2 more....

Here are the other 2 birdies..... now all 3 are in my shop.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

My art is for the birds......

Here is another little bird. I am working on 2 more and should have them all in my etsy shop by tomorrow afternoon. I think my bird obsession is my need for the spring weather to be here and hopefully my energy to pick up. I feel like my feet have been dragging all winter!



Anyway, I am going to start working on a few really big pieces ...... I have had the canvas's for a while..... I just need to become more comfortable with them. I think if you live around something enough, the novelty or fear or whatever the issue is , just goes away.




Face your fears, be comfortable with the uncomfortable and believe in the idea of possibility.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

I am flying on the tail feathers of the wind.....

I have sooo much on my plate right now ....... I have to focus and move, move , move. Every minute must be accounted for . I like deadlines.... but I am really , really , really cutting it close.

I just finished these birdies and now they can be packed up and headed down to Tallahassee. I can check something off of my list ........

Heres to the last winds of March to blow me through my long list ( I am adding a touch of caffeine for extra momentum) !

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

New collage...

I just added this to my etsy shop. I am not sure where it will end up. I tend to post things and if they do not sell , I ship them off to some shops . I actually thought about keeping this for myself. I really love the colors.

I love quilts and admire all that create them...... in my dreams I would be a quilter. In reality, well there are many things I seem to fall short on and patience and keeping a clean work station are on the list. I have an idea however...... I am going to do a paper quilt . I am going to do a traditional design , however I am going to use my vintage papers for a color choice. We will see how this goes. I start off with grand plans and a huge rush of excitement..... and if the project does not grab me right away ...... well ..... it might be in my dreams also.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

My new favorite thing....

I love this soup. I am quite the connoisseur of soup and this has just the right amount of creaminess with just a hint of ginger . I love to add a dash of Old Bay ( my #1 favorite thing ).

Hot soup, new canvas, and tons of ideas...... this is looking to be a great day!

Talk to you soon!

Courtney

Fixed !

Well.... my computer has been very temperamental these days. I feared everyday that it was going to crash. Every place I went on line caused warning messages that it had become dangerously low in memory. We were clearing the memory every few minutes just to keep it operating. So what were we to do.......... we could not afford at this moment to get the Mac that we have dreamed about. So a cheese pizza, external hard drive and 2 tech. friends of my husbands later........ my computer works like a charm. I did not realize how slow it had gotten until now. Fingers crossed and perhaps it will give us a few more good years...... right?

*** added the 2 pieces below in my etsy shop*****

Talk to you soon!

Courtney

Here are more heads as promised. These are a bit smaller. The image size is roughly 5x7 . I will have these in the shop tomorrow .

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

Open your mind.....

I just added this to my etsy shop. This is an original collage on watercolor paper. I think I am going to do a few more "Portraits" in the near future.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

What do you think??

This is not the greatest picture. I usually take pics outside, but it is dark right now so I did the best I could. This is a shadow box with 3 trees at different depth levels. I have another I am working on as well. I have a ton of art materials just sitting around and I made a pact with myself to use what I have before buying any more supplies. We will see how long this lasts.

*** I just got my advanced copy of Haute Handbags . I have my vintage paper purses with an article in this issue. I think it comes out in April .

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

Top of the morning to you!!

Oh the leprechauns came to our house today in their usual fashion. They totally messed up my kitchen and they had the nerve to turn the muffins I made last night ...... green!!!!

My kids set up their traps and put their best treasure under them to lure the little guys ..... we put flour on the table to see if we could see their little footsteps. They were so excited .... who would have thought. Well when I woke them this morning, they hopped right out of bed and scurried downstairs. The were amazed by the mess in the kitchen and the green muffins put them over the edge. They slowly lifted their traps ..... and found no leprechaun , just a bag of skittles ( candy of choice ) and a 1 dollar bill. They were satisfied and I pointed out the little chew holes in the back of the box .... that must have been the point of escape . I think the footsteps in the flour really sealed the deal.

Enjoy your day!

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

New work.......

