""''I have been doing some sewing.....My project is to make some "intent" flags..or prayer flags...I belong to a quilting group and they are going to make a block a month bible quilt....I plan to do the block a month but turn each into a flag....Block #1 is Garden of Eden/ Adam amd Eve     The first one I did is for good wishes,love,peace,happiness all positive thoughts for couples, partnerships...........
it is proudly flying here at the beaach sending my good thoughts far and wide......... 
I plan to start the 2nd one this week!!!

Snapper season is open

Ahhhhh life at the beach....always so good...... Our friend Bob came to go fishing Monday..the 3rd...He caught some nice fish....Kerry did too...but I didn't get a photo of his.....Way to go Bob!!!

I have a few more ATC's I have created and sent off to swaps.....
Just posting in case anyone is as crazy about these as I am.....

January 2012--A New Year comes to the beach....

Another New Year.....Where did that come from?
What have I been up to?  Well ATC's--Artist Trading Cards and various other swaps on Swap-Bot.com..... I have really gotten  addicted to these little 2.5 x 3.5 works of Art..
They have helped me stretch myself,test myself and grow toward some of the areas of
art I have been afraid to try. Mixed media mostly! I have a love affair with mixed media these days...I started my cards with straight up painting..and color pencil.

And I have progressed to adding bits and bobs...

I have met so many great new friends all over the world!

Sometimes I trade postcards and thats just down right, friendly ,fun!!!

A few of the ATC's

I have made well over 100 ATC swaps and have

filled a 3 ring binder for 2011 and started a new one for 2012.

I still have my yarn and crochet hooks handy...Just

finishing up and baby blanket, hat,bootie set...That was fun..

I have croched several scarfs and some granny blocks for trades.

From my Studio * Toes in the Sand* June 2011

I have been finding time to paint and certainly enjoying it. This is from my lighthouses of

Florida series and it is the Dry Tortugas lighthouse down in the Florida Keys..It is oil paint and I found the weather here a bit of a challenge for oils, I actually find it a bit of a challenge for most paint, because of the heat. My studio is a florida room porch and I love it because I get the ocean breezes but I also get the heat and the cold and the moisture and the sand..I can move it all inside to a climate controled area but I think I will stay where I am ,enjoying the challenges....And I have been working with color pencils, pencils and pastels with no problem.

The Free Form International Crochet 2011 project....

This is my entry into this years book challenge. It is a tribute to Johnny Appleseed...
The theme was Myths, FairyTales and Ledgends..I chose the AppleSeed story because
I wanted to use the red/green colorway for my 2011 project...
You can see the entire online show here ..the Book can be
seen HERE Many talented fiber artists joined in the project and what they each
created blew me away..I feel fortunate to be includes with this wonderful group of people from all over the world!

May 2011

Way to much to catch up on so I will just continue on my way...

I will say I have been in Florida for a year now and I love it!! I

have been doing all things creative..I have just wondered if I want to chunk this blog and start over or contine..the decision is to continue on...and maybe do a little catch up

with photos and a word here and there....

The reason I moved to Florida.....I met Kerry last February ....and since he lived in PCB

I wanted to live here too....