Fork in the Road Assemblages Series - 1 of 4

This was inspired by a fork that was in a box of junk we unpacked when my daughter moved. She had found an old fork, all twisted, bent and smooshed flat in the road, and was going to toss it out, I grabbed it thinking I could use the idea....hmmmm, a fork in the road... we all come upon those forks in this journey of life... our lives take on different aspects depending on which way we go when we come upon a fork in the path...in the road.

Soooo, this is the first of a series of assemblages playing on that theme. This one is in a shadow box which I lined with photos of clouds that I had recently taken on our vacation. The old fork (not the original one that Kasey had found) is twisted and turned, much like our journey in life often is... The fork is set on an actual piece of road I grabbed from some recent road work. The box sits on two glass candlestick holders turned upside down, inside are feet. On top is another kind of glass candle holder turned upside down with an arm and hand inside, reaching up... for help? for guidance perhaps? ... read into it what you may see, which may be completely different.

That's it for now...I may add more to it once I spent more time looking at it and depending on how I make the other ones too. Since I have 4 of those boxes, I figured I would do a series of 4 of these.

One down, Three more to come.....

Indulgences Assemblage

I decided to finish some of the assemblages I had started... some needed a few additional things... Here is one that is made from a jewelry box that had a photo framed cover, I turned it on it's side, inserted one of the old church shingles on the inside, on the back I put some material over some cotton for that quilted-like look. There is a brass corner cover at the top of one corner with a red crystal bead hanging from it, and brass looking letters made from nails that spell the word "LOVE".

On the other side is a heavy brass "paper" bag, with a heart tag attached that says, "indulge", inside is a wooden cross. Next to the cross is a brass Jesus figure, behind him are the words "READ, MARK, LEARN & INWARDLY DIGEST", with a brass and jade looking jewelry piece above the words, and a gold painted rope wrapped in a circle behind Jesus. On top is a brass handle I found, maybe a drawer handle? Also on top are three brass monkeys with red jewel eyes doing the "speak, see, hear no evil" thang.

Gimme a Hand...or two...or more...

I was unpacking today, (still) from our camping trip and found some other things I bought the second day of vacation, when it was rainy and cold.... I forgot I had bought them..*L* They are porcelain hands, probably used to make rubber gloves or something like that? I found them at an antique store.... and believe it or NOT, my husband, who NEVER sets foot in stores like that, went along and browsed with my daughter and I... I think he was sick or something? *L*

Anyway... I love hands like this, I have some kind of odd fascination with them... these will join the others in my eclectic collection, many of them I have in my upstairs bathroom... sometimes I used them in my art creations too... (check out earlier blog entries to see how).

Shopping Day in Hayward

Today was our annual shopping day while on vacation in Hayward. The local Sports Center was having a special Summer Fun Fest and there was a flea market there. These were some unusual things I just HAD to buy to make into some kind of assemblage.... ideas are always welcome... please DO comment!! *S*

The one large item is a jaw bone to a moose, I think?? The other is an upper plate of false teeth... a couple even have a gold filling! *L* Yes, it's weird...which is why I like them! *LOL*

We are now enjoying liquid libations around the campfire... although, it finally warmed up to mid 70's here!! We are soon to head out to COOP'S for pizza or whatever we want dinner.... I think I will just have an appetizer and a cup of soup... still full from lunch at our traditional lunch place on Saturday.... The Angler (outdoor cafe) Restaurant. Called my mom from there at lunch and told her we were thinking of her and missed her not being here too! Sometimes it's kinda bittersweet when traditions we've done as a family for close to 35-40 years change.... ahhh well... time for new traditions too..

Off to the campfire......

Lake Superior & my goofy sister - well one of them..*L*

On the beach at Lake Superior, Mouth of the Brule State Park... it was not as sunny as this pic looks, but it was nice on the sand...about 66 degrees, we all mostly wore coats and sweatshirts! Although some of the nieces and nephews were brave and went swimming...brrrrrr!!

This picture was taken without me knowing my sister, Chellie was making faces in the background..*L*

Anyway...breakfast time... we do communal meals since there are other families here (all relatives)... but not as many came as usual... only 27 of us this trip.... but despite the cold and rain, it's still a fun family time!

Time to eat, and then shopping.... Yay!! The guys go fishing, the girls go shopping...*S*

More to come.....

So far a cold and rainy vacation weekend....

