My poor neglected flower gardens…..

June 16, 2010







This has been the busiest spring ever! I am making big changes in my business which is requiring me to work Saturdays, my husband is in his first year of selling real estate, and we have 11 open houses spanning the month of June. Usually I spend Saturdays working in the gardens and doing housework/laundry, but this spring I do chores on Sunday…….leaving my gardens unattended. I am thankful for perennials…they put on a show all by themselves! It is a crazy busy life, but I am excited about all the changes 🙂

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after the crackle…..

June 14, 2010


I just love seeing all those cracks in the paint………….the color looks much different than the photos I took below. I moved the painting when I took the second round of pictures (it is so cloudy today I don’t have much light) and I didn’t notice the difference in color until I looked at them together here on my blog. Photography is another mystery and challenge for me.

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before the crackle…..

June 14, 2010

“Conscience”

©Teresa Kogut
acrylic collage on cradled board 16″x20″

I have yet to crackle this painting….will post another picture when that is done. This is a George Washington quote….another wise man that I admire. I used scrapbook papers for the flowers to give it dimension…..so much fun working in this way! Hope you like it.

A couple of updates……remember the bird’s nest my son took pictures of….well, I asked him last week or so to take more photos and the eggs were gone and the baby birds were also gone already. I am hoping they hatched and flew away but it seems awful soon for them to fly………BUT we are going to think happy thoughts and assume that is what happened!

Also….I found my screen printing contraption and watched the how-to-dvd. Well, turns out this machine is made for making t-shirts. The smallest screen I can get for it is 20″ x 24″ @ approx $20 each. I could “reclaim” the screen….meaning reuse it for another image but that would be a real pain and I don’t want to store a large, expensive screen for each punchneedle image. Oh well, it was a good thought…….of course, now I want to make t-shirts!!!! ; )

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An Award

June 14, 2010

 

Debbie over at Mosaic Magpie sent me an award!
 
 
Below are the requirements for accepting this award:
 
√ thank the person that sent it to you
 
Thank you, Debbie!
 
√ tell seven things about yourself
 
I have one Ghirardelli dark chocolate square every day
 
My pets names always morph into something strange… like "Baby Doo" & "Doe Bahser"
 
P90X makes me feel alive!
 
I love sitting around a campfire with friends & family……and do frequently
 
Anxiety sets in if I have went too long without creating a painting
 
Antiquing is one of my favorite things to do with my friends.
 
I am at work by 5 am
 
√ send this award to fifteen bloggers you follow or have recently visited
 
 
 
 
 

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The Creative Connection

June 11, 2010

Because the time is NOW. If you are a crafter, DIY person, passionate about handmade, an entrepreneur or “mompreneur”, THE CREATIVE CONNECTION is for you. Whether you come for one day or all three, THE CREATIVE CONNECTION is the place to nourish and launch your creativity, make new connections and be part of the creative revolution.

SIGN UP SOON and SEE YOU THERE

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I cannot tell you how excited I about being a vendor at this event! As soon as I found out about it, I contacted them to ask about becoming a vendor. When I got the email that I was accepted I was dancing around the studio! Then I went to write the dates in my planner and OMG!…..it is the same weekend as our church festival! You have to understand how important our church festival is to our church, our school and our children. My husband is there for set up days before the festival starts, he is there all weekend helping out, his band plays Friday & Saturday night and he is chairperson for tear-down the week after. Our boys are there riding rides and hangin’ with friends Thursday night, Friday night, all day Saturday and all day Sunday. I help out serving food, bar tending and monitoring the boys (I only give them a lil’ money at a time cuz that way they will check in…..to get more money 🙂 Anyways, we are heavily involved in our church festival…….I must admit it’s not all work……we have plenty of fun with all our friends that volunteer, too.

Soooooo, it really deflated my excitement when I realized I would have to miss one of these events. My main concern was for my husband and boys…….it would put extra stress on my hubby because I wouldn’t be there to help with the boys. I decided to post my dilemma on facebook to see what kind of reaction I would get. Everyone was very supportive of me going to MN for The Creative Connection Event……..my wonderful friends said they would help with our boys (my friends also spend the entire weekend at the festival volunteering) So I took a leap of faith and registered for the show & booked a room yesterday……..now it is time to prepare!

If there is any way possible you can attend this event, you should do it. Click here to see what it’s all about.

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Hot off the hoop!

June 10, 2010

PN074-A Home for Sparrow

I know this bird doesn’t resemble a sparrow but Sparrow is his name (I didn’t know what else to call him……..not good at naming birds). I had to get a snowman design done before my distributor’s market show in July. Actually, I hope to do more Halloween, Christmas & winter designs before then but I need to get the directions done on these new pieces before moving on. I also have to get that screen printer figured out and get working on my licensing deadlines so it will be a while before I punch anything new 🙁
 
I will be offering the new designs on my website as soon as I can….I’ll let y’all know……..
 
 


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Something to think about………

June 9, 2010

"America"

©teresa kogut

acrylic collage on antique bread board
26" x 14.5"

Fresh off the easel! I saved this piece of wood for just the right painting. This antique board already had navy blue painted edges so I definately wanted to paint an Americana theme. I have to tell you though…..I went back and forth on what words to put in the heart. My original sketch had this Abraham Lincoln quote – "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and loose our freedoms it will be because we destroyed ourselves". I love this quote and I feel it is the truth, however, because I have been in licensing for so many years I had these thoughts going through my head…."it will never license with this quote because the truth is too scary" or "if I paint ‘America the Beautiful’ instead of this quote, it will be more license-able" and so on. After talking with a dear friend, I decided to go with my original idea. So what if it doesn’t license……..I feel this quote should not only be heard/read, but should be in our foremost minds and in our Congressional leader’s minds when making decisions for OUR country…..because America is Beautiful….we need to strive to keep it that way.

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Notecards on Etsy!

June 8, 2010

More treasures found while cleaning out the "warehouse" side of the studio! Back when we had our wholesale business "Primitive Folk" we use to sell notecards. When we closed that part of the business in order to focus on licensing and raising our boys, we still had bunches of cards left. They are still as wonderful as they were back then, however, I am offering them at a ridiculously low price! They are blank inside so you can use them to write a note, send a thank you or even use as invitations. I just love them! Go to my Etsy shop for details.

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I love swamp water!!

June 6, 2010

PN073-Santa Bear

 
Now that I have your attention……swamp water is the name of the floss I used for the background on this piece. I love it! It is variegated muddy green and black giving the background a great pattern when punching in a spiral.

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FUN, FUN, FUN

June 5, 2010

Ryan & Tyler

 

Ryan, Tyler & Chance

 

Ryan, Tyler & Chance….again

 

Ryan, Tyler & Chance………one last time

 

Daniel, Ryan, & Adam

 

Chance, Ryan & Daniel

 

Ryan & Tyler

I was a chaperone for Ryan’s field trip yesterday. When my kids were little I use to go on all the field trips……it’s a great way to get to know their friends and see them interact (and let’s be honest….I am a bit protective and wanted to make sure they were safe). However, as they grow older, I have pulled away from attending every field trip. I went on this field trip last year, too, and had a great time watching Ryan and his friends ride rides until near exhaustion. I love taking pictures of them on the rides to see their facial expressions…..my favorite is the picture above this one…..Ryan looks a little freaked out (as does the poor sweetie behind him)…..he only rode that ride once. It was a beautiful fun-filled day for the Holy Rosary students….and their chaperones.

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