2x2

so if a 3x3" piece of art is a thrinchie, then what is a 2x2? it's a twinchie, of course! here are some twinchies i made for an asian-themed twinchie swap. sorry, for the poor scanning job.

one of the "benefits" of living in a rainforest is that there's always some "crud" going around. here we simply call it "the juneau crud." well yesterday i started coming down with the current crud--ugh.

on the upside, it's been a wonderful may. a lot of sun; barely any rain. loving it!

Give Me A Thrinch...

...and I'll make more thrinchies (3"x3" pieces of art).
Here are a couple more thrinchie magnets I made. The sun is for an "Under the Sun" themed challenge. Its background is paint and stamps. The face is polymar clay. And the rays were cut from copper foil tape.
The zetti is for a zetti-themed challenge wherein you must use at least 3 medias. I used acrylic paints for the background; collage images; rubberstamping; and hand drawing and lettering.

Last week was super busy, and the time spent included my first appointment with an endriconologist who started coming to town 1-2x a month beginning in February. He was so thorough and he made some drastic, but positive, changes to my insulin dosages. I'll be in touch with him weekly via email until I see him again in July.

This week I'll be spending most of my time getting my daughter ready for her upcoming trip: almost six weeks at my parents' place (featuring a heated pool) in New Mexico, where she'll also spend a lot of time with her cousin. My husband is taking her down. He'll be gone two weeks, and during that time he'll drive across Texas to spend some time with his family in Louisiana before returning to Juneau. About 1.5 weeks later, I'll fly down, stay with my family for a couple of weeks, and then return home with my daughter at the end of June. Anyway, there is a lot to be done this week, beginning with taking my daughter to the dentist, and then shopping, today.

Just One Palette

I love Somerset Studio's feature, Just One Palette. The latest issue's palette was brown, tan and blue. I made a thrinchie (3"x3") magnet.

A Good Little Soul

Here's a cyclops bunny I made for a challenge. It's mostly paper layering with some machine stitching. The vintage text on his heart says "a good little soul."

Happy Mother's Day

Hope you are having a wonderful day. Today's going to be warm + sunny in Juneau--always a treat.
I woke up to find two decorative things I wanted for my living room...and--tada--a gorgeous sea glass necklace created by my friend Anji. I have been longing for a piece of her sea glass jewelery for a long, long time, and the piece she and my husband selected is absolutely perfect. I'm thrilled!

Monday Morning

My friend, Anji, has some great shots of downtown Juneau with (gasp!) empty streets. Like she says, they won't be empty long. Although there is a lot of speculation about the number of tourists we'll see this year, in the past few years we've had around 1 million tourists arrive in the summer, and those empty streets seen in Anji's photos are usually teeming with 10,000 or more tourists at a time.

Here's my letter B postcard. I used the theme butterflies to try to coincide with last week's challenge at SundayPostcardArt, but I didn't get mine uploaded in time.

And here's a little fairy I created. The face is from Teesha Moore. I drew the rest.

I'm a winner!

Yesterday I learned that I won a monthly drawing from Susanne's etsy store! I got to select 3 free collage sheets--now isn't that cool?