Warm Windows --- 68% complete!

Another "not art, but definitely a project!" post:



These warm windows have been a long time coming....... and are not actually finished. Window on the left is held up by velcro and has no mechanism for being raised yet. I ran out of plastic rings but couldn't wait to see what both of them looked like when they were up! Window on the right is more done (and can be raised) but I was too tentative in some of my sewing because I didn't think about the mechanics & need to go back to sew the rings such that the thread holds ALL layers of the cloth together... My bedroom is sooooo dark at night now. It's nice!

New coat hangers!

Not art, but definitely a project:





I'm so happy to have these on my door!

(Potential problem though = I'm not sure how much weight they can hold before ripping out of the, presumably hollow-core, door)

New sidelight!

I got tired of the old, malfuncitoning, (semi)motion-sensing light at my side door, so a little more than a week ago I replaced it with a NEW light! It's so bright! And doesn't look at all like I thought it would on my house, but that's oK, I like it anyway. Thirty bucks well spent!


OLD light vs. NEW light

Birdbath

A cement mushroom in progress...

Played with cement just a little bit before it got cold outside.... and now I have a 70% finished mushroom hanging out in my kitchen....

First, create a plain (if lop-sided) mushroom from a lightweight cement recipe that you just happen to have the ingredients lying around:



Begin attaching "reject" glass pieces around the edge with mortar:



Fill in the rest with pieces of broken and leftover kitchen tiles (these were really fun to smash in to smaller pieces with a hammer ---- though next time I think I need to break them in to even smaller pieces):



NEXT UP: grout the cracks & seal the mushroom...... someday when I get tired of having a half-finished mushroom in the corner of my kitchen :)

A trail, a giraffe, a mottled bumblebee and a bluegreen abstract

A dim water lily, bikers you almost can't see, and a nifty owl

Two double lightswitches

Latvian Bazaar in Newtown Square PA

My dad and I went on a road trip to Pennsylvania this weekend. Here's a picture of what our booth at the Latvian bazaar in Newtown Square looked like:

Green swirl

Some time ago Steve gave me a set of three tiny little canvases. I painted two right away. Liked one ok, didn't like the second one. This is the second one after another (thick!) coat of paint. I like it much better now!



Now to figure out how to frame/hang it somewhere. AND to find the first one --- where did it go? NO idea. But I'll find it eventually as I put my upstairs studio in order.

Little blue flowers!

Monarch butterfly with a contemporary border

Little chickadee!

I got new knobs!!!

New cabinet knobs!



My mother is trying out something new and I'm the tester. Glass photo transfer in Latvian designs. Sweet!

Mooing cow!

Dove!

Hummingbird!

Poppies!

Owl in purple!

Two horses & a yellow rose

Goldfinch!

Bluebird light switch

Framing happy thoughts

I finally finally finally framed the two sheets of good wishes that people had written for two of my friends upon their wedding ---- originally the stick figures were supposed to be replaced with actual pictures of the bride & groom, but we decided that the stick figures were kind of cute. So we left those in and put the actual pictures all around the edges.

Another Monarch Butterfly

Monarch Butterfly

Let's take a walk

Cathedral

Firefly girl

Crane lightswitch

Red bird lightswitch

Red Blooming Cactus

Orange Flowers at the Gate

Looking Out The Airport Window

playing with food....

Here's a nifty boiled egg from one of the last times I boiled eggs:

Grapes in Bed - Lightswitch cover

Red Poison Frog Lightswitch

Floating market lightswitch

Red speckled carnivale mask

Two ravens on a blue day