tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46619276312519692352024-03-13T07:53:41.571-04:00Kelley's KornerKelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-59804641083340729942011-04-24T17:08:00.001-04:002011-04-24T17:13:05.309-04:00I'm an Artist...Suzi says so!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SOjU6JYX5Kw/TbSSUyZV43I/AAAAAAAAAE4/xJRiIs7-aUs/s1600/suzi+says+so.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SOjU6JYX5Kw/TbSSUyZV43I/AAAAAAAAAE4/xJRiIs7-aUs/s320/suzi+says+so.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Hey everyone, check out this awesome video of the amazing Suzi Blu and a fantastic giveaway too!! Keeping my fingers crossed that I win, and wishing good luck to everyone too! Now go! Go look and enter too!<br />
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http://suziblu.typepad.com/a_lovely_dream/2011/04/the-poodle-and-the-baby-head.htmlKelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-5543059851074968672011-04-14T16:08:00.000-04:002011-04-14T16:08:30.041-04:00Great Giveaway!Being disabled, my income is very limited.. So often I simply can not afford to take all of the available and wonderful online classes that are out there. But you don't have to be disabled to have limited resources,times are tough for everyone. The recent recession has hit many people hard.. But don't let that stop you from dreaming or making art! Lost Luggage Studios is offering a fantastic giveaway! A chance to win FREE online art classes for LIFE! Yup! You read that correctly, FREE FOR LIFE! So hop on over and enter your chance to win too! <br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jxg-SFWWXkQ" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe>Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-35216194031225670482010-12-22T15:07:00.000-05:002010-12-22T15:07:53.106-05:00President Obama Signs Law Repealing "Don't Ask Don't Tell" - 12/22/10<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7-MjLWkDNqY?fs=1" width="425" frameborder="0" height="344"></iframe>Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-46850201184264164172010-12-22T15:06:00.000-05:002010-12-22T15:06:39.694-05:00Bravo Obama!It's about time! And I know that sadly there will be some backlash because of this..and even more sadly I fear some homosexual people will suffer from that backlash..But now no longer will a person who is willing to serve this country, fight for this country, and even DIE for this country, be turned away simply because of their personal sexual orientation! Nor will they have to hide and worry that if 'found out' they will then be kicked out of the military,stripped of medals and benefits, regardless of how many years of service or sacrifices they have made for OUR FREEDOM! For me personally this is not about gay rights, it's about EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL! And I don't have to be homosexual to know in my heart that equal rights is the RIGHT THING. So BRAVO Obama for taking another step towards equal rights for all...Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-51183710053951249022010-03-31T02:14:00.005-04:002010-03-31T03:21:52.186-04:00The wall of Inspiration and hope..and a leap of faith..I've never been very good at asking for help, so this is a huge leap of faith for me. As well as a lesson in reaching out and simply asking for help... As some of you may or may not know, I was born with a rare metabolic disease, which is considered to be incurable and progressive. This disease causes havoc on my body and immune system. It mainly effects my bones and muscles, but it also weakens my immune system and will eventually take it's toll on my major organs as well. That being said, I struggle with a lot of pain and muscle weakness every day. Tho some days are better then others, I honestly can't remember what a day without any pain or weakness feels like anymore. And lately it seems to have progressed or at the very least been flaring up quite a bit over these last few months. So of course with that comes a host of emotions to contend with as well. Such as frustration, hopelessness, depression, guilt, embarressment, etc. etc. With that all being said, (I don't want this post to turn into a self pity party) I have thought of a wonderful idea to help me stay hopeful, inspired, and motivated to never give up. To turn to my love and passion for art for help. And that is where all of you come in..I have decided to dedicate an entire wall of my art room, into what I will call my wall of hope and inspiration! A very special wall full of love, support, hope, and inspiration that I can look too whenever I feel alone or feel like giving up. So I am putting a call out to all my lovely and amazing art friends who may be interested in sharing a very special place on my wall of hope, as well as in my heart.