Blanche's Daughter

ATC Swap

2012-01-11T07:27:00.000-08:00

This is the ATC that I created for the Blissful ATC Swap, the theme is Jane Austen. This is for my partner Karla, and I hope that she likes it. I had a great time making it.

I've fallen off the face of the earth!!!!

2011-02-05T14:55:00.000-08:00

Well here I am - been a long, long time since I posted on my blog. Oh well ---This is a fabric collage that I created for a swap that I am in. I had such great fun doing this, and I have made a few others to boot. I will post my Valentine collage next week.

But I have been creating a lot lately. My muse is in high gear, as it always seems to be in the winter months. But I think that is because I have much more time to create and have fun trying out new techniques and materials.

Hubby and I have been hitting the antique shops lately, but with not much success. Seems that everything is priced way too high. I really think that all the television programs that they have on like American Pickers, Pawn Stars, Cash and Cari etc, etc. have driven the prices us. People think that everything is worth a million dollars. When in actuality not so. Oh well. Off to make dinner. See ya!!!!!

Spring is here!!

2010-04-08T11:38:00.000-07:00

Of course it has been a while since my last post, but have been busy as usual. This is a picture of my one of my last art endeavors. It is a test tube filled with goodies and a frozen charlotte torso. I had a great time creating it. Next week Lou and I will be going to Artiscape and will be meeting up with Dawn. Also some of the Diva's will be there. Looking forward to our adventure, and will post pictures of my new creations. Have a wonderful Spring.

2010-01-13T07:24:00.000-08:00

2010-01-13T07:15:00.000-08:00

Well it's been quite a while since my last post. Been busy with all the holidays etc., but fortunately I am back to normal. (If there is a true normal for me) Finally have had some free time to create, and I am. I promised myself that I would not get into too many swaps, but I have not kept my promise. I have been making valentine art, and here are a few pictures of some of the items.
Just can't help myself when it comes to swaps, love to do them, but have cut back dramatically on them. I even made a few things for myself. Received the tools that I need to create in PMC for Christmas, all I need to get is the PMC, which I will order this week. I truly enjoy creating jewelry in that medium. It's just amazing how this little lump of gray clay becomes fine silver.
Hope that you all keep warm in this cold winter.

2009-10-14T12:30:00.000-07:00

2009-10-14T12:23:00.001-07:00

Wow - been a while since my last post. Been awful busy with family visiting, and work in the gardens. But all in all it has been a wonderful summer. Not enough time to create, but have been trying to do that catch-up thing, and succeeding quite nicely.

I have just returned from our vacation to DisneyWorld, and was it HOT!!!!! in the 90's with high humidity, which made it feel like 115 degrees. Yikes!! But I did manage to survive, and had a truly great time. Our really good friend Jack went with us, and I was so glad to have the time with him, as we don't see enough of him. My hubby was glad also, Jack is his best friend, and has been since college.

I have put pictures of a few ATC's I made for a swap, hope that you like them.

2009-07-17T10:13:00.000-07:00

2009-07-17T10:06:00.000-07:00

Hi - been a long time since I have updated my blog, but have been very busy. My garden had required lots and lots of time, as well as redecorating my dining room.
I have taken the wallpaper down, which took me over 15 hours of time, taped off the wainscoting, and re-painted it. My wonderful hubby painted the top of the walls for me.
I made a new valance, and covered 11 lamp shades in material to match the room.
We purchased a cheap round ottoman, which I have recovered also. If I must say so myself that ottoman turned out wonderful.
Tom and our friend Jack have added crown molding to the kitchen cabinets, and I now consider the kitchen finished.

My friend Betsy and I went on the tour of gardens for Summit County, and we saw Dawn there with one of her friends. I'll tell you something, there is a commitment to gardening that these garden owners have, which I seem to be lacking. I keep mine weed free etc., but still somehow they lack the beauty of these people. But I love my garden non the less.

