Virgin Mary Fatbook page

Here are my finished pages for the Virgin Mary Fatbook...I used a photo of

the Virgin with Jesus and handcolored the b/w image and then stamped

and collaged on top....The back page is pretty simple, I just hand colored

a stamp that I have of the Virgin and added my name and email info...

Mail Art

I just sent this mail art out to my friend Randi Feuerhelm-

Watts. For those of you not familiar with her work check out

her website at http://randifeuerhelm.com/index.html. She

is an amazing artist...She is the one who introduced me to

mail art and now I really love making fun little postcards to

mail out to friends. I can't help but think it brightens the day

of whoever receives it and also gives the postal workers

something fun to look at for a change. I send them in clear

plastic envelopes with bright labels and fun stamps. Try it!

On a different note, I am hosting a new fatbook over at

Chubbyville if anyone is interested... The topic for this fatbook

is "Six Feet Under" - 4x4 pages that pay homage to cemeteries.

Anything graveyard related goes...tombstones, statuary, crypts,

shrines, etc. If you are interested and want to play, you can either

go to the polls section of the Chubbyville Yahoo group and sign up

or leave a comment on this post and I will contact you. The

due date for the book is Nov. 17th. I have always had a morbid

fascination with graveyards...whenever I travel, I look

for cool graveyards to photograph. New Orleans, Savannah, GA

and France have been my favorites so far...

Altered Cabinet Card Fatbook finished!

This is the cover for a fatbook I just
hosted over at the Chubbyville Yahoo
Group. The theme was altered cabinet
cards and the art work I received for the
book was really amazing. I will share
some examples of the artists work who
participated below...

Lisa Martinez

Maija Lepore

Beth Kelsey (left) & Lucy Lee (right)

The BIG 4-0 !!!

Happy Birthday to me.....My husband and daughter have

been celebrating my bday for the past four days. They are

calling it "four days of turning 40". I have been showered

with gifts every morning for the past four days leading up

to my actual bday today. I have received the butt mug

(shown above) which they thought was hilarious. An action

figure of Capt. Jack Sparrow ( the closest I will ever get to

Johnny Depp, apparently), various candy, a cookbook, a

video, and beautiful dog sculpture for my front porch. What

a wonderful way to welcome a milestone...I don't think 40

is going to be so bad...I have my health, a wonderful family,

four crazy dogs and I still feel like I am 18 years old on the

inside...It's all a state of mind I suppose...

My sister's new "puppy" Lily...

I'm sorry I have not been posting very much lately...We are getting used to a new routine at my house with school starting back up and I have not yet found my groove. This is Lily, she is an 18 week old Great Dane with huge paws who thinks she is a lap dog. She is a very sweet girl!

I have been working feverishly on completing a fatbook that I am hosting called "Altered Cabinet Cards". The work that I have received so far is awesome and I think the book is going to turn out quite nice. I will post some images of the book when I have it completed...More later.