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  • Good Fortune

    December
    23
    2004

    Good evening everyone! It’s the day before Christmas Eve! Are you going out of your mind yet? Yea, me too. 😉

    We chatted with Mark for quite a while today, which was nice. Things are getting pretty intense over there, so don’t forget about our guys in all the hustle and bustle this next week. They really need our support and prayers more than ever right now.

    We piddled around the house for a bit, and then I decided to take the girls out for dinner. We went to a Chinese Buffet. Nummm! I just have to show you my fortune cookie.

    Good Fortune Cookie

    Ain’t that the truth? I nearly cried when I read it. Mine was different from both the girls, they got the standard cookie fortunes with the lucky numbers. Theirs were great, and I’ll post those too, but this one kind of caught me as different, and maybe more like it was meant for me to get it.

    I also received a fabulous pressie from my sweet friend Erikie. She was in the Philippines not too long ago and was having some wrist pain, and someone directed her to these bracelets. It’s magnetic! All of the pewter looking beads are magnets, and when you start wrapping it around it just kinda takes on a mind of its own and adjusts to the nearest magnet. It’s very cool! She knows that I also get some pretty intense wrist pain from time to time so she picked one up for me too. Bonus, it’s purple! What a thoughtful, wonderful gift!

    I received another package from my bestest bud in the Universe, Paige. Now this girls thoughtfulness can’t be beat. She sent gifties for both the girls, one for me, and one for… get this… MY BIRDS! No, I don’t have birds in the house. Paige has been subjected though to numerous phone calls about the beautiful and unique birds I am seeing in my backyard now since the studio was completed and I have a zillion windows. My in-laws brought me several feeders this summer, and I really love sitting out and just watching them (and the squirrelies, too!)

    Paige handmade this wonderful seed-wreath, she will have to stop in and give directions on how to make them. Donned with berries from her own yard. This is the neatest thing! I told her I had to show everyone before I hung it outside and it was gone in ten minutes, so here it is!

    I still have more blogwork to do, and I will get more of that accomplished tonight. But hey, it’s good huh? You likey so far?

    Have a great evening!!

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  • New Bloggy!

    December
    22
    2004

    Hey there!

    If you’re here, you’re noticing something very, very different is going on with my layout! Yea!!

    Again, special thanks to Lisa. This is the first of a couple different and user-changeable looks for my blog. The others will be up at a later time.

    Be patient with me, I still have some work to do to get things in order. I’ll be transferring as many of the comments over as I can. I also have to wade through 400 entries and categorize them so that you can view my entries by category (see the left sidebar, you can select a category and just those entries will appear!). Most of my images need to be reduced, they’ll be hanging over the edges until I get that done.

    Just some minor tweaking here and there!

    Have a look around! A bunch of new features await your left-click! 😉

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  • Talis & Meowface Scan

    December
    22
    2004

    This is the final scan of the painting. The other surprise will be coming along at some point today!

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    Filed under: Cat Portraits, Chit Chat, Completed Paintings, My Fondest Memories

  • Talis & Meowface FINISHED!

    December
    21
    2004

    I can’t wait to get a scan of this one tomorrow, the colors are so vivid. I will probably have another surprise for you tomorrow too, so make sure you check back!

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    Filed under: Chit Chat, Works in Progress

  • Painting Talis on cam today

    December
    21
    2004

    I will be painting Talis today, deepening the background a smidge and finalizing their portrait. I will be in the studio probably all day finishing this one up, Talis is reeeealy got a lot of variation in his coat, so it will be fun painting today!!

    You can watch me on my webcam here: Webcam page
    or add me to your Yahoo Messenger : intricateartist

    If you’re adding me to your Messenger, please give me a few minutes to get over to the computer to add you back. 🙂

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  • Painting Meowface on Cam!

    December
    20
    2004

    Just turned the webcam on, I will be working on Meowface tonight, spiffin her up a bit with the highlights and lowlights, a little foil, pedicure, cleaning out her ears, you know, all that fancy pet painterly kind of stuff. 😉

    I’ll probably be taking a little bit of a break to chit chat with my hubby before he goes out for the day, so if I suddenly go MIA you know why.

    See ya on cam!

    UPDATE: 12:04AM Here’s Meowface…whiskers are last (in case you’re wondering what is off!)

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  • Today’s Painting Schedule

    December
    20
    2004

    Hey!

    Just so ya know, I’ll be painting tonight, after 8PM CST. The underpainting is just about dry, and we’ve also got some stuff happening this afternoon that will prohibit a good uninterrupted painting session.

    I’ll update tonight when I start!

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  • EWebscapes Plug :)

    December
    20
    2004

    I just have to share this gal with you guys. I mentioned Lisa, she’s the gal taking the reins on revamping my blog layout and making the functionality SO MUCH better. She is also the gal I’m painting Talis & Meowface for. We’re trading services, which is awesome in itself!

    You know how frustrated I am with Blogger, well I’ve installed WordPress and it’s a whole new coding language to me. I am the type who would sit and fiddle with learning the code, and I knew that if I did that I would not finish my commissions for everyone in time for the Holidays, so she graciously took over my headache so that I could get my butt back into the studio! THANK YOU, Lisa!!

    I was blogsurfing lastnight, have you ever done that? You must! Here’s a great place to start, Lisa’s design samples. Have a look at the awesome graphic & coding talents this girl has. Pay special attention to the features on each of the blogs you look at. Layout aside, there are so many neat features that turn each blog into its own information headquarters. You can search each blog within itself for things you remember but can’t find thru dated archives. A calendar to read up from your last visit. A list of referring websites. SOooOOoo many things that I didn’t even realize I was missing until I stumbled across her website!

    I know it can be time consuming, but it’s fun and informative, so surf those blogs! And if you have one, tell me where I can find you if I haven’t already. If you don’t have one, drop Lisa a note; her whole biz is hosting and designing blogs for folks! She’s awesome!!

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  • Naughty or Nice?

    December
    19
    2004

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