Succulent and Cactus Pots

Paintings In the Works

Here's one of the new paintings I managed to get done over the holidays.



And here is the photo I took at the Woodford House in Fairmount Park that I used as a reference image.



Here's another painting when I was first laying out the shapes and the reference image I pulled from a magazine hanging from my bookshelf.



Here's the same painting almost done (no flooring).



Here's the finished one. I'm really excited to finally be working on these again after being away from them for longer than I can remember. I posted both of these on etsy and I'm going to try and get some small 5 x 7" paintings done before going back to work on Monday!

New Tote In Floral Fabric and Circles My mom said looked like the inside of the human body!

I decided to make a tote for myself for the summer and picked out the fabric, cut out the shapes, but had no working sewing machine, so I finally sewed it up last night when I visited my mom's house.

My mom said the inside looked like the inside of the human body, which it does kind of look like platelets and red blood cells, but it also reminds me of a watermelon with a green exterior and a pink interior.

Hopefully it will function well as a daily bag for work. I overdid it a bit buying fabric, so I could make about 20 in different colors, so I'll have plenty if I decid to make adjustments to the size or pockets...

New Etsy Treasury with My Red Leaves Rising (center bottom)

ETSY TREASURY

My orange and blue branches painting got included in this awesome treasury!

Rittenhouse Square Park

If you haven't visited the park lately, now's the time to go. I stopped by on Sunday because I'd noticed the leaves were changing and it was gorgeous out and the colors were fantastic. It's hard to take a bad photograph in the park, because there are so many different sculptures and lanes and features to focus on and beautiful old trees. There are plenty of benches and lots of local coffee shops to pick up a cider, hot chocolate or coffee to keep you warm while you read a book or just people watch. Kids were climbing all over the sculptures and playing tag in the dry fountain and old ladies were being pushed in wheel chairs by their aides, admiring the mini doggies with studded collars. It's nice to take a break and sit down for a while instead of running around like a crazy person all the time!

Etsy Treasury

Here's a recent Etsy.com treasury I was included in. That's my tree branch painting on the right. I've been included in three this week, one of elephant pictures, one of architecture and this one. I still haven't mastered the treasury tool yet.