An Artist Labyrinth: Ginny Stiles CZT

Arcola, Illinois is south of Champaign, Illinois in the middle of corn and soybean country.  My friend Carol grew up in this area (in...

A VERY quick little sketch from our morning at Andersonville National Historic Site and Cemetery and Prisoner of War Museum. It i...

Georgia On My Mind...the above is a pecan orchard...miles and miles of them here in GA.  Lovely dark green this time of year.  We know ...

Okay...it's about time, right?  The car is packed to the hilt! And we'll be off tomorrow and hope for sunny days on our 9 day tr...

The Diva Challenge for THIS week is to find a photo image a nd somehow include it in your tile.  This is 3.5 x 3.5 ordinary tile.   ...

The Diva's challenge last week was "Stripes". I had a sort of  weird  time with that prompt.   I love stripes but my ...

6 days and counting...if you follow my blog you know I go through the countdown twice a year.  Spring and fall.  Lots of retirees do th...

In typography, a "dingbat" is known as a printer's ornament or printer's character.  It is used as a spacer or decor...

This tangled  letter  A is done on butcher's paper or package mailing paper...brown.  It's about 10" high.  Done with a fi...

"Threading through, in fact floating on top of all this matter, like sea ducks among icebergs, are moments of the ordinary-made-extrao...

A special treat today from neighbor Barb...WOW.  Twinkie Cupcakes.  And they were really BETTER than Twinkies!  Oh yum.  Thanks Barb!!!

  Lone Oak Cemetery in Leesburg, FL last Thursday.   Such a quiet day...

I own quite a few books on journaling, how to journal, what to journal, and inspiration for a journal, journaling techniques...etc.  It...

Do you sometimes feel, as I often do, there are are several places that exist at the same time?  A  parallel  world?  I suppose we are ...

    I designed this plaque for my granddaughter (rather than a card).  It is on a wood backing about 8" x 10" and when I ...

There is a large bit on the bottom of  this 9 x 9 that is not yet done.  I like to have something "under construction" that...

The Diva's challenge this week is to use the tangle "Scallamp". It is done on black 5 x 4 card stock and  surrounded  by Z...

Our Yucca Plant is blooming for the first time!  We were quite excited.  I did a 20 minute sketch sitting out on the patio this afterno...

"It would be nice if this greater awareness of life was a sign of maturity and greater spirituality. The truth is, though, I think I ha...

Before After I had a chit chat with Margaret Bremner on this one.  She made some good suggestions and I  thought  of a few more....