Heavy Metal Giveaway Winner

Miss Sammi

picked Brandi from Joy Rebellion

as the

Winner of the Copper

ATC

Thanks for all the comments and Thanks to all that just stopped by...........for a peek.

It is nice to know someone is out there and I for one... love comments......as I am sure

you do

It keeps us going as artists....the Sharing and Caring.

I won't be around for a week or so......heading to TEXAS to take the Grand Munchkins home and to visit with my girls.

Hasta Luego

Heavy Metal Giveaway

Not the Music

The

Metal....Copper

Just finished working on some copper ATCs........................here I go again........jumping around........being a

Gypsy
I learned this etching technique in a class I took with Susan Lenart Kazmer several years ago here in Puerto Vallarta at the Hacienda Mosiaco......great fun!
Copper sheet- cut and sanded
Stamped and placed in an etching solution
Added some liver of sulphur
More Sanding
Alcohol Inks
Sealer
One is for a swap with Creative Souls........see my side bar.
One was a Birthday present

and

One is for YOU

well......along with your comment

Picked by my Faithful & Coconut Loving

Golden Retriever

Sammi

so show my Metal Loving Heart some love

by leaving me a comment and Sammi will pick a winner

Wednesday

@

Noon

I've extended the time because ...........We are going SURFING!

Happy Father's Day!

I can't believe I even attempted to do this with the Grand Munchkins here..........but hey..........I didn't get

Peanut Butter

on them!

Adios

Be Still My Heart

Nana.......how do you make brown?

Music to my ears!

I was so surprised when I looked at their palette and saw all the color mixing my two

Grand Munchkins

had done!

My first few weeks of

SUMMER

Have Been

Filled with Laughter

ART Projects

&

Tons

of

Peanut Butter

&

Jelly

Inspiration Cabinet

I stopped by The altered Page to see what Seth was doing these days.......as always it is a joy to visit his blog......so here is my addition......An Inspiration Cabinet...........it is filled with special pieces that remind me of the journey I have been on..........

Memories

of the artful souls that have shared this wonderful creative journey with me.

Interview Blog Game

Melissa from Ohio has this very fun Blog interview GAME and I wanted to join in.......even though I had been looking in on her blog..........(she was my swap partner in the UNDER THE SEA SWAP hosted by Zan ).....I found out some things in her interview that I had wondered about but hadn't asked.....What I do know.....she makes beautiful seahorses...I was so thrilled to be her swap partner!
So....here are Melissa's questions to me and my 1 Minute of fame!

My INterview

1. A quick peek at your blog tells me you knit and do mixed media and work with clay. What other arts/crafts do you do and which of them all is your favorite?

My all time favorite thing to do is paint and try to add texture without much collage...... I can't stick with one medium for very long.........that's where the "gypsy"part comes in to play........and I don't stay put for very long either! Think oils will be my next adventure.



2. What is your favorite subject matter? Do you prefer abstracts, realism, fantasy....?

Oh... that is an easy one.......ABSTRACTS!



3. How, if at all, are arts/crafts different in Mexico than in the US?

Not much different at all.......just extra materials to play with.......Milagros and tin are everywhere........recycled anything is in many pieces of Mexican art.



4. How has Mexico influenced your creativity?

It's the easy going lifestyle.... the brilliant colors ....the warm and oh so friendly people! Siesta time is fabulous!

5. Both of your homes are in warm, sunny, ocean climates. If you won a third home anywhere in the world, where would it be?

So interesting you asked this question......we used to live on a sailboat and traveled with our twin daughters down the East coast and the Bahamas for several years before settling in Mexico............we have since sold the boat and now I am thinking..... Texas Hill Country......on a river......complete...with chickens....a goat......horse...garden and lots of space for all the other family that will be coming into our lives. (we have four grown daughters and two grand munchkins......)

I believe thoughts turn in to things...........I am thinking Hill Country!



And Now "THE INTERVIEW RULES"
1. Leave me a comment with your email address saying: “interview me”
2. I will e-mail you five questions of my choice
3. You can then answer the questions on your blog {with a link back to my blog}
4. You should also post these rules, along with an offer to interview anyone else who emails you, wanting to be interviewed
5. Anyone who asks to be interviewed should be sent 5 questions to answer on their blog individualized for each blogger. Read their blog and their profile to come up with the questions!

The Making of a Sea Creature

Made some paper cloth from muslin and collaged papers......added some inks and stamps

cut out a fish.........added fancy tail ........stuffed her..........Of course I added some tulle

work hardened steel for fins..........Senorita Pescado is born!

