Hippity Hoppity On The Way

Wow! I'm finally done with the "coco hunt" :), which is how I referred to the endless ever-changing movie I was just on in my "Tweets". I was actually able to document, in a veiled sort of way, what was...

Swept Away In A Whirlwind of Crafting

The King Midas Upcycle Touch - Turning Trash into Treasure Goodness! Where did March and April disappear to? They left in a flurry of activity is where they went. In between teaching some really fun computer classes to some fabulous...

Multi-Media Artist

I Was Game But The Fish Wasn't A few years ago, I saw on TV a Hawaiian artist who practiced the Japanese tradition of Gyotaku - wherein that day's catch was immortalized by applying paint to a fish and then...

Look Ma! I'm Teaching A Class!

Year Round Spring! Wow! Get this: the wonderful and bubbly Dolores Colin from the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach invited me to teach a children's class for the upcoming annual "Spring Into Art" event. Called "Look, Find & Create", it's...

Breakfast, Craftiness, Adventure and You

I Love LA In the Winter! Me (sound asleep): "Zzzzzz... Zzzzzzz... Snore.... wha, no, wrong number, go way... zzzzzz......" Bruce (whispering): "Breakfast?" Me (instantly awake and jumping out of bed): "Sure! Let's go!" Bruce knows that that is the one...

Congrats CHA Craft and Hobby Association Indie Craft Contest Winners!!

Did Somebody Say "Contest"?!!!!! I know everybody has been dying to know who all the winners were for the Craft & Hobby Association's (CHA) Indie Craft Contest which ran right before Christmas. I attended the Convention last week where all...

This Is Some High Class Joint Ya Got Here!

High Brow Rat This is an ATC I did a few years ago. It's oil pencil on a wood card with a permanent pen & acrylics. It's based on a true story. Well, at least the part about my friend...

I'd Ask You To Pinch Me But Then I'd Wake Up

Me Dumbstruck In The Presence Of Awesomeness At the 2009 Winter Craft & Hobby Association Convention in Anaheim: Here I am at a booksigning with Mary Englebreit - High Priestess of Shrewd Licensing and Joy Captured in Artwork. A deadly...

IT'S ALMOST HERE!

Oh yeah. Tomorrow starts CHA - the Craft & Hobby Association Convention at the Anaheim Convention Center. CAN NOT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!

Hop, Jump and Skip

I'm not much for poetry but oh, how I find jump rope songs delightful! I remember singing about the days of the week, about how high elephants could jump and about how many boyfriends lived in France. And then there...