<br />All you need to do is make a small piece of art about the size of a 4x6 photo, post card size,or 5x7 the largest, that you'd be willing to send me to be added to the wall. If anyone is interested please leave me a comment here with contact info or on facebook, so that I can give you my address and answer any questions or details with you.. I will be posting and featuring any art that I receive as well here on my blog too. Thank you for all your love and support...always KelleyKelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-41682048595200676712010-03-10T03:07:00.004-05:002010-03-10T05:20:09.227-05:00Digging deeper...There's been a storm of thoughts and emotions, going on inside of me for the past few years now. I've kept it mostly hidden, locked away, unable to even clarify for myself, what the meaning or message in this storm has been all about. It started as a quiet unrest, a whisper, that has grown steadily louder to almost a scream.. I've been trying to sort thru it, understand it, name it even. And even now after all this time, I still have only begun to scratch at the surface. But the tide of emotions inside me keep rising, and I don't think I can hold closed the flood gates any longer.<br /> So if your looking for or expecting just another upbeat, inspiring, creative, juicy, life is just great, kind of blog ? Then this isn't the blog for you. If that is what your looking for, then there seems to be an almost over abundance of them going around to choose from. (And before I get some stones thrown at me.) Let me just say, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the super upbeat, happily creating, life is grand, kinda blogs. We need them too. We all sometimes need upbeat happy blogs, filled with happy art. I have a few favorites I subscribe to myself.<br /> But with that being said, I guess I've just been feeling a strong need to dig deeper, get realer, more raw with my art and my writing. I don't know? Maybe I need to purge all the sadness, frustrations, pain, doubts, struggles out of my system? Maybe the answer lies in finding a better balance between the upbeat and positive, and life's struggles and challenges? All I know for certain, is that I want to express thru my art and my writings what I am 'really' feeling at the time. I want to dig deep, I want to share my joys and my sorrows in my blog. I want to paint from my heart and soul. I want to express on canvas my broken heart, my fears, my pain. But also my biggest dreams, joys, and triumphs too.. I want my art journal to be less about 'pretty pages' and backgrounds with just an inspiring word like Believe on it. And more about my words, the real me, my story, my life. I want to express it all, the good and the bad. And maybe even the boring routine things that make up daily living too. I am not anywhere even near perfect, my life is far from anything even remotely perfect. In alot of ways I am broken, and so is my life. Yes I do have many talents or gifts, and my life has it's fair share of blessings too. And yes it is important to do the best one can to remain positive and optimistic. But at the same time I feel it is equally important, at least for me, to share and express those less then perfect moments or aspects of ourselves as well. To give a voice to our sorrows,our shortcomings, our pain, our frustrations, our regrets, and challenges too. I guess for me, I sometimes just can't relate to happy pretty girl art and happy blogs filled with good news, and wonderful artfilled adventures. I save those for my cheerier days..Maybe I am alone in feeling this? I don't know? I can only speak for myself. So for me, I am going to begin digging deeper, giving a voice to all aspects of myself, my life, not just the happier positive side, but all sides of life's moments and emotions. And expressing that voice in my art and my writing..And if by chance, I am not the only one feeling this way, then join in and dig deeper too..Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-89735372090683648832009-11-06T13:16:00.002-05:002009-11-06T14:15:48.166-05:00Life without speaking...As some of you may already know I need to go in for surgery soon. And the recovery time will be a couple of months. At first I was really bummed out to have to do this, but I've decided to look at things from a different and hopefully more positive perspective. Like most women and mom's, I have always tended towards putting myself last on the priority list. I've neglected my own needs and my health for a while now. So this will actually be a good thing. A chance to focus on my life, my health, my art, my goals, etc. And this surgery will clear up some health issues, and pain that I've been dealing with for quite some time. So instead of being bummed out, or even freaked out. I am going to use this time to heal, recover, and nurture myself. I will spend my winter snuggling in and relaxing, recovering, re-evaluating my life, and also focusing more on my art. So that when spring arrives I will be healthier, stronger, more focused and energetic. Kind of like a butterfly..I will nestle into my little cocoon, do the work I need too, and emerge with new wings and brighter color, ready to fly. I have sooo many ideas and art projects inside my head just waiting for a chance to be born, and this will be the perfect time to really focus on making them a reality. I also plan on spending my healing winter days learning to knit, take and edit video, learning to use my new sewing machine, and hopefully make some cool things..I also plan to blog a lot more, seeing as part of the recovery process restricts me from speaking at all at first and then only on a limited basis until I have healed more..which should be interesting to say the least..but again instead of freaking out about it, I've decided to use it as a means to express myself in other non-verbal ways, such as art and writing..so stay tuned for future updates on my surgery and recovery adventure and life without speaking...Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-14796408323690132732009-09-25T02:58:00.003-04:002009-09-25T03:04:31.340-04:00INSOMNIAC RADIO..Well folks it's here. Please tune in Saturday night, September 26th. at 11pm. est. For my first official show. My guest will be my dear artsy friend Lynda! Listen in as we talk about art, creativity, life and everything in between. Feel free to call in with questions or just to join in the fun. Also I am still in the process of booking future guest spots. So if your interested please don't be shy, contact me and we can chat about you and your wonderful artsy goodness being on a future segment. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/KelleysKornerKelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-49333404782238057002009-09-23T00:05:00.002-04:002009-09-23T00:14:12.782-04:00Great Happenings!Well folks it's finally here. The launching of my own radio show! Yup can you imagine? Me? Let loose over the air waves! Muahahaha! I am so looking forward to doing this, and I so hope you all join in for a listen. I hope to have some special guest co-hosts on as well. It will be such fun to have a place to chat about art, creativity, life, challenges, inspirations, and everything in between. A place to connect and a place to be heard as well. I am in the process of compiling a list of future guest spots so please don't be shy, send me a message if you'd like to appear on a future episode, or call in to the show too! I want this to be for all of us!! I will be posting the official annoucement with show time and date within the next day or so, so please stay tuned for further info! And thank you all so very much for your support and friendship. It means the world to me..you are all such shinning stars! Shine On Sista's! xoxo~~~KelleyKelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-43627358054796694982009-07-25T04:12:00.003-04:002009-07-25T04:40:11.616-04:00Important updateJust wanted to say that I am sorry I haven't been posting or around much the last few weeks. My mother passed away recently, after a long illness, and it's been a difficult time for me. It is a strange and difficult road, the grieving process. The sadness, the tears, the memories that flood you, at times when you least expect it. And even moments of acceptance and peace that stir in the midst of this emotional roller coaster. I am only now slowly beginning to feel like joining the world again. And to be honest even that feeling changes from day to day, moment to moment. So I am doing the only thing I can do, and that is take it one day, one hour at a time. To allow myself to grieve, to remember, to cry and to miss so deeply the woman I was so blessed to call my mother.<br />I am beginning to work on some art projects that express how I feel and to also honor her memory. I am hoping to figure out and organize in the near future an art auction to benefit Alzhiemer's research, as this disease steals precious time and memories from so many loved ones. If anyone has any information on how to go about setting up an online art auction for a charity. I would greatly appreciate any help or information you could offer, as I've never done anything like this before. It would mean alot to me to honor her memory in this way and to also help with finding a cure so that other's may be spared from the effects of such a devasting disease. Thank you...Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-75690360099218900022009-06-16T02:15:00.003-04:002009-06-16T02:24:17.247-04:00Wreck This Journal!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/Sjc59-JtAvI/AAAAAAAAAEI/AGO_nixoQGM/s1600-h/wreck+this+journal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/Sjc59-JtAvI/AAAAAAAAAEI/AGO_nixoQGM/s320/wreck+this+journal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347806819344253682" border="0" /></a><br />Well I just signed up for wreck this journal at<br /><br /><br />http://tnc-wreckthisjournal.blogspot.com/<br /><br />this is going to be loads of fun, and a bit scary at times too. Imagine wreaking a journal, defacing a book, destroying it! It is sure going to be an adventure. I hope you will all go and sign up too! Already there are I'd guess over a hundred folks doing the project too.. Well I ran out to Barnes and Noble tonight and bought my Wreck This Journal book by Keri Smith. It was only 12.95 too. And I am sure I may have found it online for even cheaper but I didn't want to wait for the mailman to deliver it. I wanted to get started as soon as possible. But sadly it is now very late and so I am going to start my first assignments tomorrow morning. I will be posting a blog each week on my progress, complete with photos, and maybe even some videos too! I hope you go sign up and join in the fun too. Stay tuned for more updates..Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-17704318134804978532009-06-05T07:30:00.001-04:002009-06-05T07:32:19.655-04:00A great giveaway!!hey ladies there is a fantastic giveaway up for grabs..check out this awesome blog and while your there don't forget to sign up for the great bird lover's giveaway too!!<br />http://waysidetreasures-sandi.blogspot.com/2009/06/giveawaycalling-all-bird-lovers.html<br /><br />Best of Luck to all who enter!! KelleyKelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-14344311066118469112009-05-25T00:34:00.001-04:002009-05-25T00:35:16.287-04:00In my little town..Just <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vMHRo72vcEM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vMHRo72vcEM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>a short little video of images from the small New England town I live in..Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-2716553765579214062009-05-14T14:03:00.005-04:002009-05-14T14:36:37.106-04:00Cherokee Wisdom something we all need....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/SgxjVasVayI/AAAAAAAAAEA/NMFqFMq7oAE/s1600-h/Cheza_pins_Peyto_C24S9064.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/SgxjVasVayI/AAAAAAAAAEA/NMFqFMq7oAE/s320/Cheza_pins_Peyto_C24S9064.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335748878120872738" border="0" /></a>I have loved this story since my father told it to me as a child. And in light of the negativity online recently, I felt it a good time to share it. Some of you may have heard it before, even still it is a nice reminder.~~~Namaste~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />An old Cherokee Indian was teaching his grandchildren about life. So he said to them,<br />"A battle is raging inside me...it is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is full of hatred, anger, jealousy, fear, deceit, hostility, false pride, resentment, self-pity, superiority, and ego. The other wolf is good. He is full of love, compassion, empathy, joy, forgiveness, acceptance, kindness, generosity, and faith."<br />The old wise Indian fixed the children with a firm stare. "This same battle is going on inside of each of you, and in every human being." he said.<br />The children all sat there quietly for a time. And then one child asked his grandfather, "Oh grandfather which wolf will win?" The old wise Cherokee quietly replied. "The one you feed...."Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-21768481814945092642009-05-07T06:31:00.002-04:002009-05-07T06:55:47.455-04:00Where is the love??I have seen quite a bit of nastiness in our internet art world lately. Some are accusing others of copying their style (even tho to my eye it didn't appear to look the same at all.) And some are platently copying others work. Some are using other's to 'get ahead'. Some are overly pimping themselves or their sites to the point of being annoying.. Or pretending to be a friend just so you'll join or follow their site or blog, or whatever. Some are saying mean things to or about other artists. Some have forgotten the value of true friendship. Some have no clue what friendship really means. Some are all about the gossip and drama. Some are all about just themselves. The list goes on and on..and well it just makes me truly sad. What happened to encouraging and supporting each other? Not because ya want something but because it's the nice thing to do? What happened to courtesy and respect for another's bounderies, site, or art even? I am really starting to feel like I am back in high school lately. There are cliques and groups that judge, talk meanly, or push other's around or push them out. It wasn't like this in the beginning..Or maybe I just hadn't witnessed it yet? I am not sure. Maybe it's the economy that has everyone so afraid that it's bringing out the worst in some people? I really don't know. All I do know is that I came here into this online art world looking for other women artists I could make friends with. I came here hoping to find kindness, understanding, respect, support and encouragement. I came to hopefully find like minded people. I have seen nice chicks get walked all over or bullied. I have seen not so nice chicks pick on and gang up on another. I have seen a lot of hurt, fear, misunderstandings, and sadness too. Don't get me wrong I have also witnessed a lot of good too. And I have made some amazing and wonderful friendships as well. It just seems that lately there's been a bit more negativity going around..and it troubles me. It saddens me. This