I just added this collage to my etsy shop. I am working on a few 3D assemblage pieces.... I will keep you updated on the progress. So far this is my first day in a long long time without a child at home with me! My youngest got the o.k. to return to school , so now I have no excuse for not folding the laundry or getting these chores done!

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

I am so ready for Spring. I am bringing out alot of my robins egg blue and fresh grass green. I finished this piece just yesterday and I am taking it to the Muse later today.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

Oh but it started out so nicely........

( This is a new piece I just finished!!! It will be off to The Muse in Frederick)

I had such grand plans for the day...... I was having a friend over for coffee and would be a nice opportunity for intellectual conversation . Everything went as planned until the phone call.

I saw that it was from the school and that could not be good. " Mrs. Prahl, this is the school nurse , I have Reese here and he does not look good." The words echoing in my ear. My Reese had just gotten over pneumonia and seemed to be on the mend. Off I went to pick him up and sure enough ...... he did not look good. We went straight away to the doctors...... and 2hours , 1 xray and a breathing treatment later..... he in fact has pneumonia again!!!! Oh add a dash of an ear infection and well we have a little sick fest going on.

We had just gotten to the pharmacy and he said that his tummy did not feel well. Quick... I had to move fast. I dumped the contents of his lunch and handed him his Froggy faced gogglie eyed lunch bag. He aimed well and it all was contained in the bag. I wiped my brow because a split second more and I would have spent the entire afternoon and most of tomorrow , cleaning my car! The boys are so upset by the demise of the gogglie eyed Froggy faced bag. There is no possible way that I could clean it and attempt to serve food in it again! As a mother we have to make tough choices ......... the Froggy bag had to be sacrificed.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

Many things.....

I should start this post with a picture that I am determined to put into collage. I took this last fall and it is near the house I grew up in. I would love to live here ...... something about a farm just warms my heart.

I wanted to show you how I have been packaging my little shipments. I love ribbon and found myself having a bunch of scraps not quite long enough to wrap the entire thing ..... so I have been mix and matching. I think it is a bit fun!

Here is my Harrison and his little science fair project about Air. I am a stickler about having the boys write it out and not use the computer ( or have me use the computer!). It turned out pretty well. ( He knows that hair has a one week expiry and then off to get it trimmed!)

Ohhh, my Reesie . He did a wonderful job on his first science fair. He was still getting over Pneumonia when this was taken. ( His hair is looking abit in need of a cut as well!)

Have a great weekend, Talk to you soon!

Courtney

Remember.....

Life used to be so easy...... carefree. We all had dreams, visions of the future. Are you where you wanted to be? Are you who you wanted to be? Remember just wanting to catch the most fireflies or jump higher than the backyard hill...... or have your kite touch the clouds.

Remember who you were and who you wanted to be ..... embrace your dream .

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

Here is another collage on paper that has a bit of sewing going on. I like working on paper. It takes the stress off of doing a major piece and I can have fun and not worry about it . I think I will post this on my etsy site tomorrow.

I am going to cut and assemble some wood block pieces to do some mini collages for my site tomorrow , so I will have some new things to add to my site soon. I feel like I have been neglecting my etsy site ..... I think I have just committed myself to a busy day !

Talk to you soon,

Courtney

This is a piece I just finished. Although it is snowing and cold here, I think my brain is vacationing in a warm sunny place. Wishful thinking I suppose. This will be heading down to the Humidity gallery in Tallahassee.


I have now put a ban on all illnesses from entering my house. My youngest has pneumonia( or what he calls amonia ) so now the season of illness can be complete. We have covered all bases and I am done!

He had such a hard time the other night and I looked at him wishing that I could make it better.
I wished that I had a magic wand that I could wave over him and puff..... he would be well. It made me think ..... if I could be a super hero and have one power , I think I would chose the power to heal. How incredible that would be. All the pain , illness , suffering, emotional distress , bitterness , anger....... gone. Since I am not a super hero and I do not have a magic wand, I will rely on the super power of a kiss and a hug and hope for the best.

Talk to you soon,

Courtney