Happy Birthday Erin

beverley24 asked that I post a birthday wish for Erin in graffiti letters....so here it is!

Alphabet poster

Okay, today is our school picnic and since my kids are too old to want to go, and it is way too hot out there, I am killing time listing another of my alphabet posters. I really like the girly colors in this one and hope that is something that will appeal to girls with "different" names. I never had that problem as a kid--there were always "Kathy" items when looking at "personalized" things, but my sister's name wasn't always there or wasn't spelled right. So this gives kids a chance to have their name up there with all of the other "usual" names--- like it's always been that way. Another cool thing about this poster is that I can change as many of the other names as you want--so if you want to include your friends and family names you can (but only one name per letter). Click on the photo to go right to that item or check out the rest of my work in my etsy shop. Thanks for looking!

Alphabet poster idea

I had a new idea this past spring to create alphabet posters using my Sign Language Collection letters! So this is the first poster: "Words to live by". I have a couple of alphabet posters for kids too, where their name is featured and titles the poster such as "Kathy's alphabet". It's been pretty fun to put together. I think that people will like that I included where all of the letters are from in tiny caps running up the left side of each letter. They are listed on my etsy site, I hope you will take a look!

St. Ignatius prayer

Just finished this for the SLUH auction. It is lettered on a piece of wood that we had cut to fit inside this frame that someone had donated--already gold and black. Then I painted the board black, added the gold around the edges, and then lettered "Saint Ignatius' prayer for generosity" in a shiny black in the background--can you see it? I felt like it was going to need a little more interest there. I didn't want the gold lettering too big, so this was my solution. This was the first time I ever really layered lettering on a piece of wood and it worked great. I'm really happy with the final product--hope it brings some money for the school. That prayer is usually our biggest seller.....

I love this 5 x 5 art

I just love doing these 5 x 5 inch pieces of art! They use a little calligraphy, some art paper that I've made in the past, and sometimes photography and it's just fun to put all the pieces together and make them look good. I hope they look good to others! It would be nice if I could eventually sell some....I'm trying to get enough done to offer in books on a new etsy site. I'm thinking of calling it Build-a-book. But I will also offer the 5 x 5 prints by themselves or in frames. I think a grouping of a bunch of these would look cool on a wall as well. Just need to keep creating.

new 5 x 5 art

I've finally got my office organized and started back to work on some art for my small book idea. I really enjoy doing these little pieces of art. I need to get enough done to start an etsy shop dedicated to my special order books.

Catholic Schools Week

I made a banner last week for our parish school to celebrate Catholic schools week. The theme was "Dividends for Life". At first I thought "what am I going to do with that?" Then I must have gotten divine inspiration because I came up with a great idea--make it a little like a dollar bill. I spent 4 hours making it and listening to the soundtracks to the TV show GLEE. I had a blast! I was really proud of how it turned out too. It was 24 feet long so very difficult to get a picture of, so I am posting the center piece only.