Greetings from Hayward, WI! What was suppose to be a fun kayaking long weekend has been a cold, dreary, rainy one....although, today it is sunny and so far about 65 degrees! We are heading to Lake Superior to check out the mouth of the Brule and possibly kayak the shore of the Lake. The rivers - the Brule and the Namekagon are at 50 year lows! Hopefully we'll get some sun and NO wind, but it's still pretty chilly...brrrrr.....

*time to go*....

More to come......

Adam2 Assemblage

Adam2 is finished!! Hurrah! I decoupaged pictures of Adam & Eve, leaves, snakes and a couple of apples on the torso, polycrylic-ed it with 12 coats, glued on the metal "fig leaf" and inserted the mirror and tahhhh dahhh... it's done!

I'm happy with the way it turned out... it can be used as a functional piece of art too... it could be a clothes "valet", to hang a blazer, sweater, or jacket on, and you could view yourself in the mirror to see what you look like after you put it back on even! *S*

Here are some more pics of all the sides.

Click on the photos for a larger view of them.

Adam 2, the Sequel... *L*

Since I have all these torsos laying around, I figured I better get right into creating with them, then my husband won't be complaining as much...well, maybe..*L*... my dining room DOES kinda look like a junk shop lately, good thing we aren't having any company any time soon to eat there..*L*
So, anyway... here is my Adam2 ... or Son of Adam, perhaps?..Maybe I should call him Cain then eh?..*L*.. funny, cuz my son's name is Kaine...anyway..spelled different and different story...

This torso is fiberglass, not like the others that were cardboard and plaster stuff. When I cut the hole for the mirror, it causes all kinds of fiberglass "sawdust" and that stuff HURTS!! OUCH! ... tiny slivers of it poked into my arms, I had to go wash down because of it. I've sanded it down, coated it with some Gesso, then tissue papered with Mod Podge after cutting the hole to fit the mirror. Then I had to build up a small platform inside the hole to be able to glue the mirror to when the time comes to do that. Right now it's just temporarily in there to see how it looks. I also found a cool metal leaf that I'll use as a fig leaf. Right now it's just propped up against Adam2, but it will be glued on a bit higher after I decoupage the pictures on it. I like how the mirror looks, almost like you are looking right thru him.
Here is the view from the back of Adam2. I kind of like the simplicity of no pictures on it, but I think it needs something more too.... maybe another idea will come to me before I start gluing?

So, that's where I am now.... More to come....

Finished At Last - Adam & Eve

I am done... yay!! Finished with both Adam & Eve. I've made wooden tags for each one too. One side says: Assemblages by Roberta. Assemblage is an artistic process in which a three-dimensional artistic composition is made from putting together found objects.Assemblage is the 3-dimensional cousin of collage. The origin of the word (in its artistic sense) can be traced back to the early 1950s, when Jean Dubuffet created a series of collages of butterfly wings, which he titled assemblages d'empreintes. Many artists had composed "assemblages" prior to that, Marcel Duchamp & Pablo Picasso were two famous artists who found expression in & through their assemblage art.

The other side says: ADAM. The ADAM assemblage is created from a male mannequin torso. The material covered heart insert has an antique tail light inside. The side tin insert has a carved wooden rib bone. Adam is covered with pictures of Adam, Eve, snakes & leaves over blue tissue paper, finished off with 12 coats of polycrylic, and a brass apple on the top cap. Enjoy this unique assemblage creation by artist Roberta K_____, _______, WI _(email addy).

The Eve tag says: EVE. The EVE assemblage is created from a female mannequin torso. The insert is a wire basket with a wooden apple core & jointed wooded snake threaded through the basket & through the side of Eve. Inside is a sky scene. Eve is covered with pictures of Adam, Eve, snakes, apples & leaves over green tissue paper, finished off with 12 coats of polycrylic, and a brass apple on the top cap.Enjoy this unique assemblage creation by artist Roberta K_____, ______, WI.

So, now I am hoping to show them to a friend tomorrow and hopefully we can make an agreement to have them in his shop. I kind of hate to let these go, but I really don't have a place to keep them, and I'm already in the process of making another... .plus all my other ideas I need to bring to fruition too! *L*

Dad is doing GREAT! YAY!

