Something About Nothing

Sometimes the best plans just don’t work out.  I wasn’t a fan of how this stamp printed for Day 11, so it was put aside and another created. Better. The berries aren't as neat as I had hoped but it was acceptable. Day 12 was a simple weirdo circle garbage stamp. Day 13 was time to add a few more lower case letters to my alphabet. Day 14 found me on a trip to visit my children and grandchildren. I remembered the rubber and carving tools but forgot to bring a ruler and circle stencil. I use these a lot to help me line things up on my pattern stencils. Without them I had to eyeball the design and hope it lined up. Sometimes I surprise myself! Are you following Carve December on Instagram? Lots of great creations!

I'll let the pictures do the talking this time.

Keiko and I have been working hard. . .  . . . And sometimes hardly working. . .  . . .because when it's winter, sometimes you just need to stop and watch some Paul Hollywood .  The icicles keep getting longer. . .  . . .and longer.  Pretty soon they might be growing from the ground up!  Brrrr  But seriously, I am working, I just can't show you what it is yet!  I have an article coming up in  Quilting Arts magazine on creating carved stamp repeats. I'm looking forward to the warmth as well as the article being done. The worst part of this article is that they want a photo of me and my studio. That meant I had to CLEAN UP the studio, AND take a shower. Just kidding, I do shower regularly, sometimes. But seriously, I'm not a fan of taking photos of myself. First off, my face does not like make up anymore. My eyes tear up whenever anything gets near them.  It's okay to have a bar...

I had the opportunity to teach two stamp carving classes at Art and Soul . The first class was a beginning stamp carving class. The students did a great job! The second class was learning how to create repeat carving stamps. Darla's awesome designs. Lara and her lovely designs. Ruth's intricate designs. And while everyone was busy designing and carving I made a stamp too. The ladies in my Bojagi Fusion class were a lot of fun!   They created some lovely pieces. One day we had some free time and Kristin La Flame and Gerrie Congdon picked Liz Kettle and I up at the hotel to show us around a bit of Portland. We visited Bolt . . .  . . .where Liz easily found her favorite color. We had a great lunch of Thai food followed by dessert at a cute coffee shop. We also visited another beautiful shop called Modern Domestic. My daughter loves plaid flannels so I had to get a photo of these! ...