Too Many .coms

I worked this weekend on a couple of needle felted pieces, cleaned my studio, and painted a little. I jumped from one project to another but I had fun so who cares?

This is one of the needle felted pieces that I worked on and I've temporarily named it "Too Many .coms". I started with three layers of brown felting fabric and added vertical strips (approx. 1" wide) of blue felting fabric. This was all needle felted together and then washed and dried in a hot dryer. Then I cut up a pieces of polyester fabric and randomly needled felted with my Embellisher. I'll have this piece mounted and framed once I decide it's finished.

Final Magnolia Photo

I haven't decided on a name for this painting but I have decided it's finished. I made some changes to it since I published the previous photo. I toned down the background and added some shadows. I have four other paintings in process right now and will start on a new one tomorrow night. I know, I'm crazy but I can't work on one painting at a time. I'm that way with my fiber pieces too.

FAO

I'm an active member of Fiber Artists of Oklahoma (FAO) which is a small group of wonderful local artists. I'm the Newsletter Editor and I'm on the Fiberworks committee. Fiberworks is a yearly juried art show and this year is our 30th anniversary. We have a new website that we are very proud of if you want to check it out at http://www.fiberartistsok.org/

Outside Lights!

I'm so thrilled! These two guys are installing lights on the outside of our building. It will be so nice to have outside lighting for the parking area and the front door of our business/home. There were two light fixtures on the outside of the main warehouse when we bought the property almost 4 years ago but they have never worked properly. We bought new light fixtures but the way the lights are situated on the side of the building my husband wasn't able to install them by himself. We don't have one of these scissor lifts so he would have to hang over the ledge of the roof or work from a dinky ladder 26' off the ground and that's too dangerous. These two guys work for the business next door and were able to use their lift.

Hmmm, I wonder why my husband, the extravagant tool man, doesn't have one of these lifts? It would be perfect for painting the outside of the building (which needs to be done).