Colors colors and more colors. I used to think I had to use darker, more serious colors to make serious art, but that wasn't me. I'm serious about loving fun colors and I feel extra safe and happy when I'm surrounded by the good vibes of turquoise and hot pink and seafoam 🤗
Today I took myself on an artist date (one of my fave things from The Artist's Way!) to Blick. I just needed a few yards of canvas, but I spent time looking at everything in the store 😍 I love seeing all the tools and supplies and thinking about the millions of different things that millions of different creative people might do with them. (Oh p.s. our differences make us great whether the president thinks so or not)
My favorite tools in the studio: pencils, acrylic, watercolor, embroidery thread, scissors... and, most of all, anything P A P E R 😍 🙌
Sometimes I know right away exactly what I want to make and how it will look, but most of the time I just start with one color on a needle and listen to the little voices as I go. Either way, the outcome is usually a big surprise 🎉💕🤷‍♀️🍾
If you know me personally you will not be surprised at all to learn that I collect my thread scraps in a little plastic bag because I'm certain I will one day use them for something amazing. And if you don't know me, well, this is a pretty good window into my entire deal. 🤓
It's easy to be excited for Monday morning when embroidering in fun colors is the first thing on your agenda. I did some embroidery yesterday, but I try to make the weekends more play and less work. It really gets confusing when your life-long free time thing turns into your work thing because I just want to make art when I have free time 🤔
The cheap crappy brushes are somehow always what I need for the job 🤔
Yay it's weekend TV catch up time! My assignments for the next two days: Younger, Love, NY Housewives, The Leftovers, and my new favorite, The Great British Pottery Throw Down 🏺🏺🏺 If you were lucky enough to catch The Great British Bake Off then you can already imagine what a treat this new show is. And Britain doesn't mess around with their craft shows, it's a full hour of pottery making and one of the judges is literally brought to tears every time someone makes a really good pot.
Last week I essentially injured my back by sewing, which was a great reminder that I'm old now. I was leaning over too much, so I invented this fancy embroidery machine / stack of magazines on a table
Working on lots of new color combos 🤗😍🤗