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A Little Mixed Media For Ya

Happy Sunday,
Did you spring forward? Oh the things we could have created in that one hour.

I drew this little lady yesterdays with pens/prisma pencils and added the water soluable oil pastels around the background and just rubbed them in. I added the question mark with a paint marker and digitally added the words on picnik.com. I love quotes like this. I discovered this quote at a car wash place on a sign. Had to use it!

We got to talk to Cody for a long time yesterday. He is a little entrepreneur. Not only is he doing his job in AF....he has been building fences part time for extra money. Anyway, he was in good spirits and it was just so nice and uplifiting to hear from him.

I finished up a lot more clay heart pins and bird pins and I need to package them for the Funky Finds in April. I feel like doing some fabric art or maybe drawing some more today. I'm burned out on clay for the moment. Hope everyone is well and I hope spring is knocking on your door. We all need to go outside and play!

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Kim Mailhot said…
Love your little admiration Queen, Lesley ! I was feeling so springy yesterday when we had a lovely weekend in the 50's here in NH, but this morning we got zapped with 6 inches of that white stuff again !!!! Still, I refuse to head back into hibernation mode - Springing forward in my parka and boots !
Happy Monday !
Love Kim
8:18 AM
Debbie said…
I love the little lady and the quote!
10:38 AM
Kim Mailhot said…
Hey Lesley,

I tagged you in a game of Photo Tag on my blog today !
Check it out here :
http://queen-of-arts.blogspot.com/2009/03/got-tagged.html

Hope you will play along !
Cheers !
3:35 PM
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