400/IMG_0384.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wgZEDS3tGjs/ToMbffKlUYI/AAAAAAAABc4/0LreVLQL6Vk/s1600/IMG_0388.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wgZEDS3tGjs/ToMbffKlUYI/AAAAAAAABc4/0LreVLQL6Vk/s400/IMG_0388.jpg" width="270" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Laura Carson of&nbsp;<a href="http://artfullymusing.blogspot.com/">Artfully Musing</a>&nbsp;created this unique and absolutely fun little book. &nbsp;Laura is a very talented mixed media artist. &nbsp;The cover of the book is made from dominoes that have been altered and altered and altered. &nbsp;The creativity in this little book is abundant. &nbsp;The theme is Birds and Bees. &nbsp;Laura has covered every single spot with a unique touch that is just right and never over done. &nbsp;And her workmanship is quality. &nbsp;</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DVJRFEgCNeQ/ToMbewbPhuI/AAAAAAAABc0/RwqTvw6b1xU/s1600/IMG_0387.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DVJRFEgCNeQ/ToMbewbPhuI/AAAAAAAABc0/RwqTvw6b1xU/s400/IMG_0387.jpg" width="280" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A while back Laura was having a drawing on her blog. &nbsp;I enter lots of drawings just for the fun of it, especially if I like what the prize is. &nbsp;But I never win. &nbsp;I usually even forget about signing up since I don't really expect anything from it. &nbsp;But when I saw this prize I really wanted it. &nbsp;So you can imagine my surprise when I received notice from Laura that I had won her new domino book! &nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dtwSzm77114/ToMbcvExRLI/AAAAAAAABcw/JdH0DmkU2ag/s1600/IMG_0386.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dtwSzm77114/ToMbcvExRLI/AAAAAAAABcw/JdH0DmkU2ag/s400/IMG_0386.jpg" width="285" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I haven't decided where and how I will display my miniature prize but you can be sure it will be someplace special where I will see it often.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-4197124871086858480?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-63609441448566216742011-08-31T10:34:00.000-05:002011-08-31T10:34:10.343-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is for my friends in Oklahoma and Texas where we are at almost 60 days now of over 100 temperatures! &nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5-nnANQx0rw/Tl5TfOEonAI/AAAAAAAABSc/Wu2Z9DVaMcw/s1600/IMG_1403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5-nnANQx0rw/Tl5TfOEonAI/AAAAAAAABSc/Wu2Z9DVaMcw/s400/IMG_1403.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tMeI47rET88/Tl5Tf6ghTGI/AAAAAAAABSg/6sTI6gyAahg/s1600/IMG_1431.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tMeI47rET88/Tl5Tf6ghTGI/AAAAAAAABSg/6sTI6gyAahg/s400/IMG_1431.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jg3fIGpaRnY/Tl5TgvE3AyI/AAAAAAAABSk/N6cBpBQHu2w/s1600/IMG_1451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jg3fIGpaRnY/Tl5TgvE3AyI/AAAAAAAABSk/N6cBpBQHu2w/s400/IMG_1451.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I18QXro0W_w/Tl5ThOT75rI/AAAAAAAABSo/LDTW16I5nJk/s1600/IMG_1460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I18QXro0W_w/Tl5ThOT75rI/AAAAAAAABSo/LDTW16I5nJk/s400/IMG_1460.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-6360944144856621674?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-68225321177344077862011-08-26T06:00:00.001-05:002011-08-26T06:00:03.585-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OEpwL882Eic/TlU8d0X8DcI/AAAAAAAABSU/CDVCj-Wws60/s1600/Swan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OEpwL882Eic/TlU8d0X8DcI/AAAAAAAABSU/CDVCj-Wws60/s400/Swan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Here is a glimpse of what I am working on now. &nbsp;She is being drawn in graphite - Derwent Graphic 8B. &nbsp;I do almost everything in 8B. &nbsp;This isn't the best copy of the image but I just took a quick photo rather than a scan. &nbsp;This swan has a secret. &nbsp;And her secret will be revealed when she is complete. &nbsp;I'll post her here when she is ready to share her surprise. &nbsp;This piece was inspired by a young friend of mine who has overcome difficulties in her life and is moving forward with joy and strength.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_U44xr17-5o/TlU-GLw7x-I/AAAAAAAABSY/ro0kKBfC61Q/s1600/Kenya-yawning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_U44xr17-5o/TlU-GLw7x-I/AAAAAAAABSY/ro0kKBfC61Q/s400/Kenya-yawning.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And this is what else is on my table. &nbsp;Kenya thinks swans are boring. &nbsp;He is quite sure that he should always be the subject of my drawings. &nbsp;--funny.....he's yawning but really it kind of looks like he's laughing! &nbsp;Can you hear him? &nbsp;HaHaHaHaHa!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What is your newest project?</div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-6822532117734407786?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-88266269194093963812011-08-24T06:47:00.002-05:002011-08-24T06:47:00.681-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zKs8lis6zoY/Tklq0WTZc3I/AAAAAAAABQ4/PpcgBnW-2Q8/s1600/IMG_0129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zKs8lis6zoY/Tklq0WTZc3I/AAAAAAAABQ4/PpcgBnW-2Q8/s400/IMG_0129.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TJfOp36i_hQ/Tklq3SfJ-PI/AAAAAAAABQ8/D128QbdXZGo/s1600/IMG_0134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TJfOp36i_hQ/Tklq3SfJ-PI/AAAAAAAABQ8/D128QbdXZGo/s400/IMG_0134.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_VJXDKGDy2E/Tklq_K35WYI/AAAAAAAABRA/bJ2qtgFNnFg/s1600/IMG_0263.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_VJXDKGDy2E/Tklq_K35WYI/AAAAAAAABRA/bJ2qtgFNnFg/s400/IMG_0263.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-8826626919409396381?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-19325921947348301322011-08-22T17:23:00.002-05:002011-08-22T19:25:54.647-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4THxQKwjIwI/TlLR6w2YW0I/AAAAAAAABSA/ICXuANvzVIs/s1600/IMG_0321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="351" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4THxQKwjIwI/TlLR6w2YW0I/AAAAAAAABSA/ICXuANvzVIs/s400/IMG_0321.jpg" width="400" />&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These are the faces of some of the friends we made while in Eureka Springs.&nbsp; We spent an afternoon with them thoroughly enjoying their company. &nbsp; These beautiful cat faces belong to some of the residents of <a href="http://www.turpentinecreek.org/">Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge.</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_YHxpsnx_zs/TlLR7m8_zoI/AAAAAAAABSI/GpnHpevHhxE/s1600/IMG_0351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_YHxpsnx_zs/TlLR7m8_zoI/AAAAAAAABSI/GpnHpevHhxE/s400/IMG_0351.jpg" width="347" />&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The refuge takes in all kinds of big cats that need a home - usually because someone thought they could keep a wild cat as a pet.&nbsp; Then one day the bobcat started spraying all over the house or the cougar shred the couch.&nbsp; Or the tiger began to show some aggression acting like, .... well, a tiger. &nbsp; Imagine that?! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5PdyqQAb2_I/TlLR7T3iLXI/AAAAAAAABSE/wow97bPqZS4/s1600/IMG_0331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5PdyqQAb2_I/TlLR7T3iLXI/AAAAAAAABSE/wow97bPqZS4/s400/IMG_0331.jpg" width="358" />&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What in the world makes people think they really can make a pet out of these cats?&nbsp; No one loves them more than I do.&nbsp; No one would absolutely love having a lion lying around the studio more than I would.&nbsp; But its just not realistic.&nbsp;&nbsp; And even if you could, it isn't fair to the cat to be so confined. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aeZkW4ICh1A/TlLR7_hkDdI/AAAAAAAABSM/a13ON_jBDws/s1600/IMG_7785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aeZkW4ICh1A/TlLR7_hkDdI/AAAAAAAABSM/a13ON_jBDws/s400/IMG_7785.jpg" width="365" />&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.turpentinecreek.org/">Turpentine Creek i</a>s a sanctuary so they do not do any breeding or selling of the cats.&nbsp; They simply provide them with a safe home. &nbsp;They attempt to make their habitat as conducive to what is best for the cat as is possible.&nbsp; They are a non-profit organization.&nbsp; So, funds are always an issue.&nbsp; Some of the cages are smaller than is ideal while they wait for funding. &nbsp; I wish I had a bundle to share with them to make all those cages as large as possible</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ISmiHM3OGwo/TlLR8T-cidI/AAAAAAAABSQ/dfCMsncetL0/s1600/IMG_7802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ISmiHM3OGwo/TlLR8T-cidI/AAAAAAAABSQ/dfCMsncetL0/s400/IMG_7802.jpg" width="346" />&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My son is a gifted photographer.&nbsp; He took lots of great shots for me. I will be able to use them for art reference.&nbsp; I'm so excited to get started. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" />&nbsp;</a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1932592194734830132?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-72320499717969683092011-08-15T13:00:00.000-05:002011-08-15T13:00:06.606-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GVcnTFGYZq0/TklUmDjSlZI/AAAAAAAABQU/65XufhG873o/s1600/IMG_0191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GVcnTFGYZq0/TklUmDjSlZI/AAAAAAAABQU/65XufhG873o/s400/IMG_0191.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I recently spent a few days in Eureka Springs, Arkansas with my family. &nbsp;We each came from our separate places of residence and met there. &nbsp;Two of the four of us had been there before. &nbsp;I was one of the ones that had not. &nbsp;We enjoyed our time together and enjoyed the unique atmosphere of the town. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f3Xz0_lANN0/TklVT9E8OuI/AAAAAAAABQk/_P-0G8kq7Vk/s1600/IMG_0195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f3Xz0_lANN0/TklVT9E8OuI/AAAAAAAABQk/_P-0G8kq7Vk/s400/IMG_0195.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The locals complained of the unusual heat they were experiencing. But we LOVED the moderate temperatures compared to the 110F plus temperatures we had been experiencing for weeks prior to our trip.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w1NfLDw5oBw/Tklan8qiidI/AAAAAAAABQ0/nHxTmwgLAqU/s1600/IMG_0213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w1NfLDw5oBw/Tklan8qiidI/AAAAAAAABQ0/nHxTmwgLAqU/s400/IMG_0213.jpg" width="300" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is the Sweet Spring noted from the 1800's for its sweet water. &nbsp;The spring is down a number of very old winding steps.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oH3_lTC-H80/TklVYumV31I/AAAAAAAABQo/DKyLPh5pMeQ/s1600/IMG_0216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oH3_lTC-H80/TklVYumV31I/AAAAAAAABQo/DKyLPh5pMeQ/s400/IMG_0216.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This vintage water fountain still works. &nbsp;The fountain and this wonderful old bench are both by the Sweet Spring.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y8L2bVisfg4/TklWvEDnx0I/AAAAAAAABQs/g9fcAFsGUIs/s1600/IMG_0193.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y8L2bVisfg4/TklWvEDnx0I/AAAAAAAABQs/g9fcAFsGUIs/s400/IMG_0193.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The whole town has a laid back atmosphere to it which was just what we were needing. &nbsp;We visited art galleries, quaint shops, and antique stores. &nbsp;Each of the restaurants we visited were extraordinary. &nbsp;Of course photography was not allowed in the galleries. &nbsp;And I guess I was always too hungry when in the restaurants because I never remembered to take pictures there. &nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zn0zRexeMjU/Tklaib2rwxI/AAAAAAAABQw/tBFH3DzxZMo/s1600/IMG_0199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="321" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zn0zRexeMjU/Tklaib2rwxI/AAAAAAAABQw/tBFH3DzxZMo/s400/IMG_0199.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IHa0nyBqjXI/TklUsEj36CI/AAAAAAAABQc/G7igfbg1Rc8/s1600/IMG_0200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IHa0nyBqjXI/TklUsEj36CI/AAAAAAAABQc/G7igfbg1Rc8/s400/IMG_0200.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I would LOVE having a studio on the top floor of this building!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I especially noted the vintage and unusual musical items I found. &nbsp;Arkansas is a very musical state. &nbsp;</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-56curBn_STs/TklUiwMAKAI/AAAAAAAABQQ/rzt1n4KsESo/s1600/ES+Blogs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-56curBn_STs/TklUiwMAKAI/AAAAAAAABQQ/rzt1n4KsESo/s400/ES+Blogs.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5FE9VB8SB6I/TklUvfo3_BI/AAAAAAAABQg/Vl1LMu4ghQ8/s1600/IMG_0207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5FE9VB8SB6I/TklUvfo3_BI/AAAAAAAABQg/Vl1LMu4ghQ8/s400/IMG_0207.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DsdcEhAKBSI/TklUp99svJI/AAAAAAAABQY/XMnz57TWHN0/s1600/IMG_0196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DsdcEhAKBSI/TklUp99svJI/AAAAAAAABQY/XMnz57TWHN0/s400/IMG_0196.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'll share a few other images with you on another day.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-7232049971796968309?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-13012838212050429792011-08-06T11:58:00.001-05:002011-08-06T12:59:51.705-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VfL5uktFbqE/Tj1xuOtSwWI/AAAAAAAABO0/bNRwqJG5CyE/s1600/Bunny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VfL5uktFbqE/Tj1xuOtSwWI/AAAAAAAABO0/bNRwqJG5CyE/s400/Bunny.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I've been working on this bunny portrait. &nbsp;This is a crop of the face area. &nbsp;I've created him in graphite but added just a touch of watercolor on his ears. &nbsp;I first learned of this technique of adding just a bit of color to a black and white drawing by studying the works of Clare Turlay Newberry. &nbsp;She was the artist that first inspired me to begin drawing. &nbsp;Newberry had a wonderful gift of capturing the softness, the fullness, and the delight of an animal with just a few simple lines drawn usually in charcoal. &nbsp;Time magazine said of Newberry, "Clare T. Newberry is the best cat artist since the Egyptians." &nbsp;Marshmallow was my first Newberry book and remains my favorite. &nbsp;It is the true story of the introduction of a bunny to Newberry's own pet tomcat; and of their eventual warm and loving relationship. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Marshmallow/Clare-Turlay-Newberry/e/9780060724887"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-191BH9XhjYw/Tj1xs9wOS0I/AAAAAAAABOw/p3ywOxNSiPg/s320/59007736.JPG" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1301283821205042979?