small paintings

So, I didn't end up using the stamps that I made- it just didn't work for me.  But I am loving working on these small 4x4 canvases!  I made 12 of them and they are all hanging on my "tree."  I plan to make a lot more and upload them to etsy.

Thank you SO much to my lovely blogging friends for the kind mentions... Inner Toddler, Valentina Designs  And Mandy from Bijous Whimsy, wrote such a sweet post about beautiful blogosphere friendships. 

ARTistree

Every year, at the artist's cooperative I am a part of in Cazenovia, we have an ARTistree event.  Each artist makes ornaments and a tree and the shop becomes SO festive for the holidays.  In past years I have made dog, cat and bird ornaments.  One year I made blessing angels, which were not really ornaments, but still fun. (new blessing angels are coming soon!)

Last night I had an inspired idea and started carving and made stamps- here's my start to this year's ornaments.  This is one of those projects where I have an idea (stamps!) and then...who knows?  I just have to trust the process.

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Today is your last chance to win the giveaway at Kind Over Matter!  The winner is picked tomorrow :)

Thank you for visiting.  I am so grateful for all of your support.

xo,

Lori

new non-matted prints just added to shop!

I just added new prints to my shop that are not matted and much more cost effective.  They are the same giclee print as the matted ones and I was really happy with the way they look framed.

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Today I am feeling grateful for the Italian feast we had this weekend at our home with friends.  I made homemade pasta for the first time and only melted down into swearing and tears once!  I also made homemade sauce, brushetta and greens and beans.  I'm not that domestic so it was a pretty big deal that it all turned out great.  One of the best parts was drinking the wine we brought back from the Chianti region in Tuscany.  It was a true feast.  Honestly.  I should have taken pictures!

Hope you all had a good Halloween weekend...

kind over matter giveaway starts today!

Today is a good day because it is my husband's birthday and I am doing a giveaway on the LOVELY kind over matter blog with Amanda and Jenn.  Check it out- it is a "pick your own print" giveaway.

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Here is another tile that I just picked up from clay class.  It didn't turn out the way I wanted it to and at first I was disappointed but I learned from it (My fingers are covering the most obvious mistakes!)  Two new coils are on order to fix my kiln and then I will be firing it up!

And just for fun, here is my cat who squeezed herself into this basket on my studio table and made me laugh so hard.  Trust me, she is way too big for that basket. 

And this box lid.

Wishing you all a great Thursday :)

Thank you kind over matter blog.  I heart you!

birds on a wire

These sweet birds are making me happy today from Karla at Studio Enrouge.