The delicate art of paper cutouts

Seeing that I can barely cut in a straight line with scissors, I'm awed by the craftsmanship of these artists.  I love how the intricacy...

Artist Liz Saintsing gives vintage accessories new life

I've been a big fan of Liz Saintsing 's reclaimed vintage accessory line for the past couple of years.  Based in San Francisco, Liz ...

A close-up look at sea life

Yesterday, with extended family in town, we decided to take a trip to the Oregon Coast Aquarium .  The aquarium is located in Newport, Orego...

Affordable Art Finds, Week Eight

For the past two months, I've been scouting out fabulous finds on original art priced at $75 or less.  This is the last of the Monday se...

Crazy for embroidered art

I've always loved embroidered works.  Last month, I checked out a book from the library on how to embroider pillows and other small acc...

My Grandson's Christmas Gift - A Race Car Bed

Look at what Mama did. I'm redoing my grandson's nursery, we're turning it into a big boy's room. This race car bed is his...

New works- "Night Lights" and "November"

For the past couple of weeks, I've been reworking two panel pieces.  Night Lights is a piece that I just completed yesterday, and it wa...

Hot Dog and Bacon Wraps - Holiday Appetizers -

Hot Dog and Bacon Roll Ups 20 slices of bacon 2 pounds of beef hot dogs, approximately 20 brown sugar Take a piece of hot dog and wrap a p...

The Passion of Christ captured in Michelangelo's Pietá

Pietá , Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1499. Michelangelo's Pietá is one of my favorite sculptures.  Carved from marble, it took Michelangel...

Cheesy Potatoes - Easy Recipe

Cheesy Potatoes 1 10.75 Can of Condensed Cream Chicken Soup 1 1/2 cups of Breakstone's Sour Cream 1 32 ounce package of frozen Southern-...

Chicken and Bacon Wraps - Holiday Appetizers

Chicken & Bacon Wraps Boneless chicken tenders Maple Brown Bacon or Plain Bacon Brown Sugar Cut chicken tenders in half. Cut and wrap a ...

Crab Dip Recipe - Great Appetizer

Crab Dip Recipe Stick of butter 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/4 cup of parsley 1 pint of 1/2 and 1/2 2 tablespoon of flour Dash of red pepper 1 p...

Happy Holidays

Mother 2 Mother wishes each of you A Merry Christmas and A Safe and Happy New Year. We thank you for patronizing our blog and supporting us...

Loving limited-edition scarves by artists

It seems like a natural progression for artists nowadays to move towards product design.  In the last few years, I've loved seeing some ...

Lock Up My Thieving 6 Year Old Please

Would you turn your 6 year old in for stealing a pack of stickers? Would you allow the cops to place them into the squad car and haul them o...

The art of decorating eggs

There is a scene in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where Veronica Salt throws a tantrum about wanting her own Golden Geese that lays Gol...

The Blizzard of 2009

Last week-end The Weather Channel forecast a blizzard and posted a winter storm warning for my area. Now if that isn't a sign that winte...