The Prize

With this poster my daughter won the 1-st place in the county competition for posters on Worldwide Peace theme organized by the Lions Club. We are so proud of her and she , herself is sooo happy because this prize came with a check of $50.Just on time for Christmas.

Merry Christmas to you all!

I hope you guys had one extraordinary and Merry Christmas. I hope you  had lots of unforgettable moments with your loved ones. I hope you had a lot of fun and a lot of delicious food.
In order to make the other people's Christmases smooth and nice I had to work seven days in a row.But with a little help from my family and ....pets I enjoyed the magic of the Christmas season. The Christmas lights, the multiple batches of Gingerbread cookies, our favorites this season, the Christmas band concert, the delicious meals cooked by my husband, the Christmas eve dinner with my brother and sister-in-law , the Christmas dinner and opening the presents with the kids. I did not miss any of the Christmas fun,I enjoyed it in full.

Sweet Saturday

Art making, gingerbread men baking, pictures taking, delicious meals cooking.Sweet Saturday,time for rest and fun. We wanted to build a snow man but the snow was not good for that. Too powdery.
She made a beautiful Christmas present for her friend JJ./Do not worry, JJ does not read my blog ./That painting in the first picture. Isn't it beautiful and creative?!I am so proud of her.
The snowman in the last one is mine. A quick sketch with a brush.

Illustration Friday:Pattern

It is again an old one, from September , but it matches the word of this week's Illustration Friday Pattern. Black ink and watercolor pencils.

It's the season to be jolly!

It is freezing cold outside but I love this season for the joy and inspiration it brings.

Illustration Friday:Refrain

My input for this week's Illustration Friday topic Refrain. I guess I covered the second meaning of this word: repeating a verse or a group of verses throughout a song or a poem. I do not know what she is singing about but she looks like she is enjoying  it. Ink pen and watercolor.

Getting ready for Christmas.

It is this time of the year. Yesterday almost the whole day I spent decorating for Christmas. And I am not done yet!!! My daughter and her friend helped with the Christmas tree and baked delicious peanut butter cookies. I am glad I finally completed the idea I got from Pintrest last year. I made this Christmas tree out of a tomato plant cage and some lights from Menard's. I think it turned out great. It looks great on my porch.

Illustration Friday:Tail

 This week's topic at Illustration Friday is TAIL. It was not hard to decide what to draw. As we are a cat family I have my long tailed models available whenever I feel like sketching. And here I come with an overload of cat illustrations and sketches in different media and styles. I hope you enjoy them.

 

Illustration Friday:Secret

She has the keys, she knows the secret.

Halloween

Some pictures from that exciting day. The two BFF's dressed like The Little Red Kitty Hood and The Zombie Bride could not wait to hit the neighborhood. They joined a big group of friends from school and had the time of their lives. She came home with a basket full of candy. She was generous enough to share it with us and especially her brother who outgrew his trick -or-treating age loooong, looong ago .The cat tried to help with sorting the candy, too.

Walking the dog

I am posting this for no reason while waiting for my girlie to come back home from trick-or-treating. Mixed media and collage.

Spooky times

I do not care for Halloween too much but my daughter is obsessed with it. So she was the main driving force behind this year's Halloween decorating process .
 I am so proud of my pumpkins. They grew up in my little garden. This year the experiment was successful!!! I started the pumpkin plants on a window sill in March. In  May when I planted them outside they were already strong and healthy plants and no slugs could damage them. I was so happy watching them grow the whole summer. I could not believe how much joy and satisfaction a couple of plants could bring. I am so doing it again next summer.

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A busy Saturday fallowing the schedule of a young budding actress. The weather unpredictable: warm sunshine changed to cold and cloudy skies with a nasty wind and rain. Then sunny again with unexpected double rainbow. Till I get the camera the second one disappeared. A visit to the craft fair and getting ready for the 4 o'clock show. Stuffed peppers and apple crisp for supper. Delicious!!!
Then enjoying the last show with the actors relaxed, creative and very funny! They had fun on stage , we had fun watching them! A bouquet of white and pink roses for my talented Cat! They did a great job, my girl and her talented friends!