was once my place of refuge, my sacred santuary, my tribe of art sisters. I miss that!! I truly hope that this tide of negativity, competivness, drama, etc..is going to soon pass..In the mean time the only words of wisdom I can offer are : When you have the choice to either be right or be kind, always choose kind"....Blessings and love to all and may the warmth, and understanding return soon....NamasteKelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-21783357475975299622009-05-01T07:19:00.002-04:002009-05-01T07:22:34.826-04:00A great giveaway!!Hi,<br /> Just wanted to pass along a great giveaway to my wonderful and supportive follower friends!! Just visit http://willnnabel.blogspot.com/<br />Check out Deb's blog it's wonderful, and the giveaway is in celebration of her 100th post!! So show some love and stop by to congratulate her and leave a comment for a chance to win!!Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-87440835087959865702009-04-30T03:29:00.003-04:002009-04-30T04:28:06.349-04:00My Summer Wish to Do List.....<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Summer Wish to do List</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1) Spend as much time as possible outdoors. I am hoping to put up a nice screen house in my back yard. Fill it with comfy lounge chairs, a table, some pretty lights, pots of flowers etc. A little outdoor haven for relaxing and making art.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2) Complete 6 full paintings. I figure if I can do 2 a month that would cover June, July, and August.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Go fishing at least twice!! I love going fishing. I find it very relaxing and fun. And I always catch and release.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4) Spend as much time as possible at the beach!! My favorite time to go to the beach is late in the day any time after 4pm. I love spending the last few hours before the sun sets just chilling by the sea. Tho night time on the beach is beautiful too. Just laying on the warm sand gazing up at the starry sky, listening to the waves crash along the shore..ahhh heavan.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5) Get my surgeries done so I can relax and recuperate in the summer sunshine.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6) Visit my brother in Maine..yes Tom I know you read this..and now it's in writing.. I am hoping to plan a visit up north this summer. AFTER black fly season ends of course..LOL</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7) Have one neighborhood water balloon and squirt gun fight!! I will be buying a nice huge super-soaker power gun..heehee.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8) Eat lots of my favorite summer time foods..ice cream, steamers, corn on the cob, hotdogs, potato salad, fresh cherries and strawberries, etc.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9) Pick one good fiction novel and read it over the summer. I haven't read just fiction in quite a while. Been so hooked on artsy how-to books. Any summer reading suggestions would be greatly appriciated!!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10) Watch less TV!!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11) Start and complete one art assemblage peice..hmmm maybe something with a summer theme?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">12) Get on a better sleep schedule and Stay on it!! Now that's gonna be tough for a night owl like myself..hoping the warm sunshine and ocean breezes will help motivate me more.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">13) Decorate my yard with art! Maybe paint my window boxes, hang some pretty painted mixed media birdhouses, make my own windchimes. oooh ideas, ideas!! Anyone know what kind of paint works well on plastic window boxes? Acrylic?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">14) Take lots of pictures and videos to share with my amazing, wonderful online art friends!! I so love you gals!!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">15) Go to the 4th of July parade and fireworks ( even tho I dislike crowds I intend to not let that stop me this year!!)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">16) Have a yard sale! I have plenty of stuff that no longer serves me. Less is truly more!! Simplify, Simplify!!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">17) Be Brave and show my art work..thinking I might participate in the Rockport Arts Festival this year! ?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">18) Let go and sell some of my art work. Sigh. I need to learn to release it out into the world! To not become so attached to each peice..</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">19) Do a summer art journal..</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">20) Open up my new sewing machine and *cough* attempt to learn how to sew..