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-45040359166972197102011-07-26T21:07:00.002-05:002011-07-26T21:13:30.450-05:00I spent a week in Missouri recently. &nbsp;I took along with me the book A Lion Called Christian by Anthony Bourke, John Rendell, and George Adamson. &nbsp;I've loved the story of Christian as shown on Youtube for a few years now. &nbsp;And I've watched each version of it many times. &nbsp;So the story in the book was no surprise. &nbsp;But there were many details in the book that I had not known before about Christian's relationship with his two legged friends. &nbsp;I thoroughly enjoyed the book. &nbsp;It inspired this journal page created with watercolor paint and Derwent water soluable sketching pencils.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6L-iv64jnGE/Ti9wOY_-pCI/AAAAAAAABOs/jLwxdY7Dk5U/s1600/Lion+Journal+Page.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6L-iv64jnGE/Ti9wOY_-pCI/AAAAAAAABOs/jLwxdY7Dk5U/s400/Lion+Journal+Page.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The story of Christian the lion is set in the late 60's in England where two Australian young men purchased a lion cub from Harrods Department store. &nbsp;Can you imagine? &nbsp;They raised him for many months living in their home with them. The three of them loved each other dearly. &nbsp;When Christian was around a year old, John and Anthony (Ace) transported him to Africa where George Adamson, of the Born Free story, helped Christian learn how to live free and wild as was appropriate for him. &nbsp;The video shows the reunion when John and Ace visited Christian a year later after living as a wild lion. &nbsp;He had not forgotten them. &nbsp;Rather, he greeted them with hugs and kisses. <br /><br />Here is one of the many videos about Christian. &nbsp;There are better ones but this one tells the story well, and I love the addition of the Whitney Houston song.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/ZDZaWgf_bk0/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZDZaWgf_bk0&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZDZaWgf_bk0&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-4504035916697219710?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-40316496506136926272011-07-15T11:28:00.002-05:002011-07-15T11:31:06.674-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cgVNX4gsxJo/TiBkP3lpqBI/AAAAAAAABOk/3OcVDBWaW34/s1600/IMG_0123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cgVNX4gsxJo/TiBkP3lpqBI/AAAAAAAABOk/3OcVDBWaW34/s400/IMG_0123.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aJbdmJw1Yv4/TiBinHBMHcI/AAAAAAAABOQ/kJ0zz5sTHSw/s1600/IMG_5252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aJbdmJw1Yv4/TiBinHBMHcI/AAAAAAAABOQ/kJ0zz5sTHSw/s400/IMG_5252.jpg" width="298" /></a>Recently as I was engaging in one of my favorite past times, blog hopping, I stumbled onto <a href="http://mydesertcottage.blogspot.com/">My Desert Cottage</a>&nbsp;and her upcoming blog party <a href="http://mydesertcottage.blogspot.com/2011/07/wbc-party-day-for-2011.html">Where Bloggers Create</a>. &nbsp;I thought this seemed like such a fun idea. &nbsp;I love looking into the studios of other artists. &nbsp;I quickly added a comment that I wanted to join in. &nbsp;It was not until the next day that I realized my comment had come a few days after the deadline to join. &nbsp;But, to my surprise, Karen of My Desert Cottage added me to the party anyway. &nbsp;Thank you Karen. &nbsp;I'm so pleased to join the party.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yuhiPTpXRzQ/TiBikxos3DI/AAAAAAAABOM/-7DwWAsRuvg/s1600/IMG_5236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yuhiPTpXRzQ/TiBikxos3DI/AAAAAAAABOM/-7DwWAsRuvg/s400/IMG_5236.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br />My studio is not fancy and I do not have the freedom to rip<br />up carpet and go crazy with the design like I'd enjoy doing. &nbsp;But it is the first time I've had a whole room just for my studio. &nbsp;And I think the 2 full walls of second story windows makes up for any crazy decor plans I could come up with. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jinuK4kvwcE/TiBiiYq_Q9I/AAAAAAAABOI/9XpJ50w1hc4/s1600/IMG_5234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jinuK4kvwcE/TiBiiYq_Q9I/AAAAAAAABOI/9XpJ50w1hc4/s400/IMG_5234.jpg" width="298" /></a></div>Some of these photos were taken a while back. &nbsp;So you may notice a difference in a few of them like the blue cat pillow and then a pink cat pillow. &nbsp;I recently created a video showing&nbsp;some of my studio for the <a href="http://artfulgathering.ning.com/">Artful Gathering class</a> that I have produced. &nbsp;It is quite recent and I thought fit in here quite well. &nbsp;So, I've included it too.<br /><br />Our house was built in 1919. &nbsp;This is an odd little room off of the larger room. &nbsp;It is larger than a closet but still only about 6' x 5'. &nbsp;And yet, it has a window and an old air conditioning vent. &nbsp;hmmmmm..... &nbsp; The only idea I have is that it was meant to be a nursery just off the master bedroom. &nbsp; Any ideas? &nbsp; Anyone know?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7T2jWceKRjw/TiBkOxW5NKI/AAAAAAAABOg/Qu6cqFV7UII/s1600/IMG_0118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7T2jWceKRjw/TiBkOxW5NKI/AAAAAAAABOg/Qu6cqFV7UII/s400/IMG_0118.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am currently in Missouri on a trip. &nbsp;I found an old wooden file cabinet at a thrift store that will replace these plastic drawers when I get home. &nbsp;I am in need of these plastic drawers in the room where I teach kid's art classes. &nbsp;So it works out well this way. &nbsp;This window blind is usually up and the cats enjoy watching the squirrels run by on the window ledges. &nbsp;But I had to close it in order to take the picture.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mem0soTVsAg/TiBio9ZEJUI/AAAAAAAABOU/Qudpb5GxGFQ/s1600/IMG_5262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mem0soTVsAg/TiBio9ZEJUI/AAAAAAAABOU/Qudpb5GxGFQ/s400/IMG_5262.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, had to close the blinds to get a photo. &nbsp;This table belonged to my big brother. &nbsp;When he left us to go fly fishing in Heaven, I took this table to create on. &nbsp;As I use it I am reminded of how supportive he always was of my art.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aB-SucpvFFg/TiBkQgcghgI/AAAAAAAABOo/DsSmYnHUa9E/s1600/IMG_0126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aB-SucpvFFg/TiBkQgcghgI/AAAAAAAABOo/DsSmYnHUa9E/s400/IMG_0126.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I keep things that I love here....my favorite dolls as a child, children's books, a doll my daughter made by hand for me when she was only 9, and a stuffed skunk given to me by my father. &nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is the video. &nbsp;I won't even have to tell you that I am an amateur at filming. &nbsp;It will be evident! &nbsp;: )</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/sC7mq6l0So8/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sC7mq6l0So8&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sC7mq6l0So8&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now that you've been in my studio, I will enjoy visiting yours. &nbsp;What kind of tea will you be serving? &nbsp;Got any cinnamon scones?</div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-4031649650613692627?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-67717751939715778062011-07-09T20:47:00.000-05:002011-07-09T20:47:11.376-05:00Have you signed up for <a href="http://artfulgathering.ning.com/">Artful Gathering 2011</a> yet? &nbsp;There are so many great classes with equally as many great teachers. &nbsp;I hope you will join us.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pt17Q2Gt2Gc/ThFW5DpNZ2I/AAAAAAAABOE/sYAQwbcVoWE/s1600/july+4th+vintage+graphicsfairy009a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pt17Q2Gt2Gc/ThFW5DpNZ2I/AAAAAAAABOE/sYAQwbcVoWE/s400/july+4th+vintage+graphicsfairy009a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Image from The Graphics Fairy</span></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1507089400948872389?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-13445114850653587212011-07-01T17:11:00.000-05:002011-07-01T17:11:07.679-05:00For all of you that love the look of blended Colored Pencils - Prismacolor or Derwent Colorsoft, or Faber-Castell Polychromos, or any of the other quality brands... For all of you that love it when your colored pencil looks like paint... And for all of you that have hands that ache when you are finished blending with the blending pencil... &nbsp;Well, I've got great news for you! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9epUVnoK83g/Tg5CpeUps1I/AAAAAAAABOA/pCHTI4NPG-U/s1600/zPB500mlwebjpg_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9epUVnoK83g/Tg5CpeUps1I/AAAAAAAABOA/pCHTI4NPG-U/s1600/zPB500mlwebjpg_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9epUVnoK83g/Tg5CpeUps1I/AAAAAAAABOA/pCHTI4NPG-U/s320/zPB500mlwebjpg_small.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><br /><br />I had read some about using solvents with colored pencils. &nbsp;But my experimenting with the Prismacolor colorless blending marker yielded less than satisfying results. &nbsp; And the other solvents I had read about have toxic levels that I prefer not to bring into my world. &nbsp;One site said to use them with an open window. &nbsp;Well, the seasonal opportunities for that where I live are very very small. &nbsp;And then I found <a href="http://www.jandtsartandcalligraphy.co.uk/online-shop/zest-it_pencil_blend.php">Zest-It&nbsp;</a>products. &nbsp;They have several products under this name including brush cleaners and oil paint mediums. &nbsp;But the one I am so excited about is the <a href="http://www.jandtsartandcalligraphy.co.uk/online-shop/zest-it_pencil_blend.php">colored pencil blending medium</a>. &nbsp;It is non toxic! &nbsp;Well, they suggest you not drink it. &nbsp;Oh. &nbsp;Well, it does have a refreshing orange aroma. &nbsp;But I don't think I'll be too tempted to drink it. &nbsp;The other solvents I have looked at leave a residue on your drawing creating a non archival piece. &nbsp;But according to the Zest-It representative, the Zest-It evaporates leaving nothing on your paper except colored pencil. &nbsp;How great is that?! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lEQpRCyAsms/Tg5Cl65HQTI/AAAAAAAABN0/jV34QzU3GCU/s1600/cherries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lEQpRCyAsms/Tg5Cl65HQTI/AAAAAAAABN0/jV34QzU3GCU/s400/cherries.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blended with a paper blending stump.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I was very pleased with the results I got when using the Zest-It and found it to be much quicker than the slow tedious process of blending with the pencil blenders. &nbsp;And the icing on the cake was that my hand didn't even ache when I was through.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5iz0Joh_Sos/Tg5CnDTkZCI/AAAAAAAABN4/JY0EfB-M8o0/s1600/pumpkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5iz0Joh_Sos/Tg5CnDTkZCI/AAAAAAAABN4/JY0EfB-M8o0/s400/pumpkin.jpg" width="381" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">blended with the tortillion</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I have posted my testing pieces here. &nbsp;I used Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils for this experiement. &nbsp;I first blended with a paper blending stump that I had touched into just a dab of the Zest-It. &nbsp;It took very little for the whole project. I was pleased with the results with the blending stump. &nbsp;It was smooth and filled the space well. &nbsp;Then I tried it with a paper tortillion. &nbsp;Although the results were not bad, it was not quite as smooth as the blending stump and it was more laborious to accomplish the blending. &nbsp;Last I tried using a paint brush to dip into the Zest-It. &nbsp;I expected this to be my favorite as I love using brushes with the Derwent Inktense pencils. &nbsp;I love getting the color wet and then pulling it to create the effect I want with the brush. &nbsp;However, I found that the color did not pull using the Zest-It with the paint brush. &nbsp;It did seem to affect the overall color but did not create the smooth painted look that I prefer. &nbsp;So I will stick with the blending stump, which is just fine with me. &nbsp;I was quite pleased with it. &nbsp;I have read the some artists like to use a Q Tip to blend it. &nbsp;I think that would probably work well for large areas. &nbsp;But it would not give as much control as the pointed tip of the blending stump in areas with more detail.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8UGOspnQwBI/Tg5Co4pm01I/AAAAAAAABN8/42AS3a7W5fY/s1600/rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8UGOspnQwBI/Tg5Co4pm01I/AAAAAAAABN8/42AS3a7W5fY/s400/rose.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">blended with the paint brush</div><br />I also piddled with the Zest-It with soft pastels and oil pencils and found it to work quite well with them too.<br /><br />The only draw back for the Zest-It is that it is a company based in the United Kingdom and they do not, as of yet, have a distributor in the US. &nbsp;The shipping I paid was a bit high. &nbsp;But I ordered enough to last quite a while and decided that in the long run, it was still a good buy even after the shipping. &nbsp;It took 2 weeks to get my package of Zest-It from England to Oklahoma. &nbsp;Perhaps if there is enough interest shown in the US by colored pencil artists, they will establish a distributor over here. &nbsp;That would be great! &nbsp; Let me know if you try it or have any experience with it. &nbsp;I'd love to see what you've done. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1344511485065358721?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-50440722480008062522011-06-29T22:22:00.000-05:002011-06-29T22:22:20.009-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wBtqU1T79TI/TgvrF2FYlXI/AAAAAAAABNY/nufm0cqLOXM/s1600/IMG_1112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wBtqU1T79TI/TgvrF2FYlXI/AAAAAAAABNY/nufm0cqLOXM/s400/IMG_1112.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nsysbh78CRo/TgvrCe5MEGI/AAAAAAAABNQ/erw_baNPFHA/s1600/IMG_0422.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nsysbh78CRo/TgvrCe5MEGI/AAAAAAAABNQ/erw_baNPFHA/s400/IMG_0422.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cAGtFUZmaIg/TgvrDzvCl-I/AAAAAAAABNU/k5XtIqtpC_Y/s1600/IMG_0995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cAGtFUZmaIg/TgvrDzvCl-I/AAAAAAAABNU/k5XtIqtpC_Y/s400/IMG_0995.JPG" width="297" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creation</a>s<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-5044072248000806252?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-2787985392900502152011-06-13T10:41:00.001-05:002011-06-22T13:35:05.239-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/sC7mq6l0So8/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sC7mq6l0So8&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sC7mq6l0So8&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-278798539290050215?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-52820748454616453962011-06-08T19:43:00.003-05:002011-06-08T19:58:52.975-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zzLC7Z_DVPM/TfAS729-SBI/AAAAAAAABMo/UGc6XV_YAFQ/s1600/IMG_0072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zzLC7Z_DVPM/TfAS729-SBI/AAAAAAAABMo/UGc6XV_YAFQ/s400/IMG_0072.