Louise

meet Louise!! This ATC was made for a swap also. Enjoy your day!!

Why Not!

I made this ATC for the AlteredDesigns Yahoo Group swap. Why not a steampunk Kewpie!!!!!! thanks for stopping by!

Official Google Blog: Explore Yad Vashem’s Holocaust archives online

Official Google Blog: Explore Yad Vashem’s Holocaust archives online
Tomorrow is the UN International Holocaust Rememberance Day......we must NEVER forget!

When Mona Woke Up....

she was no longer in Kansas!!!

Thanks for looking! Glad you stopped by!! xo , Ann

Art From The Heart: Email this fellow blogger if you can help...

I am computer illiterate! but,if anyone has the answer,would you contact our fellow blogger..thanks!!!!
Art From The Heart: Email this fellow blogger if you can help...

So,how did you sleep.....

We had howling Santa Ana winds..as Raymond Chandler said "it's the kind of wind that would make a housewife take a butcher knife to her husbands throat"..needless to say,I slept poorly. Devil winds....I'd rather have snow!!!!
anyway...poor sleep puts me in a mood.....this ATC is the result!  Thanks for looking and visiting me!

Ann

Birds ..

ATC collage

A little bird told me...

Valentine's Day is coming up!!!!!!
I made this for a swap..thanks for looking and for visiting me!
xo,Ann

Do you remember.....

your First Love?

Moonlight Hollow: Please Pray for Lurch...

Moonlight Hollow: Please Pray for Lurch...
ONE OF OUR OWN NEEDS OUR PRAYERS!!!!!!

There are times when I think....................I need more hours in the day!!!!!

jUST A bITCH...........

What is it with deadbeat Dads...no child support for the 6 years it's been ordered for(over $32,000.00 in arrears...guess who's been supporting them?!!)...supposed to have his kids this holiday weekend..says can't take them Fri.(called 2 hrs before he was to pick them up) because he's working on Sat...excuse me?..does "electrician "work under the table..who schedules an emergency the day before?(New Years Day at that)...was to pick them up Sat. at 2:30...never called or showed up!! My poor grandkids were devastated that he "forgot" them..deadbeat lives with his Mom and step-dad..she always says how much she loves them..wants them to stay longer than the weekend..yet,does she call..NO!!!!..  we spent this weekend trying to help them through it. I can't imagine how it feels to not have a parent care enough. The other "grandparents..."..the hell with them too!
OK..got it off my chest!!...it will probably come back later.....deadbeat dad is always doing something that's just totally wrong!!!...if it weren't against the law,I'd just shoot him ..I know I'd feel better !!
Thanks for listening!!!

My final pieces of 2010....

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

BE MINE

FLY

HIS FATHER'S EYE

ART
(THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE REFERRED TO A PIECE AS ART!)

I had the best time making all my pieces this year! They are all different..my many moods!! Thank you all for taking this journey with me over the year!! xo,Ann

Me...

I was sitting around the other night,just thinking about my life and the "many hats" I wear...this is the result...an ATC about Me!! ...and the first time I've referred to myself as an artist!!! A BIG step for me!!thanks for looking. Happy New Year!!

December 31,1954.......

is a very special day! It is my 2nd,and most important birthday! As we all think of ways to celebrate the coming New Year, I celebrate the day my twin sister and I were adopted by our parents! We were 6 mo. old ..Annette Allen and Janette Allen became Sherrie Ann Redmond and Susan Jan Redmond!!!!! My parents shortened our birth names and called us Ann and Jan..a lovely tribute to the very special woman who gave birth to us and loved us enough to give us a better life . I thank you,Donna Jean Miller..wherever you are! Mom and Dad, I know you are with me every day,watching over me from heaven,Jan..I know you are there too and I feel all of you around me! Thank you Mom and Dad for loving us so much and for giving me a life full of love and support. You provided everything we needed and wanted and more! I can't think of one thing I ever asked for that you didn't do or give. I always knew,no matter what,that I was loved unconditionally ! I may not have been born from your bodies,but I know I was born from your heart..the most special place a child can be!!
Every year,we all celebrated this day..the day I became their daughter! When I began my career as an R.N..there were New Years Eve's that I had to work..but I made sure to see them,hug and kiss them and say thank you for being my parents!
I always felt special.I've never been an adoptee who felt incomplete or questioned who I was..I am the daughter of Ralph and Sybil Redmond..the lukiest daughter in the world!!!!
So, to all my friends I wish you a wonderful New Year..may it bring you all you hope for and more!!!Thank you all for taking the time to visit my blog ..it means more to me than I can express! I have received so much from all of you.

the day my paernts brought us home!!
my paternal grandmother on left holding me,my Mom holding Jan and Miss Finnigan,from the adoption agency.(she attended my wedding! She was part of the start of my life and she was there at the start of my life as a married woman)

xo, Ann

Because....

PEN AND INK

PEN AND INK

PEN AND INK

PEN AND INK

PEN AND INK                          


MORE OF MY HUSBANDS ART...MAY HAVE POSTED SOME OF THESE EARLIER,

MY HUSBAND'S ART !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

Acrylic on canvas/collage
--a work still in progess--

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

PEN AND INK

PEN AND INK

PEN AND INK ON SPOOLS!!!

JUST A FEW PIECES OF MY HUSBAND'S ART !!! I'M HOPING THAT iI HAVEN'T "RE-VISITED" AN EARLIER POST..IF I HAVE,JUST ENJOY AGAIN!!!!

Some new creations for swaps...

My two oldest grandchildren had spent some time last week with their Dad during the winter vacation...so I had some extra ME TIME !!! Made some atc's for swaps.Thanks for looking and stopping by!!! I am always so happy to have you visit!!  Ann


Vintage Happy New Year



Girlfriends

Whispers

Martha

Thursday's Child

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas! As we celebrate His Glorious Birth may you have a day filled with love,joy,family and friends!
xoxo, Ann



MADE FOR A SWAP








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