</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Well thats the list..Let's see if I can accomplish it all?? What are your plans for summer? Do you have a summer wish to do list too? Please share your lists with me, and any suggestions or ideas would be great too! Lets all have a fun summer full of art and sunshine!!</span><br /><br /></div></div>Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-40586957590656759942009-03-29T13:57:00.004-04:002009-03-29T14:05:43.637-04:00Making art just makes me happy...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/Sc-38zxE5uI/AAAAAAAAADM/fh1uY8WG2_4/s1600-h/purple+girl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 113px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/Sc-38zxE5uI/AAAAAAAAADM/fh1uY8WG2_4/s320/purple+girl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318671940263929570" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/Sc-3wgz4AqI/AAAAAAAAADE/ZtShKmbmYFw/s1600-h/sun+painting.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/Sc-3wgz4AqI/AAAAAAAAADE/ZtShKmbmYFw/s320/sun+painting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318671729016963746" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here are two peices I did recently. The first one, the sun, is done with modeling paste and acrylics on a 16 inch round canvas. The second one is a drawing I did with colored pencils. Now that I have some more free time, I've also been busy drawing and sketching ideas for some new paintings.<br /></span></span>Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-81984603163464523482009-03-22T02:38:00.003-04:002009-03-22T02:45:34.242-04:00The long awaited updateI am back!!! After being very distracted and way too busy. I am now back to focusing on my blog. Thank you all for hanging in there during my blogging absence. I will even be posting some video blogs on here soon too! As well as some cool pics on my recent art projects as well. So to kick this back into gear I am posting a very cute video that my daughter Hilary and her friend did recently for Suziblu. If ya haven't seen it already on Suzi's site, I hope you will take a moment to check it out. They did such a good job..enjoy..and stay tuned for more posts coming soon!!!<br /><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S1JxVzkhcuE&hl=en&fs=1&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S1JxVzkhcuE&hl=en&fs=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-72062477755877840462008-12-08T00:00:00.003-05:002008-12-08T01:10:11.155-05:00Death of The Christmas Tree<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/STy6ENVw5UI/AAAAAAAAACQ/G9ia7Bjp6BQ/s1600-h/little+tree.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/STy6ENVw5UI/AAAAAAAAACQ/G9ia7Bjp6BQ/s320/little+tree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277297444834567490" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Every year during the holiday season thousands, upon thousands of innocent evergreens are merclessly chopped down, and shipped to tree lots all across the country. They are then forced to stand in neat little rows as life slowly drains from their branches. So that you, the holiday shopper can select your tree amongst bright christmas lights and cheerful holiday music. But sadly the horror doesn't stop there.<br /> The happy shopper having finally selected their tree, then carelessly hoists it up onto the roof of the car, only then to crudely tie the tree down, so as to prevent escape. The poor helpless tree has to then endure a rough, windy ride. Staring all the while at the blue sky it will never live to see again.<br /> Upon arrival at your home the ritualistic torture of this once majestic tree only continues. The poor little tree is then stuffed into a tree stand, where sharp screws are then twisted into it's fresh tender trunk. Reminisant of some medieval torturer's device. The tree is then given just enough water to guarantee it remains barely alive for the holidays festivities.<br /> It's strong once sheltering branches are hacked away, trimmed to satisfy your need for a trangular uniform appearance. Now the festive holiday family further humilate the slowly dying tree, by decorating it with strings of bright holiday lights, tinsel and ornaments. Perhaps to hide the little tree's sadness. To which everyone then gathers round the tree "oohing" and "awing" at how beautiful the tree now looks. Oh how much you just love and admire the decorated little tree as it now stands there all aglow!<br /> We forget as presents are piled underneath it's branches, that this was once a thriving, growing healthy tree. Which not only housed many of nature's creatures, but also gave us all life sustaining oxygen.<br /> And every year it never fails to surprise me that as we proclaim the season to be of love, compassion and giving. We at the same time contribute to the unneccesary killing of thousands of life giving helpless trees. Only to toss them out after the festivities are over.The once adorned and adored holiday tree now blowing around in the streets and curbsides with reminants of tinsel still hanging from their now dead little branches, like Christmas corpses year after year. No longer will the tree be a haven for wildlife. No longer will it give us our precious oxygen,shade nor shelter or the sweet smell of pine.