I have put a new pic on the blog of a banner that I made for one of my swap groups. I think that it turned out well.

Until another time - Darlene

2009-04-15T16:16:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a while since my last update. I have been very busy, on vacation to North Carolina, did some flea marketing, and antiquing. Got quite a good bunch of buys. Glad to be back home.
After we were home for a few days, our oldest cat June (19 years old), has decided that she didn't want to eat very much, if at all. I remembered that the vet for our neighbor had her give a puppy with a bad stomach, a small amount of a pepcid. Well, I looked it up on the internet, and it said I could for a cat, and it is working a little bit. She's able to keep down what little she is eating now, which is good, and she is acting much better. I'm glad, I know she is old, but just not quite ready for her to leave me yet.

You will see that I have added a new project to my blog. I made this just before vacation, and unfortunately you cannot see the title of it, it is just BLISS. I made this in one day, and I think that it came out just fine. Hope that you all like it as much as I do.

Bye for now!!

2009-04-15T16:14:00.000-07:00

2009-01-28T10:36:00.000-08:00

2009-01-28T10:30:00.000-08:00

Hello all - here are a few new pics for the blog. They are Valentines jewelry creations, that I have completed recently. The pendant is for a swap which I belong to in Yahoo.
The four heart pins are from pre-felted hearts I picked up at a local craft shop, and I have embellished to my hearts content.
It's snowing here today, thank goodness that we did not get the ice that a lot of places have. Ice is far worse than the snow. This day reminds me of Buffalo. I thought that I left that behind me when we moved here to Ohio. I know that it snows here, but come on now!!!
Looking forward to tomorrow, lunch with my good friends.

See ya--

2009-01-28T10:28:00.000-08:00

2009-01-15T11:30:00.000-08:00

Well here it is the New Year!!!, and it is freezing outside. At least it's not snowing at the moment, we actually had sunshine for a little while today.
I put this new pic of a charm which I had laying around in my work room. I like this charm quite a bit, and have decided to dust it off.
Hubby and I have decided to loose a little weight, and have been looking into purchasing a WII, with the Fitness program. We have tried it out for a few days, courtesy of his partner at work. I have to say that you really get a good workout with this silly thing. But, it is fun, which makes a big difference.

I thought that my sister-in-law would have really liked the pics that I made for her, but I think not. All she said was she wanted the original pics, which isn't happening. She has family pictures above her stove. There is no way that she is getting these beautiful pictures, and having them damaged that way!!! Someday, when I feel generous, I may give them to her daughter Danielle. But only when I am good and ready to do so.

Oh well - what is the saying, you cannot pick your family------

2009-01-15T11:28:00.000-08:00

2008-11-17T14:23:00.000-08:00

Christmas Present

2008-11-17T14:13:00.000-08:00

Hi all - I'm here amongst the living. Things have been really busy lately, getting all my swaps done so that I can start on making my Christmas cards. In the meantime, I made the two pictures for a present for my lovely sister-in-law. The little boys are my husbands (and hers) Father (Earl) and Uncle Fran. I have always loved the pictures, so does she, and I decided to make something for her with the images. They are two ATC's that are put into a picture frame, that is clear. I created the background using scrap booking paper, and I distressed it along with the colored paper under the ATC's. The background of the ATC is from an old spelling book that I have. Hopefully she will like them.
Hubby has given me the pictures from our vacation, I just have to figure out how to upload from the CD. I will ------
My lovely friend Lou has asked me to fill in on a swap that someone had to drop out of at the last minute, and I said I would. The ladies in the group have given me the most warm welcome that I ever had from any Yahoo group ever. I whole heartily thank them for their kindness. Most groups now seem to be going by the wayside.
Have to get buy and put more of my old Christmas Decorations on E-bay.
Until next time. - Darlene

2008-11-17T14:10:00.000-08:00

2008-10-22T08:56:00.001-07:00

Well I have put a few photos on the blog today of the wonderful class at Stamplistic, which was taught by TIM HOLTZ - He is a wonderful teacher and we all had such a good time. Five of us from Art Gang Ohio attended, and what a good time we all had.
The names of the ladies that attended are from left to right, Lou, Alice, Betsy, Darlene and Sue.