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />I went to tea today with some friends. &nbsp;I've been working day and night on some projects that are still not complete and also in preparation for my Artful Gathering class. &nbsp;So it was good to get out of the house and visit with friends in a pretty and very froo froo environment. &nbsp;We went to Inspirations Tea Room where the food is better than great and the service is even better.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/jelizabethjohnson/Prints_%26_Digital_Collage.html"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WkkCTT6psqc/TfATlYFiJGI/AAAAAAAABM4/Tm_x2FC3K0Y/s400/measured-dreams+watermarked.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inspirations also has a gift shop with tons of tea sets to fit every personality or color theme. &nbsp;I wanted to buy them all so I could use them on every whim I could conjure up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WkkCTT6psqc/TfATlYFiJGI/AAAAAAAABM4/Tm_x2FC3K0Y/s1600/measured-dreams+watermarked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dtp3KtON7Io/TfAS-FTommI/AAAAAAAABMs/_n0B2IsBXJY/s1600/IMG_0074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dtp3KtON7Io/TfAS-FTommI/AAAAAAAABMs/_n0B2IsBXJY/s400/IMG_0074.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I especially liked this black and white set. &nbsp;It immediately made me think of Audrey Hepburn and the outfit she wore in the race track scene of My Fair Lady. &nbsp;I had to wonder if it was also the inspiration of the artist that designed it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J5BavM58r-g/TfATAtpla9I/AAAAAAAABMw/CmpI7YsRKcY/s1600/IMG_0075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J5BavM58r-g/TfATAtpla9I/AAAAAAAABMw/CmpI7YsRKcY/s400/IMG_0075.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then, as we were going out the door there they were. &nbsp;Hats! &nbsp;A whole bunch of them there for guests to wear just for fun. &nbsp;I was so excited and wished I'd seen them before. &nbsp;The ladies I was with scoffed and said they would never have worn them. &nbsp;Pffft! &nbsp; Chickens! &nbsp;I think I've come to an age (although they were all older than ME!) where I an no longer concerned about what people think of me. &nbsp;I want to live the life out of every moment - hats and all.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lo2Xf-i6VtM/TfATEgDZXFI/AAAAAAAABM0/lePBSLIwcXg/s1600/IMG_0077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lo2Xf-i6VtM/TfATEgDZXFI/AAAAAAAABM0/lePBSLIwcXg/s400/IMG_0077.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What do you think? &nbsp;Would you have worn a hat?</div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-5282074845461645396?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-18414097372462027372011-06-03T21:27:00.001-05:002011-06-08T19:57:57.946-05:00The topic for this week's <a href="http://illustrationfriday.com/index.php">Illustration Friday</a> is "shadows". &nbsp;Some time ago I created this digital collage and until now have not used it. &nbsp;It is a change from the mood I usually try to create with my art. &nbsp;This was created on a particularly heavy and burdened day. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIcoK5wDZxA/TemXznqJfFI/AAAAAAAABMc/pWNhEKzZSlI/s1600/Sad+Dreams+Master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIcoK5wDZxA/TemXznqJfFI/AAAAAAAABMc/pWNhEKzZSlI/s400/Sad+Dreams+Master.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1841409737246202737?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-83941207536122824302011-06-01T18:14:00.000-05:002011-06-01T18:14:53.615-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QwxTehK9rQ4/TebHSkuEHyI/AAAAAAAABJc/B7_AurP9OmI/s1600/IMG_0009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QwxTehK9rQ4/TebHSkuEHyI/AAAAAAAABJc/B7_AurP9OmI/s400/IMG_0009.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LcgfHziHB64/TebHThuve9I/AAAAAAAABJg/ASna6X38TkQ/s1600/IMG_0012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="341" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LcgfHziHB64/TebHThuve9I/AAAAAAAABJg/ASna6X38TkQ/s400/IMG_0012.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LcgfHziHB64/TebHThuve9I/AAAAAAAABJg/ASna6X38TkQ/s1600/IMG_0012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-8394120753612282430?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-86314834779817734532011-05-30T13:17:00.000-05:002011-05-30T13:17:13.616-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-58kkfjAfENc/TePdmJvmifI/AAAAAAAABJQ/In5YAMwcmOo/s1600/IMG_7665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-58kkfjAfENc/TePdmJvmifI/AAAAAAAABJQ/In5YAMwcmOo/s400/IMG_7665.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lydia has begun shedding earlier this year. &nbsp;I don't know if that is a reflection of the harder winter this last year. &nbsp;Or if it is a warning of the hotter summer to come. &nbsp;I hope it is more about the winter passed than the summer coming. &nbsp;We have a brushing session like this daily now as I attempt to save my carpet from looking like the yard. &nbsp;But the funny thing is the clumps in the grass don't stay long. &nbsp;The birds think Lydia's hair is lovely for nest making. &nbsp;I imagine little baby birds all snuggled up in white blankets of Lydia's winter coat. &nbsp;I wish I could be in just the right spot at just the right moment to get a picture when the birds come to gather. &nbsp;They look so funny as they fly away with tufts of white hair hanging from their beaks - kind of like little Santa Birds. &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-8631483477981773453?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-65573588981468823862011-05-18T23:53:00.000-05:002011-05-18T23:53:03.266-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sg8bahYHWXw/TdSg-hVhLfI/AAAAAAAABJM/Ui-xEa4OMts/s1600/Scanned+Image+111040004_2..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sg8bahYHWXw/TdSg-hVhLfI/AAAAAAAABJM/Ui-xEa4OMts/s1600/Scanned+Image+111040004_2..jpg" /></a></div>This fat little bluebird is the drawing I will be teaching in <a href="http://artfulgathering.squarespace.com/">The Artful Gathering 2011</a><span id="goog_1610861319"></span><span id="goog_1610861320"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a> this summer. &nbsp;The class is entitled An Enchanting Bluebird. &nbsp;He was drawn and shaded with a Derwent Graphic pencil and then the color was added with both Derwent Inktense and Derwent Watercolor pencils. &nbsp;Derwent has left their competition in the dust in recent years as they have repeatedly introduced new and wonderful lines of high quality art pencils. &nbsp;There seems to be no end to what they imagine you can do with a pencil. &nbsp;You will find that the Inktense are no exception to this. &nbsp;The colors are intense and beautiful. &nbsp;And the possibilities are wide. &nbsp;I hope you will join me for this <a href="http://artfulgathering.squarespace.com/workshops/">Artful Gathering class</a>. &nbsp;You'll see what I mean about these pencils. &nbsp;Prepare yourself to fall in love with them! <br /><br />This little girl and her friend the swan were also done in a combination of Derwent Inktense and Watercolor pencils.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-cp2ZpmyGQ/TdSg-JwoIPI/AAAAAAAABJI/T6Y87bur2p4/s1600/Girl-cup-swan..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-cp2ZpmyGQ/TdSg-JwoIPI/AAAAAAAABJI/T6Y87bur2p4/s320/Girl-cup-swan..jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-6557358898146882386?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-64717977002723781692011-05-03T20:04:00.001-05:002011-05-04T09:44:40.869-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-64d6f0961460c1b4" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D64d6f0961460c1b4%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331662731%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D11447755B47B8DF90475D0A6AAD29FE98187DFD6.AC28D2CEDB287F356E11FB42F7F04FB5B8D6634%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D64d6f0961460c1b4%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D1fRfGSMEebZX52MPdXTeVG5ae2Y&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D64d6f0961460c1b4%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331662731%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D11447755B47B8DF90475D0A6AAD29FE98187DFD6.AC28D2CEDB287F356E11FB42F7F04FB5B8D6634%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D64d6f0961460c1b4%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D1fRfGSMEebZX52MPdXTeVG5ae2Y&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Join Me July 17 - August 20 for <a href="http://artfulgathering.squarespace.com/">The Artful Gathering </a>- an online art retreat. &nbsp; I will be joining 15 other talented teachers to bring you a wide variety of classes. &nbsp;I am teaching a drawing class that incorporates both graphite pencil as well as water based pencils for color. &nbsp;This class would be suitable for beginning artists as well as intermediate level drawers. &nbsp; Just think. &nbsp;You don't have to wash clothes, iron, pack, schedule a flight, reserve hotel rooms, eat fast food, or even get someone to sit with your pets. &nbsp;Instead you can sit on the couch in your jammies with the cat in your lap and the dog on your feet. &nbsp;And you will be joining artists from all over the world to take a wide range of art classes. &nbsp;What fun it will be! &nbsp;Check it out at <a href="http://artfulgathering.squarespace.com/">The Artful Gathering</a></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.windandhoney.blogspot.com/">Wind and Honey</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-6471797700272378169?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-49376739984699045962011-04-21T16:39:00.003-05:002011-04-21T16:46:17.678-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h4PClA-UQlc/TbCfd61oyVI/AAAAAAAABI0/G32Ot1LpAO8/s1600/IMG_7503.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h4PClA-UQlc/TbCfd61oyVI/AAAAAAAABI0/G32Ot1LpAO8/s400/IMG_7503.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font: 9.2px 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My daughter, </span><a href="http://web.me.com/katerjohnson27/www.katejohnsonstudio.net/home.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Kate</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> is about to graduate with a Master's in Fine Art. &nbsp;(Yes, we are quite proud, thank you.) &nbsp;Her </span><a href="http://web.me.com/katerjohnson27/www.katejohnsonstudio.net/images/Pages/T_h_e_M_e_t_h_o_d_o_f_M_e_m_o_i_r_s.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Master's Thesis Show</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> has been this month. &nbsp;It is something quite different than the traditional paintings or sculptures all lined up on display. &nbsp;Her studies have been in the area of ceramics and she has been especially intrigued with the interplay between fiber and clay. &nbsp;With that in mind, her show was an </span><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/jelizabethjohnson/KatesShow.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">installation of a child's room</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. &nbsp;Kate is not fond of talking about the details of her work while it is in progress. &nbsp;So we were not quite sure what we were going to find when we arrived at the reception. &nbsp;(You can see many more pictures of Kate's show and pictures that show the room as a whole by clicking on the 3 links in this paragraph.)</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b0IFpm_6E2w/TbCfZXvl37I/AAAAAAAABIo/punpHChA-jo/s1600/IMG_7416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="311" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b0IFpm_6E2w/TbCfZXvl37I/AAAAAAAABIo/punpHChA-jo/s400/IMG_7416.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font: 9.2px 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I walked in and saw the bed she had grown up on and I remembered that as sweet as those times were, she was grown up now to live her own life. &nbsp;And as I noticed the happy delightful scene in "The Dream" set just outside of the bedroom, I smiled and was reminded of the many times we read The Velveteen Rabbit and how very alive Kate's stuffed friends always were (probably still are as they grumble about being crowded in those packing boxes in the closet).&nbsp;Taking in the room as a whole, I was impressed by how very much work it had been</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">.</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;&nbsp;As we were complimented repeatedly on Kate's skill and artistry by those that were in a position to know, I joked about hanging a sign around my neck that said, "Yes, I am her mother!" &nbsp;I looked around at the separate pieces made with such creativity and I was reminded of the innocence of childhood and how precious that is.&nbsp;</span></span></div></span></div><div style="font: 9.2px 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hdFCtTf4zbQ/TbCfcXhbB6I/AAAAAAAABIw/THwOsn-pF-Y/s1600/IMG_7501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hdFCtTf4zbQ/TbCfcXhbB6I/AAAAAAAABIw/THwOsn-pF-Y/s400/IMG_7501.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></a></div><div style="font: 9.2px 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 9.2px 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After the initial "cuteness" had sunk in, I began to notice other things, the spring coming up out of the chair with torn upholstery, the broken shoes, the less than perfect forms of the stuffed friends. &nbsp;The beautiful, yet very heavy quilt made of clay tiles hand crocheted together. &nbsp;A depth in the work started to emerge showing that life, even childhood, has both the good, the smiles, and the comfort as well as the torn hopes, the stains, and the weight of brokenness. &nbsp;</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NC4GHyI_wYA/TbCfg5peqiI/AAAAAAAABI8/Af0m_4TZFG0/s1600/IMG_7532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NC4GHyI_wYA/TbCfg5peqiI/AAAAAAAABI8/Af0m_4TZFG0/s400/IMG_7532.jpg" width="300" /></span></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B6rV3U2WqB4/TbCfa6ldiDI/AAAAAAAABIs/sMu3lcH3Ov8/s1600/IMG_7433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B6rV3U2WqB4/TbCfa6ldiDI/AAAAAAAABIs/sMu3lcH3Ov8/s1600/IMG_7433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B6rV3U2WqB4/TbCfa6ldiDI/AAAAAAAABIs/sMu3lcH3Ov8/s1600/IMG_7433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="font: 14.0px Georgia; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The more I thought about this the more profound I found it. &nbsp;Like the clothes made of clay as thin as the fabric had once been, we are at times quite fragile and in need of special and extra gentle care. &nbsp;Kate covered the white fabric on the corner chair with clay that covered all the stains from its previous life. &nbsp;But as the clay dried, the stains reappeared showing that in life, stains must be removed rather than simply covered up. &nbsp;That is something we are unable to do for ourselves. &nbsp;We don't have a stain remover strong enough that we can remove the stains of life that are on our souls by ourselves.