a day in the life....

Last Sunday found me roaming around 

Florida Botanical Garden

in Largo, Florida.

I was shutter happy with many pops of 

color but the below had my full attention.

I'm drawn to plants that are, of course,

a little weird but also architectural in nature.

As I was capturing angles of this particular plant....

my brain is itchy with recognition but WHY?

Then POP, we have history.  This is the plant

my 'Little Dancer' is balanced on.

'Orange Pops'

'Little Dancer'
original canvas by a Kimberly design
available through 
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New Designs!!

The Dallas Cash N Carry 

is this weekend!

It's always exciting to see

my pieces of art 

on their way to new homes!

'Catfish'©

'Little Lamb'©

'Scarab'©
I love this one, the colors are just too fun!

'The Swan'©
thinking of  the S.W.A.N.'s
back in Austin!
I find it amusing that I moved to a 
small town that is known for their Swans!
We have a lake full of them here!

'Dreamcatcher'©

'Little Dancer'©
Perfect for pairing with Emma's Little Bird.

There are several new belt designs up on the site as well, 
Go check out all, remember I'm distributed through
Ruth Schmuff Designs

design time...

...balanced with stitching time. 

Sometimes these two happen naturally, sometimes...not so much. 

Today I was counting out the border along the right hand side

...and I screwed it up.  

Ugh...the debate in my head is to start totally over 

or white it out and re count. 

Cute snail, cute flower, cute snail, cute oops, off center.

Are you doing a happy dance that I count this out for you!??

'Little Dancer'©2014
Getting a feel for color 
before putting brush to canvas.
This is typically how I 'do' it.

Coils...couched...sort of.
I laid a base of diagonal satin with Very Velvet, then coiled the Memory Wire. There is one tiny couch stitch at the very center
and then just around the outside coil.
Tiny ribbon flowers have been re stitched since you last saw a picture of this corner in my world of stitching.
As I worked another area my thread caught one of the Montano knots several times...another ugh. I think the end result is 'cuter'...so sometimes frustration leads to better results.

Our little Emma the world traveler,
here she is in Belgium looking her cutest ever!
Besides exploring the globe, she is sitting up and cutting teeth. There is just so much happening in her world! So much to be grateful for, her sweet smile makes my miscount of cute snail and flower border a mute point. I find myself just staring at her pictures and are we grandparents not the luckiest,
I get videos too!