Falling Behind

Now that I have an official retirement date, the end of August, maybe I'll be able to catch up with everybody. 

So looking forward to this next stage of my life. 

In the mean time I am working on my doodles, trying to promote and sale them.  So most of my post have been on my other site www.shewhodoodles.com.  Please come and visit "Her"  she needs more followers and if you want to keep up with me that is were I am most of the time now.  At least until I quit working and have the time to maintain both sites. 

Hope all are well, and enjoyed a great mothers day.

Thanks for visiting.

Hugs

Cyndee

Collage

I thought I'd show you my first steps of the collage I laid out to start on last week.

Haven't made a lot of progress but that's ok, I like to take my time with a piece like this.  So far I put a layer of Gesso on the canvas and some torn papers.  It's kinda fun to see what pops out as you go.  In the past when I started this way it seemed that every additional layer always missed a word or phase.  So we'll have to see what keeps popping out through the layers.




Such fun.  I like to take it slow,  if I push to get it done I'm usually not satisfied with it,  I like to think about my next move.  Besides it usually needs to dry between layers anyway.  

So what are you creating this week?

My postcards from ihanna's annual swap have been arriving in the mail.  Such fun, check them out on She Who Doodles dot com.

Have a great week.

Thanks for visiting.

Hugs
Cyndee

WOYWW

I woke this morning to an idea swimming around in my head, so finally got up before the alarm went off to get started.  Realized it was Wednesday for WOYWW, so thought I would share my idea and work space with everyone over at Julia's, Stamping Ground.  

I have a commission job, actually, i like to call it that it sounds more impressive.  It's for my daughters new office.  She has 2 large blank walls that need a large piece of art.  I bought a canvas a couple of weeks ago and have been tossing around some ideas as to what to put on it.  Well this morning it struck me.

But this is what I faced when I went to my studio to set up so I could start on the project.   A battery operated car the grandsons wanted charged, a little mending on the chair, a bucket of bead stuff that I just brought back from vacation, of course a sewing machine and sheets to turn into curtains.  

Just allot of stuff in the way.  

So I quickly got busy, because I knew if I left it till evening it wouldn't get done and I really wanted the space to be ready tonite for the first layers.

So here's the finished space.  Canvas waiting to be Gessoed,  sewing machine covered and I'll have to tell you about the stack of cardboard pieces.   I've been saving these from the packets of postage stamps I order at work.  I knew a project would come up that could use these nice pieces.  

So this was the idea that was rattling around in my head this morning.  I think I will cut them, each just a little smaller then the first and build up a design, then paint or add more layers of other stuff.  Heaven knows I have my fair share of "stuff".   

Be sure and check back to see my progress.  And hope on over to Julia's to see everyone's work-spaces.

Thanks for visiting.

Hugs

Cyndee

Spring

Spring has sprung, at least for a few days. Just hope we don't get any late frost.

We just returned from a week away, a whole week off work. We spent the week in Central Oregon at Sunriver. We had such a great time courtesy of my oldest daughter.

My first panoramic shot.  One of those features on my phone I hadn't tried yet.  Works pretty good.

We walked alot, Sunriver has many miles of paved trails.  Had to look twice at this odd shaped tree.  There are many similar, the weight of the winter snow on a young tree can create all kinds of shapes.

One day we hiked up to Benham Falls at the base of the Lava Lands.  A beautiful hike along the Deschutes River through the pines.  







I even had time to doodle a little in a quiet little sunny nook.












  


 Then home for Easter and family.







In time for a little Easter Egg Hunt with the Grandsons.






 A great week, from beginning to end.  Now back to work.

Hope you all had a great Easter.

Check out my postcards on She Who Doodles,  I'm participating in ihanna's annual swap.  I've already got my first ones in the mail.

Have a great week.

Thanks for visiting.

Hugs

Cyndee
                           

Join me and hope on over  to Lissa's at Laf Custom Designs, to see everyones latest photos of their walk/hike this week.  Maybe you'll find a little inspiration to get out and walk.
         

Treasure Jar Treasures

I told you I'd  show you all the treasures from the jar I bought at the antique store this weekend.  I had such fun photographing all the stuff,  I got a little carried away.  Some treasures.  It was like opening a surprise box and it smelled good.  There was a very small bottle that had a small amount of perfume left in it.

Now to put them to use.  I just bought a large canvas to do a piece for my daughters new office so I will try to work some of these items into the collage.

This was a fun find, not sure what I had till I got home and open it.  It would make a fun swap, might think about that later on.

Have a great weekend.  Thanks for visiting.

Hugs

Cyndee

Beach Getaway

It's sunny here in Portland today.  I had Mt Hood in my rear view mirror on my morning drive and Mt St Helens to the North.  Love those days when the sun is shining.  I kept checking my mirror to see if maybe I could figure out how to snap a shot of the mountain while I was driving.  Finally decided it wasn't such a wise  idea.

We went to the beach this last weekend.  Even if it rains it's better at the beach.  We always go to Rockaway Beach where my daughter has a house.  Love it there, although this trip was just my honey and I and usually the whole family is there.  It seemed a little quiet and empty at first.  But we enjoyed ourselves.

We drove up Hwy 101 Saturday afternoon to Wheeler, poked around the antique store then drove out to Nehalam Bay State Park.  And ended up in Manzanita for a bite to eat and a little wondering through  the shops.  Even with a little drizzle you can find something to do at  the Oregon coast.
  

The picture on the left is looking across Nehalem Bay towards the ocean from Wheeler, on the right the beach at Manzanita.

I found some treasures in the antique shop in Wheeler.  Haven't dumped the jar out yet, been enjoying just looking at it.  Also picked through the Scrabble pieces for some choice letters,  more stuff to work with.  Never enough stuff.







We even had some time to hang new valances in the master bedroom.  We screwed some drawer pulls into the wall and hung the scarf with curtain rings with attached clips.  The room needed a little color and a finish to the windows.  Since it's an upstairs room it didn't really need privacy curtains and my daughter doesn't like to shut out the light.

Now to see what is inside the jar.  Check back tomorrow.

Hope you are having a great week.  Thanks for visiting.

Hugs

Cyndee

PS - although my only walk was from the car across the railroad tracks, from the car into the antique store or out of the car to snap the beach picture I am going to connect with Lissa over at Walk and Click Wednesday.  Check out all the great photos from everyones walk.

She Who's Doodling

I've been busy with a new doodle item.  Check out my shop at Etsy  and you can see what I've been doing over at my other blog just for doodles, She Who Doodles.

I'm feeling a bit torn between my two blogs.   I like to be able to share my life and projects,  my ups and downs, family and travel that this blog allows me.  But if I don't work She Who Doodles  I'm not going to be able to get my doodles out there to supplement my income so I can retire.  Anyway that's where I am today. Tomorrow is another day.  Thanks for listening.

Hope everyone is well and finding time to be creative.

Thanks for visiting.

Hugs

Cyndee