</span></span></div></span><br /><div style="font: 9.2px 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 11.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was intrigued with the process Kate had for creating the stuffed friends and the pillows. &nbsp;After searching and saving them at thrift stores, she saturated the fabric with clay, and like the witch in Hansel and Gretel, she threw them into the oven. &nbsp;As they were fired, the fabric, the stuffing, and all that we knew them to be before was burned up forever. &nbsp;They were no more. &nbsp;What was left was a new self - the clay, hardened and in the perfect form of the object it had covered. &nbsp;Where it had once been worn and dirty, it was now clean, solid, and strong. &nbsp;It had been made new. &nbsp;</span></span></div></span></div><div style="font: 9.2px 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Poet would quickly remind me that this analogy doesn't fit completely. &nbsp;And I see that. &nbsp;But I just couldn't help but be reminded that this is what Easter is all about. &nbsp;We are less than we were created to be. &nbsp;The brokenness and tears of life have distorted us from how we would like to imagine life. &nbsp;We are worn out and have tried to cover our stains, just to have them resurface. &nbsp;That is the message, the hope, of Easter.&nbsp; If we will cover and saturate ourselves with the One who died and rose again, all that is less within us is removed. &nbsp;And we are made new again to live new and stronger lives.&nbsp; He is our hope.</span></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> </span></div></span></div><div style="font: 9.2px 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> </div><div style="font: 9.2px 'Lucida Sans Typewriter'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-4937673998469904596?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-11777031360259412482011-03-31T06:13:00.002-05:002011-03-31T06:16:05.389-05:00What difference does it make to have fun? &nbsp;Well, kids could answer that in about 2 seconds. &nbsp;It makes ALL the difference. &nbsp;If a lesson plan isn't fun, I've lost the students almost from the beginning. &nbsp;And that's even true of the adults, too. &nbsp;Their heart isn't in it and soon their concentration won't be either. &nbsp;They stumble through the activity with only half the effort. &nbsp;And the 'less than wonderful' results at the end of the project prove this project was not fun enough. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/jelizabethjohnson/Mixed_Media_Collage.html"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LAiTwrkC7RQ/TZRe0H02dRI/AAAAAAAABIg/WUUEiY8E4Zo/s400/Bingo-Prize-2web.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I know that life isn't all fun and sometimes one must do tasks that are simply necessary and not so pleasant. &nbsp;But what if we began to look for ways to put more fun into our lives? &nbsp;If we smiled more, if we laughed more, if we had more fun, wouldn't those unavoidable less fun things be more tolerable? &nbsp;Doesn't the chocolate pudding at the end of the meal make the brussels sprouts less &nbsp;unpleasant?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2KD7mKRNXQk/TZRe02Z_YAI/AAAAAAAABIk/93hoQPIYRtc/s1600/IMG_6001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2KD7mKRNXQk/TZRe02Z_YAI/AAAAAAAABIk/93hoQPIYRtc/s400/IMG_6001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://thefuntheory.com/">The Fun Theory</a>&nbsp;by Volkswagon is a site dedicated to the idea that simply adding fun to our lives can make a difference for us and for the world around us. &nbsp;Here is a video of an experiment proving this theory. &nbsp;When the only way to get from down to up was a flight of stairs and and an escalator, the stairs were a lonely place. &nbsp;But after a piano keyboard was added to the steps, thereby creating instant fun, the stairs became a much much more popular route.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J9Ffbv5wBns/TY_Kc9AExdI/AAAAAAAABIc/HFzY-vnMcWg/s400/IMG_01312.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-4730897586275904263?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-11483353515535420552011-03-21T22:04:00.003-05:002011-03-21T22:08:47.369-05:00In February I participated in the Petite Inspiration Box Swap an art swap event sponsored by <a href="http://speckled-egg.blogspot.com/">Speckled Egg</a>. &nbsp;This swap featured altered matchboxes. &nbsp;We were divided into groups of three. &nbsp;Before mailing our artfully decorated boxes, we filled them with tiny vintage goodies. &nbsp;I absolutely love both of the boxes I received. &nbsp;I thoroughly enjoyed this event and getting to know my two group members. &nbsp;Here are pictures of the wonderful boxes they sent to me. <br /><br /><a href="http://jansartyatcjourney.blogspot.com/">Jan of JaN'sArTyJouRney</a> sent me this great box of goodies. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hrr3PN0GCOM/TYgJqUzEQzI/AAAAAAAABHw/66AEZcxLi2o/s1600/box+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hrr3PN0GCOM/TYgJqUzEQzI/AAAAAAAABHw/66AEZcxLi2o/s320/box+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x2MweIxk97k/TYgJto4sHzI/AAAAAAAABH0/HKW5vr2CBOQ/s1600/box1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x2MweIxk97k/TYgJto4sHzI/AAAAAAAABH0/HKW5vr2CBOQ/s320/box1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And <a href="http://eatpeanuts.blogspot.com/">Jen of On a Journey</a>&nbsp;created this beautiful altered matchbox. &nbsp;Look at those cute little shoes. &nbsp;Love 'em!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IamHYaDHqdY/TYgJiq-lzII/AAAAAAAABHo/d6rlSWzm0DY/s1600/box+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IamHYaDHqdY/TYgJiq-lzII/AAAAAAAABHo/d6rlSWzm0DY/s320/box+3.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SpnlajB57vs/TYgJk6WLwmI/AAAAAAAABHs/QhoGwE9Nx5I/s1600/box+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SpnlajB57vs/TYgJk6WLwmI/AAAAAAAABHs/QhoGwE9Nx5I/s320/box+4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />And here are the boxes I sent to them. &nbsp;I forgot to take a picture of mine with the goodies showing. &nbsp;So, you'll just have to imagine these boxes filled with itty bitty great stuff. <br /><br />This little bunny box is decorated&nbsp;with a digital collage that I created months ago but had not used yet. &nbsp;This box went all the way to England to <a href="http://jansartyatcjourney.blogspot.com/">Jan of JaN'sArTyJouRney</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Q5BDs0xmFB4/TYf1isMDVqI/AAAAAAAABHM/BH5QdIRwuDc/s1600/IMG_7226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Q5BDs0xmFB4/TYf1isMDVqI/AAAAAAAABHM/BH5QdIRwuDc/s320/IMG_7226.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ykzdO5CJAZ4/TYf1jye5E3I/AAAAAAAABHQ/MnyvZpdFL7c/s1600/IMG_7227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="159" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ykzdO5CJAZ4/TYf1jye5E3I/AAAAAAAABHQ/MnyvZpdFL7c/s320/IMG_7227.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />And this peaceful little girl was sent to Texas to&nbsp;<a href="http://eatpeanuts.blogspot.com/">Jen of On a Journey</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Rk7OOJoA-lQ/TYf3IRRvZrI/AAAAAAAABHk/6OP1PxXzrNE/s1600/IMG_7239.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Rk7OOJoA-lQ/TYf3IRRvZrI/AAAAAAAABHk/6OP1PxXzrNE/s320/IMG_7239.JPG" width="232" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Rk7OOJoA-lQ/TYf3IRRvZrI/AAAAAAAABHk/6OP1PxXzrNE/s1600/IMG_7239.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YtNHNa_0aFw/TYf1nOZRlJI/AAAAAAAABHY/uPqVpw8IKuU/s1600/IMG_7241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YtNHNa_0aFw/TYf1nOZRlJI/AAAAAAAABHY/uPqVpw8IKuU/s320/IMG_7241.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Did you notice what I did? &nbsp;We didn't plan what we would be sending. &nbsp;We talked about color preferences and style. &nbsp;But made no particular plans. &nbsp;Do you see that Jan used music on my box and I used it in hers? &nbsp;And Jen used white textured embossed paper on my box and I used it on hers. &nbsp;Isn't that interesting?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S4gKiohlXVw/TYgQHUxV8WI/AAAAAAAABH4/zMFjTWYyziU/s1600/bo+begging.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S4gKiohlXVw/TYgQHUxV8WI/AAAAAAAABH4/zMFjTWYyziU/s320/bo+begging.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Now I have something funny to share. &nbsp;Lydia and Bo have a DogIt water fountain. &nbsp;The reason they have such an elaborate water bowl is a long story that I won't get into. &nbsp;But last week the Poet was helping me out by doing the weekly cleaning of the dog fountain. &nbsp;It is not exactly the most pleasant thing to do as there is usually a pretty generous quantity of slobber involved. &nbsp;However, this time the reservoir was abundant with crumpled leaves and dry grass. &nbsp; &nbsp;--- &nbsp;huh?!!? &nbsp; &nbsp; You have to wonder if Lydia is trying something new, carrying grass and leaves around in her big lips like chewing tobacco. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gM3I5b54Cb0/TYgQJGTq55I/AAAAAAAABH8/H0opuJagV9A/s1600/lydia+yawning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gM3I5b54Cb0/TYgQJGTq55I/AAAAAAAABH8/H0opuJagV9A/s320/lydia+yawning.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vMpeWlRJF0U/TYf1y9MV3xI/AAAAAAAABHc/40GPB8w0864/s1600/dog+note+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vMpeWlRJF0U/TYf1y9MV3xI/AAAAAAAABHc/40GPB8w0864/s320/dog+note+2.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><br /><br />I have to admit that I felt a certain degree of relief that I was not the one cleaning the fountain on this particular day. &nbsp;I left the room intent on another task. &nbsp;Later, when I returned, I found this not-so-poetic note written to Lydia and Bo and taped right at their eye level above their water fountain. &nbsp; LOL!!!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--vzrG8dDUQE/TYf11MOt5iI/AAAAAAAABHg/B_0hBywlIkY/s1600/dog+note.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--vzrG8dDUQE/TYf11MOt5iI/AAAAAAAABHg/B_0hBywlIkY/s320/dog+note.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'll let you know if it works!!!</div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1148335351553542055?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-44306720021622263002011-03-17T23:26:00.004-05:002011-05-09T18:58:17.538-05:00We've talked about the need to live a more creative life. &nbsp;We've talked about ways to bring creativity into our daily lives. &nbsp;And we've talked about how we might bring creativity into the lives of others. &nbsp;Today, in this final Living a More Creative Life post, I'd like to talk about how the artist might find more creativity even when it seems to allude them.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/47985565/sophisticated-safari-mixed-media-collage"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.146587838.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sharon Bell is the East Texas artist that mentored me many years ago when I was discovering myself to be an artist. Once in a casual moment she made what seemed at the time to be simple comment. &nbsp;Yet that comment, that she probably doesn't even remember saying, has helped me many times. &nbsp;Sharon told me that every artist has times when they question themselves, when they doubt whether they can still "do" it, or if possibly they never really could. &nbsp;When I am discouraged or worry that I've been off that horse for too long, I remember her statement. &nbsp;In doing so, I know that I am not alone in my self doubts and that if I will just begin again, I will realize my gifts once more. &nbsp;I will discover that my gifts were not fleeting fancies like a luna moth living but for a day. &nbsp;Rather the gifts inside of me have been hibernating like a bear, simply sleeping for a season waiting for the warmth of Spring to reemerge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As an artist, as an art teacher, I have made some observations of actions that can be helpful when our creative spirit seems to have slipped away into hibernation. &nbsp;I hope some of you find these to be helpful.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First I would remind you that art, that is creativity, happens on the right side of our brains. &nbsp;Also living on the right side of our brains are our feelings. &nbsp;It is my opinion that when our creativity alludes us, there is a feeling connection present somewhere. &nbsp;So my suggestions work in the direction of feeding and nurturing your soul and your feelings thereby restoring creativity to an active place in your days.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Many artists suggest going to a gallery to be inspired when their artist's self has moved into hibernation. &nbsp;I would think this would be helpful if one is stifled and seeking new directions. &nbsp;But if I am having trouble finding the right side of my brain, then going to a place to look at the abundant work that some prolific artist has produced will only make me feel more the failure. &nbsp;I love appreciating the work of others. &nbsp;But this would not be the moment for it. &nbsp;I suggest, rather that we move in a completely different direction.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/47938393/beach-friends-original" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.146433273.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*Go outside! &nbsp;Work in the flower bed, sit at the park and feed the ducks, drive a country road looking for abandoned farm houses, visit the beach, go camping in a tent, or walk the dog. &nbsp;The point is to take yourself out of your normal environment. &nbsp;Let the creativity and spontaneity of nature surround you and remind you of what you love about creating.</div><br /><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-touZ0qwK6S8/Tch_V3SBIRI/AAAAAAAABJE/lSwnto4C26w/s1600/IMG_5749.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-touZ0qwK6S8/Tch_V3SBIRI/AAAAAAAABJE/lSwnto4C26w/s400/IMG_5749.jpg" width="400" /></a>*Rest. &nbsp;Simply rest. &nbsp;Maybe you are behind on your sleep. &nbsp;Maybe you just need to take a nap every day for a month. &nbsp;Maybe you need to stop pushing yourself so hard and let your mind and soul be calm for a while. &nbsp;Maybe you need to visit another place where you have no deadlines, no 'to do' lists, no oughta's or shoulda's looming over your heads.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gT20ZP3M85Q/TYLZYQgA6mI/AAAAAAAABHI/R4PNImnq9Zk/s320/Le+Secret.jpg" width="257" /></a>*Talk with a friend. &nbsp;This doesn't have to be an artist friend. &nbsp;But it does need to be a friend that understands who you are as a creative person. &nbsp;It does need to be someone that appreciates what you have to offer. &nbsp;It does need to be someone that appreciates your passion to create. &nbsp;And the confidant does need to be a friend that will listen more than they will suggest solutions. &nbsp;I've found that often my mind works best when my mouth is moving. &nbsp;Sometimes we answer our own questions simply by hearing ourselves speak. