Creative Letter paper

Yes, I'm still "playing" with the junk mail, tape and colored pencils to make some fun mail.

Surprise packages

Just as I was in the middle of making a batch of cards to answer my mail and get started on Christmas a package of my newest designs arrived from Zazzle. My work is improving and I've got plenty of things to send out for the season.

That being the case I may pack up the card making supplies and use that table to start on the slipcover I want to make for one of our kitchen chairs so that it can be used in the living room.

Of course there are so many projects going on here that it's anyone's guess which one will hit the table first.

The other wonderful package that arrived today was a box of wrapped Christmas presents from a friend. They're the only things under my tree this year so whatever they turn out to be they've already brightened the season and improved my mood.

I'm so grateful to everyone that's helped us through the years, the art couldn't happen without them.

Thanks again to all of my "art angels"

Last of Winters Garden

As the weather gets warmer and there are sunny days ahead the flowers I've been tending in the dining room this winter are finally beginning to bloom and yes, they'll probably lead to some drawings and paintings but most likely they'll be around the borders of "snail mail" to fill my afternoons and the mailboxes of a few of my favorite people. I also had a lot of fun painting the chest that the planter sits on and may be doing more of that sort of thing soon as well.

Big Hit at the Nursing Home

I have a lot of fun drawing flowers on the envelopes and more bits of flowers and leaves around the ones I clipped from the days"junk" mail . Now my cousin Susan tells me my "lumpy mail" is "a big hit at the table" in the nursing home she visits. It's been great timing too because this time of year there are garden catalogs in almost everydays mail so I promised I'd keep them comming and I'm already beginning to wear that new set of pencils down in the effort but it's fun to see the looks at the post office when I go in to mail them. For me it's the very best kind of art exhibit, more satisfying than "serious work" in a gallery setting and unlikely to be judged by anyone. Yes, I'm gutless but I'm happy and so are the folks that enjoy my letters and today that's all that matters.

The Art is in the mail

"playing" with an old sketchbook, pencils, and a garden catalog that came in today's mail to make the letters I write more interesting for all of us.

I may not have a lot going on to write about but I can make it fun to look at and sometimes that's enough and allows us all to spend the day together and keep our minds off our problems for a while.

Letters from my front yard

We took a few minutes to share summer morning with you. Doug put the video together and I shot the pictures while drawing pictures on some letters for his Aunts. Yes, I'd grown and arranged the flowers I was drawing too.