A little painting to remember: whispers of love

"Whispers at the door. where love is"

It's taken me a little longer to do this piece for my Aunt Lilli than I intended, it was a struggle just to start. I wanted to send her a little painting for her to remember and celebrate her brother (my father), today's his birthday and I know were all missing him a lot. I used a lot of matte medium, fluid acrylics, white jelly roll pens, stamps, music sheets, dictionary definitions and parts from my dads obituary to create this piece that I hope she see's as a celebration of a beautiful man.

Driftwood Tags

Ok, so I had some time at home with the kids and I really wanted to try and make some pendants with my new supply of paper, punches, glass and the blanks. I had tonnes of fun and so did the kids - they were easy enough for them to make, and the ones they did turned out really well. I'm on a budget and trying to re-use where I can, so the gold that makes the dragonfly on this charm glitter was thanks to the wrapping from a pkg of butter, we just washed it and punched out the shape. I was also out of ink & paper for my printer and didn't see a trip to get some in my near future, so a walk on the beach gave me inspiration for my new packaging, yes driftwood ! Maybe creativity on a budget is more fun...

Gearing up for The Gabriola Thanksgiving Studio Tour!

With less than 20 days left before the tour, I'm starting to finish off some of my paintings. A friend gave me a book of robins, it was a sweet book and the starting point for this painting.

I'll be #22 on the Studio Tour, 2635 Islands View. My mom and sister will be joining me at my studio this year to have their handmade items on display.

Lullu girl's Etsy site is up.

Task 1 one completed. My Etsy site Lullugirl is up - now I need to get more artwork on it. I'm in the midst of working on 8 paintings.
Today the kids did a few drawings from youtube, on the list we're elephants, aliens, dogs, and spaceships.
We also began a sewing project for both of them, Bianca (6.5yrs) made a heart shaped tooth fairy pillow with three pockets - she thinks she may loose three teeth at once, Gill (4.5yrs) had me start a spaceship for him. We got started on the idea by this no-sew pillow project, but we didn't have any fleece at home so we adapted it to go with what we had, it's amazing how ideas develop.