Today was a long day of waiting at the hospital while my Dad had some heart surgery procedures,... thankfully it was taken care of by putting another "stint" inside one that had worked it's way loose and had scar tissue blocking the blood flow... the surgeon said all went well, and looks well... Dad comes home tomorrow morning...he and all of us thank those who were praying for him!!
Thank you Lord for my Dad, may he be with us for many, many more years... (and Mom too!!))
*time for sleep* Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn

Adam & Eve together...

Here are my Adam & Eve assemblages...almost finished, together for the camera. *L*
I still need to carve a rib bone for Adam, and anchor it in the space, maybe I'll go around that space with some kind of trim too? Not sure yet?... I need to put a few coats of polycrylic on each of them, anchor the apple in Eve and anchor the tailight/reflector in Adam's heart, and I think I am done?

Anyway, so far I'm really happy with how they've turned out. *S*
BUT... I have a newsletter deadline to meet, lots to do today... and tomorrow my Dad is having heart surgery... any pray-ers out there, please keep Jerry in your prayers, and my mom, Barb, too. Thanks so much for prayers on their behalf..

Off to work..... more to come....

Josh & Jake's Cicada Safari

Today was my being gramma day. I had all three grandsons (6 yrs., 3 yrs. and 1 year old). We went on a safari hunt over to Lake Geneva where we went with the Youth Group on Wed., so the boys could collect some cicadas to take home to show Mom and Dad. My son (their Dad) will love me for it, I'm sure! *L*

They loved looking at the cicadas and I made up a page for their memory book of the pictures and info on them too. Maybe in 17 years, when the cicadas return, when the two older boys turn 23 and 20 years old, they can perhaps remember back when good ole Gramma 'berta took them to see their first cicadas. The baby, Jeff, slept thru the whole adventure...ahh well...he'll hear the stories from his brothers perhaps when he's older too?

The one picture I laugh about - where they are looking disgusted, I had suggested we take the cicadas home and eat them for lunch, maybe with a little wild honey like John the Baptist did! They didn't think that sounded good at all!..*haha* They were hoping for a McDonald's Happy Meal instead.... and since they seem to have this gramma wrapped around their little finger, I gave in and took them there. *S*

After stopping at a few rummage sales on the way home (the boys had to carry their bug jars with them and show EVERYone their treasured cicadas..*L*), then at Staples to run off more laser prints of Adam & Eve for my Adam torso, we came home, played in the sandbox, got on swimming trunks, sprayed each other with water guns and hoses, then came in and swang on the front porch swing while cuddled up in towels until Dad came to get them... it was a good day... but I'm ready for a NAP!! *L*

Adam Assemblage Continues

I decided to go with an insert for a rib bone as part of this assemblage, along with the heart insert. So guess what we had for dinner last night..*L*....spare ribs! I may have to look more however for longer or bigger spare ribs because these seem kind of small, but we'll see after I get things more assembled.

I found a cool tin piece to fit for the insert, cut the torso to fit it, then decoupaged (Mod Podged) blue tissue paper on him. I've started adding the pictures of Adam and Eve that I had, but I will need more.... and some leafy things as well to fill in.

Sooo, that's it for tonite....Tomorrow the grandsons come for the day, so time to pack everything up and out of the way.

More to come....

Ewwww Cicadas!

The 17 year locust (cicadas) are here! They've been around for the last few weeks, mostly over in the Lake Geneva area. We took the Youth Group over tonight to see them , since none of these kids have seen these in their lifetime, and the next time they will get a chance is when they are about 29 or 30 years old.

Here is a bag of them I collected for my son to take to Camp where he'll be a counselor this summer... it will be interesting for kids to see them, I think...although they will probably all be dead by this weekend....they say the infestation will probably be winding down by the end of this month anyway.

When I went to Lake Geneva this afternoon to find good places to take the kids, the cicadas were "singing" up a storm then, they were very loud. But they evidently quiet down at night... that is, unless you pick them up by the wings and stick them in a plastic bag...then they "scream" and make a lot of noises. *L*

Did you know you can eat these insects? Blech!! Experts say that the best way to eat cicadas is to collect them in the middle of the night as they emerge from their underground burrows and before their skins harden. When they are in this condition, like soft shell crabs, they can be boiled for about a minute, and they are said to taste like asparagus or clam-flavored potatoes.

Guess since we gathered ours in the early evening, IF we decide to eat them, they'll be tough, and not as tasty eh?...*L*

Here is a skeleton of one of the cicada's on a leaf. There were hundreds of them all over on the ground, I remember when I was in junior high school seeing the cicada shells stuck to trees up near my aunt and uncle's cabin on Lake Wisconsin.

