Art of Mine

scan0003 Originally uploaded by sjmcdowell Hi Blogging Buddies!! I have now completed my Miss Mary art challenge and wanted to share it with all of you. Mary over at Green Paper is having the challenge and a wonderful Giveaway as well. We were given three elements to work with and to use them in any medium we wanted to create something unique. The three elements are of course the lovely lady Mary with the envelope posted in her name and the little bunch of flowers to the left by the bottom of her dress. I will post later with more details. Love and Happiness to All!! Susan

scan0002 Originally uploaded by sjmcdowell My Grandmother Elsa when she was 17 years old in 1909 embroidered this... as she called it her "Basket of Roses". She had left me a few of her embroidered pieces before she passed away in 1974. I cherish her lovely work and if anyone in my life inspired me the most it would have had to have been my grandmother Elsa. This lovely photo is of Elsa around the age of 17. I think it is one of the loveliest photos I have ever seen. My grandmother taught me how to hand sew when I was 7 years old and I had made many little clothes for my dolls, they would even have matching handbags! Elsa also made lovely clothing, Corsages, Shell jewelry, wrote poetry, loved to garden and play the piano. Elsa had a love of Roses all of her life and this exquisitely made Basket of Roses is a tribute to whom she was as a person, I being her only grandchild I feel privileged to have known her. Before Elsa passed away in 1974 just before I turned 18 she had se...

scan0001 Originally uploaded by sjmcdowell Happy Monday Dear Blogging Buddies!! I have admired the wonderful creations made by Diane Knott for a long time. Recently Diane started to make Cuff bracelets made with shells, pearls, lace and ribbon. The first time Diane displayed one of her finished Shell cuffs, I immediately sent her a post saying that I would love to buy one from her. On Saturday I received my lovely bracelet from her... but that was not all...Diane had wrapped my bracelet in tissue paper and put it into a beautiful Soap box that she decorated with lace and pieces of tree bark and little silk flowers and paper roses that framed a beautiful lady. Diane also included one of her gorgeous tags that she made. I had to share this all with you and if you have never visited Diane please do so at.... http://dianeknottsmusings.blogspot.com/. Thankyou Diane I will cherish this forever!!!! Hope you have a wonderful and creative week dear friends, Susan

scan Originally uploaded by sjmcdowell The Declaration of Independance was signed July 4th 1776. "For the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Devine Providence, we, mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor." Love and God's Blessings to All. Susan

scan0009 Originally uploaded by sjmcdowell Last summer I did some paintings and two of them I had done in acrylics, one of which you see here. I was in a flowery, summery mood that day so there really is no rhyme or reason to this painting. I was just having some fun!! I had made copies of the paintings and so today I was sending out a present and it needed a little gift card so I thought part of my painting would make a cute little card...Viola!! I cut some white card stock out and then layered it with some pink card stock and then layed the image on top of that I then accented it with a blue gel pen that matches the little flower. Well thats it!!! I hope you ALL have a Glorious Day !! Love with Bunches of Flowers, Susan

scan0008 Originally uploaded by sjmcdowell Hello Dear Blogging Buddies, I am working on a collage which features my grandmother Elsa and my grandfather August, (3rd in from the right) when they were dressed in their very modest bathing suits!! Oh how I love these pictures and putting the collage together is so much fun!! The pictures were taken on Long island and the year is around 1915. I wanted to show you a little glimpse of what I have been up to lately. I squeezed these few elements on my scanner so you can see it. I will take a picture of the finished product upon completion to show you. I hope this finds you All having a very good day!! Love and Hugs, Susan

scan0007 Originally uploaded by sjmcdowell Hello dear blogging buddies!!! I am in love with art in it's many forms...I seem to jump to different mediums....If you have been following me for a while you may already know that!! Sometimes I feel there are different artists inside of me and sometimes one makes itself very clear that it must Paint...or the other one must Sew.....or this one loves to do Collages and Doodle a bit!! Soooo do not worry!!! I do not have multiple personalities...I just like to mix it up sometimes!!! :D Tell me what you think about this ok? Feedback is a great thing!! Thanks! Love, Light and Laughter to ALL, Susan