Posted in art, teaching, writing on Oct 6th, 2007 No Comments »
The last three weeks have been overwhelmingly busy at work. I’ve been at work or meetings for work until at least 6 every night. Several things have occurred at work that are like tiny whispers I need to process.
For one, I had kids staying for tutoring on Wednesday. One of the boys is, to use [...]
Posted in art, genealogy, photos on Sep 9th, 2007 2 Comments »
As I said, I wanted to be able to create something this weekend in my new art space. Today, I created a wall hanging that I absolutely love. I took a cotton doily I got at Michael’s, soaked it in coffee to give it an aged look and sewed the image of my great-great-great grandmother, [...]
Posted in art, blogging: a process on Sep 4th, 2007 2 Comments »
I’ve neglected my blog the last 10 days. With school starting, the holiday weekend and my son coming home for a few days, I’ve simply been swamped. That being said, I did get my art room finished and I’ve actually gotten to use it a few times. The following pictures show you just a tiny [...]
Posted in art, friends, writing on Aug 26th, 2007 5 Comments »
Today, I opened my Somerset Home magazine, and opened to the Welcome Home section, which quotes Oprah, “I think that when we invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.”
This is a fitting quote on so many levels. I think of my girl friends who’ve had tumultous lives and they remember the houses [...]
Posted in art, teaching on Aug 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
Last night, I created a great journal for my protege. I’m a mentor for a first year teacher this year. She’s a science teacher, but since the first year is so very important, and I’m a writing teacher, I knew she must have a journal to reflect in. Plus, we can use it as a [...]
Posted in art on Aug 22nd, 2007 2 Comments »
After looking through Somerset Home, I remember I have an antique mirror that I can alter. The magazine shows how to alter a mirror and since mirrors are always something I’ve written about, this is what I’m going to do:
I’m taking one of my favorite poems by Christina Rossetti, “In An Artist’s Studio” and combining [...]
Posted in art, teaching, writing on Aug 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
My classroom is finished. The books are all organized on book racks, placed carefully in a clear shoe caddy–which is perfect for books, by the way– and hung on the back of my closet door. I have over 200 books ranging from a few classics to the new award winners to the most popular book [...]
Posted in art, friends, writing on Aug 19th, 2007 2 Comments »
No art this weekend, but I’m planning. Over the years, I’ve learned I’m a pre-writer, pre-painter, pre-scrapbooker, all in my head. As teacher of writing, I teach kids how to pre-write on paper, draft, revise, edit–all on paper, which is always difficult for me because I do it in my head. For years, I’d write [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, art, photos on Aug 16th, 2007 1 Comment »
This is my submission for Funky Art Queen’s contest.
Posted in art, blogging: a process, photos, writing on Aug 11th, 2007 5 Comments »
I spent the day looking at antique malls, Tuesday Mornings and TJ Max, and found some great stuff to decorate my new art room. It’s going to be lovely.
I also went to the art store and got fabric paper to print family photos on. I’m hoping to make some wall art out of the photos. [...]
