The end of my ornaments...for now

This is a quick picture of some of the ornaments I completed, there were over 48 of them by the end of the Christmas season.  And most of them have new homes.

Ornament #4

Ornament #3

This one really doesn't look like the original, but I thought that I would post it any way.

Ornament #2

Another ornament, the pictures really don't show them at their best...

Ornament #1

This is one of the Christmas ornaments I have been working on.  These will be gifts to friends, family and co-workers, I hope they like them.

Hex of it All

This is another shot at making a Penn. Dutch Hex sign and making it up as I go kind of thing.  I just sort of used the inside of the designs.

Pennsylvania Dutch Throws Up #2

I was having fun with color and lines.

Mr. Sun

It's my birthday today.  My big plans are driving my daughter to her all girls school, picking her up after school and driving her to the all boys school for marching band and then driving back to pick her up after marching band. And somewhere in between, I have to drive to the town an hour north of us to have lunch with my mom and her friends and make dinner.  Happy birthday to me.  Yes, I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself...  Last year I spent my birthday in Northern Ohio at a teachers conference and had a much better time.  The girls (other teachers) and I spent the whole trip using my birthday as an excuse to celebrate.  I think I still build my birthday's up to be bigger than they should be, but in reality they are just another day.  I did receive lovely thoughtful gifts from my family, and one daughter even cleaned some of the house for me without me having to ask her, so from here on out I will concentrate on all of the good things about the day... and ... not that the toilet is backed up and I now have a new thing to add to my list of what to do on my birthday.  :o)

Flower Buttons

I finally finished a drawing!  It feels so good to be able to sit down and draw again.  Now, how do you keep the family from just dropping in to talk because they see that it's nice and quiet in your room?  Oh well, I finished a drawing.  I know I will miss them all when they leave to start their own families, so I try to always at least listen while they talk, maybe just not making eye contact the whole time.  :o)  I sketched this drawing out on bristol board and started by adding color to the circles with water color.  I added all the pen and ink  at the end.