It’s All In A Cobb Salad: Daily Art Practice

It’s All In A Cobb Salad: Daily Art Practice

    Couch Talk   I didn’t realize how sporadic my postings have been until I looked back and saw that I have only posted twice this month. Time has picked up and so has our schedule. Two weeks ago, I had a birthday but…

Who Has Extra Space? : Daily Art Practice

Who Has Extra Space? : Daily Art Practice

    Couch Talk This was the view from our window this morning. The light was hitting the trees in just the right way, although it is difficult to tell from this photo. I wasn’t sure I was going to get a post-up this week,…

Lego’s Around The Christmas Tree :Daily Art Practice

Lego’s Around The Christmas Tree :Daily Art Practice

    Couch Talk   Last week, I shared that we purchased a new Lego building for our “Lego town,” around the tree. Well, it is a little large for around the tree so right now it is next to the tree. After I took…

Christmas Cardinals Eat Berries: Daily Art Practice

Christmas Cardinals Eat Berries: Daily Art Practice

    Couch Talk   The other day I was in my room folding laundry when I looked up and saw this beautiful, bright cardinal perched on the branch, surrounded by red berries. Despite there being no snow on the ground, this scene sings of…

School Days In the Garden: Daily Art Practice

School Days In the Garden: Daily Art Practice

  Couch Talk   My children start back to school this week and it will be a time of re-arranging and learning a new routine. The school days goes quickly and I learned last year that it is easy to squander what little time there…

Rollling in Hamburger: StencilGirl Column

Rollling in Hamburger: StencilGirl Column

  Couch Talk Free time for painting has been scarce the past few weeks. Last week my children were home two days, one a holiday and the other a snow day. We had an ice storm which gave us the perfect excuse to be together…

Do Cicadas Eat Peonies?  : Daily Watercolor Practice

Do Cicadas Eat Peonies? : Daily Watercolor Practice

    Couch Talk   It’s finally here!! I have been dreaming of this week ALL year! Wednesday (2 days) my children are officially finished school for the year. Mentally, I was at this week back in March and now that I look back, I…

Swiss Cheese In My Cookies :Daily Watercolor Practice

Swiss Cheese In My Cookies :Daily Watercolor Practice

    Couch Talk   Today is a very long post so I hope you have a hot warm cuppa something. First off, I wanted to share my new Swiss Cheese Plant. It is itty bitty but I spied it at the nursery when I…

It’s Demo With a Side of Peaches: Mixed Media Collage

It’s Demo With a Side of Peaches: Mixed Media Collage

  Couch Talk   I mentioned a few weeks ago that we were expanding our garden. Well, thanks to the beautiful weather that we have had lately, we started the demolition this past weekend.  We tore everything out, transplanted the plants into pots, and started…

My Square Foot Zoo: Mixed Media Travel Journal

My Square Foot Zoo: Mixed Media Travel Journal

Couch Talk   This week was full of party planning and baking. I I didn’t get enough time to upload my photos from my daughters party so I will share those next week. All my energy went into that event this week so I didn’t…