When hubby finishes the organization of our vacation photos, I will post a few of them. First time for me out of my comfort zone ( USA) and found much to my surprise, that I had a fantastic time in Europe.

Until then ----

2008-10-22T08:55:00.000-07:00

2008-10-22T08:53:00.000-07:00

2008-10-22T08:52:00.000-07:00

2008-09-29T07:42:00.000-07:00

2008-09-29T07:37:00.000-07:00

Hi All - well the countdown is under way, 3 days from today - I will be flying to Barcelona to get on a cruise ship. This is a really big undertaking for me, as I always told hubby I did not want to go overseas. But I had some time (30 Years) to think about this, and said to myself "Stop being so selfish". So for our 30th Wedding Anniversary, we are going to Spain, France and Italy. I really am looking forward to this.

Also made this Art Mail Post Card, and sent it to my friend Dawn. Hope she likes it. Probably will be delivered to her in today's mail.

Darlene

2008-09-22T11:36:00.000-07:00

Well yesterday - my wonderful hubby surprised me with a very special birthday gift, and that was a ride in the Goodyear Blimp. Many, many moons ago, hubby received an award from Toyota for excellence in quality from a vendor (Dunlop) and part of the reward was a ride in the blimp, which he did not know of ahead of time.
When I saw the pictures and heard his description of the experience, I made it one of my life goals to go up in the blimp. He was able to get this dream fulfilled for me. It was a marvelous thing. No hesitation on my part to do this, mainly because I am not an easy flier.
When I saw that huge air ship of close, it took my breath away, and I was able to ride up front with the pilot.
One more thing taken care of from the bucket list, and this was out of my comfort zone on so many levels. This is why I try to do these things, many wonderful experience can be had from this.

2008-09-22T07:20:00.000-07:00

2008-09-22T07:18:00.000-07:00

2008-09-08T18:05:00.000-07:00

Hi - Well today I went clothes shopping with my good friend Lou, and we found some good bargains. Of course we did not "need" the items that we purchased, but then again, what does need have to do with it.

Later in the day I was thinking, which can be a very dangerous thing, just ask my husband. I thought about the need that our souls have, which is to be constantly reinvented. If one becomes stagnant, you cannot reach new heights. I fully believe that this applies to our art work. We need to sometimes go outside of our comfort zone and try new things. Very many times we surprise ourselves with what we create when we do this.

What we gain by doing this can be absolutely wonderful, and the piece of art can be fabulous.
So my goal for the week is to make something outside of my comfort zone and see what I come up with. Also, I need to finish my art for the many swaps that I am in. Time is closing in on me, as I will be going on a trip with my husband for our 30th Anniversary in a few weeks.

Darlene

2008-09-08T15:52:00.000-07:00

2008-09-04T14:10:00.000-07:00

The charms are one that I made for Ties That Bind - which is a group of artists that have come together to raise money for ovarian cancer. Please check out the site, it is wonderful. Also there are many links to the artists' blogs.

http://www.projecttiesthatbind.blogspot.com/

2008-09-04T14:09:00.000-07:00

2008-08-23T12:47:00.000-07:00

2008-08-23T12:46:00.001-07:00

Book I made

2008-08-23T12:42:00.000-07:00

This is a book that I made from the swap I participated in with Artchix on line group. There are 76 pages in total, and was titled "unbound chunky book". The theme was ' BY THE SEA ".

Hello World!!

2008-08-23T12:26:00.000-07:00

Well this is a first for me. I am welcoming myself into the blogging world. Never thought that I would have done this in a million years, but never say never, because here I am.

I am a self taught