Lion

colored with gel ink pens

Spy V Spy

This is for my secret Santa. I am also working on a sketch.

Bookmark Dolls

DIY craft for young readers.

Cherry tree

Acrylic on canvas. My very first painting on canvas as a matter of fact. This is a three part picture of a sakura tree I painted for my bathroom.

Paper flower

I found a great tutorial on-line how to make paper flower ornaments. I've seen them made with oragami paper, pages of books, and newspaper. I used my Food Network magazines (yum!). It yielded some lovely colors.

Scratch Off Tickets

Make your own scratch off tickets.
1 paper you will print on
1 decorative paper for the backing
1 decoration (ribbon, button, brads, etc)
Clear Contact Paper (or easy rip tape)
acrylic paint
bargain dish soap

Make the paint. 2 parts paint (silver) to one part dish soap (Ajax lime with bleach). Print the scratch off ticket. Cover the prize selection area with contact paper or tape. Apply the paint solution so the ticket choices are not visible. This might take two coats of paint so it doesn't look streaky. When the ticket is dry, embellish it with decorative paper or ribbons.

Christmas Gift Tags

Paper Bird

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free

Black-bird fly
Black-bird fly, into the light of a dark black night
Black-bird fly
Black-bird fly, into the light of a dark black night

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings
and learn to fly
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Nify Box

Check out this link to see how these boxes are made. As you can see, you could use them to gift or organize a variety of objects.