I've never really done stencil art before, so this portrait of a woman in a flower hat is new for me. I was inspired by the wonderfu...

People often ask me if I know the people I draw. The answer is no. I mostly draw from mug shots. Mug shots are in the public domain, so th...

Drawing is my comfort food. My hips might have a different opinion, so I will call drawing comfort food for my brain, and maybe my soul. And...

My grandmother died recently; she was 96. She was my last remaining grandparent, my father's stepmother. Arrangements were made to hav...

I actually engaged in a little art therapy a couple of weeks ago, which resulted in this indifferent little harpy. She started with a digi...

I did a drawing of my husband recently, which is not really unusual. I've been drawing pictures of him for the last 20 years we've b...

Yes, it's been a long time since I blogged. I'm sorry about that. The past year has not been overly kind to me, and this year is not...

I did some collages for the Christmas show at the Center for Visual Arts in Greensboro, NC. They had some funny little sayings on them. ...

I made some new art dolls; a Maid Marian doll, a Hoochie Mama doll, and a Flower Child doll. They are made from shoe stretchers, collage...

In the attic of my house there were two TV antennas thoughtfully left behind by the previous owners. I was reacquainted with them this we...

I've done these Library People drawings for years, and I've always sold them on eBay, but I've decided not to auction them anym...

I don't golf. I don't even follow the sordid details of Tiger Woods' life apart from what I read in line at the grocery store....

Vintage Save the Date Postage by VintageGreetings See more Vintage Postage I've won a number of awards on Zazzle, which is nice. Re...

It's been a long time since I wrote a review of my Cafepress and Zazzle experiences, as an anonymous blogger pointed out just yesterday...

My kids were recently in a production of Children of Eden , a musical of questionable theology set roughly in the book of Genesis. Aside fr...

I watched a bit of that new show on HGTV called Tough as Nails . You've likely seen the ads where Cindy Stumpo snidely declares, "...

This birdhouse is one I call The Meter House. This house uses side cuts and regular 1X lumber. I used old tin roofing for the roof. Ther...

This is another of my recycled materials birdhouses. I'm pretty fond of this one. It uses 1X lumber along with side cuts from some old...

I call this birdhouse the Arizona house, as it uses my no longer needed Arizona license plate, among other things. We found an awesome me...

For the last few days I have been doing some birdhouses. We have had an unusually cold winter, and I have been trying hard to keep all t...

This is the second art doll in the series. She's a little wacky, as evidenced by the split mouth and the spring pigtails. She's als...

So, I did these 11 art dolls. Personally, I love to make stuff, draw stuff, create stuff. I can do it all day and night, and frequently do....

“Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.” - Alfred North Whitehead I ha...

I don't usually write product reviews here, but I want to do an informational post on the Allure Trafficmaster Flooring from Home Depot ...

Awhile back, Cafepress decided to make some changes to their marketplace; they decided to price everything in the marketplace exactly the sa...

I've written a lot about Cafepress and Zazzle in the past. Up to this point, Cafepress has certainly been the more profitable choice in ...

I wrote this squidoo lens on Obsessive Chihuahua Disorder . Like my lenses on Dating Space Aliens or Retrosexual Women , it is meant to be ...

It is with deep sorrow that I announce the passing of my father. I did manage to get to North Carolina a few hours before he died, which was...

This is my third article comparing the relative success I am having with these three Print on Demand companies. If you would like to read th...

OK, for those of you who are in POD, or are considering getting started in POD, this is another in a series of random observations regarding...

I am trying to sell my house so I can get out of Arizona. Could I have picked a worse time to do so? I doubt it. My real estate agen...

I am back to drawing Library People. This is #112 in the series. It is a graphite drawing on the inside of a discarded library book. Since ...

Library People return. It's been a long time since I did any of these. Not that they are all that difficult, but I got a littl...

I started designing skateboards for Zazzle. I looked for a long time through the seven trillion designs they have there before I star...

Internet marketing people are everywhere; you can't throw a rock on the web without hitting one. They've all written the definitive ...

I have 4 different shops on Cafepress. One shop is totally customized, two shops make use of the Cafepress templates, and one is a free, bas...

Print On Demand Companies. Is this a great idea or not? I have had a Cafepress shop for a few years. In those few years, I have managed to...

I did some miniature art quilts some time back. This one was called "Soul of the House." It seems peaceful. Uncluttered. A fantas...