Walk this way and learn why feet are as important as feathers.

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I don't use my embroidery sewing machine much for embroidery any more. So I'm going to send it to my sister for a while to see if she can get some use out of it. It's quite old, but still stitches out embroideries quite nicely. So her hubby will be coming by in 2 weeks and I plan pack it up with my old notebook with the designs on it, my thread collection and stabilizers. She'll be all setup to stitch. Meanwhile, I thought, I should at least do one project this year before I send it away…

Painting Gentry would often have their prized animals painted.

Finally those darn cards I leave on the door pay off. The current owners of The Comstock Cottage ( sometimes called Obers) give permission for us to tour the cottage. The Obers family once lived in…

These Scandinavian / folk art style Christmas cards, have been designed by myself and come in a pack of two. They've been professionally printed onto a textured Tintoretto Gesso card, to give them a luxurious hand-made feel. They measure 105mm x 148mm and have been left blank for your own message. Both come with Kraft envelopes and are packed in cello bags for protection (please see photos 2 and 3).

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Partridge in a Pear Tree, Digital Art, Original, 8 x10, download, printable. My original digital art. On the First Day of Christmas, Primitive folk art style. Download & print to frame, cardmaking paper crafts. Printable Files, Terms of Use: FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY You CAN: 1. Print files for personal use. 2. Give away a print as a gift You CANNOT: 1. Share the file with anyone. 2. Sell the printable file to anyone else. 3. Mass produce items for sale using the printable file. 4. Use…

After 20 years in Carmel, I am still enchanted by the architecture. Hugh Comstock, inspired by the Fairytale Illustrations of Arthur Rackham, is credited with starting the Fairytale Cottage style i…

In this post I thought I would just give some basic tips for colouring with Blendabilities... oops... I almost wrote Belindabilities : ] ...

The Center for Painted Wall Preservation (CPWP), a not for profit organization dedicated to the preservation of 18th and 19th century paint decorated walls, will host a lecture and tour of four unique residences with amazing original wall murals, three of which are in private residences. Th

Historic Name: Obers Architectural Style: Tudor (Storybook substyle)NE Corner 6th and Torres Block 60 Lot 18 and 20 Obers, now known as Hugh W. Comstock Residence, became the second building designed by Hugh Comstock. It was built as Hugh and Mayotta's private residence, just south of Hansel in block 60 on the NE corner of 6th and Torres. This residence was built as a one and 1/2 story Tudor style cottage for $1,000 in 1925. The picture below shows the home shortly after being built. In his…