Grosgrain: Dinner Party Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

Grosgrain: Dinner Party Frock GIVEAWAY!!!!

Grosgrain: Nantucket Weekend Shirt and Short GIVEAWAY!!!!

Grosgrain: Nantucket Weekend Shirt and Short GIVEAWAY!!!!

I just stumbled on this blog. Kathleen is this amazing artist and seamstress. She sews the most beautiful children's clothing.

She makes outfits and raffles them off on her site. How amazing is that?

My latest painting

This is the painting that I decided to make. It's 3 feet across by 4 feet high. I have a thing for trees - they tend to show up in a lot of my paintings. Not sure of the significance - maybe I just like the almost-permanence of the huge tree we have in our backyard and the one by our old condo. The strength and grace of them. Or maybe it's the whole family-tree connection and symbolism that I like.

The counselor at my RE's clinic had suggested I think of a way to honor the embryos we had during our IVF cycles. I decided to paint something that would be a memory and a way for me to start moving on to whatever we decide to do next. I painted the background and tree last night. I made little bird templates and used them to creat a collage bird to represent the four embryos we had during IVf #1 and #2. Each of those little birds is looking to the left (I was thinking of it as the past.) My bird on the right is the only one that's flying. It's moving on from what's happened in our past and toward whatever is going to happen in our future.

I am happy with how it turned out.

The FIRST Tree Painting

Throw me somethin', Mister! Mardi Gras 2007

That's what you yell during Mardi Gras! DH and I caught 84 strands of beads as they were thrown from balconies and parade floats. I just thought I would throw this pic in because I think it's funny that we caught so many.