A Grateful Heart Is A Joyful Heart

I created these cards for some wonderful people I met on my recent trip to Kirksville, Missouri.  I used Graphic 45's papers, Place in Time, November, for this card.  Prima Roses, black paper doilies, ribbon and a distressed key hole embellish the card.

This second card, Thanks, was created using a large shipping tag. I used Ranger's Distress Inks to color the tag, white pearls embossing powder to frost the background leaves, Recollection mulberry leaves, glass bead wheat sheaves, burlap and ribbon. 

Thanks for visiting, enjoy!

I Have Plans....

So... I'm back in the studio! Apart from needing more work space, I need more time, hands and energy.  Today I thought I would get the base of some projects started, therefore I find myself moving from one work table to the next, fabric, paper, paints.

Stay tuned to see how it all ends...

Enjoy!

Workstation

Some days there is never enough work space!

Deep Blue

These bags are so fun to make. I got my diver's certification some years ago and spent many hours diving the waters of the Caribbean.  My deepest dive was 65 feet.  I so enjoyed my underwater experiences, the silence, the soft caress of a fish tail as it swam past my face and the colors...I often think that I'm trying to recreate the experiences of those wonderful days on the surface of my bags. I love how the brain coral turned out.

Close-up of Deep Blue

This bag, Small Girl with Sea Shell:

The bags measure 7" x 5".

Closeup of Small Girl with Sea Shell

...this bag is for a string of pearls and it measures 7.5" x 5.5" 

Enjoy.

Purses-in-Progress

I recently received a commission for two little bags.  One to contain pearls and the other an ocean theme.

These bags are in the very early stages of design.

This is a close-up of one purse - the child is holding a sea shell to her ear, lots more to do here.

I love how the "brain coral" turned out...here to, lots more embellies to add.

Enjoy!

May, June, July and August

April Showers bring May flowers...

June is the month of brides, the flowered arch and a spider's web for good luck...And my new favorite stitch the Victorian fringe.

Stars and Strips for the 4th of July, quilts and fireworks, buttons and bunting...

August...sporting the Victorian fringe and a waterfall of lazy daisy stitches in variegated thread.

Summer's End

Susan Studio Arts (susanstudioarts.com) and my store, Silk Road Fabric Arts at https://www.etsy.com/shop/SilkRoadFabricArts?ref=si_shop have re-opened for business. They were closed for summer vacation.


House chores, home repairs and a road trip to the great State of Missouri took me out of my home and Studio during the summer for periods longer than expected, but, nevertheless necessary. Although I was out of the Studio my camera, watercolor pencils and sketch pads were never far away.

While dodging traffic and freeways, workmen with paint, ladders, drills and saws, I was able to finish a few pet quilts and couple small art quilts...

A few of my friends experienced life changing events this summer and I could not let them go by undocumented so...I surprised my dear friend of many years with 12" x 12" scrapbook page of her swearing in cermony.

My friends in Missouri received a page of their beautiful daughter on her wedding day.

And yet another friend received a mini album for her 50th birthday.

Hell...I thought I was on vacation. Well maybe the cats were...

Reading is hard work!

Enjoy!