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/21334973/mixed-media-collage-print-dare-to-be" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.116778459.jpg" width="254" /></a>*Try something new - a new medium, a new technique. &nbsp;Revisit an old technique. &nbsp;Do this in the privacy of your own space and your own moments, free to make a mess because no one else will see it. &nbsp;I've found that may times when we are struggling, we've let performance worries creep into our thoughts. &nbsp;Experiencing creativity with no intention that this piece will ever sell or maybe not even be seen can break us out of performance fear and blocks.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*Take an honest look at what you've been making in the last year or two. &nbsp;Have you gradually slipped into performing for the market? &nbsp;Maybe you liked the projects at first. &nbsp;Maybe they seemed fun and easy to produce. &nbsp;But at some point, you moved beyond that level. &nbsp;The art that really comes from within you is something else. &nbsp;But you continue in the other direction because you think it will sell. &nbsp;That is a sure way to find your creativity to have grown stale. &nbsp;Find your heart, your creative soul. &nbsp;Producing what comes from within you rather than for the market is what people will be drawn to in your art - that something special that only you can add.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/GreenGablesVintage?ref=seller_info"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JoR1GtW95-A/TYLZVuy8rSI/AAAAAAAABHE/_UKdsmdEdds/s320/IMG_6784.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*Clean up your space! &nbsp;If its junky in your studio, if its crowded, you'll have too many visual messages coming into your mind. &nbsp;If its disorganized, the frustration and lost time spent searching for that special object or tool or image will quickly disintegrate any right brained thoughts you may have been having. &nbsp;The bonus of cleaning and organizing is that sometimes in the process you will find objects or images that you've forgotten you had. &nbsp;Inspiration will come sweeping in like a fresh wind with those now refound items.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*Most of all don't panic and be kind and patient with yourself. &nbsp;Life runs in seasons. &nbsp;This too will pass. &nbsp;If you are an artist, your creativity is still there whether you feel it right now or not. &nbsp;Know that it will return. &nbsp;It is a part of who you are. &nbsp;It IS who you are. &nbsp;YOU ARE AN ARTIST.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-4430672002162226300?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-32374232906257328432011-02-20T18:59:00.001-06:002011-02-21T22:19:29.498-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/36085308/party-dogs-aceo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="285" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.107811533.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We've talked about ways to bring creativity into our daily life by taking the time to use more soulful objects in our activities. &nbsp;Now let's look at ways to bring creativity into our lives and the lives of others around you on a broader scale. &nbsp;What are ways that we can reach out beyond our own experiences and make a difference for those around us? &nbsp;Studies have shown that one of the strongest things we can do to lift our own days is to make an effort to lift the days of others. &nbsp;I find, as a teacher, that the creativity I watch in my students is contagious. Let's look at some ideas for how we can develop creatively contagious moments.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What is it that you enjoy doing? &nbsp;It doesn't have to be obviously creative. &nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Perhaps you are a seamstress, perhaps a cook. &nbsp;Maybe you are an organizer or communication is your gift. &nbsp;Maybe you are naturally inclined toward hospitality. How can these gifts be used in a more creative way?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/68511495/glass-gallon-jug"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.220786744.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I know of a woman that taught sewing classes to young girls. &nbsp;She taught 4 at a time with 2 at the sewing machines and 2 sitting on the couch doing handwork. &nbsp;The teacher would sit on the couch with the ones doing handwork. &nbsp;As</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">&nbsp;they stitched, s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he would talk with them about what it meant to grow up to be strong and gracious women. &nbsp;She found a creative solution to her own need and changed the lives of her students at the same time. &nbsp;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What if a gifted cook invited 3 or 4 different children (or maybe even adults) over to their kitchen once every couple of months for a cooking lesson? &nbsp;Many young mothers are swamped and tired from working and don't have time to teach their children and maybe don't even have time to cook. &nbsp;What a gift of creativity to teach them to make a great pie crust. They would never forget it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What if a beautician invited young girls over for a day of spa treatments. We live in a time when young girls are struggling to understand what true beauty is. &nbsp;The spa instructions could be laced with talk about true inner beauty that reaches out to others.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/68511495/glass-gallon-jug"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.220785455.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have a friend who is a very organized person and she has a heart for homeless families. &nbsp;Determined to find a way to help, she began working with the administration end of a ministry to homeless families. &nbsp;She not only uses her organizational skills to help make the ministry function, she uses her creativity for 'outside the box' ideas that help the ministry to soar. &nbsp;She is able to use her creativity to help the people she cares for. &nbsp;That is creative thinking!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have another friend who started a ministry in her church based on a creative way of using her gifts. &nbsp;This woman is a shopper. &nbsp;She can find a bargain! &nbsp;And she can talk people into giving her an even better bargain like no one else I know. &nbsp;A few years back this friend became aware of a need at the local women's shelter in the town where she lived. &nbsp;The women were only allowed to stay for 30 days at the shelter. &nbsp;Most of the time they had left home in a hurry and with only what they could carry. &nbsp;So when the women who had sought refuge in the shelter had completed their time they had nothing to begin setting up a new home. &nbsp;My friend began going regularly to garage sales and buying furniture and housewares. &nbsp;She then got permission to store these things in an unused room at her church. She also discovered that if she explained her mission to the garage sale owners, that often they would simply donate their items. &nbsp;Then as the time comes for each shelter guest, she is invited to the church to "shop" for items needed for her new household and for her children. &nbsp;And its all free.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Creativity can enrich both our lives and the lives of those around us. &nbsp;And really, what good is a gift if it can not bless those around us?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/63805159/vintage-manual-typewriter-and-case-smith" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.199935188.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So I don't know what your gifts are. &nbsp;They may not look like the examples I've given. &nbsp;But maybe these ideas have sparked some thoughts for you. &nbsp;I don't know what your creativity looks like. &nbsp;But you can be sure, its there somewhere. &nbsp;My challenge to you today is to dare to look for it. &nbsp;Dare to give it some time to develop in you. &nbsp;And then to dare to step out with creative action to enrich both your life and your world.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Next time we'll look at this more from the perspective of those already living their lives as artists.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-3237423290625732843?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-18487101887400062452011-02-18T11:18:00.001-06:002011-02-18T11:19:23.190-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://windandhoney.etsy.com/"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V4bqCf9J8r0/TV6ncbMBpWI/AAAAAAAABD4/drAM6gVQeEY/s400/il_570xN.79507643.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><br />The fifth and final One World One Heart blogging event has come to an end and it is time for the prizes to be awarded! &nbsp;How fun! &nbsp;My door prize this year is this original hand embellished moleskine journal entitled Fairytales by You. &nbsp;It is a one of a kind and there will never be another just like it. &nbsp;The winner of this journal will be able to record her thoughts, hopes, dreams and 'to do's' in this purse sized journal. <br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Drum Roll Please</div><div style="text-align: center;">.........................................................................................</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the winner is</div><div style="text-align: center;">.........................................................................................</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">JoAnne of the <a href="http://vintagedragonfly.blogspot.com/">Vintage Dragonfly blog</a>. &nbsp;JoAnne has a wonderful blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Be sure and visit her. &nbsp;You'll want to spend some time there.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Take a cup of tea and maybe even a cookie.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://vintagedragonfly.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nYXTSu3caAc/TV6nep9gy8I/AAAAAAAABD8/bR7DlChl-3I/s320/2im6fo.jpg.png" width="288" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Congratulations JoAnne!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">And look! &nbsp; A new surprise for next year! &nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/a_whimsical_bohemian/2011/02/the-big-announcement-you-may-want-to-print-and-read-it.html"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a3icwiifTE0/TV6nfFhfIgI/AAAAAAAABEA/Ng3SkvftOW0/s320/2012OWOAlogosmall.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1848710188740006245?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-15028041832494844862011-02-16T20:58:00.001-06:002011-02-16T21:02:46.273-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="301" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.198442853.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Recently during the One World One Heart blog event I stumbled onto another blog. &nbsp;You know how it goes. &nbsp;You are on the site you planned to go to then you go to a link from that site then you go to another one from the new site. &nbsp;Then eventually you find yourself in a wonderful new place but you can't remember exactly how you got there. &nbsp;Well, that was my experience when I found myself at the blog of <a href="http://www.jeanettejanson.typepad.com/">Jeanette Janson</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67811240/distressed-yellow-wooden-extension-ruler" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.215970509.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />What fun I had as I spent a while with a cup of tea enjoying the creative mind of Jeanette. &nbsp;Her Etsy vintage shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/vintagesupplyco?ref=pr_shop">VintageSupplyCo</a> is an endless list of treasures with which one might create wonderful mixed media collage work. &nbsp;She has everything from old photos to rusty metal to ephemera and lots of other fun things in between. <br /><br />But the really fun part of my cyber time spent with Jeanette was when I visited her Etsy <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/jeanettejanson">Recycled Robot Art Shop</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Jeanette's creations using the same type of materials she sells in her vintage shop are just simply fun! &nbsp;They will make you smile on a rainy day. &nbsp;Let me share just a few of my favorites with you today.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&nbsp;<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67865482/s-p-a-r-k-y-recycled-robot-assemblage" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.216193613.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67865482/s-p-a-r-k-y-recycled-robot-assemblage" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Each robot has something unique about it giving&nbsp;it a personality to love.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67997852/hardhat-h-a-r-r-y-recycled-robot" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.216745377.jpg" width="322" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think this last one is my favorite with her fancy shoes; and her pearls are just the right finishing touch.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67919755/a-night-on-the-town-recycled-robot"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.216419103.jpg" width="335" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So stop by Jeanette's blog and her shops. &nbsp;You may find just what you are needing to bring Springtime a little earlier to your house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1502804183249484486?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-89229731902742403112011-02-06T14:06:00.000-06:002011-02-06T14:06:52.846-06:00My daughter was unable to get her car out of the snow drift to drive to her studio this last week. &nbsp;Feeling a bit of cabin fever after several days, she decided to express her creativity using the supplies she had on hand. &nbsp;You can see in this picture that the cats are enjoying the view as the squirrel comes to dine with his frosty friend.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TU7-01bfk6I/AAAAAAAABBo/PlIfNx19yvs/s1600/snow+squirrel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TU7-01bfk6I/AAAAAAAABBo/PlIfNx19yvs/s400/snow+squirrel.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-8922973190274240311?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-81526137266775918242011-02-04T06:26:00.003-06:002011-02-06T13:59:23.683-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As we have been in the midst of a blizzard at my house this week with temps around 5 degrees and a wind chill of -21, here are some photos from my porch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUmUKYxs--I/AAAAAAAABAQ/9W0uIa63kOw/s1600/GardenPrincess+in+snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUmUKYxs--I/AAAAAAAABAQ/9W0uIa63kOw/s400/GardenPrincess+in+snow.