how my big head journal pages happen

I find some magazine photos that I like and cut them out. Most importantly, I cut the ears off my heads....don't ask me why, I just do.
Then I walk around my studio and go through my files in search of the perfect ephemera.

Then I glue all the pieces down and add stamps and rub-ons.

Ta-Da....another page is done.

Soon it will be filled with my thoughts and feelings,

and then I'll tuck it away for safe keeping.

{with all the snow and cold we've had, I've been busy making lots of these...stay tuned for more!}

trying to sing

I'm so in love with youtube.

The video clips make me laugh.

Sometimes they make me think.

Often the video clips are blindingly beautiful.

Today this one was everything and it made me want to sing along~

but I didn't know the words.

So I pretended.

la, la, la, la, la, la , la

And now I share it with you.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-YUxbDEPFiM

FRIDAY FUN

This is the best pick-me-up EVER !

Some of you have already seen this, but just in case you haven't....well, YOU MUST !

It will make you smile.

It will make you laugh.

It will make you wish you had an accent.....or at least make you wish you LIVED with someone who has an accent.

And if you're anything like my family, you will walk around the house saying,

"Charlay, that huurt!"

{make sure your volume it up high!}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

do you see what I see ?

Sometimes the only thing to do is to start looking at everything again until you forget what you're supposed to see and actually see what's there.

{photo courtesy of flickr}

SUPER TUESDAY, but different

Today is Super Tuesday, but we're setting politics aside.

What we're talking about is this beautiful baby.

20 years ago today I was in the hospital delivering her.

24 hours of labor.

A forceps delivery.

A girl.

7 lbs 8oz.

10 fingers.

10 toes

A head full of dark hair.

She stole our hearts with her first breath...

And she has made us proud every day since then.

Happy Birthday beautiful girl !!!

Won't you be my VALENTINE ?

This is my first BLOG GIVE AWAY and I decided VALENTINE'S DAY would be the perfect time to let you all know how much I appreciate you taking the time to visit and comment on my blog !
I made these last night and even though they still need a little red ribbon (which I thought I had) tied to the tops to be "finished," I decided in order to get this GIVE AWAY going, I had to get these photos up now !
{and yes, those are little red pencils {that actually write} on the sides}

Do you remember when you were younger and at school you would have "secret valentines?"
Well, that's how this GIVE AWAY is going to be.

All you have to do is leave a comment on this blog that you'd like to receive one of these "secret valentines" and THEN YOU MUST send me your mailing address (if I don't already know it) to my email address with VALENTINE in the subject line.


That way I can get them in the mail on FEBRUARY 11th and nobody (until after the 14th when I post the winners) will know who won....but if you did win, you will have already gotten your VALENTINE in the mail before it is announced here.


So please comment before NOON on FEBRUARY 10th to get your name in the running !..and don't forget to email me right away your mailing address !!!

And one more thing...if you have a blog and tell others about this GIVE AWAY with a link to me....I'll enter your name TWICE !!

faces and bodies, not really

I'm taking a class this year with Misty Mawn. Along with being soooo excited, I'm also scared to death. You see, all of her work has to do with faces and bodies....hand drawn and painted....hmmm, not something I do. I'm more of a paper and glue kind of girl.

But I do doodle.

I'm a huge doodler while I'm sitting at my desk....and of course with Misty's class in my mind, I've been doodling faces.

So this is one that I thought was good enough to share.

I like her.

She looks like a gypsy.

Why are lips and eyes so hard to draw ? Especially since they're something we look at all day long, for hours and hours. Is it because they're all different ?

So... have I just offered up a challenge ?

I see you all now, at your computer desks, reaching for a pencil and a scrap piece of paper all the while thinking, "it can't be that hard, can it?"

Do it ! Try it ! Why not ?