Birthday Collage for My Mom.....

Lots of old photos of Stadium and things that mean a lot to her....My Mom is a cancer survivor and I made a beautiful pink ribbon adornment for the collage....

Memories from Stadium High and Out of Africa....sort of....

Mid-Summer Nights Musings.....

It occurs to me that summer is passing so quickly and soon my leisurely mornings of sipping coffee in my little studio or lingering on the back screened porch listening to the birds and watching our Great Danes frolick in the back yard, will give way to reality and the rush of getting out the door on time for the school days!  I've been thinking about some of the projects that I have done in the past, and how my style has evolved.  I am an old soul at heart.  I love to include so much of the wonderful things of our pasts in my art.  I'm love going through my collection of old papers, buttons, laces, and ephemera.  My mind wanders to contemplate what the owners of such wonderful objects did during their days.  I think I would have been perfectly at home living in those days. 

I recently did some collage works for my Mom and Dad to help celebrate milestone birthdays.  My Mom attended high school in the Seattle area in a wonderful old building called Stadium High School.  It is an historic site now and has been the focus of several movies.  I created a collage to give her a beautiful reminder of that time.  Another friend recently traveled to Africa on the trip of a lifetime.  I made her a special book to hold her most treasured photos.  She went on Safari and photographed the most amazing sites.  Not only did these projects mean a lot to my Mom and Dad and my dear Friend, but they also gave me so much pleasure to create.