A chick with a party hat on

Okay everyone here is my latest painting inspired by a Balderdash game played with my family and my brothers close friend Alex Mcbean. Do any of you know what game I'm talking about? Do you all remember the inside joke created from the above mentioned game? By the way, I have plans to paint a duck wearing a party hat next time. :) Happy Thursday everyone!

Lady bugs and polka dots

Take a look at the lady bug polka dot birthday party
Carianne had for her daughter Abby!
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Halloween "old-fashioned" photo.

We spent about two hours on Photoshop today figuring out how to make these new Halloween photos look old (we turned them sepia tone and added vignettes, "scratches", "dust" spots, made them slightly out of focus, caused over-exposure, etc.. There are no short-cuts for any of these, so that's why it took us two hours to figure it out). We plan on doing similar photos for all of us. Enjoy (and vote for your favorite). :)

Halloween "old fashioned" photo (that we photoshop'd ourselves)

Little Lola Doll in a flowery dress

Hello again, Sorry to have taken so long to get this dolly finished. Shes up on my Etsy right now. I love her! The thing I love most is she turned out better than I thought. The eyes turned out better than last time I tried to embroider eyes. And I lust love her braids! I hope to make the rest just like her just in different dresses. I even drew a pattern so I can make them JUST like her! That makes this a lot easier.

Annie Pie Doll

This Is the concept drawing and actual Anniepie doll that my sister Carianne made. I love her! I think I'm going to have to have one ! I hope she makes more! Making dolls is so much fun!!! I'm glad my sister likes doing it too! We can share and ask each other questions about sewing tips and techniques.


This is the concept drawing for her Lollianne doll I'm really excited to see how she turns out

"The sculpting of a great life"

I just finished reading Carianne's recent blog entry, entitled "hmmm...", and I had to post a comment, then "Buddy Boy" turned off the computer right when I was almost done. :( So here i am posting it on my blog.

Anyway, she talks about sculpting her life into something beautiful. Well, recently I read the last three months of my journal and i have found that I go through the exact same cycle every month making the same mistakes and then fixing them and then there i am at the same place as before. I say to myself "someday I'll get this right" then reality hits and i say " no I won't. I'll NEVER be perfect." and I feel crummy. Then that familiar little voice says "Lorajean of course you will never be perfect ON YOUR OWN!" I need my Father in Heavens help! any way it was one of those moments where you're overwhelmed and then you're at peace! I just had to share it.

So, like Carianne, I too am creating a great life and hopefully someday it will be perfect. as long as I let God be the sculptor.