Today I painted a picture of Ms. Jo Anne Worley. I fell in love with her the second I watched her on Laugh In reruns. She has a big ol’ voice and a big ol’ personality. I of course also love love LOVE her fabulous wigs. I based this painting off an ad she did …
I am a big fan of embroidery, vintage or new. This is a painting of a framed piece of embroidery we have hanging in our front hall. The first time I spied it, it was hanging in the home of my husband’s grandparents. We had flown across the country with Brett’s family to see them …
As a child of the 80’s I think I will always have a place in my heart for Strawberry themed anything. Of course I loved the Strawberry Shortcake Dolls, but I also loved strawberry scented scratch and sniff stickers. I was a huge Hello Kitty fan and many of those items had a sort of …
As a kid, my parents would listen to NPR all the time. It was just ubiquitous in our home. After the news ended, our local public radio station would switch to night time jazz. I can’t even express to you how much I loved it. The way that melodies wafted like smoke in a club, …
I learned to crochet a few years ago. More than one person had tried to teach me prior to that. I ended up taking a class at a local yarn store, and finally something clicked. I have yet to make anything too demanding, because for some reason crochet and my brain just can’t get it …
Today I chose to paint some of my favorite Mary Jane shoes. Well, I started out to do that. My imagination quickly over took my paint brush and I sort of embellished them to create a few new pairs of shoes. I keep meaning to simplify my designs, but they are getting more complicated, not …
I know that Liberace was crazy. I have yet to see the Behind The Candelabra TV movie, because it will either be so wonderful that my head explodes or so awful that I cry. I love Liberace because he slid down the slippery slope of camp from a single gold lamé jacket to sequin capes …
I know that with this project I am going to be learning new things everyday. Today’s lesson was an easy one. When I am rushed, I have less fun and my work suffers for it. Today I had an appointment in the morning and in the afternoon. I had to run errands with my kids …
Today I did a painting of Shirley MacLaine from What A Way To Go! This movie! It’s high, HIGH camp and I couldn’t love it any more if I tried. The costumes are by Edith Head and are brilliant, the sets are magnificent, the dance numbers are spectacular, and the actors are mind blowingly silly. …
It’s hard to remember when I first started loving coffee. I’m sure it had to have been on those snowy days when my friends and I would skip school and head to a greasy diner to smoke cigarettes and drink bottomless cups of the stuff. In my late teens I worked as a barista. My …
