Nancymccarroll

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• Artist Trading Cards 2019

  

  Putting together some of my 2.5" x 3.5" watercolor cards, they are shown here as a simpler way for judging entrance into a terrific site that is juried prior... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2019 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Smug Mugs

  

  Our coffee group made mugs. And we are proud of them. You might even consider us smug because those mugs are so clever. But, in confession, I admit it was a... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2018 ARTS & CRAFTS

• More Small Paintings

  

  This week I tried various renditions of painting sunflowers. Below is a picture that took a bit more time since there were three times that the picture was set... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2018 ARTS & CRAFTS

• He Is Risen

  

  , indeedLuke 24: 2-3 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.John 11:25-26. Jesus... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2018 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Watercolor Greeting Cards

  

  Back last spring, when insomnia and I began our current relationship, I chose to use the early morning hours to paint (instead of complaining there were too man... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2018 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Christmas 2017 and Water Colored Cards

  

  Christmas 2017 was the only holiday season in twenty years when I sent out cards. And the cards I sent, over thirty, were all personally drawn and painted with... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2018 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Painted Wooden Discs for Necklaces

  

  Going from Painted Rocks to Painted Necklaces, during November and December, I painted over 50 wooden discs for necklaces. These necklaces were fun to paint, an... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2017 ARTS & CRAFTS

• More Rocks, More Dots

  

  Fresh after midnight doodling, here are more rocks finished over the past few days... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2017 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Painting on Rocks with Acrylics

  

  Because I cannot sleep well at night due to taking steroids for metastatic breast cancer, I have been painting rocks during the dark hours. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2017 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Latimer House Fundraiser: Extraordinary Women

  

  Latimer House, a safe haven for women and children seeking assistance from domestic abuse, is having a 2017 fundraiser to keep the House open and functioning. G... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2017 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Belated January Christmas Letter

  

  It has been many years since one of those self aggrandizing family update Christmas letters has come to our mailbox. You know the type letter I am referring... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2017 SELF EXPRESSION

• It is Almost Christmas

  

  Christmas will be here in two days, so now is the time to record photographs and what has been happening in our neck of the woods this month. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2016 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Afternoon Tea

  

  Wine Country Inn, located in Palisade, Colorado, offers tea during the Christmas Season and for Mother's Day in the spring. This hotel is a luxurious hotel... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2016 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Roses with Other Names

  

  In this case, I knit three roses using different yarns and dissimilar centers. But they all looked pretty much like red roses, even if their names were changed... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2016 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Closing in on Thanksgiving

  

  Yesterday at the manor, almost 200 residents and family members were served a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. It seemed to come off without a hitch, and... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2016 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Our Animal Friends' Visits

  

  It was a dog weekend to roll over for. Friend Kathy in MN and her daughter adopted Olivia last night. Olivia is a loving catahoula mix, who came all the way fro... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2016 ARTS & CRAFTS

• A Skylight, A Recipe for Rice Pudding, Carol's Thoughts on Knitting

  

  Husband disapproves of blog posts that have more than one topical area as he thinks writing should be "on topic." When he reads this post, it will be... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2016 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Mary Prayer Garden Establishment

  

  Two enterprising Mesa State University coeds worked over the weekend in our new back patio area to help create a meditation garden. Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2016 ARTS & CRAFTS

• A Kinsey Visit; Furniture Replacements

  

  Gene's brother, Pat, and Pat's daughter, Jackie, came from Missouri for a weekend visit. The two of them, Gene and Pat, used to really look alike in their... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2016 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Moving Accomplished

  

  Two dogs are looking up at my mug of canned chili with extra added tinned tomatoes, microwaved to perfection, their salivary glands on overtime, trying to... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2016 ARTS & CRAFTS