Anyway... it was an interesting Youth Group night as we explored the strange things that God has created, and learned a bit more about them too...*S*

Adam Assemblage Started

Some interesting things on the scripture story of creation and Adam & Eve....

Genesis 5:2 "He (God) created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he called them "man"."

In Hebrew "man" is adam, which translates as mankind. I don't believe that Adam was to be taken as a literal person, but instead as a name for people (men & women) in general....mankind. This scripture supports that too for it says when "they" were created he called "them" man.

Anyway....I find those kind of things interesting when looking at God's inspired Word in scripture, to know more like that helps explain a lot, (well, sometimes - but much is still a mystery to me - I am still learning, always learning).

Sooooo, here is my start of the creation of the "Adam Assemblage".... I found a velveteen heart box and cut the hole to fit it into Adam's chest. The item inside the heart box is some kind of reflector/tail light which I found at a rummage sale. I would like to find a long, narrow box and insert a rib bone in it, carving a space in the side of Adam for that... (that's still in the idea stage, but I think it would be cool).

Wish I could stay and work on this more....but I am waaaay behind on my reports for a Vestry meeting tonite.... sooooo, (hi-ho, hi-ho) it's off to work I go.

More to come.....

Eve Almost Complete - yay!!

I think I am almost done.... here are views from all sides of Eve. I decided to go with blue & white tissue paper inside to look like a sky scene, and not put anything else inside because it would be too "busy" I think if I did and take away from seeing the apple core and snake. I still need to finish off the bottom edge a bit and spray a protective coating of varnish or polyurethane on it and it's almost ready to put up for sale.

I was thinking maybe I should change out the color of the stand and cap on the neck? Any suggestions would be appreciated and welcomed! Constructive criticisms too.

Eve...Eve...Eve...and still not finished!

I'm not very good at this collaging... *L*...well, at least at having enough pictures... guess I'll have to keep adding more tomorrow. Here's what I've done today. Time for a break for tonite.

I am thinking seriously, however of getting a laser printer for things like this... since using pictures from the ink jet doesn't really work well for collaging.

Note to Biby....thanks for the nice comments and for visiting my blog.... come back again soon!

More to come....

I'm gonna need a LOT more pictures....

Well, I've added some pictures of Adam and Eve to the

"Eve" torso... but I am waaaay short of pictures... so guess I'll need to gather some more.. .and here I thought I had plenty!

Ah well.... time to get to my job, and dream of doing more this afternoon.

More to come....

Eve - Green With Envy? Or the Jolly Green Giant's Wife?

I've decoupaged green tissue paper on "Eve" today. I had wanted something that would look garden-ish or leaf-ish to be under the pictures I am hoping to decoupage on the body, I thought at first I would paint it, but decided on tissue paper and I think it's a neat way to get a leafy like look. It's pretty green, but a lot of it won't show after the pictures are applied.

I'm still working on something for behind the stomach cage that has the apple core and the snake winding through it... not sure if what I had thought would work, will actually or work or not? It's a wooden plaque with a tree... it would symbolize the tree of the knowledge of good and evil mentioned in scripture in Genesis 2. But I may need to paint around the tree part on the plaque to make it show up better, or see if I can get my scroll saw to work and cut it out.... I hate that scroll saw, it is too hard to change the blades when they break.

One thing I did today with the tissue paper is mod podge - I'd never used it before...during the clean up, as I was peeling the stuff in large hunks off my fingers and my hand, it reminded me of how I used to love coating my hand with Elmer's glue, letting it dry, then peeling it off....*L* I know...weird eh?...ha!

I also went to the local print shop and had them make color copies of my ink jet pictures of Adam & Eve so that when I decoupage them, hopefully the color won't run at all because it's a different kind of printing...laser printing I think? Anyway... off to cut out those pictures, and let my green "Eve" dry....

....tomorrow's another day.....

More Eve.... or...All About Eve (hey, catchy title, eh?)

Okay, here's the "more" I said would be coming.... I worked just a little today on this... I gessoed the outside to smooth out some rough spots and then tried out a wooden bendable snake in the assemblage too... threaded thru a hole I cut in the side and then through the wire basket in the stomach area. I like how the snake head kind of moves around when it's touched...heh, heh.....it will freak out kids. *EG*

I want to maybe paint the entire thing with some green leafy color paint that will show between the pictures I want to collage on it.