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Garden Princess sculpted by my daughter. &nbsp;She has chosen to embrace the weather by draping herself in snow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUmUJZTKOgI/AAAAAAAABAM/gULbHKy67D8/s1600/basket+of+snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUmUJZTKOgI/AAAAAAAABAM/gULbHKy67D8/s400/basket+of+snow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUmULfDvYDI/AAAAAAAABAU/PB2CUaI4P1c/s1600/outside+the+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUmULfDvYDI/AAAAAAAABAU/PB2CUaI4P1c/s400/outside+the+door.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the snowdrift against my front door!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUmUMIUIV7I/AAAAAAAABAY/vaOmfqPMyhw/s1600/snow+on+porch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUmUMIUIV7I/AAAAAAAABAY/vaOmfqPMyhw/s400/snow+on+porch.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-8152613726677591824?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-18747375265492031142011-02-02T11:35:00.003-06:002011-02-02T17:12:13.918-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUmJeXeTNEI/AAAAAAAAA_0/xkn0GCwGHNA/s1600/bottleinwindow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUmJeXeTNEI/AAAAAAAAA_0/xkn0GCwGHNA/s400/bottleinwindow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>As promised I am continuing with the Living A More Creative Life series. &nbsp;I will first approach this topic from the perspective of those who do not claim to be artists but who desire to live a more creative daily life. &nbsp;These ideas can be helpful to anyone and everyone. &nbsp;Then later we will look at the need to rekindle creativity in the life of the artist.<br /><br />Before we proceed any further let's get one thing out of the way. &nbsp;I know what you are thinking, and YES, you can! &nbsp;Over the years when people learn that I am an art teacher, I receive one single response the most often. &nbsp;<i>Oh, I could never do that. &nbsp;I'm just not creative. &nbsp;</i>But you know, that simply is not true. &nbsp;I know, I know. &nbsp;I've heard it over and over - <i>You just don't know me. &nbsp;Why, I can't even draw a straight line.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, I've got news for you. &nbsp;Being creative has nothing to do with drawing a straight line. &nbsp;That's what rulers are for. &nbsp;After years of being a teacher I can tell you that everyone can learn to be a more creative person, to make more creative choices, and to think in a more creative way. &nbsp;We may not all be commissioned to paint cathedral ceilings in the next few years. &nbsp;But we can ALL be creative people.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUniouzN8II/AAAAAAAABBU/DHf-9r6HfZE/s1600/peacockfeathers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="355" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUniouzN8II/AAAAAAAABBU/DHf-9r6HfZE/s400/peacockfeathers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>In the last post on this subject I mentioned that creativity is breaking out of accepted patterns and solutions in order to find a new way of doing something. &nbsp;Everyone can do that. &nbsp;It is just a matter of reminding yourself to stop and think before you continue, once again, down that same ol' thread bare path. So what is your area of creativity? &nbsp;How does your mind work? &nbsp;Where do your thoughts go? &nbsp;Renoir once said that a work of art "must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, and carry you away". &nbsp;Maybe visual art is something that is within you and you don't realize it. &nbsp;Perhaps you long to create in that way. &nbsp;Maybe today is the day to begin trying. &nbsp;Perhaps you should check with me about online classes. &nbsp;Or perhaps visual art is not your area of creativity. &nbsp;Perhaps it is not the way your mind works. &nbsp;What is it in life that, as Renoir said, seizes you, wraps you up, and carries you away? <br /><br />Creativity is a way of life, a way of moving your thoughts in a certain direction. &nbsp;You can begin to incorporate creativity into your way of thinking in simple ways. Stop warming your water for tea in the microwave. &nbsp;Use a tea kettle - maybe one that whistles when the water is hot. &nbsp;And even better yet, pour your tea from a nice tea pot. &nbsp;Are soda's your favorite drink? &nbsp;Take just a moment and pour it out of that plastic bottle or the styrofoam cup and drink from a glass - a real one made from real glass where the ice clinks when you drop it in. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUmJjoVtY0I/AAAAAAAABAI/GUB9lbrAm3U/s1600/teaforone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUmJjoVtY0I/AAAAAAAABAI/GUB9lbrAm3U/s400/teaforone.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Put a candle on the table when you eat dinner tonight - even if you are alone. &nbsp;Listen to music rather than the news while you prepare your meal. &nbsp;Use glass mason jars to store your refrigerator items rather than plastic. &nbsp;Keep your cotton balls in a lovely vintage tin. &nbsp;Its a simple change. &nbsp;But every time you get a cotton ball out, you get to enjoy a creative moment. &nbsp;These kinds of small changes in our environment and our days actually only take a moment but they begin to shift our mindset toward a more soulful and creative way of living and thinking. &nbsp;</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These are just a few simple suggestions to get your imaginations running. &nbsp;You will want to find creative embellishments to add to your life, to your days, that fit your personality and style. &nbsp;They may not look like the ideas I have. &nbsp;They will be uniquely YOU. &nbsp;As you think of other ways to begin incorporating creativity into your daily tasks, please do comment here and share them with us all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the next post in the Living a More Creative Life series I will talk about bigger more life changing things that you can do to bring creativity not only into your own life but into the lives of others.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1874737526549203114?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-36552879079006655882011-01-31T00:00:00.004-06:002011-01-31T00:57:48.603-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUI2PtZcBaI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/b_8CwRB2h2M/s1600/kenya.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUI2PtZcBaI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/b_8CwRB2h2M/s200/kenya.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the 5th and last year of the <a href="http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/a_whimsical_bohemian/one-world-one-heart-1.html">One World One Heart blog event by A Whimsical Bohemian</a>. &nbsp;The theme this year is Flying on the Wings of One World One Heart. It is great fun, like a big international party where you get to visit many homes and studios in just one month's time while you sit on your couch in your jammies. &nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">For those of you that are new to my blog, here is just a bit about me. &nbsp;I am an artist specializing in animal portraiture, altered art, and mixed media painting. &nbsp;As they are truly my first love, animals find their way into most of my finished pieces. &nbsp;Considering the heaviness of much of life, my goal is to produce art that reminds us of the delights of life. &nbsp;I am also an art teacher teaching drawing, painting, and mixed media altered art. &nbsp;I teach local and online classes to adults as well as children. &nbsp;Pictured here are two of my studio assistants.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUImI2jOidI/AAAAAAAAA-M/Orknt7bn6SM/s1600/il_570xN.79507643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUImI2jOidI/AAAAAAAAA-M/Orknt7bn6SM/s320/il_570xN.79507643.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The "door prize" I am offering for the One World One Heart drawing is this delightfully decorated original mini moleskine journal. The journal is titled Fairytales by You. &nbsp;Notice her butterfly wings? &nbsp;How could she fly as is the theme without wings? &nbsp;This would be a great place for you to record your thoughts, hopes, dreams, and even a 'to do' list or two. It is small enough to fit into even the smallest of purses or on your nightstand. &nbsp;One of the rules for the One World One Heart event is that you must have a blog to participate in the drawings. &nbsp;Be sure and give me a link back to your blog so I can contact you should you be the winner. &nbsp;On Thursday, February 17 at 10:00 a.m. Central time I will place all the names in a special vintage basket, mix them up, and draw the winner's name. &nbsp;Good luck! &nbsp;And thank you for stopping by for a visit. &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUI2RIzvHEI/AAAAAAAAA-g/ZC8d-6d4Ju4/s1600/mattie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUI2RIzvHEI/AAAAAAAAA-g/ZC8d-6d4Ju4/s200/mattie.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-3655287907900665588?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com222tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-5775935630830782552011-01-27T19:02:00.007-06:002011-01-27T20:20:20.375-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUIBqQ5s8LI/AAAAAAAAA-E/OGvQohbOLkA/s1600/daily+news.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUIBqQ5s8LI/AAAAAAAAA-E/OGvQohbOLkA/s400/daily+news.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sometimes life comes along and&nbsp;just&nbsp;sits on your heart challenging you to even breath. &nbsp;These are the times when creativity is elusive. &nbsp;And yet, finding creative expression can be a life saver at just such moments. &nbsp;Some of you are artist by vocation or by hobby. Others may just enjoy art. For the artist, hard times can lead to a creative block. &nbsp;But for all of us, hard times are, well just that - hard! &nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUIBkPGGL1I/AAAAAAAAA-A/cYgkldO8gew/s1600/stamps+in+muffin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUIBkPGGL1I/AAAAAAAAA-A/cYgkldO8gew/s320/stamps+in+muffin.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finding ways to incorporate creativity into your daily life can be like a breath of fresh air in a heavy time. &nbsp;This is Part 1 of a series of posts on Living A More Creative Life. &nbsp;It is my hope that it will help you begin to think in a new direction as you come up with ways to bring creativity into your day to day life. &nbsp;If this series inspires you or you come up with new ideas, please come here and share your ideas with us all. &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUIBuO-hQ3I/AAAAAAAAA-I/BKYuzaRs0pc/s1600/vintagestamps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUIBuO-hQ3I/AAAAAAAAA-I/BKYuzaRs0pc/s400/vintagestamps.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Creativity comes from the right side of our brains. &nbsp;If you've read anything about the right brain/left brain differences, you know that scientist have learned that the left sides of our brains are our logical sides. &nbsp;(My husband says I don't have a left side. &nbsp;But we won't get into that!) &nbsp;And our right sides are where we find our creativity and our feelings. &nbsp;Creativity is a mindset. &nbsp;And most certainly it is about taking risks and having fun. &nbsp;If its not fun then what is the point? &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/jelizabethjohnson/CollageatBear3_2.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TUH_ML0u8mI/AAAAAAAAA98/q10fwCTdDyc/s400/collage+3.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Creativity is more than painting or drawing or pasting or sculpting. &nbsp;It is tapping into the feeling right side of your brain to find a solution to a problem. &nbsp;Creativity is breaking out of accepted patterns and solutions in order to find a new way of doing something.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In Part 2 of Living A More Creative Life we will talk about some practical ways to move your life into a more creative direction. &nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-577593563083078255?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-82317514606899320162011-01-01T13:34:00.001-06:002011-01-01T13:36:40.486-06:00<ul class="listings clear" style="clear: left; 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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; right: 6px; text-align: center;"><span class="currency-symbol" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">$</a></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">18.00&nbsp;</a><span class="currency-code" style="font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">USD</a></span></div></li><li class="listing-card" id="lid61944174" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(236, 236, 236); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(236, 236, 236); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(236, 236, 236); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: inline; float: left; height: 170px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; position: relative; width: 170px;"><img alt="6 x 8 ceramic tile moose" height="135" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_170x135.193297841.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; display: block; height: 135px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 170px;" width="170" /><div class="listing-detail " style="bottom: 6px; left: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute;"><div class="listing-title" style="color: #666666; height: 15px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">6 x 8 ceramic tile moose</a></div><div class="listing-maker" style="color: #b6b6b6; height: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">TracyTeeter</a></div></div><div class="listing-price" style="bottom: 5px; color: #78c042; float: right; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -14px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; right: 6px; text-align: center;"><span class="currency-symbol" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">$</a></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">29.00&nbsp;</a><span class="currency-code" style="font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">USD</a></span></div></li><li class="listing-card" id="lid44942511" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(236, 236, 236); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(236, 236, 236); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(236, 236, 236); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: inline; float: left; height: 170px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; position: relative; width: 170px;"><img alt="Winter Forager - Squirrel Print 5 x 7" height="135" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_170x135.137862931.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; display: block; height: 135px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 170px;" width="170" /><div class="listing-detail " style="bottom: 6px; left: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute;"><div class="listing-title" style="color: #666666; height: 15px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">Winter Forager - Squirrel ...</a></div><div class="listing-maker" style="color: #b6b6b6; height: 14px; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">SavageArtwor...