Work in Progress...Containing the promise!!

Good Morning!!  Another chapter of Work in Progress!  This week I spent a lot of time making and adorning the cone holders.  I am calling them the Containers of Promise!  Here are some pics...

The cones are made of handmade paper that has been stitched.  Inside is a fiber called Kozo; sprinkled with the alphabet paper pieces.  Surrounding the cones are decorative threads.  Then I attached copper strips and mulberry twigs.

I have yet to attached them to the canvas...that happens this week!  Almost done!!!

Thanks for peeking!
Have a magical and blessed day!
Hugging you
SueAnn

Random Tuesday....Howling winds, martinis and vacations!!

As you can see from the pic above....the barn roof has been peeled back!!  Yikes!!  The winds were so high...approx. 65 MPH!  Gusting upwards from there!!  Not only did several houses and barns suffer damage, my friend Cheri lost her carport!!

What a mess around town!!  And power went out for 100's of homes.  Not me though, thank God!!  Anywho...,it has been rough!!  Today temps are cold, cold, cold.  Below freezing!!  Just two days ago it was 71!!!  Weird!!  We actually lost 1/3 of our firewood!!!!!  Amazing!!

Pampered myself last Thursday!  My nail tech is back from her maternity leave and boy have I missed her.  And so did my nails and  feet!!!  She prettified me and now I am all set to look stunning for my vacation.
Notice I said "my vacation"?  Dr. John has a conference in Oakland, CA.  He has to work while I get to play!!  Love it!!  Taking my laptop, my walking shoes, my camera and my cell phone.  What else does a girl need??  Seriously!!!

Been decorating my home for spring/Easter and I took some pics along the way....

See?  I am all ready for the Easter Bunny!!!!

Worked on my taxes over the weekend!!  Woot!!  Not!!!  But it wasn't as painful as I thought it would be.
I actually made money last year!!  As an artist...that is a miraculous occurrence.  Ha!!  I completed this task and handed them over to Dr. John.  Now it is up to him and Turbo Tax to combine them all together.  Of course, I always hope for cash back!!  We shall see!!


Early morning smiles for you....

Been watching early season baseball lately...Dr. John is a fan for sure and I have become one.  Go Indians!!
I know...feel sorry for us.  Anyway, I have a question.  Why is it that the players have to, on a regular basis, grab their crotch??  Are they checking to make sure it is still there?  Jock itch?  I mean, seriously.  It is annoying. 

I have pretty much recovered from surgery and the flu bug..but have yet to get back to walking.  Reason...ummmmmmm...winds, darkness, crazy loose dog..,.,.and just general laziness.  Ha!!  Just saying!!


That is it from New Mexico!!  Remember to check out Stacy at Stacy Uncorked and see what other Randomizers are doing!!  Always some fun times.    Also go over and help out  Keely at The UnMom...she is always up to her elbows in Zombies and could use the support,  Remind her about Random Tuesday and how groups sticking together can defeat that undead horde.

Have a magical and blessed day
Hugging you
SueAnn

Silent Saturday ~ Ninety-Nine!!!

Next Saturday will be 100 times I have posted Silent Saturday!!  We will have to have some kind of celebration...maybe a giveaway too?  Yeah!  How about one of my small works of art??  That would be the perfect idea.  Okay...that is what I will do...I will post pics of the piece soon.  I will also make some cupcakes and some sort of punch.  A Mojito punch will do!!  Ha!!

Bring your party hats and whistles.  There will be fireworks too!!  Woot!  Woo!!!  It's party time next Saturday.  Make sure and stop by!!

This week I played with filters and small portions of my collage pieces to entertain you with color and texture.  Enjoy......

What a joy this is to share my versions of landscape in color and light!! 

Have a magical and blessed day!
Hugging you
SueAnn

Photo Art Friday!!

Welcome to another Photo Art Friday!  Hosed by Bonnie at Pixel Dust Photo Art .  She gave us the challenge this week of using the color green in honor of the upcoming holiday, St. Patrick's Day.!

You could also hide something in your photo.  Which I did last week.  The object hidden in my photo last week was a rose.  In case you didn't guess it. 

This week I am choosing to use the color green.

This photo is an altered pic of my collage painting I am currently working on.  Enjoy the colors!!

Have a magical and blessed day.
Hugging you
SueAnn

Work in Progress...metalically speaking!!

What a wonderful week we have had weather wise!!  Sunny and very little wind and best of all...WARM!!!!  And the work on my newest piece has progressed nicely!! 

As you can see!  I am adding some cones with twigs and copper.  Though I like the cones...I feel they are too large, so I will be reducing their scale this week.

Some more of the cones and a splash of color!  Don't you just love it?  This is some of the fabric I received from Contemporary Cloth!!  Fabulous!!

Here I have pictured some beads that I dangled.  Burlap, by it's very nature, has a lot of strings...so I made use of some of them by attaching some beads to the trailing strings of burlap.  Pretty cool, huh?

Hope you enjoyed.  Work will continue!

Hi Christine!!

Have a magical and blessed day!
Hugging you
SueAnn