Oriental Art

Lotus blossoms are a grand art challenge.

I have always loved the look of the whole plant, and many years ago I had a pretty arrangement of dried lotus pods.

Seeing them blooming on a pond in China, near ancient ceramic kilns, was a thrill.

~~~I will be adding more oriental designs to share. The lotus card was done in colored pencils.

In the oriental grocery, this past week, I saw lotus available for cooking. I need to look it up, as I have not a clue of the recipes for this.

The time has come to sort through my rubber stamps as well as the clear stamps, in my messy collection. Having supplies handy should help me to be more creative.

Here's a Valentine Cup of Cheer!

...hope your V-Day was as nice as ours. We loved the performance of the Salt River brass at the Mesa, AZ Art Center.

Wonderful!

A Birthday Happens...

Nice to have a birthday, but I say: once a year is enough!

I plan to do this only on 2/6 every year!

Boy these suit me to a T, especially #4

[Thanks, Cat]

This discribes the REAL Me--->

"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries." A A Milne

I know anyone reading this, is nodding... yes, yes.

I have enjoyed Oriental Art forever.

I just joined a stamping group to do these interesting projects. Luckily have a lot of oriental stamps. My favorite unusual stamps are ones for marking fish boxes from packing houses of the west coast fisheries .

They are Chinese or Japanese graphics. I am not sure which, but they represent names of types of fish. This was a great find at a garage sale.

Another new endeavor is to make some exciting new ideas up with Michael Strong stamps. These should work up well with an Oriental flair. I joined the MS group of talented artists. When I receive my order of 5 of his stamps, I will get started and add a scan on this page.

Back-atcha, soon!

Motivating everyone else, and here I sit.

Bogged instead of Blogged!

Yay! I made it out of Blog - Limbo!

I guess it's TIME to CELEBRATE!!

A lot has happened since we began a fall renovation...this seems to happen once a year. New tile on patio and utility this time. Finished up...Then a decision to do more tile. [!] Looks good and is very easy to keep clean as the hall is so much nicer with tile. The tile guy did a lovely job of setting a design to tie in the kitchen, utility and bath entries with the hall.

In the "art department," I am loving doing the ATCs, doodles and cards so this is my challenge for February, for myself:...completing swaps on time, and having fun with it all.

If you knit or crochet, you will be happy to hear, that we who do Sunshine Sharing, have finished 120 items for the oncology clinic patients and Am. Cancer Society kid's camp.

I always say this, but I really do want to set up my blog, at least monthly...for 2010.

...hand of friendship...Barb