Funky Art Queen

Craig and I took a quick overnight trip to Granbury, Texas this weekend. We stayed at the Arbor House B&B (pic). It was a very beautiful B&B. Renea introduced me to Granbury a while back when Lisa and I went to stay with her. It is a small town with a town square that is full of quaint little shops. Craig and I arrived around noon so we shopped a little and got right to lunch at "Hanks" (FANTASTIC CHEESBURGERS HANK!) Then we got back to shopping. Finally we left town square and went to an antique store right next to Arbor House (killing time until check in at 3). Craig found some old newspapers and I picked up two wonderful cabinet photos of the same girl (2 different poses). Will scan later. We went to the B&B and checked in. I just could not wait to get to the beach! So we quickly changed into bathing suits and walked across the street to Granbury Lake Beach. We stayed at the beach most of the afternoon alternating swimming and playing with laying in the sun. F...

I still have some work to do on these paper mache letters. I finally found something to do with all the bits and pieces of things that I keep because they will be perfect for some piece of art.....some day. Today is the day! I really love this piece/grouping. LOL .....a good message don't you think? Go ahead, Laugh Out Loud.....it is very healthy and therapeutic. Today, I bought the soundtrack to Mamamia and I have enjoyed the heck out of it. I really enjoyed that movie. I have discovered that people either love it or hate it. I just think that it is so cool that Meryl Streep totally stepped out of her norm and went for the musical. She did a great job and I can't wait to see it again. It is a great girlfriends and sisters movie. I highly recommend that you go and get it and go to your girlfriends house and watch it and....oh....I don't know......LAUGH OUT LOUD! Let me know if you do and how it goes.

Happy 50th Beautiful Renea! My BFF's I can't tell you how much these two girls mean to me. I love them and I feel so blessed that God sent them to me. I am so happy to have them in my life. I just know that we cross paths with women in our lives because God means for us to. We have our mother, our sisters, and our dear friends, and our best friends......all meeting different needs in us....all part of the bigger plan that we could not even begin to imagine. Forgive me, I watched Mamamia this weekend and it touched me on the sisterhood topic.....so bare with me I am feeling mushy. One of my BFF'S (no names will be mentioned... Pocket Full of Prettys/Renea so don't worry) turned 50 this weekend. So, to celebrate, we had a grown up girls slumber party at the other BFF's house(Wild Over Wine)....pool included. We had such a great time.....we drank wine... some of us more than others, sat in the pool,( I dived in the pool looking for my lost earring only to find out lat...

Well who'd a thunked it? My mom, is the first person to send me an entry for the Lost Soles Challenge~! (above pic) Well, I should say my sister is first but she sent a "lost sole" pic about a week before I posted the challenge so she is in the challenge but not necessarily first. Now, I have to have other pics or I will have to choose between my mom and my sister's entry......heehee....I will just give them both a prize.......ME! LOL.....this could be bad.....real bad.......not only am I subjecting my Mother and my sister to my weird ideas and taking them on my weird journeys.....I'm making them leave proof that they are weird too. HEEHEE---LOVE IT!!! Here is the funny part.....my sister says this challenge and my weird love for the photo of the "lost sole" reminds her of the time my mother threw her shoes out the window because she did not like the new shoes my mother bought her. I do not remember this event but she does....vividly. How funny! Maybe t...

July 6th was Frida's birthday. I finished this Frida house this weekend to honor her. Frida was such an interesting person. I have always enjoyed learning about her and studying her art. Happy Belated Birthday Frida! Short entry today, gotta go for my morning walk! Happy Hump Day All!

childs shoe in front of hs Originally uploaded by Funky Art Queen I'm starting to wonder if I am the only one that sees all these single shoes on the road. This is not the first time I have addressed this isue on my blog . I see at least one single shoe every day on the highway or a street in town. I don't understand where all these shoes come from. Every time I see a shoe on the road, I wonder how it got there.?.....I wonder what story goes with the shoe. If it is a childs shoe like this one, I wonder if a mother is going crazy searching the house for this shoe? Why just one shoe and not the pair of shoes?! I see shoes on the road all the time. They are just not always in the most convenient places for photographing. But, on occasion, these single shoes are in a location that I feel comfortable enough to stop and photograph them. The particular shoe was spotted in front of the Big Spring High School on 11th place. It was late evening in the summer so I felt very comfortable in...

I received this awesome award today! I have been named "Queen of All Things Awe-Summm" from the Fragrant Muse . Oh, I am thrilled! I would love to hang on to my septor but the rules of this Queendom force me to pass on my crown. So, without further who-ha.....I am passing the crown on to Kim, The Queen of Arts . She is so deserving, she is my faithful and ever present blog friend....always encouraging and always growing in her own life......I crown you "Queen of Allll Things Awe-Some". Here are the rules of passing this crown. Rules, rules, rules. There are always rules:~ List 7 things that make me awe-summm~ Pass the award onto 7 bloggers (i am just doing one out of laziness)~ Tag those bloggers to let them know they are now Queens too (and link back to the Queen who tagged you) Here are my 7 things that make me awe-summm (THis is hard for me cuz I hate bragging or boasting) I think outside of the box I am creative I have a fun sense of humor I would rather give t...

Here are all of the entries for the Tuesdays Ten Tiny Things Challenge: Go To MY FLICKR LINKED RIGHT HERE AND SEE ALL 8 I put all the names in the bowl, except mine and I drew out.......drum roll please........ SPUDBALLOO !!!! CONGRATULATIONS SPUD! SEND ME YOUR ADDRESS AND I WILL SEND YOU YOUR PRIZE~! THIS CONTEST WAS SO MUCH FUN, YOU ALL ARE SO CREATIVE. I KNOW I WILL GO BACK TO THESE TINY PICS OFTEN AS I HAVE THEM IN THEIR OWN LITTLE GROUP ON MY FLICKR....I STILL LOOK AT LAST YEARS ENTRIES TOO! REMEMBER THE WINNER WAS PICKED RANDOMLY BUT YOU ARE ALL WINNERS IN MY MIND!