<br /> Perhaps if we must celebrate with a tree and all the decorations. We could use an artifical tree instead? Leaving the sweet little trees to keep on living? Artifical trees are very elaborate now, often looking more uniform and full than their natural counterparts. As well as the money saved, as you need only purchase this kind of tree once, for years and years of enjoyment. While at the same time doing your part to protect the environment as well. Maybe then the death of the Christmas tree will be a thing of the past.........<br /></span>Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-40719802210840475492008-11-20T05:18:00.004-05:002008-11-20T05:32:57.100-05:00Art Supply Junkie LoVe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/SSU8S9ZrQiI/AAAAAAAAACA/ppDglB3TggI/s1600-h/0065889000000-ST-01-Trio.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/SSU8S9ZrQiI/AAAAAAAAACA/ppDglB3TggI/s320/0065889000000-ST-01-Trio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270685235324600866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/SSU8OZmhLiI/AAAAAAAAAB4/a9b82U4WLgk/s1600-h/0078183000000-ST-01-Derwent-Inktense-24-Color-Set-With-Sketchbook.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TGpnFLe305Y/SSU8OZmhLiI/AAAAAAAAAB4/a9b82U4WLgk/s320/0078183000000-ST-01-Derwent-Inktense-24-Color-Set-With-Sketchbook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270685156995313186" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Okay I posted a blog about this in Suzi land but thought I should post one here too.<br />I am that excited about my new art supplies, that I must share these wonderful goodies with all of you too. I finally got my packages today from Jerry's Artarama..And OMG do I love my new inktense watercolor pencils!! They are just amazing! They work just like regular watercolor pencils, but when you add some water, like a wash to them, once it dries..they become permanent!! YUP! You can add layer after layer and not worry about bleeding or smearing at all!! This is just great for art journaling and mixed media collage too. You can add wet glue on top and no smearing!! I love em !! And I got a great price too!! 24 set with a free little journal just 19.99.. Best price around..I checked..LOL<br />Also I got a tabletop easel..since my daughter moved home and took my art room away..I've had limited art space again..And my larger studio size easel is just too big to fit into my art space corner of my bedroom..So I really needed something smaller to work with. I got this Trio tabletop easel that works great! It is lightweight, not too big..fits on a desk or even a tv table. But it is made of nice smooth elmwood and the top holder rises up and holds canvases or birch wood up to 25 inches high..Having some birch peices here that are the larger size Suzi uses 12x24 this little easel does the trick..It was also 19.99 but there is a coupon on Jerry's main page for 10% off..so I got it for 17.99 instead..LOve it..I figured I would share these great finds with all of you..In case you need a smaller easel due to limited work space, or you would love some watercolor pencils that don't run or bleed.I am now hoping and wishing that Santa will bring me the 72 set of inktense pencils for Xmass..yay..<br /><br /></span>Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-37524382512373539012008-11-11T07:02:00.004-05:002008-11-11T07:25:31.879-05:00You Just Might Be an Artist..if..<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />1) If you get excited to have a 40% off coupon for Micheal's ?<br />Then you might just be an artist..<br />2) If for Valentine's Day when other women are hoping for flowers and jewelery,but your hoping for watercolor pencils,paints and brushes?<br />Then you might just be an artist..<br />3) If your idea of a good manicure is getting the ink or paint stains off your fingers?<br />Then you might just be an artist..<br />4) If you forget to even turn on your t.v most of the time, let alone keep up with the latest shows, because your too busy working on some new project?<br />Then you might just be an artist..<br />5) If you have seriously contemplated spending your grocery money for art supplies, or actually have done this?<br />Then you might just be an artist..<br />6) If the only people who actually 'get you' are others who are just as obsessed with creating too?<br />Then you might just be an artist..<br />7) If when you imagine your dream house, instead of the first thing being a nice yard or pool out back, you instead immediately imagine a studio space for yourself?<br />Then you might just be an artist..<br />8) If you have been known to get so involved in your latest work that you tend to lose all track of time?<br />Then you might just be an artist..<br />9) If the smell of paint is one of your favorite smells?<br />Then you might just be an artist..