</a></div></div><div class="listing-price" style="bottom: 5px; color: #78c042; float: right; line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -14px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; right: 6px; text-align: center;"><span class="currency-symbol" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">$</a></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">9.00&nbsp;</a><span class="currency-code" style="font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">USD</a></span></div></li><li class="listing-card" id="lid47604125" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(236, 236, 236); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(236, 236, 236); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(236, 236, 236); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(236, 236, 236); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: inline; float: left; height: 170px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; padding-top: 6px; position: relative; width: 170px;"><img alt="Eyes of the Tiger ACEO" height="135" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_170x135.145589715.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; display: block; height: 135px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 170px;" width="170" /><div class="listing-detail " style="bottom: 6px; left: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; 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margin-top: -14px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; right: 6px;"><span class="currency-symbol" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">$</a></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1991547252">15.00&nbsp;</a><span class="currency-code" style="font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d1f5ad0f8db6d91cfcc2f76/happy-new-year-from-team-efa">US</a>D</span></div></li></ul><div id="curator" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-8231751460689932016?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-64506971513863910972010-11-29T19:49:00.000-06:002010-11-29T19:49:48.244-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TPRTUqS1_NI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/0hWXI0kklZM/s1600/IMG_6483.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TPRTUqS1_NI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/0hWXI0kklZM/s320/IMG_6483.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This is Bo! &nbsp;He is a Boxer/Lab mix (and probably some other stuff too!) &nbsp;Bo is my son's dog. &nbsp;He was rescued by my son off the streets 7 years ago. &nbsp;Bo is staying with us for a while. &nbsp;So now Lydia has a companion for running in the backyard and letting the neighbor's know that there is an invader in their yard.....one that has little tiny ears and a long busy tail and hides nuts under the trees. &nbsp;I know the neighbors are so grateful for these barking alarms.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TPRVxTGhHII/AAAAAAAAA9U/r19Rz-STtrg/s1600/Bo*.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TPRVxTGhHII/AAAAAAAAA9U/r19Rz-STtrg/s320/Bo*.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Bo has a sneaky way of getting you to get really close to his face while he looks into your eyes sweetly. &nbsp;Then when you have your guard down and least expect it, he'll reach over quickly and slurp you right on the neck. &nbsp; Eewww! &nbsp;: ) &nbsp;But he means well.<br /><br />Bo is a funny dog. &nbsp;He loves bread. &nbsp;In fact he'd rather eat bread than meat. &nbsp;One evening recently I was baking some homemade rolls. &nbsp;Bo ran around all the while tossing his toys in the air and practically skipping down the stairs. &nbsp;He was a happy and contented boy when he finally got a warm roll straight from the oven. <br /><br />And since we're in a doggy mood here today, here is a new addition to my shop - a giclee print from an original painting. &nbsp;This happy Old English Sheep Dog wants to join your home or bless someone as a Christmas gift.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/63269033/old-english-sheep-dog-print-5-x-7"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TPRWaBkOjUI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/98_T_ZhMctA/s320/EnglishSheepDog-Web.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-6450697151386391097?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-56830774944221712502010-11-08T22:28:00.000-06:002010-11-08T22:28:56.215-06:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've come to the conclusion that our outlook on life can be determined by how we look at a tree - or maybe how we don't look. &nbsp;Have you stopped to look around at the trees and the changing colors? &nbsp;Have you taken a moment to notice them? &nbsp;Because they will only be there for just about that moment. &nbsp;Soon all the leaves will be on the ground and the beauty will have changed.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TNjIgEM4w7I/AAAAAAAAA88/ln61hkJ-JFM/s1600/IMG_6472.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="395" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TNjIgEM4w7I/AAAAAAAAA88/ln61hkJ-JFM/s400/IMG_6472.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The tree above is outside of my studio, and this is how most people would see it. &nbsp;But if you look more closely you will see it something like this.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TNjIyMe0BmI/AAAAAAAAA9A/VUBxkDoe8Yc/s1600/IMG_6473.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TNjIyMe0BmI/AAAAAAAAA9A/VUBxkDoe8Yc/s400/IMG_6473.jpg" width="298" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But I am convinced that the only way to truly appreciate a tree, the only way to truly experience it is to see it like a child. &nbsp;So first one has to lie down under the trees in the grass. &nbsp;One has to experience the crunch of the already fallen leaves on the grass. &nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TNjJFyMdDAI/AAAAAAAAA9E/464G6XNCvS4/s1600/IMG_6479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TNjJFyMdDAI/AAAAAAAAA9E/464G6XNCvS4/s400/IMG_6479.jpg" width="385" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TNjKSoteTgI/AAAAAAAAA9M/5FK0yqClKHU/s1600/IMG_6477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TNjKSoteTgI/AAAAAAAAA9M/5FK0yqClKHU/s1600/IMG_6477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And then the magical moment is when you turn your face up and look straight up into the tree thus getting the perspective of a child. &nbsp;I'm convinced that trees truly love children and children love trees. There is a love affair that goes on between them that gets lost somewhere in those teen years. &nbsp;So I dare you today to go outside and find one tree to look at with the perspective of a child. &nbsp;It just might change&nbsp;your day.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TNjKSoteTgI/AAAAAAAAA9M/5FK0yqClKHU/s1600/IMG_6477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TNjKSoteTgI/AAAAAAAAA9M/5FK0yqClKHU/s640/IMG_6477.jpg" width="480" /></span></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-5683077494422171250?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-54946466140085522532010-10-30T16:06:00.001-05:002010-10-30T16:09:22.597-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TMyHVDmix1I/AAAAAAAAA4o/lSESIWsXgbQ/s1600/IMG_0046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TMyHVDmix1I/AAAAAAAAA4o/lSESIWsXgbQ/s320/IMG_0046.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>My daughter and her artistic business partner have been enjoying the creative atmosphere at the Indie Emporium in Tulsa this weekend. &nbsp;They have added many new colors and some new designs to their inventory. &nbsp;Here are a couple of images from their booth at the Emporium. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TMyHgF-138I/AAAAAAAAA4s/vNTk_2Y2r8w/s1600/IMG_0047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TMyHgF-138I/AAAAAAAAA4s/vNTk_2Y2r8w/s320/IMG_0047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />As with all art or craft shows, there will be a few goodies left over when it if finished. &nbsp;Those wonderful pieces will be in the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/KAporcelainware">KAporcelainware shop on Etsy</a> in just a few days. &nbsp;Be sure and be watching. &nbsp;I've already found several that I <u>need</u>! <br /><br />As you plan your Christmas list, keep in mind that <a href="http://kaporcelainware.etsy.com/">KAporcelainware</a> has gift certificates to make shopping easy for you.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/50540700/orange-and-black-earrings"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.155110422.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-5494646614008552253?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-86382491592536889072010-10-25T20:10:00.000-05:002010-10-25T20:10:23.716-05:00In my last post I bemoaned the late summer temperatures that were keeping the feeling of Autumn at bay. &nbsp;Since I wrote that post the temperatures have dropped about 30 degrees and we've had nice soft cool rains. &nbsp;The leaves are beginning to change and the days are quite pleasant. &nbsp;The cats are enjoying time in the open windows of my studio. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59953616/sleeping-autumn-cat-aceo-original?ref=v1_other_2"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TMYYiKr88cI/AAAAAAAAA4g/RxAlzZeFs8k/s320/Autumn-Cat-web.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I'm reminded of the hay rides we used to go on as kids. &nbsp;With these moments and moods in mind I've created two new ACEO (Art Cards) in an Autumn theme. &nbsp;An ACEO (Art Card) is always 3.5" x 2.5". &nbsp;It can be made with just about any material you'd like. &nbsp;I've seen them made in clay, quilted fabric, canvas, paper, and stained glass. &nbsp;Both of these original cards were created digitally and then hand embellished with a variety of types of colored pencils - oil, wax, and watercolor. &nbsp;And then they were finished off with a touch of India Ink. &nbsp;They may both be found in my Etsy shop. &nbsp;The actual cards do not have a watermark on them.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59955107/adventures-ahead-original-aceo"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TMYYn3a4ZDI/AAAAAAAAA4k/tcbY_HVpr-Q/s320/Autumn-Girl-web.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And now, just for fun, I'd like to share a recipe with you. &nbsp;This is perfect for a cool Autumn breakfast or a raining afternoon snack. &nbsp;Here is my own original Creamy Pumpkin Spread recipe. &nbsp;For my vegan friends, a non dairy cream cheese substitute will work just fine with this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Creamy Pumpkin Spread</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8 ounces of Neufchatel cheese</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1/2 Cup pumpkin&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I used fresh that I had previously cooked. &nbsp;But canned would work fine.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4 Tablespoons Agave nectar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 teaspoon Cinnamon</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1/8 teaspoon of each (Ginger, allspice, cloves)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 teaspoon Vanilla</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This creamy spread is wonderful on hot English Muffins or Bagels. I've been wondering how yummy it might be on pancakes! &nbsp;Ha! &nbsp;I'll have to try that!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px;"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></span></span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-8638249159253688907?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-59134108949607601142010-09-21T10:52:00.000-05:002010-09-21T10:52:12.864-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TJjSSf25LdI/AAAAAAAAA4M/btSY9rZ2VKM/s1600/Pumpkins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TJjSSf25LdI/AAAAAAAAA4M/btSY9rZ2VKM/s400/Pumpkins.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Well, actually the frost isn't on the pumpkin. &nbsp;We are having an unusually warm September - low 90's. &nbsp;I just thought that I might make some weather suggestions to see if it would help. &nbsp;Of course, later we'll be complaining about the cold. But for now, for just this day, it would be nice to have a bit of frost for those pumpkins. <br /><br />Autumn is my favorite season. &nbsp;While growing up Autumn meant the football season. &nbsp;I'm not such a big sports fan. &nbsp;But I was in band and we were at all the games and we marched in the half time. &nbsp;Plus those players on the field were my friends. &nbsp;It was an exciting and fun time. &nbsp;After I was married, we always took our kids on a camping trip in the Autumn season. &nbsp;We had wonderful family time and have many happy memories about sitting around the campfire in the cool of the evening. &nbsp; &nbsp;One time a raccoon shimmied down the tree right beside us and walked over to the picnic table. &nbsp;He promptly picked up our entire brand new bag of marshmallows and ran off with it. &nbsp;We weren't sure whether to laugh or to mourn the loss of our treat for later.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TJjSkJsqkkI/AAAAAAAAA4U/uN9pp_jVSqs/s1600/kitty+campfire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="363" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TJjSkJsqkkI/AAAAAAAAA4U/uN9pp_jVSqs/s400/kitty+campfire.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I went to my high school reunion this last weekend. &nbsp;It was the (mumble mumble) year for us but the first one I had been able to attend. &nbsp;What a delight it was to see my friends from those football and band days. &nbsp;There were a few that were unable to attend. &nbsp;But many were there. &nbsp;- &nbsp;Great times!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/32205754/promise-the-moon-original-collage"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.94841820.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a piece from my <a href="http://windandhoney.etsy.com/">Etsy shop</a> that reminds me of Autumn moons. &nbsp;He's promising her the moon! &nbsp;She's not so sure.....</div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-5913410894960760114?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-50971240599840814952010-08-30T08:50:00.000-05:002010-08-30T08:50:38.461-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/THu2dFPM3oI/AAAAAAAAA38/DNTw3_5SGVU/s1600/background2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/THu2dFPM3oI/AAAAAAAAA38/DNTw3_5SGVU/s320/background2.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />The classes that I teach locally are about "to commence to start" as my mother used to say. &nbsp;I have last minute details to work on and my room to set up. &nbsp;This time of year is always full of anticipation with new classes and new students. &nbsp;All of my classes are either full or almost full. &nbsp;I will also be adding something new to my teaching ventures this Fall. &nbsp;I will be offering video classes for Homeschoolers through my <a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey website</a>. &nbsp;I taught my own kids through homeschooling and taught art classes to homeschoolers for over 10 years until I moved to my current town. &nbsp;I'll share more about that later.