For all my Aussie friends and especially for the new little Roo Chick designing the most awesome brushes Ive ever seen!!!....Course I think Nicole is pretty cool anywhoo! :P Had a blast using all the brushes!!! Youll have to check hers out! They are completely unique! Sooooa sorta wild one...

Like the pun? Hee hee! Well, the model is actress, Audrey Tautou. I saw this picture of her and she looked so thoughtful, peaceful and introspectiveit really attracted me. Im sure her life is full of complications, a hectic pace that would put mine to shame and yet her face always looks so...

What could be more beautiful than watching the pure joy of a mother playing with her daughter in the surf? The photos are both from Mily Photography Everything in this lo was done with the new and beautifully crafted kit by: Lily Designs @ After 5 Designs, Seafoam TFL Kathi

This lo was inspired by a beautiful picture by JJ (Lily Designs), on her photography blog that just inspired something inside me. It was a beautiful photo, emitting such a soft reflective moodEmi with her head turned, all dressed in white and riding the white rocking horse. The background was...

Isnt this just the cutest picture of Emi? I love it! I just imagined her laughing on a cloud in the shape of a flower and looking down at the little chicks and birds!!! All in a wonderland setting. With her brightly colored little dress, I thought as did a lot of others that there couldnt be...

You know how sometimes when youre doing a layout a song keeps going through your head? You just cant get it out? Well, this was one of those layouts. Every time I looked at my goofy daughter, Stephanie and her equally crazy husband Robert and their silly poseof course I asked them to pose...

I just saw this photo of this precious little baby with her little anny-fay stuck in the air and a grin on her face and it just cracked me up!!! I decided to have her snuggle with the teddy bear and perhaps be dreaming of cute little mice dancing around in her dreams. Everything from this lo...

kinda spell out TROUBLETBL but, not according to me!!! Tristan is my little angel love, my precious little guy and just looking at his pictures warms my heart! Trouble, indeed! I think NOT!!! LOL! Lily @ After 5 Designs, Noise and Trouble, TFL Kathi

SLIPPIN & SLIDIN Pictured are a collection of pictures of Tristan when he stayed with us in October. HEAVEN!!! He just loved doing everything! Some are from the zoo, one from Chucky Cheeses as he was sliding down the slide and the blend at the top was a day at the park coming down one...

Think theyll notice that Im really, REALLY BIG? Ive just gotta, just gotta get into this gig! I got a great big hat and this Chucky Cheese face Theres just no where Id rather be than this fun place! If I can squeeze through the window, get into the house I can play, eat cupcakes, have...

My first creation of any note, was the birth of my daughter, Stephanie. The doctor told me she would be born about 2 weeks before my due date and I wanted her so badly and as my due date came and went, and still she was not herethe days seemed to grow longer and longer. Two weeks after the...

Twas the night of the gala, a most anticipated affair That Greystone Manor held almost each and every year. The food was a plenty, simply spilling from the bowls, Cheese of course, the main course and on each table was laid, Accompanied by cupcakes of every imaginable flavor and shade...

Ive always wanted a cameoan old oneI think one of the most delicate, ornate and beautiful reminders of the past.unfortunately, as generous as my husband isand he ishe doesnt like them and never wants me to get one. Hell buy me a $200 pair of shoes, but balks at a cameo! Crazy guy...

Oh wow! We all go through itthe proverbial balancing act! I got in a crazy mood and tried to portray a day in the life..you know all the frenzy, the worry, the hectic feeling and then the GUILTugh. You just cant seem to spread yourself thin enough!!! Sooooo heres my goofy portrayal!!! 1...

The picture of the girl was drawn by my niece Megan. It was the first drawing she made as an adult and she sketched it merely using colored pencils! Not pastels, not acrylics, oils or any other mediumwith just what she had on handcolored pencils! I was so proud of her first piece! Both my...

Ill dance in my own world and care not who sees Sing my own song and be unmindful of who listens Paint my world in the hues in which I find joy and be at peace with my choice I will strive toI will try with the dawn of each new day. by me Another sad attempt at poetic expression! Im...

Ill dance in my own world and care not who sees Sing my own song and be unmindful of who listens Paint my world in the hues in which I find joy and be at peace with my choice I will strive toI will try with the dawn of each new day. by me Another sad attempt at poetic expression! Im...

Well, not much to say about this, other than Emi looks precious, as always and I wanted her to be portrayed in a dreamy, floaty scene. And they saying is trueLove Never Endsespecially the love you have for children. It endures forever. Everything in this lo was created from the kit by...

See the main picture of Tristanwell, that was taken a couple of years ago and it was his FIRST painting! He was sooooo proud of it! Steph took a picture of it while Robert helped hold it out. He was sooooo proud of himself!!! I doubt Modigliani or any of the other great artists could have...

Im sure most of you recognize Emi, JJs little angel. For this lo, I tried to envision how I would feel, at her age, looking at a painting of myself. I could just imagine feeling really important, elated and a twinch loftythats why I positioned her a little higher and on the feathers, but I...