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Happy Birthday

Happy 18th birthday to my wonderful son Aaron. 

Scholar, baseball player, french horn player, writer, math whiz, kitty lover, kind and funny, friend to many and all around good guy. 

I'm proud to be your mom. 

Love you

Blue Bird on a Green Leaf

watercolor

Printed Poinsettias

I used these tools and tempera paint to make these printed poinsettias. Cut sponges into leaf shapes and use a clip clothes pin as a handle. The small sponge can be used to make leaves or small flowers. The background color was applied with the last sponge or a brush and white paint finished the flowers. 

A Fall Coloring Page

Are you stressed out? Did you like to color when you were a kid? Try coloring as an adult and you might find that it's relaxing and a stress buster. Click HERE to download a fall coloring page!

A Fall Walk

Fused Glass

I attended a glass fusing workshop at the Illinois Art Education Association Conference and created a water themed sun catcher.

I used a clear piece of glass for the base then cut and layered colored glass on top that I attached with small amounts of Elmer's glue.

Fine particles of glass filled in some of the areas to add texture and glass pebbles added dimension. The pieces were fired in a kiln and the final result...

...beautiful!