It was a Holly Jolly Christmas!

Like father like son!

Family photo op.

A nice pile of presents but the best one is the one sitting on the couch!  Home from Las Vegas!!

Just a few holiday photos to share.  I'm hoping to get into more regular blogging soon!  Hope your holidays are VERY MERRY!!!!!

Just a couple more!

These are just a couple more mandalas that I created while teaching some of my neighbors how to do them.  I thought I may have gotten carried away with too many colors on the first one but, after it was all done......I kinda like it!  I have trouble taking pics of these.  I can never get the glittery effect show up properly!!

Misc.

Ethan ran into a couple guys from a band he's a fan of, Asking Alexandria.

                                                     A little gift for my sister-in-law.

A Card for a Friend

I don't normally do animals.  Or people.  But I wanted to make a card for a friend and thought I would give it a try.  This is her newest family member.  And while it doesn't look exactly like the real Windy, hopefully I captured at least a wee bit of her personality and spirit!!  Windy, you are one lucky dog!!  I am so glad you leaped into Jan's life!!

Thinking Fall

The colors don't really show up well in this photo.  I"m not sure how I feel about his one.  But......it might make a nice greeting card.  We'll see!

A Couple More!

The one on top was done for a friend who is living with cancer and has recently had to have more radiation treatments.  The bottom one is just a small one, made to fit in a 5"x5" frame I found at Michael's.  I just seem to have an endless supply of these mandalas inside me.  Sometimes when I sit down I have a plan and sometimes I don't.  And even when I DO have a plan it generally ends up going off in some other direction!!  I love seeing how they have evolved since I first started doing these about 2 yrs. ago.

Tried Something New

I had the idea to try doing a mandala in white ink on black paper.......that's it......just white.  So I drew this one, and I was pretty happy with it.  I thought it was kind of  "lacey" looking.   BUT......I LOVE COLOR!!  And I couldn't resist adding some!  So here is the result.  Maybe NEXT time......but I doubt it.  I just can't resist color!!