Don't have time for much today...

...but I did want to touch bases here in hopes that I will make more time to be posting.

Just a few things I've been thinking about lately...

Things I Would Like To do: 

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-finish body/muscle abstract series

-Four seasons/Ikebana abstract series

- Design motifs over the centuries and cultures...over-layed and all abstract-like

Other things I have been taking note of: 

funky scarves and covers...I really would love to have one of these, goofy as they are.

Check them out here.

Beautiful, GORGEOUS, haunting art here, don'tcha' think?

And then there are things that appeal to my kiddie immature and goofy side, such as this:

These are kind of funky, but I think I would like 'em...I've just got myself all amped for training for a half marathon and getting into running, *which I hate to do, but I need to be healthier and active*. Anyway, I think I would love one of these to accompany me on a run.

And then there are things that I find encouraging/inspiring, as I have always believed in wasting as little as possible in my art and sewing...


And in a time when I feel like I am constantly waiting for life to happen, which I absolutely loathe, I have to remind myself that life is still happening around me, whether I keep doing what I'm doing, or change it up myself. I need to be positive, and take the initiative!
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Barack Obama


That's it for now, but I"m sure if I find time later today or tonight there will be more...I have another list of things to post about on my laptop at home. Stay tuned....

The Weekend Project

So I decided that I needed to warm myself up to my old habit of sewing. I really haven't sewn much of anything in the past 4 years. So it was an experience to start again.
The first hour was humorous as I tried to figure out why the machine wasn't running correctly....duh! It needed to be cleaned and oiled! It had been TOO long. So I did that for the first hour.
The project I decided on was pillow covers. When we bought our house, we had an empty guest room. My dad gave us his nice futon he didn't need anymore and that was perfect for the room at the time. One catch - the pillows he gave us with it....well, they weren't really my style. To put it really plainly...they were awful.
So, once we got a bed in the guest room, and moved the futon into Matt's office for the time being, he didn't even want the pillows in his office. When you see them below, you'll understand.
I ended up putting them in my office,and since they're good 20" pillows, I've been using them as floor cushions. Yes, there is a perfectly good chair at my art table that I slide around the room in at times, but lately I've taken to spreading everything out on the floor and chillin' there.
But again - these pillows weren't my thing....and their red & black scheme didn't quite work with my very purple girly room. I found a simple pattern online, had some fabric I had bought on a whim one day that was perfect, picked up some trim, and went to work.
Here you can see the before (on the bottom) and the after on top.

Not bad for just getting back in the saddle. And it was super easy.

and here they are finished and in my office, awaiting me to come and sit and doodle in visually appealing comfort.

Do YOU have a favorite easy sewing project?
Please share! Now that I've started sewing again, I want to keep going. 'Cause if you don't use it, you lose it! Right?