The Buzz.....

... I finally finished my pieces for the Bee show! Today is the deadline to deliver my pieces and I literally finished a few minutes ago. If you are wondering where the vintage looking angel I was working on is, well she's gone, after weeks of painting on her, I painted over her 4 days before the deadline & started from scratch to complete this piece. I must like stressing myself out. The piece is a large canvas 18 x 24 and the initial angel was sweet but I wasn't digging it being just a great big head with a big hat. I think they are great for smaller pieces but I thought there needed to be a lot more interest on a big canvas. Obviously there is a lot more going on now. Everyone loves this final piece better and I think I do too. I am selling 5 x 7 prints of this piece in my Etsy Shop. If you are interested in purchasing the original before the show & helping bee research you can email Laurelin Gilmore. For more info & all the press on the show please click on this Link.

"Bees In Her Bonnet"

More buzz ..... Thank you StoryBeader at a Stroll through Storyland ! It is such an honor to be chosen to be featured on your blog in such a manner! Please check out her fantastic blog & her feature on me Here! Warning...you will see my messy studio!

And more buzz!... My son won 2nd place a salsa contest today using my original salsa recipe! You know how I love peppers and all things hot. I have lots of original salsa recipes. This is a green salsa with ginger & cucumber. I may share the recipe one day so stay tuned!

To whom it may concern...if you're still out there... It feels like a week ago, but probably not, time is passing so fast, someone, you know who you are, sent me a message and presented me with blog award. I meant to respond & post it I really did, I appreciated it too, I really did, but somehow I spaced it out. Now I can't find it or find you! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me!

Easy Breezy...

...that's me and I'm not even wearing Cover Girl! ha! I feel great today. The big black cloud hanging over my head is gone... the black cloud being taxes. ugh. We finally finished our return last night. Getting down to the wire was pretty stressful. We had to pay. Again ugh. It wasn't as much as we thought it might be, so that was a good thing, but we could have really really used a refund.
They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s. Matthew 22:21

I've been having so much fun painting these sweet bees & tulips (I love tulips) and using my new technique of layering paint, trying different combinations of color in the layers. This piece is called "Breezy" and I put it on Ebay for a change. Listing on Etsy is so much easier and the fees are lower, so I haven't been using Ebay much. I currently have an ACEO listed on Ebay as well and a few more new Bee pieces in my Etsy shop.

A big shout out goes to Chocolate Dog Studio for including my "Lift Me Up" Angel in their wonderful Etsy Treasury. Check out their fantastic selection of crocheted creations. Thanks so much Chocolate Dog Studios!

Perfect Love...

Did you know that the meaning of tulips is perfect love? Red tulips, true love. Yellow tulips, hopeless love.
This piece was created in love to benefit bee research.

I hope you enjoy the video I made of the creation of this piece!