His wife was at work. All his laundry was dirty. Good thing he knew his way around the laundry room. He threw a big ole load in the washer.

He, in his underwear, sat down and watched a bit of tv.

After the wash had finished its last spin cycle, he realized he had nothing to wear out to the clothesline. So, he borrowed his wife’s skirt and sweater. As he hung up his orange shirt, he glanced around to make sure no one was watching him.

This is a 6×6 print mounted on chipboard and sealed with beeswax. It’s made from a painting I did a few months ago. The original is not for sale, but you can get the reproduction in my etsy shop.

This painting was created because lately my little neighborhood is much too noisy. Dogs bark all night and keep me awake. Dogs bark all day, which makes me lose my concentration. A very sweet, but noisy guinea hen likes to hang out in the backyard. She squawks all day. Kids, kids, everywhere!! Noisy, RUDE, distracting KIDS. Kids who come up on my porch and move furniture around at midnight. Kids who play on my lawn when I haven’t invited them. argh!! If only I could have my quarters moved. That would be ideal!

If the noise disturbs you, too, perhaps this painting is for you.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.
Leonardo da Vinci

This one took a while, which is why I’ve been so quiet lately. I’ve been bizzy, making a mess, getting things done. This was a big project. I decided to paint both the front and back covers this time. Not only that, but there are several layers. Several. It took about a week to complete. It’s quite big - 8 3/4″ W x 11″ L.

As always, photos enlarge when you click them.

close up front cover

back cover

close up back cover

Can be used as a art journal, scrapbook, photo album or whatever you’d like.

Available in my etsy shop now. Or it can be purchased directly through me via Paypal.

i’m really getting tired of looking at my past entries, every time i come here. it looks so stale as i scroll down the page. i haven’t been keeping a good pace around here lately. i’m a slacker. so i’m going to blog it up!! Yeah.

hey, did i ever tell you that one time i blogged for 24 hours straight, putting up a new entry every 1/2 hour for charity? i think i slept for a week after that. i made a lot of money for my charity, though, so it was worth it.

oh, damn. looks like blogathon just happened on july 28th this year. too bad. i’d sooo do it again. it was really fun once the delirium set in. heh! and it did! oh boy, did it!! but i had lots of friends from around the world who kept me awake by sending ims and email. i also had a lot of coffee. it was silly, crazy, incredibly boring and too quiet at times, hysterically funny, never ending and emotional. i’d do it again in a heartbeat, though.

oh hey, i put up a section for my photographs the other day. haven’t mentioned it here because i didn’t have many uploaded. there’s a few there now, so have a look if you like. i’ve been told my photographs are “moody”. i think so, too.

okay, i’ll be back in a little bit with photos of a new scrapbook/photo album/art journal i’ve made, and another mixed media piece on wood.

i set up a zazzle account today, and now i have three of my favorite collaged paintings on the side of mugs. woah! it’s a little strange to see something that i made with my own two hands mounted onto a cup like that. heh. looks like something you could buy in a department store. only better, right? heh!

oh, and i put the image on both sides of the mug, so you can see it whether you’re right or left-handed. cool, eh?

i gotta tell you, i have been having such fun in the Les Petite Dolls workshop so far, and class hasn’t even started yet. i have chatting with the most fabulous people. oh hey, if you want to chat with me, i put a chat thingy in the sidebar. you don’t have to be taking the workshop to chat. just click the link and it will open up a chat window, so we can talk. it’s such fun, really. do it! do it!!

okay, that’s all for now.
good night!

i needed this reminder today.
maybe you do, too?

i promise it’s not that blurry in real life. for some reason, my scanner hates beeswax. probably because it’s bumpy and doesn’t lie flat flat. but, it’s better than what i can do with a camera (that needs a serious cleaning), so there you have it. it will be in my etsy shop soon.

i have joined plurk. if you want to add me, please do. i’m not sure how long i’ll be there. not addicted yet. depends on how many people i find, and how active i get, i guess. i only have 2 friends so far, so please add me!!

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