Pear cranberry pie that I made for Thanksgiving this year while wearing an apron that my Mom made me.

I also made pilgrim and indian hats (I love doing that) for our feast with the Pensacola Military branch.

and Garth made Mr Danger laugh and laugh and laugh.

With the Thanksgivingness over, the Christmas holiday is [...]

I miss school. Both as a student and as a teacher.
I was thinking about this last night and how it would be possible to do everything that I wanted to do (own a bakery/making studio) and still teach high school. What is it about teaching high school art that I love [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve participated in the photo friday challenges, but this was one that I couldn’t refuse! This is one of my favorite photos. It’s Halloween 2006 and I am dressed as the corpse bride (so much blue skin!), handing out candy at my parents drive thru trick-or-treat.

xo
elle

Garth got a bee stuck in his helmet on the way home from Alabama the other day. It’s certainly not the most exciting thing to happen in recent days, but it’s the only thing that I doodled about on my Sacrament meeting program.
I’m packing this morning for Spokane, WA. I’ll be visiting my family [...]

This is my photo friday entry for this week.
I sure do miss teaching. I love being part of a school and sharing art with students all day. *sigh*

My entry for this weeks photo friday.

xoxo
laura. =)

I have this thing with mirrors. Lately I’ve been using my camera to take pictures of myself in mirrors in all kinds of public places. This one is a photo booth in the Corvette Diner in Hillcrest. I have a flickr set devoted to me in mirrors. It is fascinating to [...]

This week’s photo friday challenge was exactly what’s been on my mind: relaxation.
My to-do list this weekend:
peruse Artwalk
bake something (croissants, finally?) (or cookies…mmmm…the best cookies ever!)
brainstorm Hoopfest names and t-shirt designs
take Bruno for a really long walk
visit the beach
finish Miriam’s baby quilt
squeeze mr awesome
*not listed in order of importance*
hoping your end of week days are [...]

i heart batik.

today is the day kids. I’ve been receiving photo friday challenges for over a year now and have never submitted an image. This weeks challenge was self-portrait 2007 which, as you know, is right up my alley. My only challenge was choosing from the 50 some odd self-portraits I’ve taken in 2007. [...]