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="257" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/THu2i9QGR2I/AAAAAAAAA4E/f-MI0Puwdto/s320/background1.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Today I'd like to give my collage artist friends a couple of images that I believe would make fun backgrounds. &nbsp;Feel free to download them if you would like. &nbsp; I took these pictures on my recent trip to my husband's parent's house. &nbsp;I thought they would create an interesting look behind a variety of vintage images. &nbsp;I'd love to know how you use these. &nbsp;Post your links here if you do so we can all enjoy them.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-5097124059984081495?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-8723650155744332602010-08-28T01:15:00.002-05:002010-08-28T01:28:59.266-05:00Many of you are already aware that I am a faculty member of a new and exciting site called <a href="http://www.craftedu.com/">CraftEdu</a>. &nbsp;This is a multi media experience in online art and craft classes. &nbsp;There is a wide range of classes offered in many media for a wide range of skill levels. &nbsp; The number of classes on <a href="http://www.craftedu.com/">CraftEdu</a> is growing rapidly and it is becoming "the place to be"! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://craftedu.com/beginning-shading-swan/play-MzA2MTI0NzQ0Nw"><img border="0" height="294" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/THinwzFVWYI/AAAAAAAAA3s/8PieUXi4rPQ/s320/Swan+for+pdf.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />For the next 24 hours my newest class <a href="http://craftedu.com/beginning-shading-swan/play-MzA2MTI0NzQ0Nw">Beginning Shading in Graphite - Swan</a> will be offered for a 25% discount. &nbsp;It begins at midnight Mountain Time Saturday, August 28 and ends at midnight 24 hours later. &nbsp;Come on and try it. &nbsp;You'll be surprised at what you can draw with a little help. &nbsp;If you have no previous drawing experience, I suggest you view my <a href="http://craftedu.com/free-basic-introduction-to-drawing-with-graphite-pencil-/play-MzA0OTIyOTk3Mg">free basic clas</a>s first. &nbsp;You can find it by clicking on the line drawing of a cat here on this blog.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-872365015574433260?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-19826655240899971402010-08-17T09:00:00.001-05:002010-08-17T09:00:03.552-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TGhT5m0mIDI/AAAAAAAAA3E/wySVWaDje3g/s1600/IMG_6321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TGhT5m0mIDI/AAAAAAAAA3E/wySVWaDje3g/s320/IMG_6321.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This beautiful circle of temptation is the New York style cheesecake my daughter made for me recently. &nbsp;It is topped with ganache and fresh strawberries and the crust was made from crushed almonds. &nbsp;Oh My!!! &nbsp;It was soooo good and soooo rich. &nbsp;Of course there were absolutely no calories. &nbsp;Don't you know that if you are having wonderful family moments that the calories don't count?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TGhT01TL2GI/AAAAAAAAA28/uGdAL4m4UUQ/s1600/IMG_6318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TGhT01TL2GI/AAAAAAAAA28/uGdAL4m4UUQ/s320/IMG_6318.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Now........off to the tread mill!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1982665524089997140?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-16456072333872737262010-08-15T15:44:00.002-05:002010-08-15T16:04:58.867-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TGhMELFULOI/AAAAAAAAA2k/VfOoYKz51Qc/s1600/journal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TGhMELFULOI/AAAAAAAAA2k/VfOoYKz51Qc/s200/journal.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />My journal has finally arrived for the Sketchbook Project. &nbsp;Its funny how a little book with a plain&nbsp;brown cover can be such an exciting arrival. &nbsp;Its&nbsp;blank pages hold potential for new ideas, thoughts,&nbsp;images, and creativity. &nbsp;How much fun is that!? &nbsp;The topic I chose for my project is Facing Forward. &nbsp;Its seems appropriate to me as we come to the end&nbsp;of summer and prepare to enter September and&nbsp;Autumn. &nbsp;I know most people think of new&nbsp;beginnings in January with the change of the year. &nbsp;&nbsp;But to me, that always just feels like the middle of&nbsp;winter. &nbsp;I'm sure all those years of school have&nbsp;affected my mindset. &nbsp;September just seems more&nbsp;the time to face forward to new beginnings.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TGhNtDMTrQI/AAAAAAAAA2s/lgxbuBvFqbA/s1600/birdnest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TGhNtDMTrQI/AAAAAAAAA2s/lgxbuBvFqbA/s320/birdnest.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />I found this precious little nest in the yard a few days ago. &nbsp;It has been hot and dry here so there have been no blusterly storms to toss the nest out of the tree. &nbsp;I choose to think its owner was also facing forward. &nbsp;Perhaps her young little inhabitants had matured and grown to the point that they no longer fit in the tiny nest which is only about 3 inches in diameter. &nbsp;Perhaps they are enjoying a feast with their friends on the watermelon I set out last night for the turtles. &nbsp;Certainly there was enough for Cleopatra, Claudette, Miss Mae, and Goldie to share with the birds and even with the squirrels. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TGhO7jxn6PI/AAAAAAAAA20/8fc3u_SQzDo/s1600/Scanned+Image+102250165.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TGhO7jxn6PI/AAAAAAAAA20/8fc3u_SQzDo/s320/Scanned+Image+102250165.jpg" width="211" /></a></div>And as I think about facing forward, I've just come from my husband's parents house where we went through a box full of old family photos. &nbsp;Some are quite old with no name. &nbsp;It is sad that now no one knows who they are. &nbsp;All we know is that they are family in some way or another. &nbsp;Many of them are young, facing forward to their own futures so long ago. &nbsp; I've included one here that I'd like to share with you for your own art projects. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1645607233387273726?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-54627549883929603572010-08-07T07:00:00.000-05:002010-08-07T07:00:02.599-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFhuA7YQObI/AAAAAAAAA2M/SZYlAI-fG08/s1600/IMG_6051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFhuA7YQObI/AAAAAAAAA2M/SZYlAI-fG08/s320/IMG_6051.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFhuF6_LD1I/AAAAAAAAA2U/9Y15HKYwlSY/s1600/IMG_6053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFht44a9v-I/AAAAAAAAA2E/NW4tLS-3nl4/s1600/IMG_6048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFht44a9v-I/AAAAAAAAA2E/NW4tLS-3nl4/s320/IMG_6048.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFht44a9v-I/AAAAAAAAA2E/NW4tLS-3nl4/s1600/IMG_6048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFhtw_HZrpI/AAAAAAAAA18/TFUg6-_AveY/s1600/IMG_6039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFhtw_HZrpI/AAAAAAAAA18/TFUg6-_AveY/s320/IMG_6039.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFht44a9v-I/AAAAAAAAA2E/NW4tLS-3nl4/s1600/IMG_6048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFhuF6_LD1I/AAAAAAAAA2U/9Y15HKYwlSY/s1600/IMG_6053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFhuF6_LD1I/AAAAAAAAA2U/9Y15HKYwlSY/s320/IMG_6053.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.windandhoneycreations.com/">Wind and Honey Creations</a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-5462754988392960357?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-47326731638372040462010-08-04T14:36:00.001-05:002010-08-04T14:36:00.377-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/28887763/7th-day-book-cover?ref=v1_other_1"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.83596427.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />Tomorrow marks the First Thursday Art Splash on Etsy for the month of August. &nbsp;The participating artists have new creations as well as old favorites ready to share with you tomorrow. &nbsp;There is a great variety of artistic expressions represented. &nbsp;You can find Art Splash Fine Art 2 ways. &nbsp;You can go to the Art Splash Blog and click on the list of shops on the right. &nbsp;Or you can go to Etsy and type ArtSplash in the search bar. &nbsp;Be sure and type it as one word - not two. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/28179788/whispers-of-grace-original"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.81219368.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br />If you find any art that you particularly enjoy, post it here and we'll share it with others.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-4732673163837204046?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-41356225124091177152010-08-03T14:00:00.000-05:002010-08-03T14:00:00.097-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFcKvyWszMI/AAAAAAAAA1s/vY3oOrReCJk/s1600/IMG_6108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFcKvyWszMI/AAAAAAAAA1s/vY3oOrReCJk/s320/IMG_6108.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Oh My! &nbsp;Kenya thinks working on lesson plans is sooooo much work! &nbsp;It just wears him out! &nbsp;</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFcKwxluR6I/AAAAAAAAA10/TX9YSrysdNg/s1600/IMG_6110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFcKwxluR6I/AAAAAAAAA10/TX9YSrysdNg/s320/IMG_6110.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFcKwxluR6I/AAAAAAAAA10/TX9YSrysdNg/s1600/IMG_6110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Bless his heart!</div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-4135622512409117715?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-81282551452706869322010-08-01T19:50:00.001-05:002010-08-02T11:58:28.292-05:00In keeping with the theme of children's art in the last few posts, I've created an original collage for the Crowabout Challenge. &nbsp;This is for week 87. &nbsp;We'll just ignore the fact that I'm 2 weeks late. &nbsp;This collage is entitled Through the Window and it is meant to make one ponder the creative thoughts in the imagination of a child. &nbsp;I've always remembered fondly a quote from the old Muppet Babies cartoons. &nbsp;Gonzo said "Who knows what weirdness lurks in the minds of kids." &nbsp; LOL! &nbsp; That would definitely have been true at my house.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.1000markets.com/users/windandhoneycreations/collections/10461/products/496721"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.162793860.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br /><br />This collage began as an original digital collage printed with archival pigment inks. &nbsp;It was then hand embellished with a variety of artist colored pencils. &nbsp;And then mounted permanently on a gallery wrapped canvas painted with acrylic paint. &nbsp; &nbsp;It may be found in my <a href="http://windandhoney.1000markets.com/">1000Markets Shop</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFYS8cj1-hI/AAAAAAAAA1E/8qndXDak1wY/s1600/IMG_6305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFYS8cj1-hI/AAAAAAAAA1E/8qndXDak1wY/s320/IMG_6305.jpg" /></a></div>On another note, I've been gathering a few treasures from sales lately. &nbsp;I thought I would share. &nbsp; I bought this suitcase from Aunt Agnes (as her niece running the sale called her). &nbsp;The others have come from various sources. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFYTQEbKg6I/AAAAAAAAA1c/4xXJiaAVHJw/s1600/IMG_6310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFYTQEbKg6I/AAAAAAAAA1c/4xXJiaAVHJw/s320/IMG_6310.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFYTQEbKg6I/AAAAAAAAA1c/4xXJiaAVHJw/s1600/IMG_6310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>Isn't this pin cushion sweet?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFYTCs3Jb3I/AAAAAAAAA1M/7BKOG45T9Ng/s1600/IMG_6307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFYTCs3Jb3I/AAAAAAAAA1M/7BKOG45T9Ng/s320/IMG_6307.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFYTCs3Jb3I/AAAAAAAAA1M/7BKOG45T9Ng/s1600/IMG_6307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>There was nothing in the thread box. &nbsp;But I thought the box itself had enough character to stand on its own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFYTM36rdQI/AAAAAAAAA1U/6RbZyXMtXCo/s1600/IMG_6308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFYTM36rdQI/AAAAAAAAA1U/6RbZyXMtXCo/s320/IMG_6308.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dancing Swans all in a row.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I bought the photograph of this woman framed. &nbsp;It is not a print but an actual photograph in 11 x 14 size. &nbsp;Is this woman anyone famous? &nbsp;Should I be recognizing her? &nbsp;I'd love to share her with you for art purposes. But would love even more to know something about her. &nbsp;Feel free to download her and please share your work with me if you do something creative with her.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFYTX3V2BdI/AAAAAAAAA1k/_w2yd1KqIEY/s1600/Scanned+Image+102130006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFYTX3V2BdI/AAAAAAAAA1k/_w2yd1KqIEY/s400/Scanned+Image+102130006.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-8128255145270686932?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-13895217617159402992010-07-28T22:00:00.000-05:002010-07-28T22:00:04.928-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFDtrJYcOgI/AAAAAAAAA0k/DW9D-ficMoc/s1600/bird2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFDtrJYcOgI/AAAAAAAAA0k/DW9D-ficMoc/s320/bird2.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFDty7xrgsI/AAAAAAAAA00/wM7PI2p1m4Q/s1600/lemur2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFDty7xrgsI/AAAAAAAAA00/wM7PI2p1m4Q/s320/lemur2.jpg" width="270" /></a>As promised, here are more examples of art created by my students last week. &nbsp;The artists that created these birds and lemurs are 6 and 8 year olds. &nbsp;Aren't they fun!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFDtnywfc7I/AAAAAAAAA0c/tl2KUYKEB9k/s1600/bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFDtnywfc7I/AAAAAAAAA0c/tl2KUYKEB9k/s320/bird.jpg" width="242" /></a></div>Now! &nbsp;If these kids can make such fun, expressive, and creative art, then SO CAN YOU! &nbsp;Just let go and have fun!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFDtvOXFbWI/AAAAAAAAA0s/qG10dJZcc2E/s1600/lemur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjI8OwOQ1rc/TFDtvOXFbWI/AAAAAAAAA0s/qG10dJZcc2E/s320/lemur.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/35/9D9B5A38750AA41D86254D87A523F836.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2217562386060407178-1389521761715940299?l=windandhoney.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Elizabeth Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016342021409179501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217562386060407178.post-58021530255356099062010-07-19T00:32:00.000-05:002010-07-