Hope my SWAP partner........Melissa from Ohio doesn't SEA this before Senorita Pescado is swimming across the postal ocean to her new home!

A Big Thank you to Zan from Wild at Heart for being the Hostess with the Mostess........ Senorita Pescado's twin sister is on her way............the girls made a brief stop in Vegas before heading to their new homes!

Adios Perla y Prissy

Buena Suerte

She Sells Sea Shells By the Seashore

Knitting with 4 different yarns

and tulle

I am having a tulle thingy at the moment............

Working on my Knitted part of GRRL'S Knitting Project

I've run out of Yarn!!!! and have many inches to go.....

I have added sea shells and sea glass inside of the knitted tulle.

IT"S HEAVY!

Might need to rethink and redo before sending on it's way.

What's really important is I AM Having

Fun! Fun! Fun!

Thanks

GRRL+Dog

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Where's The Surf?

The Boys waiting for surf

I am Helping

If I didn't have 3rd Eye Muse to keep me updated on what's happening in the blog world.........well.....let's just say I would be a total beach bum.......a horrible thing.....sunning and lounging on the now deserted beach of Bucerias.(Thanks Swine Flu).....just like an iguana......and believe me...I don't need any more sun. So....a Big Thanks to Michelle for saving me from more skin damage.





Go HERE and check out GRRL+DOG for her latest Gorilla Knit Project! I am so thrilled to be doing this.....Why?......Because...I can knit! I only know ONE stitch....but I can do it...can you?

Do you want to Help...Be a part of Australia's Biggest Pole Cozy Guerilla Knit in the National Gallery? Then Go HERE and sign up........it's gonna be Fun!

Disintegration Collaboration

Thank you Seth!

Please check his blog out over Here.....this has been an amazing project and I am so happy to be a part of it. .......I have seen some awesome artists and made many.... many... new blog friends.........and I am ready for Part 2. Go by Seth's Blog and look up all the artists involved.........you will be inspired by all the creativity!

My project hasn't changed much........but......the weather here in sunny Mexico doesn't change much either...........go HERE to see the beginning of the process of Disintegration.

Encaustic Mess

Yesterday I pulled out some of my unused art supplies(how do we artists collect so much ?)and decided to give encaustics a try......I have used bees wax before in a very small piece and liked the results. So......on to a larger project I went..... Started with a canvas board and on one piece used stamps and then added the medium.......added alcohol inks and another layer of medium....fused with heat gun.....added another layer of medium and a shell..fused and more medium etc.

The other piece was also on canvas board with watercolors as a base.......medium...alcohol inks....medium...photo on pattern. paper.....medium.......fuse.......punchnella with oil sticks....medium....fuse(ARE YOU BORED?)carved into and more oil sticks.....fuse......rusty piece of something......more medium and fusing.

All the techniques are better explained in the Encaustic Workshop book I was reading.........I went straight to the Break The Rules chapter.....:) Do you also love books as much as your art supplies? I believe I could open my own library right here in Bucerias.........

What about the mess part mentioned in the title...........I had that stuff all over me! Should have read the part about wearing gloves.......(note to self)......follow directions.......follow directions.......follow directions.

Just a another fun and messy day in paradise!

Adios

Bucerias Girls

The Girls

by

Me and Hot glue

These girls made their way from Texas to Mexico in a handbag......now... this caused a small scene at the security check in the airport.........once I saw the smiles and something about skulls in Spanish being mentioned.........I knew the girls and I were in the clear and headed home.... the girls were headed to their new home at Christy's Gallery in Bucerias....A Broken Art and the Art Walk Plaza.

This is Christy enjoying a cold beverage in my studio.....HEY Christy!!! This is my shout out to you for another AWESOME season of the now Famous Bucerias Art Walk! I'm proud of YOU! Enjoy your free time.......you deserve it :) Ok.......she does have my art in her gallery....but I would shout out to her anyway. Christy and her faithful dog Ola, Sammi and I like to take walks on the beach every morning........well... I try.......anyway...... yelling Ola, Ola(HOLA is Spanish for Hello) and see how many people turn and look at you.....thinking....who me? Makes my day every time!

