Monday, December 31, 2012

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year!
Click on the small image below to make it larger and download from there.
 
All the very best for 2013 dear friends!

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Seaside

Surf
Pelican
Surfer dude
Coral
San Diego
Flag
Blick
Birdwatcher
Favorite shots of our fun trip to San Diego, CA.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Drawing on Leather

Arm Candy
Bookmark
Pyrography on leather
Pyrography
Having fun drawing on leather with my new pyrography tool and Manolo's rivet press.
I will have some leather cuffs, bookmarks and other goodies available when I re-open my shop next week.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Pyro!

Bamboo pebbles
Wood burned frame
For the longest time I've been wanting to try my hand at pyrography. 
The last time I did it was when I was in the 3rd grade and made that little frame for Mother's Day.
This Christmas I gifted myself a very inexpensive wood burning tool and used it on some bamboo pebbles I brought back from trip to Canada.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

And the winner is....

Giveaway winner!
Muchas felicidades Claudia!
Thank you so much to everyone that participated,
reading your kind comments was the best Christmas gift I could ask for :-)

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

A Gift for You

Robin
Robin detail
My Book
Manolo, the boys & I are off to Southern California for a few days tomorrow!
But before we leave for the Holidays I wanted to thank you for being so incredibly generous & kind with me. I made this little watercolor birdie (3.5" x 5") for you and I'm giving it away along with a signed copy of my book "Making An Impression". Please leave a comment on this post to participate & I will randomly select a winner on Christmas Day.

*Update: Comments are now closed.
Reading each of your Christmas messages was a real gift! Thank you so much!
I will announce the winner later today :-)

Friday, December 14, 2012

Back on the Saddle

Egg
Sketchbook
Turbo then and now
It's always a little intimidating to start drawing again after a long break. I did a little warm up today on my sketchbook and on some really cute egg shaped Japanese hand made paper cards (3.5" x 2.5") I bought at The Paper Place in Toronto.
I took this photo of Turbo & Daniel this morning and couldn't help thinking of how tiny my puppy was when we first got him.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Royal Ontario Museum

Bird
Birds on display
ROM
Coral
Jars with Specimens
Protea
Schnoozes
Owl specimen
Earth's Treasures Gallery
Earth's Treasures Gallery
Earth's Treasures Gallery
Earth's Treasures Gallery
Earth's Treasures Gallery
First Nations of the Great Lakes Exhibit
First Nations of the Great Lakes Exhibit
First Nations of the Great Lakes Exhibit
First Nations of the Great Lakes Exhibit
First Nations of the Great Lakes Exhibit
First Nations of the Great Lakes Exhibit
I absolutely L-O-V-E visiting Natural History Museums!
Margie and I spent a lovely morning last week strolling around the ROM.
We saw beautiful bird specimens, mammals, amazing rocks & minerals
and we both had a quite a bit of a Stendhal moment at the  

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Black Creek

A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
A visit to Black Creek
Last Monday Margie, Tamara, Caitlin, lil Lili, Nicole and I traveled back in time to the 1800s and spent a wonderful day in the era of the pioneers at Black Creek.