<br />10) If you continue to create your art, despite negative looks or remarks from people in your life?<br />Yup you guessed it. Then you might just be an artist..<br /><br />I hope you always keep on creating!! Feel free to add to this list..lets see if we can think up some more tell-tale signs of this condition called artist-itis..LOL<br />Hope everyone has a wonderful and creative week...xo<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div>Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-17716468193144755442008-11-05T01:40:00.002-05:002008-11-05T01:49:58.021-05:00I want too....<span style="font-weight: bold;">I want to make messy, messy art in my art journal. I want to forget about getting it right for awhile, and just create. I need to loosen up, relax. Sometimes I am such a damn perfectionist that it turns into a struggle, a battle between me and the art. When I get like this, I can do good art but it's work..I have to try to hard..I don't like that. I just want the easy flow right now..I want the inner critic to just SHUT THE HELL UP!! I want my art to be fun, NOT work!! Soooo thats what I am going to do. Instead of sitting here fretting that I 'should' be working on my petite doll, or I 'should' be working on my oracle card, or my traveling journals..NO! To hell with it all right now. I am going to go and play in my art journal..Because THAT is what I truly WANT to do right now. What I need to do right now..So I am saying to hell with the nagging voice that insists I need to work on this or that instead. I am going to go get myself a nice tall glass of iced tea, put on some favorite music, and play, play, play hookie...HA! And no one can stop me!!! HAHAHAHAHA.<br /></span>Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-29769909208375008922008-11-02T03:57:00.002-05:002008-11-02T04:13:33.311-05:00Poetry time pt. 2<span style="font-weight: bold;">Okay here are some more of my poems..tho some of them are a bit on the depressive side..We can't be sunshine and roses all the time..Or can we??<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">30 Minutes<br />till the pain-killer,<br />kicks in.<br />In 30 minutes,<br />I'll feel the numbness,<br />setting in.<br />30 minutes,<br />I am counting it down.<br />30 minutes,<br />feels like eternity right now.<br />30 minutes,<br />Gawd, I need some relief!<br />In 30 minutes,<br />I can drown out my grief.<br />30 minutes,<br />hurry I pray!<br />Can't take this much longer,<br />make this pain go away.<br />30 minutes,<br />can be such a long time away...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">WHEN I AM WELL<br /><br />When I am well,<br />I will not walk.<br />Instead I will run!<br />I will not sit inside,<br />this room no more,<br />hidden from the sun.<br /><br />When I am well,<br />I will not falter.<br />Nor give in to my tears.<br />I will face each day,<br />with new-found faith,<br />cast away my fears.<br /><br />When I am well,<br />I will sing songs loudly.<br />I will laugh even more.<br />I will join the children playing,<br />and dance along the shore.<br /><br />When I am well,<br />I will speak more gently,<br />be kinder to myself.<br />I will gather up the courage,<br />to take my dreams,<br />down off the shelf.<br />When I am well...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div>Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661927631251969235.post-13581882929897398392008-11-02T03:27:00.002-05:002008-11-02T03:43:52.576-05:00Poetry Time<span style="font-weight: bold;">I thought I would share a few poems that I've written..enjoy..<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I Am ME<br />I am a hidden landscape,<br />you can not see.<br />Behind my eyes,<br />lies mysteries.<br />I am Joy.<br />I am Sorrow.<br />I am my yesterdays,<br />today,<br />tomorrows.<br />I am young.<br />I am old.<br />I am a story,<br />that still unfolds.<br />I am as limitless,<br />as eternal space.<br />Far more,<br />than just this pretty face.<br />I am as deep,<br />as the bottomless ocean.<br />Made of,<br />spirit and flesh.<br />A cosmic potion.<br />I am Me...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />The Trees and I<br /><br />The leaves fall like tears,<br />Abandoned hopes and unanswered prayers.<br />Like lost dreams that drift afar,<br />both the leaves and me,<br />are worn, scarred.<br />The trees sigh.<br />A sad goodbye.<br />The leaves now gone.<br />Silently we cry,<br />the trees and I...<br /><br /><br />~Winter~<br /><br />The deep cold darkness,<br />wraps around me,<br />like a cloak of despair.<br />Frozen silence,<br />fills the air.<br />Sweet song birds,<br />no longer sing here.<br />Sun shines cold and pale,<br />against the gray.<br />All the green,<br />has died away.<br />Naked trees,<br />stand bare, alone.<br />I feel their frozen sadness,<br />deep in my bones.<br />Winter has come.<br />Winter has come home...<br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div>Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269316036894898125noreply@blogger.com0