Turkish Mosaic Tile Lamp

 Turkish Mosaic Tile Lamp

My daughter and I attended an event by craftforart.com and learned how to make a Turkish Mosaic Tile Lamp. WE HAD A BLAST!

You can visit their website or check them out on instagram @craft.for.art 

Appalachian Basket Weaving - God's Eye

  Appalachian Basket Weaving

God's Eye - Red/White Basket

My daughter and I took an Appalachian Basket Weaving class at the Knoxville Crafts and Art Center. We had a blast! Basket weaving is an amazing craft. I really enjoyed the class and learning how to make a basket.

My Girl 💖

IDEAS

 IDEAS

Social media does have it's usefulness ... so many creative people out there with amazing ideas! Here are a few of the ideas that I have found inspiring

This quilt was at the Smoky Mountain Quilters Quilt Show I recently attended.

It is a pattern by Lori Holt and is called Millie's Dresses

I 💖 this!

So clever and beautiful

As a height challenged person who hates to hem ... what a creative fun alternative to just hemming

I love this pillow 💖

I love the simplicity of this beautiful Red/White quilt.

I LOVE IT SO MUCH!

The cuteness ... the colors ... the blocks 💗💗💗

Van Gogh

Van Gogh

I spent a wonderful day with my daughter enjoying and learning about Van Gogh and his art. Everything about the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit is visually pleasing. EVERYTHING! 

 

March A Blur

 March A Blur

March flew by in a blur ... lots of birthdays to celebrate, a bit of sock knitting, quilting, a little doll making, watercolor painting, and spring cleaning.

😀

Adventures in Art - Watercolor Painting

 Adventures in Art

Watercolor Painting

In 2024 I took a watercolor painting class with my daughter. Since that time I have been reading up and watching YouTube videos in order to learn more about watercolor painting.

Above is an attempt of a desert photograph I found online. There are a few more details that I would like to add before I finish but I'm not unhappy with the results thus far.

Handmade

 Handmade

Naturally, I love handmade gifts. As it turns out both my sister and my daughter are phenomenal handmade gift givers.

These soaps are gifts from my daughter, one from her trip to Hawaii and the pottery soap dishes are gifts from my sister. 

Island Lavender soap

I love hand crafted soaps ... my skin loves them even more.

These soaps are gentle and make my skin feel soft and clean.

My sister has an eye for beautiful handmade things. Actually she has a wonderful eye for home decor and fashion that I have forever been so envious of. 

She has a knack for beautiful things.

Such as the handcrafted pottery she has gifted me.

 

Sage Pottery

 Sage Pottery

I love this ...

A few years ago my daughter and I took a pottery class at Mighty Mud. We made a plate, a bowl, and a cup.

My daughter continued with pottery classes. She is very talented. She now creates pottery under the name, Sage Pottery.

The vase pictured above is a gift from her. The lego flowers were in my Easter Basket this year. 

Sketchbook - NeuroGraphic Art

 Sketchbook - NeuroGraphic Art

As most of you know, I have been trying for years to be consistent with creating in my sketchbook. As it turns out, once I stopped stressing over not sketching and what to sketch, I am sketching and creating more than I ever have.

I've also been reading and researching art techniques, art mediums, and art materials and supplies. It is amazing. Recently, I was reading about and watching a few YouTube videos on NeuroGraphic Art.

If you are interested in learning about neurographic art there are tons of sites and YouTube videos online. I'm not sharing any of those here with you because I went down the rabbit hole on this one from one site to the next to videos so I don't even remember all of the sites I landed on.

Below is my first attempt at NeuroGrapic Art

When I was a little girl my Grandma Dorothy worked at Carter's Ink, they made magic markers and my Grandma always had a large box of cast off markers. I used to sit in her living room floor and color art very much like this. Scribbling with a black marker and then filling in all of the little bubbles with every color of the rainbow.

Practice, Practice, Practice

 Practice, Practice, Practice

As of late I've been trying to sketch more. At one time I did quite a bit of drawing. When I was in elementary school coloring and drawing was my favorite thing to do. I regret that I didn't stick with it. So now I've been sketching and bit and really enjoying it. I've decided to practice sketching as often as possible, just for fun.

Pencil and colored pencils.

Watercolors and Whimsy

 Watercolors and Whimsy

My daughter and I took a watercolor painting class at a local book shoppe, Fable Hollow Coffee & Book Shoppe. The class was presented by Jade of Whimsy Emporium Knox.

Below is a picture of my efforts, taken by and posted to Jade's instagram

@whimsy.emporium.knox

We had a blast in this class and met some really nice people. Jade is an amazing artist and teacher.

Shout out to Fable Hollow Coffee & Book Shoppe for presenting this amazing class.

Scrap Box

 Scrap Box

As most know, I have a box of red and white scrap fabrics. This box always contains scrap fabrics but at times it will also contain test blocks from other projects. Orphan blocks, partially pieced blocks and swatches of fabrics also reside in the scrap box. From time to time I try to make something from the scrap box.

With the time change this past week, I decided I wanted to work on establishing a more productive morning routine ... so I turned to my Scrap Box for some inspiration.

I've been seeing this block quite a lot on social media these days and decided I wanted to try my hand making it.

The name of this block is Bear Paw

Not bad for a box of scraps and a few mornings of piecing.

I was able to make 8 blocks from the scraps that I had in the box. These blocks will be in the box ... waiting for more scraps and more morning piecing.

1888 Singer Hand-Crank Sewing Machines

 1888 Singer Hand-Crank Sewing Machines

Earlier in the week I had the greatest pleasure of getting to see two of the most beautiful sewing machines. The detail ... they are amazing. I even had the pleasure of sewing a few lines of perfectly uniform stitches.

Every detail of these machines are an absolute MASTERPIECE!