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You can click on the Glitz-Oh! text at the top of this page- that will take you to my blog, which is where I journal now. Thanks for looking!
Glitz-Oh!Girl
The Floodgates have opened.....
28 Aug 2008
I finished a little altered book yesterday that I've had in my mind for quite awhile. As I slowly get back in 'art gear', this was one piece I wanted to do - simple, yet getting my thoughts out there....
You can view the whole book, with descriptions, on my website. Thanks for looking.
A good mail day!!!
25 Aug 2008
And here it is! My first message in a bottle! Received today from Lisa - such fun goodies! Joss papers, book text in a variety of languages, dominos, little colored sticks, miniature playing cards and more - and a very pretty necklace-- a domino pendant!
Thanks, Lisa- I love it all - now to get some bottles ready to mail!
Message In a Bottle
20 Aug 2008
This challenge is being offered through Go Make Something - so I've signed up! Time to get my art derriere
in gear! (and KEEP it in gear :^))
A little Holiday Journal for fun- and a class...
19 Aug 2008
Hi again...I've put together this fairly simple double needle coptic-bound holiday journal today...I'll be leading a class on making it, at Scrappy Craft in Phoenix, Oregon, in October. The journal is 6" square, and has nine signatures (groups of pages). Each signature has alternating covers in green and red... I loved the dotted swiss ribbon, and wanted to use it for the tie. I also took some gold acrylic paint and dry-brushed the page edges, and some of the front cover, with the paint. I used Canson 70lb sketching paper for the pages, with heavier scrapping paper for the sig. covers. The covers of the journal are book board, with painted edges, and scrapping paper covers.
Hello from me...
3 Aug 2008
I know- Long time, no see. Just consider me lost in our major home renovation - like several walls removed, half of house gutted and redone, all new bathrooms, kitchen, family room, refinished original oak floors, etc etc etc.....sighhh. but....we are DONE! - for now. :)) four+ months of twilight zone weirdness.
In the meantime, my mom has celebrated her 96th birthday, our younger son gets married next month, and my art muse went on an un-approved vacation!! ARGHHHHH..... Another big SIGHHHHH...
However, I am slowly getting 'stuff' in order- and will be posting pics of art by next month, I surely hope.
here are a few pics from our 'new' old house - built in 1947. 
Here's a view showing our refinished oak floor of the dining room, looking into our new kitchen (with an island that's on wheels, and also 'electrified' for appliances when needed.) It's twice the size of our hideous old 70's (another awful remodel done in the early 70's) kitchen.
And here's a view from our kitchen to our 'new' family room (which was gutted and entirely re-done). that's one of my book sculptures on the wall - you can see more of 'EVE' here:
And just for fun, here's my 125 gal., 6ft wide, by 20" tall by 18' deep saltwater fishtank. Yes- that's 'Dory' and 'Nemo' in the foreground - a Pacific Blue Tang and a clown fish.
We also have blue damsels, a coral beauty butterfly fish, a one-spot foxface rabbit fish, a chocolate chip starfish, hermit crabs, snails, three 'firefish' dartfish, a royal gramma, and a cleaner shrimp. We'll be getting the invertabrates - mushrooms, anemones, etc when the tank is just a bit more settled in. Currently it has live rock and live sand which grow all sorts of fun stuff.
More later folks - It's good to be back online - I want to thank Jen Worden for helping to fix my cantankerous website...she is one fantastic artist and all around superwoman! Love ya, Jen!