Boo Scaredy Cat, get Gone!!!

I'm through with waiting around until the "perfect" time to practice my drawing. 

I'm jumping in.  T-o-d-a-y.  With my whole, silly, girly heart.  I'll not criticize what I draw.  I'll look at it through my inner child's eyes and think, "Wow!"

 

 It's another rainy day here in Alabama.  I'm not complaining and my garden's not complaining.  I'm looking on the bright side.  I don't get to hang the laundry out on the line but I'm very thankful that I have a clothes dryer to do the job for me.

A dental appointment on Tuesday changes my normal grocery shopping day to Monday.  Today.  So I've got to get my menu and grocery list made out and get going.  I made another grocery bag last week, a twin to the other one, so I'll be able to bring my groceries home in style today.

I've got a couple of fun sewing projects lined up for this week.  Hannah, my precious grandbaby, is turning one year old on September 8th and I want to make her a special gift.  So, Mama Sherry
has got to get busy!

 

I wish you a special week, my friend.

 

Love,

 

Sherry

P.S.  This is the fun book I used for today's drawing inspiration:

More of My Colored Pencil Drawings

I finished up my colored pencil art lessons book!

Well....

...I guess I should say...

...that I finished up with the lessons that I liked best.

I skipped a few that weren't my style of drawing. I thought about going back to my least favorite lessons later but I'd renewed the book to the limit, six weeks!

So I had to take it back to the library today. It was due yesterday but the library gives one day of grace.

Grace is such a wonderful gift!

I highly recommend this little book if you're interested in drawing with colored pencils.

Colored Pencil by Eileen Sorg

Our temperatures are up, up, up, so I get up early and get all my outside work done, including my walk, before the heat hits.  After that I come inside, finish my household chores, then I have the afternoon to play away until it's time to cook supper.  What's play?  Artwork, sewing, reading, napping... It's all good! :)



Colored Pencil Lessons ~ Continued

My Results from Lesson Three

I'm having such a fun time with this wonderful book! 

Colored Pencil by Eileen Sorg

You can see the results of my first two lessons here.

Refashioning Project Update:   I've completed the make-over on three of the garments.  I'm happy with two of them but one was a big flop.  Pictures to follow soon!

It's Art Time!

I finished the first two lessons in my colored pencil instruction book!

I'm having such fun!

We did it...we did it...we did it...

With the help of Little Sherry, I finally lost those extra five stubborn holiday pounds.  I've been struggling with them for over three months now, but just couldn't seem to get rid of them.  Deciding I needed help, I made a deal with my inner giggly girl.  I promised I'd make her a new apron if she'd help me lose those five offending pounds.  And together, we did it!  Yes!!!

Guess where we're going today?  Well, first a trip to the Bookmobile, and then on to the fabric store!  I'm going to let Little Sherry pick out any piece of fabric she wants for her new apron.  I think she deserves it!

I'm still taking things slow and easy today, just enjoying life.  It's not easy for me because that's not my style.  But hey, styles change!  Hope you have a great day!  I'm sure we will!

~ Sherry ~

P.S.  What do ya know? My drawing of Little Sherry looks a bit like me.  What a coincidence!

Post linked to: Whatever You Want Wednesday, Good Life Wednesday, Show and Tell Friday

Slow and Easy...

...that's what I'm practicing this week.

I'm not sure why I rush through one chore, just to get on to another one.  I'm not sure why I hurry to swallow a bite of food I'm enjoying, just to take another bite.  Why do I gulp down my cup of hot tea when I enjoy it so?  Why can't I sip and savor?

So, starting today, I'm making an effort to pay attention to one thing at a time.  Do my best at each chore.  Enjoy every bite of food and sip of drink.  It's supposed to take 28 days to make a new habit.  For the next 28 days, I'm going to try to remember to practice my new habit of enjoyment.  One day at a time.  Slow and easy.  Want to join me? It'll be fun!

A task takes as long as it takes.  ~ Amish Proverb

There's no place like home

I wake up thinking about the smells of home this morning. The smell of the fresh coffee beans when I open the bag. It gets even better while grinding them, and then the brewing of the coffee....Ah, heaven on earth.

I get a little whiff of the smoky wood smell when sweet hubby opens the heater door to add more wood to the fire for his sweetie before he goes to work. That's true love.

The smell of yesterday's home made bread lingers in the air. I so enjoyed the mixing and the kneading. A great stress release. That is, if I had any stress to relieve. I was very happy with the results from a new-to-me recipe. Yeast Corn Bread Loaf it's called. Very easy to make and very yummy served warm with real butter. You can get the recipe here.  It looks perfect doesn't it?

But just to prove the old saying, "Looks can be deceiving," here's the other side. 

But that didn't hamper the flavor a bit. 

We have snow on the ground again this morning.  Our second measurable snowfall this year.  An uncommon occurrence in Alabama.  But, the beautiful white outdoors doesn't keep me from dreaming of spring.  The Lilly Pulitzer website fuels my spring dreaming.  I'm dreaming of pink sandals...

...and spending some time at my clothesline.  Nothing smells better than fresh air-dried laundry.  Well, maybe chocolate. :)

I wanted to get a picture of the beautiful Cardinals gathered around my snow capped bird feeder this morning, but I didn't want to venture out into the cold frosty air.  I know, I'm a chicken...but I'm a warm chicken.  So instead, I pulled out some of my old drawings and am presenting my own renderings of my clothesline and my Red Love Birds. 

Oh, and that reminds me, I must pull out my art supplies today and make my sweetie a Valentine.

Hope you have a lovely warm day.

~ Sherry ~

This post is linked to:  Show and Tell Friday, Pink Saturday

My Art File

In 2005 I used some of my rainy-day-money stash and bought myself a drawing book, the Lee Hammond's Big Book of Drawing to be precise. It is a wonderful instructor for a beginning artist. Wanting to keep my artwork in some type of file, I decided to keep that file here, on my blog. It is a file just for me, but you are welcome to visit it any time you like.

My drawings from December 2005: