Duncan-Parnell printers

FYI - I used Duncan-Parnell on Glenwood Avenue to make canvas and satin prints of a 15 3/4"x14" piece, and I think they did a good job, and they were quick, and it was affordable. I worked with Eric.

Spencerian - F, S, LM

Mary Edna, Mary Lou, Adrianne, and I have just finished Jessica McGinnis Yee's Spencerian Class. Here is a sheet that Jessica did while showing us how to form some of the capitals.

I encourage all of you to start taking her classes!

Nell

Every time I look at your Baby Names, I smile.

Spencerian Class

I am taking Jessica's Spencerian Penmanship class and am so excited to finally learn this elegant, flowing, and timeless lettering style. But it does take practice!!!!!!

More Baby Names! I've gotten 3 this month! Mmmm what is this telling me??? Seems this might be my thing!! It's so much fun to do too.

Alcohol Inks and Bathroom Tiles

Girls, do y'all remember when we learned how to use alcohol inks on Stampbord tiles? Well, I bought some bathroom tiles at a yard sale a few months ago. Today I decided to see if the alcohol inks would work on the tiles. I had so much fun! I am going to put little "feet" on the bottoms of these tiles and use them as coasters.

I did not try to letter on them.....yet!

Mary Lou shares Peter Thornton techniques

Once again, we had a wonderful learning experience at Deb's house today.

Martha brought a lot of goodies to share that she'd swapped for at an exchange. It was like letting children loose in a candy store! Thanks, Martha!

Mary Lou shared techniques that she learned in a Peter Thornton workshop this past summer about Texts and Textures. Martha, Adrianne, and I had taken his guinea pig class about a year ago with the Mountain Scribes. It was so good to hear about all of the many ways you can put lettering on the page.

Mary Lou, you are a gifted teacher. You know how to explain what we are about to do with clarity and passion. None of us were stumbling around in the dark!

As usual, even though all of us heard the same words, the same explanations, we all came away with our own unique pieces. It's so much fun to look at how everyone else filled their pages.

Thanks, again, to Deb for letting us be creative in her well-appointed artist's room! We love it! (And I think your cat loved Martha's box that she brought in with all the goodies inside!)