I may have to test out the pictures I did on my inkjet printer because the color may run when I get it wet with paste stuff and coat it with other stuff..... guess we'll see as I test it tomorrow after work.

That's it for tonite...... Holding the families and friends of victims in a recent tragedy here in our town in my thoughts and prayers tonite.... Lord have mercy.

More of "Eve" to come in the days ahead....

Eve in Process

I'm not sure if that is what I'll call this when it's done "Eve"...but it is depicting Eve.

Anyway... this will show a work in progress... This is the before picture. What was a really nice female torso with a great stand, and flawless body...the covering had no stains or tears, (it would have been nice to display jewelry - but I already have one for that).. soooo, I ripped the outside coverings all off to get started.

Here is the torso with the hole I sawed into it. I found a wire basket thing I thought I'd use for the insert, and a wooden apple core, that I've stained over to make it look older.

Here it is inserted into the hole I made... It is flush with the torso on the top and the bottom, but because this female torso is quite curvy, it sticks out on the sides. I'm not sure if I want it to be like that, but I'll see how it looks once I get into it more. I like the idea of seeing thru the wire basket insert, and so I'll do something on the inside of the torso as well so it can be seen ...maybe pictures collaged of inside body guts?...hmmmm, maybe not.... we'll see.

Anyway.... time for my hair appointment... I hate it when I get into a project and then have to leave for a few hours.

More to come........

Torso & Spare Body Parts Day at Good Will

Okay.... so now WHAT am I gonna make with THESE? *L* Thanks to my friend, Deb, I was alerted to the spare body parts for sale at Good Will in Janesville... so I rushed over and purchased a few spare parts. Some have pretty cool stands on them too... so when I DO make something, they'll look cool displayed on those stands.... right now I am thinking of making collages, decoupaged on them, or cutting out a space and inserting something inside the hole I'll make? Who knows? My mind is whirling.... and my family thinks I've gone insane...haha!

Anyway, thanks Deb for the tip!! Anyone have any ideas, let me know too!

Three Generations

What fun we had today... I took my mom down to see the daughter's new apartment, and the new photo studio where she is the assistant manager. Kasey had a surprise for us, after the tour of the studio for my mom, we had our photos taken together...3 Generations! It was kind of fun having professional pictures done, lots of fancy gadgets and screens and things, all to make us look better than we really are...ha! Kasey's co-worker and the manager took our pictures... it was a lot of fun... a trendy photo studio with cool music playing while he snapped several dozen pictures. The funny thing was, when we were about done, and just kind of goofing around, he continued snapping and those turned out to be the ones we all liked the best. Here is one of them... Kasey burned me a CD of them on the spot... I am still resizing them, and cropping them. I have an idea of getting pictures of my mom's mom and her grandmother (my great grandmother) and then photoshopping them in on either side of us in a kind of transparent ghost image... then it would be FIVE generations in the pic. So far it's just an idea ... but when I have time I hope I can do it and make it look good.

After the photos, we all went to The CheeseCake Factory for lunch, then back to Kasey's apartment for a tour and then home... it was a fun day with my mom and my daughter! *S*

Anyway... almost time for Youth Group.... fun, fun, fun!

XOXOXOX

Roberta

P.S. Thank you Kasey!! I LOVE YOU!

Dove Release Photo

Whew.... been a busy time for me lately, and I hope to be able to post some new assemblages soon. I have 3 - 5 in the works, and hope to do some new ones that I have been gathering junk for lately too.

Here is a cool photo, although not really as clear as I'd have liked, it is cool because I was able to catch all three doves as they were released. We do a dove release each Pentecost (this year May 27th) at church... doves are symbolic of God, the Holy Spirit, and the 1st Pentecost was when the Holy Spirit was released big time on the disciples, which empowered them to share the "Good News" of Jesus Christ to others....so much so that thousands were baptised that same day as they heard and believed... because of that Pentecost is also referred to as the birth(day) of the Christian Church.

Anyway... off to work... and hopefully I'll have more art to post soon.

Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow....WHATTA Weekend!!

