hampers

 I LOVE baskets!  I once counted the baskets I had in my little house in Mississippi.  Over one hundred.  That was then,  this is now and my collection is growing again.  I found this beauty at World Market!

 I bought the small one on the right and realized it was too small for a hamper but it matched my craft room baskets!

 So I bought this size for the hamper and just had to pick up another small for the craft room.  I think I got a good price on these at Old World Pottery.

I bought this bamboo basket right after the storm.  Now that I look at it, I could have used it as a hamper.   So, I probably haven't replaced all one hundred baskets that got ruined in the flood but I am really happy with the new ones!  Thanks to everyone who bought my stuff at the garage sale!

clematis and california poppies

 I can't remember if I blogged this color work I did for the house.  So far I really like the colors.  My husband has a very demanding job so he paints when he has time.  It seems like an overwhelming task to me but he doesn't stress over stuff like that.  If I could I would help!  He finished the hall last week.  I really like the perfect taupe with the new carpet color.

 Finally took some pictures of my beautiful yard.  It has rained so much that everything is overgrown and lush.

 These are giant hostas!  Love the blue color.

 I haven't added any seeds to the 40 foot bed this year.  I've never seen the poppies so thick!  I'm surprised, because I understood California was a dry state so I assumed the poppies would prefer it dry.  The morning glories are mixed in.  I need to get some twine to help them climb the fence.  My cousin taught me that trick.

Now it needs to stop raining.  We have had about 6 inches in the last few days.  The sun needs to come out and warm the pool up!  

mandala

Gel pen mandala for June 2014.  I made a mistake last night, so cut the circle out and glued it to a new page with a couple more rows added.  These are fun!

Riki

Named him Riki because he "is" my reiki!

Mi Ki

The new baby!   So excited to have him!  Already in love.  No name yet...

kuba cloth collage

I've been working on this collage for weeks now.  I really think I'm going to like it.  Who says art can't match the couch?  I took my scarf and used all the colors in it for my palette and used Kuba cloth type patterns for my gelli prints.  I gessoed over a previous collage for the canvas. 

 We are going to paint the room a blueish turquoise.

gelli supplies