WEDNESDAY Sketches - Hi blogging friends, I hope you're all doing well. Things here have been B-U-S-Y! No time to paint so far this week but I always make time to sketch. Thank...

Faux Antiqued Cracked glass effect. - A few weeks ago I started a project to which I wanted to create an aged and cracked glass appearance (actually using real glass) but didn't have any glass ...

2011 A Photo-A-Month Instagram Journal - Since I have been really into Instagram this past year, I thought it might be fun to capture that by choosing one photo from each month and making a journal....

February! - *Sweetmoves by Stampotique* *Basic Backgrounds by Dylusions* *Quote and number stamps by Ma Vinci * * * Well, it's the start of a new month and you know wha...

James Brett Marble Chunky Yarn arrives - Welcome Back Before Christmas I saw the most beautiful yarns by James C Brett, called Marble Chunky and I fell in love with them. The search for wooden cir...

Percolated Art - I got this simple but really fun new app for my iPad called Percolator. These are either my photos or art that I imported and played with the filters in Pe...

My Dream - This is from a dream I've had several times. In it I begin as a seed in a river bank, break loose from that lodging, and am swept downstream. It's painte...

An Afternoon at the MoMA Print Studio - The Museum of Modern Art, in conjunction with two upcoming exhibits  (Print/Out and Printin'), set up a Print Studio in the Education Building.  I ...

White Flowers - I really like this one actually. It's a 5x7. I am reorganizing my studio to make the back sun room just for painting. I put the big easel out there but d...

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View From The Sofa - [image: 10-01-12 by Anita Davies] 10-01-12, a photo by Anita Davies on Flickr. Noodlers bullet proof black ink and watercolour in daily journal

when we create - When I started this blog nearly 4 years ago it was out of a dire need to dump out years of what had been going on in my head. From that came an intense fasci...

I SeE DeAd PeOpLe - ImAgE ShArEd By CrAzY KiWii

Rubber stamped nails - When I came across this article on Craftzine, my initial reaction was, "Wow, you can use ordinary rubber stamps on your nails!", before realising that it w...

Altered Journal Class - I'm doing classes in So. CA in March...this is an Altered Journal Class that I will be doing at Stamping Details in Poway, CA near San Diego on March 4th a...

Because I need more paper .... - I made a trip out to Dick Blick in Dearborn yesterday to pick up a few supplies and saw this paper. I keep saying that I will not buy any more supplies .....

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy.!!! - And breeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeath...!!!! Yes it's here. The day has finally come when I can reveal this..... Many of you already know I have been a...

Courage from a Book - An Illustrated Life by Danny Gregory is a fantastic book. It is basically a look into a bunch of artists' sketchbooks. I have had it for probably a year and...

Odd shaped art - Annie ran a swap last year, where we all made 6 little pieces of art to fit plastic pockets of an odd size - hence 'odd shaped art'. Of course, once in the...

12 Tags Of Christmas Project - I have started a facebook page for the upcoming Tim Holtz’s 12 Tags of Christmas event which starts in 2 days time! The purpose of the page is so that Tim ...

We are MOVING!!! - Our blog is moving . . .come along with us

frida round robin journal - This is the last Frida journal in this round-robin (sniff sniff) - I will miss Frida! I still have pages left in my journal that has come back to me, so I ...

Last Week of June 2010 - This is a nice sunny spread. I had previously painted it using Americana's "Light Buttermilk" and Anita's "Tangerine" paint. It was perfect for a summer sp...

Come visit me! - I have moved to a new site. Please come visit me.

I need your vote - So here I am, hat in hand, asking for you to be a fan. Yikes, that's really corny. I decided to "seize the day" and enter a design in this little t-shirt...

Busting My Buttons! - I don't do a lot of family posting because this is primarily my art site, but I just had to share a few pics from my oldest sons NCO graduation! As a mom ...

Moving ... But You'll Never Know It. - Okay, here's the deal — the company I use for commenting and RSS feeds has decided to start charging for their services. If I was 100% happy with said serv...

I'm Still Here - It has been way too long since my last post! I just wanted to let everyone know that I am still here, and to thank each and everyone of you who have email...