My newest ART - stitchery for a friend....

We have very dear friends from Illinois coming to visit us today!! Yippee!! I haven't seen them since May and John hasn't seen them since we moved South. I wanted to make her something personalized. She is the head of my old ART group. We met at her house every Tuesday. Oh, how I dearly miss my Tuesdays with the girls. Her name is Hollie and she is know by reputation as "Hollie the Hugger." She loves to give hugs.....everyone is fair game!! :::smiles::: We lovingly refer to her place as "Hollie's House of Hugs". Hence the name you see on the piece. She lives in a lovely old white farm house. I pieced the stitchery together from several ideas and patterns I have seen and used a fun font called Tuna and Hot Dogs on Rye. I really like how it turned out and I hope she will too. It is easel backed so it can sit on the counter or be hung on the wall.

I have 5 more stitcheries ironed on and ready to go. They will be getting popped into my bag as we head to the beach this weekend. No way is the girl sitting in the car without something to keep her hands busy. :::Smiles::: Just sharing.....

I was very thrilled to be a participant in the Art House's Canvas Project 2. Here is some basic info:

http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects
http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/canvasproject

After you sign up, we'll send you a package of five 3x3 inch canvases along with a list of 5 randomly selected, community generated words - one word for each canvas. Your mission is to visually create a definition for each word on its respected canvas. When you've completed the canvases, simply send them back to us in the mail. We will be holding an exhibition for them at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport's Atrium Gallery in Atlanta, Ga as well as creating a book entitled "The Art House Encyclopedia VOL. 1". And at least one of your canvases is guaranteed to be included in both the exhibition and the book.
Exhibition July 31 - September 4, 2009Atlanta, GA Atlanta Airport Atrium Gallery 6000 North Terminal Parkway Atlanta, GA 30320September 25, 2009Atlanta, GA Art House Gallery 309 Peters St Atlanta, GA 30313

The 5 words I rec'd to illustrate were:

• mares
  
• enough
  
• steer
  
• spew
  
• brigade

Wow!! Now that was going to take some thinking!! :::Smiles::: I am happy to say my canvases are complete and ready for mailing tomorrow. I thought I'd share them here with all of you!!

"Brigade"

My first thought was of an army of ant soldiers spelling out "brigade"

using a big bowl alphabet soup on a checkered tablecloth

"Spew"
All I could imagine for this word was this very illustration. Reminds me of Charlie Brown's teacher!!

"Steer"
I really didn't want to use a cow or a car.......then I found the nice "steer" charm!!

"Mares"
I know you were expecting a horse, right?? Well it turns out that mares are also craters on the Moon.

"Enough"
There is no greater place to be for me than walking by the sea......for me.....it is "enough"

Hope you enjoyed my interpretations!! Check out the ART House.....there are always more ways to participate. :)