This is Important

Ok........Christy likes to have visiting artists every season....one night receptions, mini workshops etc....you might want to check it out! If all else fails .......you will still be in Paradise. I forgot to tell you..........the Gallery is one block from the Pacific OceanO

This is a video of my best friend in the whole wide world.....Beth Fedigan of South Padre Island, Texas(great artist....terrible at keeping up with her blog) giving her basket weaving workshop at Christy's Art Plaza. We had so much fun.....hunting for all the native materials used.........soaking these huge sheaths and fiber in my hot tub........the neighbors were a little curious as to what was floating in there...hehe...anyway great fun and I had my buddy to hang out with for too short of a time. Her art was a hit and she is doing it again next year!!!! A Working Vacation!

Adios

Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair

We had a great time checking out San Francisco...........found out I am Not a city girl.....the crowds( the line to get in MOMA..forget it)...the traffic......the homeless......there really is no place like home. So........I am going to make you snore with a little video of the trip.........come along if you wish..... but..... make sure to wear some flowers in your hair. I can't believe I didn't get pics of Haight-Ashbury.....

Ahhhh the CHOCOLATE

Alcatraz.......made me remember my Cherokee roots.........Fisherman's Wharf.......well we are

a big boating family...... great grandpa was a Captain....grandpa was a Captain.....SD is a Captain.....2 of the 4 daughters are Captains..........you get the picture........we love the water and boats.

Enjoy and Adios

Magic Play

I had such a great time yesterday.........with the studio back in a semi- organized state....I pulled out that ohh so Magic clay .......and the fun began! I am a visual learner.......so getting instructions from print......well..just not my thing.....somehow I got it! So.....with torch in hand......MAGIC!

As some of you who follow my ramblings might have picked up on..........I am not only a gypsy spirit......but also......am a Gypsy Artist.....and love every single second of the journey. Even if I wanted to........I doubt if I could stick to one art form......I am always thrilled to learn something new and exciting...........and you?

OK ...that gypsy thing.........I am taking off for ALCATRAZ.......really....San Francisco for the first time ever........any favorite spots you might want to share with Surfer Dude and I?

Good Night

Hope you don't mind another sunset........this is looking south toward Puerto Vallarta

Mexican Sunset Explosion

I am back in my little piece of PARADISE.......it is so good to be here.....walking the beach.....hanging with SD......and Sammi girl.......home sweet home!

See this gorgeous sunset exploding over the Pacific Ocean.......... it takes my breath away every time I see it.........I want to run and grab my paints and brushes and capture that perfect moment..........just a slight problema.......

Since my last two trips to Texas I have been just dumping all my new treasures in the studio.......it is time to organize and create.......something....anything......Do you get that same overwhelming feeling of.......I think I just might implode or explode if I don't get in the studio and do Something? Please share your thoughts while I go create something!

Adios

Last Days

Pleaseee get over HERE and place your bid........only one week left!
If by chance..... you haven't seen some of these AMAZING pieces of love.......get over there and just do it........you know you want to.

ADressing The Situation

Please go to Monica's site and join in this project to bring all the attention we as artists can generate!

I have read, heard and forgotten..............it's time to remember what is happening.......I want to be at the least........ a voice.......just one voice and ONE piece of Art that says..............I care.

Adios

Mexico Travels

I am a really great wife!! I didn't want SD to drive back to Mexico alone.......so we did a 2 day road trip from Texas to Mexico. We arrived home yesterday and I am leaving to go back tomorrow!!! Oohhhh yes.......I am a Great wife. My reward? One whole week with the Grandest Grand kiddos in the world! Spring Break has begun.........

Samantha is so happy to be back at the beach.........she had some problems with all the twisting, winding roads thru the mountains.........she was fine if she could lay her head on my shoulder.........she would have rather had shotgun........but sorry ...I am not that great.

OK.......so watch for updates on Nana Gone Wild........Spring Break South Padre 2009

One piece of news...........Guerrilla (K)nit Up is Gone! I guess I need to work on something new when I return......It looked like this.

Update on Seth's Disintegration Collaboration..........it's ......look here.....it's thinking about disintegrating.

Please remember to go by the Shrine Auction and place your bid!

Now for a little peek of my road trip..............OMG...... I look like my Mom!

I said BEACH!

Ranch Rulers

The Best Breakfast in All of Texas!

These guys rule!

Ranch Fun

Check this out.............I can't remember how many years it has been!

Oh Deer!

Ranchportation!

Must Have Boots...........my flip flops just didn't fit in..........

The Chicken or the Egg?

Fresh Eggs for breakfast

Thank you to the Chicken!

Texas Ranch

Been in the city.........

SD bought his dream vehicle........

Took me to the Boss's Ranch...........

took in the sights...........................................................