There's more?

Well, "Scott's Cold" ultimately knocked ALL of us on our backsides and changed plans for all of us; most notably our 20th anniversary in St.Augustine and a weekend visit with Aunt Sue :o(  all of which will be rescheduled, but still disappointing at the time.
However, in the last 24hrs. I must be feeling a little better 'cuz I mustarded up some energy for some more creative play. Well, truth be told, the standing to paint was still making me feel dizzy, so I got the idea to photograph the artwork and then play with it in PicMonkey.
(PicMonkey - I love! I've mentioned it before and you may be familiar but if not, it's an easy-peasy to use FREE online photo editing site....and they have just added new borders that i LOVE! click HERE to take you there)

So here's what I've done for now:

 

 

 

And so, now the question I keep asking myself is, "what to do with it?" Notecards are always safe for me, so I will probably send these off for prints and you might see them in a gift bag near you....{wink}!

So then I answer, "you don't have to do anything with it, it's just for fun".

Yes, I know.

But I still long to be original. 

The above ideas are right from the blog pages of my favorite gals, Christy Tomlinson (house), Karrie Evenson (cat) and Donna Downey (red flower).

I keep thinking that maybe these will be my learning years, like what I have my own students do and then after lots and lots of practice maybe I will be........successful at my own originality.

In the meantime, i am open to suggestions! :O)

Thought I'd share this original before editing.....just in case you thought it was all me....

after....

cool, ugh?

 

stay tuned!

Melle

What's this? Another post?

I know, I know.

It's not that I didn't want to post, I just didn't know where to start.....

Well, besides working on scanning and documenting family photos, the other thing that was consuming all of my free time away from blogging was me playing with paper and paint in the "studio"...(which is the garage space that has been temperarily reclaimed by Scott with his renewed interest in his model trains....this of which I am not disappointed at all; it keeps him home more; something I understand a little and that we can conversate about; and he's gotten Andrea involved in painting background scenary on the wall.....which has also temperarily consumed my creative space.....of which I'm not disappointed at all.....did I say that....and you shouldn't be either....see, it allows this time for catching up via these blog posts....while they are only temperarily in my space.............)

Sorry.

I digrese.

Okay, where was I?

Aw yes, through Pinterest I'm sure, I came across an artist who was painting in a style in which I like

and then I discovered she has posted many how to videos on YouTube. So I watched. and watched. and watched again when I ran out, I signed up for her online acrylic class. Her name is Karrie Evenson and if you click this link, it will take you to the page on her website where she has her artwork for sale (point: it's a super place to see her work).

So, I played:

Karrie does adorable cats and dogs. I have a long way to go, but since this was my first...I'll keep it and won't paint over it.....for now :o)

first, this.....

then this....

got to here.....

then finished here....

I don't think this one is done yet....but I'm not sure what else to add....

Well, the weather is beautiful today, I think I can even open the garage doors for a little while, Scott and Andrea are too sick with chest colds to be in my creative space and after this post I'm feeling a little inspired to go paint!

(Incidentally, I'm also found with some extra free time I wasn't planning on. Scott and I were planning to leave on a two day trip to a very fancy bed and breakfast in St. Augustine to celebrate our 20th, but as I mentioned, he is sick as a dog! I'm lucky too, because he is not one of the needy sick types...in fact, it's better I stay out of his way....I feel terrible that he is so sick....in fact, I'm sure I'll get it before it's all said and done....but for now...perhaps I'll go paint!)

I'll keep you posted.

Melle :o)

Well....it's about time!

I'm sure I've said it before....well, I've certainly thunk it before....when I fall this far behind on my blog posts, I ultimately put it off because I just don't know where to start in order to "catch up"....

So, yesterday was Daddy's Day and that seems as good a place as any :o)

I got to post this photo to Facebook yesterday:

and left this comment: "It may not have been God's plan to give me the daddy I always dreamed of, but I am very grateful I married the man I always dreamed my children would have for a father. Happy Father's Day - I love you so much!"   hmm,hmm pretty much says it all :o)
This photo was taken this past Saturday night at a friends 50th Wedding Anniversary and affirmation of vows. It was very nice and I'm glad we got to be there. Scott was asked to play his bagpipes, which was pretty cool.

The girls helped out with the dollar dance.

Other photos I found that I thought I'd post in honor of Father's Day are these:

Taken in The Villages at the International Music Festival in January of 2012

Taken in The Villages at Church on the Square Christmas of 2010

Taken while visiting daddy one day at work in Palatka (photo says 2006 - hope that's right!) WOW!

If you can detect a slight change in my tone while documenting my photos....you do know me well!

Part of my recent absence is because of my work with our family photos.

It's a two part project;

1. I have millions of photos saved on this computer, but they are barely organized.....I've spent a few hours on that this morning.....

2. I have this desperate yearning to scan old family photos and document their stories...a task I've attempeted before through scrapbooking, but alas it was taking so long, I'd never get it finished. So now, I've just jumped to the Publisher program in my computer and seem to be getting some of the task done. 

Here are some favorites from the past few days:

This is a photo of my Great-Grandfather. Our family name on my mother's side is "Ballif"; ain't it cool that he owned his own store? This was in Whithey, Idaho. Yes, I come from a strong line of Mormon background. No multiple wives, that we know of though. {wink} We even have street signs with the Ballif name on them in Salt Lake City, Utah!

And this is Scott when he was only a few weeks old. This is four generations of Broaderick men - so cool!

(Pictured r to l: Grandma Dorothy, Scott's Dad Charlie, his Great-grandfather Charles Calvin and his Grandfather Charles Grant)

And this photo, I forgot all about it and I just love it!

It was taken on my wedding day with my closest friends who stood with me, (Pamela Griggs Cunningham and SueAnne Feener Messieo). We were all putting on our mascara and Sue's son, my "nephew" Donnie was taking a peak - so sweet!

Speaking of our wedding day....I can't believe in two days, we celebrate of 20th anniversary - can't believe it! So grateful to be married to this man!

Okay, back to sorting photos, but stay tuned....'cuz if you've hung in with me this long....I promise, I'll post more :o)

Melle