All art requires courage. ~Anne Tucker

So does cleaning up your desk!! lol I'm going to clean up, then pluck up some courage and create something.

I'll let you see what I come up with.

xoxo

cari

Working On

Here is what I've been working on this week.

A Sweet Marie themed tag for a fellow artist. I love this image!!

Then some press kits for an upcoming event. I think press kits are fabulous. Every time I get an opportunity to make them I jump at the chance. I use the event as a reason to create new items for my shops. The crowns will be in my goods shop soon and the ribbon flower is a decorated Bobbi pin. How fun right?!!

Well, today is the first day that all of my kiddos are back in school. The house is destroyed from 3 weeks of having all four of them home. The tree is still up! ugh. I guess the next few days wont be quite so creative but I'll be glad when every things back in order.

Have a lovely day

xoxo

Cari

It's finally here!

Remember when I told you I had a secret?

I'm sure you don't, heck I can hardly remember what happened yesterday, anyways.......

Here it is The very first magazine that my art has ever been published in. Yeah!!

(Notice, I said first.., I'm being optimistic! lol)

When I got the email ( I almost sent it to junk mail, ugh!) I was soooo excited, But, I didn't want to tell anyone because I didn't want to Jinx it. But, my loving, wonderful, big mouthed husband told! He couldn't help himself.

Then came all of the questions, "Are they coming to your house?" "Is your picture going to be in it", "Is the whole magazine about you?" (That last one, Really!?) So, after some explaining that no, I'm not famous or anything, I've just had a couple of pieces put in a beautiful magazine, here it is. yeah again!

(Here is one of my pieces)

The entire magazine is absolutely amazing and is on sale tomorrow.

Thank you to all of you amazing bloggers. If I didn't have you there is absolutely NO way I would have had the courage to send something in.

Have a wonderful day

xoxo

cari

Yeah for Summer Fun!!

Yeah for Summer!!

It's finally here! Well, not technically but, we're out of school, so it's summer for us.

First stop: Target

Look at all the great stuff we got in the dollar section. Buckets, bubbles, pails, sand tools, squirt guns, pool toys, beach balls and can't forget candy.

We're almost ready. Now we've got to get our summer bag packed and loaded in the car. The little league equipment just came out. Time to load a washable sturdy bag with water bombs, beach tools, goggles, snacks, etc. Everything for a quick trip to the pool or beach.

One problem: The weather! Ugh!

Everyone keeps telling me it's just June Gloom. No. It's too cold.

So, my poor kids, we can't go to the beach or the pool, and the free movies haven't even started yet. We are having a little bit of a slow start to our summer fun. That's o.k, though, we are always so buys it's kinda nice to slow down.

Oh yeah, here's a little something I've been working on. They are so much fun once you get the hang of it. I am totally addicted. I've made so many I've just about run out of crepe paper. Obviously I need to get better lighting at my work station but, I think you can see how adorable they are.

Have a super summer.