Siren's song...

See what happens when you have a blizzard and sit in the kitchen listening to reggae? You are magically transported to the warm waters of the Caribbean where mermaids frolic in crystal blue water and sing songs to lure poor seamen to their doom. Our girl is more interested in gazing at her own reflection than singing for the passing ships. As always she is hand painted on Zweigert 14 count mono canvas. If you listen closely you might hear her hum of satisfaction...

Wild things...

Recently I was asked to create an animal print for a client. Here is the lepoard print I came up with. I am pleased with how it came out, enough so that I'm thinking about doing other prints. What prints does anyone suggest? I was thinking zebra and giraffe. Thoughts?

Merry Christmas to all!

I just want to take this opportunity to wish Merry Christmas to one and all!

You better watch out...

You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout I'm telling you why. Well, you know how it goes. He's watching and after the day I had I'm not sure if I'll land on the naughty or nice list this Christmas. (though right now I'm leaning toward naughty) So I figured I'd cover my bases. I have both naughty and nice in 4" rounds on Zweigert 18 count mono canvas. Now if I only had some time to work the pieces...

Turkey

OK I just HAVE to put this guy up here because I really love the way he came out. This is a Raymond Crawford canvas (I think he calls him Larry the Turkey) that I worked over the summer.

I loved including so many different stitches and fibers. But truly the finishing put me over the top.

As you can see he has ribbons on top as well as silk leaves and some feathers.

There are real feathers incorporated into his tail along with braid and beads. I have the feeling he is going to be the talk of dinner tomorrow and will command more attention than the bird we're going to eat.

Stitches....Stitches

OK I was searching around the web for ideas for a background. I have a Christmas ornament of a flamingo and wanted to do something Christmassy but not too Christmassy since it will be up against a hot pink flamingo.

I decided on a Christmas tree darning pattern in a dark forest green and went on line to see if there was anything already done. What I found was an amazing website called Stitchopedia. It's a free site with tons of stitches diagramed. Here is a link to the site. http://www.stitchopedia.com/index.html Check it out...you'll like it as much as I did I'm sure.

Enjoy!

Cindy

Seahorses Rule!

Did you know Seahorses are truly unique, and not just because of their unusual equine shape. Unlike most other fish, they are monogamous and mate for life. Rarer still, they are among the only animal species on Earth in which the male bears the unborn young. You have to love that! our elegant seahorse, SeaBiscust (I couldn't resist) shows his true colors on this 14 thread mono canvas.