We are all praising God for the ways we were blessed at the retreat weekend we hosted at our church May 18 - 20th! The work in the year and months, weeks and days leading up to it was WELL worth it! (Although on the Thursday prior, we were all muttering under our breath at times..*L*)

Brennan Manning, author of many wonderful books (known esp. for the Ragamuffin Gospel, Ruthless Trust, Abba's Child - which I can't WAIT to read after hearing Brennan this weekend! - and many, many more), is a wonderfully gifted, spirit-filled speaker, - a gentle man, and Godly, down to earth person.

So many people came together to make the weekend such a blessing, over 185 people came to hear Brennan (from OR, W. VA, SC, IL, MI, MN, IA, WI, OH, IN and more!)

I am still going through pictures I took for the website at church and for our newsletter... and re-living the weekend and the ways God spoke thru the wisdom, experiences, & insight of Brennan. What a life's story he has, very sad in some parts, and it made me cry for him. But what wonderful healings and strength Brennan finds in God through it all.

Our family, mom & dad, sisters, brother in law, cousins & aunt provided the Sunday Brunch, here are some of us in the kitchen following the service.

Here's a photo with Brennan just before he left on Sunday... what a dear, dear

man... Thank you Lord, for Brennan and the ministry You have given him...still going strong after all these years.

God-cidence in the words of Oswald Chambers

Ever have something you read, like scripture, or the wisdom of Christian writers touch you in places that you happen to be at a particular, specific moment?

Today's devotional from "My Utmost for His Highest" does that for me just now. Sometimes it IS difficult to live with friends or relatives who seem to deliberately annoy me, and it's difficult to "be as Christ" to others who you know maybe don't really mean what they say, but they say things to purposely stir up things....why they do that, I have no clue...but God calls us to love and show love.... it's difficult for me in some of those cases... but, this devotional and the scripture seems to be speaking to me and the situation I have encountered just recently.... hope it speaks to YOU too.

May 11, 2007
'Love One Another'

Love is an indefinite thing to most of us; we don’t know what we mean when we talk about love. Love is the loftiest preference of one person for another, and spiritually Jesus demands that this sovereign preference be for Himself (see Luke 14:26 ). Initially, when "the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit" ( Romans 5:5 ), it is easy to put Jesus first. But then we must practice the things mentioned in 2 Peter 1 to see them worked out in our lives.
The first thing God does is forcibly remove any insincerity, pride, and vanity from my life. And the Holy Spirit reveals to me that God loved me not because I was lovable, but because it was His nature to do so. Now He commands me to show the same love to others by saying, ". . . love one another as I have loved you" ( John 15:12 ). He is saying, "I will bring a number of people around you whom you cannot respect, but you must exhibit My love to them, just as I have exhibited it to you." This kind of love is not a patronizing love for the unlovable— it is His love, and it will not be evidenced in us overnight. Some of us may have tried to force it, but we were soon tired and frustrated.
"The Lord . . . is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish . . ." ( 2 Peter 3:9 ). I should look within and remember how wonderfully He has dealt with me. The knowledge that God has loved me beyond all limits will compel me to go into the world to love others in the same way. I may get irritated because I have to live with an unusually difficult person. But just think how disagreeable I have been with God! Am I prepared to be identified so closely with the Lord Jesus that His life and His sweetness will be continually poured out through Me? Neither natural love nor God’s divine love will remain and grow in me unless it is nurtured. Love is spontaneous, but it has to be maintained through discipline.

Busy, Busy, Busy....

whew.... it's been a quite a few days since I've posted anything... been busy at work, wishing I could have had more time for creating purposes too!

This last weekend we moved the daughter from Milwaukee to the Chicago area. Hubby and son helped on Saturday, I stayed over on Sat. night and Sun. night and helped clean, unpack, rearranged furniture, hang pictures, rearranged furniture, make runs to the store for screws, mops, more cleaning supplies, rearranged furniture, breaks for dinner and resting, and then admiring her new apartment and how GREAT it looks. I am so proud of Kasey and look forward to going back down soon to see what else she's done to her new place, and the new studio she is transferred to also.

*sniff* You know, I think I can still smell bleach from all the cleaning and disinfecting we did in the bathroom and kitchen...*L*

Welp, time to get back into my life and time to get back into creating more assemblages .... well... maybe after the Mother's Day event at church, and then the Brennan Manning weekend following... And the grandson's birthday party celebrations coming up soon too... and bills to pay, our own house to clean... and...and...and...

*sigh*.... this too shall pass... Lord, hear my prayer! *S*