Payne Prints

Getting ready to head out over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house, I stopped by our local pie artisan.  Beth’s Artisan Pies, in Carrollton right off the Bush Toll road and Josey Lane. These pies are all handmade, everything.  Amazingly delicious!  This time we got the traditional Pumpkin and Pecan.  If you...

Well it has been a great conference where I was able to connect and reconnect with many different people.  Feeling revived!!  Cassie Stevens is Amazing.

Best quote…when you are getting beat down by others and feeling bad about yourself…

“Why do you give a shit.”

I love this speaker.

Really getting excited and pumped.  Starting the day with printmaking.  LOVE IT!

Went to some amazing lectures and met some awesome people.  

Now we are sitting in the general sessions watching a dear friend from my college days on stage.  Amanda Batson!

Haven’t been able to go to TAEA for the past couple of years, so I am ready!  

Just finished a letter of recommendation for a dear friend and now working the Cricut to make stencils for geli plates.  Too much fun when there is no sun.

The secret to my stencils is to use heavy card stock and spray fix after cutting.  They last a long time, and I can always go...

Getting ready for the cold by prepping the new green houses for the boxes.  I also have set up some new solar lighting in the yard.  

Second day and ran out of wood hinges and finds.  Will have to wait until November to finish.  However I did get everything stained.  So most is ready for...

Prepping the house for Halloween. 

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BONE CHINA!

more to come.

While walking through the State Fair I came across Toyota’s new concept cars.  Great functional works of art.

With the rain, comes an opportunity to throw.  It was a slow start but definitely worth it.  I even got a little fire going in the Chimanea.  The coffee cup is from Susan Kennedy, my first ceramics teacher.  One of my treasures I cherish.

Hoping to get these things trimmed and set to bisque. 

Ok so you got impatient and took the clay out too early. If you do this cut it up and place pieces back in the bag with a cup of water for a few hours.  The smaller pieces will absorb water quickly.  Tomorrow we are expecting rain, so nice cool morning to do...