Stormy

We had the first of many wild and windy nights last night. I went out about 12:30 a.m. to see if there were any limbs down and almost got beaned by a couple of pine cones. Decided to go back in the house after that. To say it was stormy is an understatement. Got most of the leaves off the trees with all the wind, except the alders. They seem to want to hold on to most of them. It's supposed to snow tonight/tomorrow and there will probably be lots of broken limbs. Had to shut things down before I was ready because of flickering lights. We didn't lose electricity, but I've learned in the past not to ignore those clues.

So...in checking email today and going through some fun links I came across THIS. Cardboard Safari is a GREAT idea for recycling cardboard and adding something different to your decor!

The fabulous thing having a Cardboard Safari piece(s) is you can art it up any way you want. Like this from their blog:

Prices range from $12.00 to $58.00. I think I just found my Christmas present supplier this year!

Do You Like Legos?

Growing up a girl in the 50's meant you got dolls and little girly things to play with. Not what I really wanted. I was a tomboy and liked the cool toys the guys had. We did get Tinkertoys one year, but only one set and that got boring after awhile with only so many parts you could play with. Many years later, when I had a son, I went crazy with the Legos. For Christmas one year, he got the Castle set. I put that thing together most of Christmas day. It was cool, but of course, he wanted to take it apart immediately. I told him he had to wait a week before he could destroy it. We played with the whole set up during that week and then he tore it down. I don't think it's been back together since. But, he still has all the parts and perhaps he will want to do something like this with some of those parts. I still love Legos!

Green Train Tunnel

Isn't this THE best railroad tunnel you've ever seen? I would love to take a train trip through these woods. Oleg Gordienko is the Ukrainian photographer who took these lovely pictures. What I love is, he went back and shot it in the fall. He doesn't have very many photos on this site, but they are lovely.

Sunday Quotes

This lovely, and very true, statement was heard from one of our great PAC members at the last meeting.

Vicar in a Tutu

What??? I know it's a funny name for a blog, but it got your attention didn't it?

Matt Walford is an English artist who makes fabulous art using his skills as a photographer and his computer. This piece was all constructed of the tiny watch parts pictured on the left hand side of the picture. Cool, eh?

It's amazing the things you will find when you open up an email and then follow the links to where they take you. Enjoy!

Friday Night Spotlight

I've chosen five artists for the Spotlight tonight, which was very hard because I like all my arty links.

Can you make art with fire? Russell Maier has and it's beautiful. After going through his fire paintings, check out the rest of his art and maybe make a mandala to send to him for his World Oneness Mandala Project.

For some fun Christmas arty ideas, yes I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet, run on over to Susie Jefferson's blog 1st Floor Flat. Continue on down the page and note that not all artists have perfectly clean and organized studios, even after/when we clean them out.

My other life, before retiring, was as a bookkeeper. I have always loved office supplies and papers, I just didn't think of them as artists supplies at the time. Now I do. After seeing the art of Alison Foshee you will too.

Do you like vintage cars? We happen to own and lovely little '51 Ford Custom and I used to drive a '66 Imperial Crown Coupe. So...Bernard Corman caught my attention with his car art. It's not your usual art car kind of stuff. My favorites are his "Carp" series. I just smile when I see his art. :)

Lastly is Just Coffee Art. Andrew Saur and Angel Sarkela-Saur have been painting with coffee for several years now. Yes, just plain coffee. The lovely shades of tans, browns, and dark browns flow from the brushes and the creations are amazing.

I hope you enjoy my little collection of artists sites. Thank you for dropping by. Leave a word if you like what you see.

Yellow and Copper Necklace

I got these beads with a jewelry lot that I bought from Stell's store at OnlineAuction.com. They were part of a broken necklace at the bottom of the bag. Now...yellow is not one of my favorite colors for beads. But these have just the slightest shimmer and glimmer from small copper flakes mixed inside the bead with the yellow glass. They are very pretty. So...I made this necklace with them, incorporating some of my copper ripple beads, red transparent and small copper beads. It has an antiqued copper toggle as a closure.

Stop Action

I have always loved stop action movies. When I was in high school I took a photography class and we learned a bit about stop action. It takes a LOT of time and work, but the end result is magic. So...here is my little bit of magic for you today. Lost Things will entertain you.

Angela & Ithyle are the pair that created those cool Amazon Kindle commercials and have more photography for you to see at their site.

Inspirations From Paper Cutting

Beatrice Coron gives a talk on TED about how she came to the art of papercutting and where it has taken her. Sit back and enjoy!

Blue Spiders

Been having more fun with the beads. This time I chose a black and blue theme. Some parts are from old earrings that I disassembled. I love being able to recycle old designs into new ones.

Sunday Quotes

Holton Rower

Holton Rower in an interesting artist that uses many different media for his art. There is a YouTube video on how he does his Pour art. Very cool and makes me want to go play with my paints! Check out some of his sculptures, too. I really love the locks!

Friday Night Spotlight

Friday Night Spotlight brings you some interesting and lovely things tonight.

callmemomo starts us off with her beautiful handmade quilt and pillow set for the little baby girl in your life. This quilt is made up of 630 tiny individual squares. All squares have one shade or another of pink in them. A wonderful present, to last a life time, in a little girls life.

yogibear66 has THE best Christmas present you can buy for the gamer in the family!! The Xbox 360 4GB Console with Kinect Kinect brings games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways - no controller required. Easy to use and instantly fun, Kinect gets everyone off the couch moving, laughing and cheering.

Windows

Found this artist from one of the numerous arty newsletters I get. Jim Darling has an interesting style and some great ideas for subjects. Windows is a grouping I like. Not just regular windows, but what goes by outside an airplane window.

Falling Water

One of THE most innovative designs for a home. I love Frank Lloyd Wright and I LOVE Falling Water. So...when I find people who come up with their version of it, I like to show them off. Boing Boing has a couple of links to the variations of this famous house.

Just a little necklace

Been busy getting inventory made for the PAC show coming up on Dec. 2 & 3. Here is a little necklace I quickly put together out of copper and brass dangles and small copper beads.

UPDATE: This little necklace has been listed for sale at my store at Z'annes Bazaar.

UPDATE #2: This little necklace has been sold. I hope to find these dangles again to make one or more necklaces. I really like this design.

Redneck Mansion

Saw this through a link, through a link and through another link at Honestly...WTF. There are some fun stuff here and you can get lost in the links if you're not careful! :)

Too funny! But....it could work if you know a good welder!!! LOL

Happy Halloween!!!

Sunday Quotes and 1 More

Calvin Nicholls is a paper sculptor, one who does an amazing job with the media he has chosen. Look at the wonderful animals he creates with a few sharp implements and a flat sheet of paper.

New Architecture?

Have you seen this building? Do you want to live here? Pizza delivery would be near impossible!

Filip Dujardin is the photographer that "built" this place. Read how he does it and then start dreaming of your new home. ;)