Dead Dryer Blues

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Our dryer died. Once and for all this time.

 My parents bought it (and the washer) for us when we got married almost 22 years ago. So it was really living on borrowed time.

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In fact, for the last few months it wouldn't turn off at all. It would finish drying the clothes and then just keep tumbling until we went down to turn it off. We tried to look at it in a positive way, in that the clothes were always fluffed.

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We live in a very old house. With a very "old-housey" basement.
So we will be replacing our dryer with your basic, white, top-loading, get-the-job-done model.
 We actually found a few nearby on Craig's list that will probably do the job.
We'll see.

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Nevertheless, a girl can dream about having a nice, fancy laundry room, can't she?

Or in this case,  a girl can Pin can't she?

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So I'll just keep pinning and be thankful that I have clothes to wash 

(and dry again soon) and a charming old house to do it in.

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And, as you can see, it's probably for the best anyway

 since my brain would probably explode trying to settle on just one style anyway.

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Happy Valentine's Day

I hope that you are spending it with the ones you love!

All in

No, I'm not worn out.

Just wanted to let you know that my weekend paintings are "all in" my 

Etsy shop.

Come have a look see. 

Quiet weekend

It's a little bit snowy and a lotta bit cold outside.

I'm waiting to hear on some guidelines for my next project.

So in this "in between" time I've taken the opportunity to paint

what whatever I want, which is my very favorite thing to do.

I've barely left the house this weekend, but we are heading out soon to pick up our

new glasses.  I hope I like them, as my pupils had been dilated and I could

barely see when I chose them. 

I kno whey have gray (my new obsession) frames, so that's a plus.

I hope to paint some more tonight and I'll throw everything in the shop tomorrow...

either before or after I take Cookie to the vet for her 2nd round of shots.

Have a great day.

Go Pens!

Be it ever so humble...

..."there's no place like home.'

Illustration Friday:  Suspense

Ahhhh, the suspense of not knowing what an original sketch will become. :)

A few little valentines

I made a couple of these little wood-mounted prints yesterday.

I painted the sides up, all pretty-like.

I added some crackle to this one...if you like that kind of thing.

And added some lined paper to the back so you can write a little love note.

You can find them in my Etsy shop.

I am...

..playing around with some new tools that

my ancient computer didn't have,

working on a special request for my niece,

and looking forward to a productive February.

One last mini before I get back to my list.

"I Love You, The End"

There's a little owl in my shop

Just thought you might want to know.

She is here.

Crossing things off the list...

A pink monkey for Elma

with scallop-y sides.

I call it "The Tail of a Lovely Monkey".

And I was able put the blue background stripes that I needed

for another project to use in this painting for my friend, Meg.

That's a pitiful looking dog, right?

I really want to say thanks to all of my loyal customers

who continue to buy my art even though they

probably have more then they need already.

You know who you are. :)

Okay, I may stray from the list today and try to do

a few little paintings on wood.

They're fun and easy and that's sounds perfect for a

dreary Wednesday in January.

IF - Twirl

Well, she was originally called "She Believed in Spontaneous Dancing".

Demdaco did some playing around and she became the 

Twist and Twirl girl.

Either way.  It's fun to twirl.

See more twirlers at Illustration Friday.

My Normal and a Give-Away

Sometimes you just see a piece of cardboard

that needs painting' on.

And when your kitty is there making it difficult,

this is what comes out.

"My Normal"

Also stopping by to let you know that there is a 

new blogger in town.

The town being Pittsburgh and the blog being

Get Your Mom On

Jen was kind enough to blog about

me and my shop in her very first

Friday Feature.

So it's only fair that I supply her with a few "give-away" items.

So why not head on over to say Hi and enter for a chance to win 3 prints of your choice

 from my shop.

Go on.  It's right here.

You can get all the details when you get there.

Have a great weekend!

More favorite things

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Still doing my best to try a build a complete collection

with the

"Favorite Things" 

theme.

The little painting on the plate stand is the latest.

You can find it here.

Okay back to work!

Just for me and The Cookie Shelf

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One of the things on my 2012 to-do list was:

#1,000,000,001 - Keep an art journal!

I love art journals.  All kinds.

But I never can manage to start one of my own.

No more!

I'm not going to give myself any rules about writing or sketching

everyday.  

Or about what can go in it and what can't.

I know me and that would just be setting me up for a fail.

It's just "whatever" and "whenever".

Just for me!

Mike being the amazing Print Production Specialist that he is,

gets a lot of paper samples from various printers.

So, I claimed this sample, that came in the form of a spiral-bound book,

as my own.

It has nice sturdy paper of all different sizes.

And some pages even have pop-outs.

Fun!

And when the first page already says this,

how can you go wrong?

As for the second part of my post title, well....

...there you go.

Imagine

Love letter

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Here's what I've been working on this week.  More sweet little monkeys for  my

 Monkey Love collection.

"I Love You, Monkey"

"I Feel the Same"

I'm offering them as a set over in my Etsy Shop.

(Oops. Already sold. Prints will be added soon.)

I still need to make some coordinating pattern pieces, maybe with flowers and hearts

and mushy stuff like that.

I'd also like to show what is written in the letter itself, but

will have to think on that a bit longer.

How would a monkey profess his love?

Anyway, sorry for my wishy-washy-ness where the

layout of this blog is concerned.

I really love the simple, clean look of this Dynamic view,

but miss some of the extras that come with the old format.

Like the "Follow Me" feature.

Need to figure out how to get that back.

Links to all of my shops, Pinterest, Facebook, etc

can be found by clicking on the tabs at the top of the blog.

Please let me know if you have trouble finding your way around

and I will revert back to the old layout.

Again. :)

Happy Weekend to you all!