Working on Magnets

These are turning out soooo cute! They are original artwork I scanned and sized down to put on magnets … totally love them!



Still working on them … and MANY more designs … they will get some distress ink along the sides and of course a magnet on the back! Just a perfect little gift for co-workers, friends, teachers, etc etc etc! :-)

Grandkid ornaments 2019

Well I had a rocky start on them this year and the first round looked like a kindergarten craft project gone terribly wrong (see previous post!), so I started over. I made some gel prints with stencils and Christmas colors, tore them up and mosaic'd the mini flower pots! Added string and a bell inside, printed their names on paper and cut those out … all done and ready to give to them this weekend!

FRIDAY!

Aaaah Friday -- doesn't really MEAN as much when you're 'self employed' …. but old habits die hard! LOL

So the Grandkid ornaments took a nasty turn this week:



What should have been mega cute turned into the likes of a kindergarten project. So I started over w/ new idea:



When in doubt pull out the GelPlate!! I made several Christmas color pages, tore them up and began gluing. They aren't done yet, but they are looking much much better!

This weekend on the agenda -- Ikea w/ my youngest. She just moved into a new house and is ready to do some new organization ideas and decorating ideas. We'll have a blast! Unfortunately her older sister couldn't come along … bummmmmer!

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Monday Sleet and Snow

Aaaah … so nice to sit here looking out the window, hearing the sleet and seeing the first snow of the season … and NOT having to get out in it! Tis the life!



On today's agenda, now that I have had a cup of coffee and caught up on emails … I need to work on a project for my daughter's friend. I am putting a picture of their Scotish clan castle on 8 pieces of board. Their father passed away this year and this young lady is giving this as a gift to her siblings for Christmas. I have had a couple unfortunate accidents in adhering the picture to the board, but feel CONFIDENT that today is the day for success! LOL



Yesterday I crafted up some quick thank you cards from some gel prints. My sweet husband surprised me w/ a bday party (one month b/4 my actual bday cauz I'm a suspicious sort). I received some gifts cards (can you say HOBBY LOBBY and MICHAELS and AMAZON!?!) as well as some cash for the new paints I have been coveting … so I wanted to thank them as my mother would have expected me to!



Anyway -- here's to a snowy Monday .. I will have to brave the weather to get to the mailbox.

New Chapter in Art Life

So after messing around w/ this blog for DAYS now ... I think it's 'changed over' to my new status! Gotta love tech!

This blog got re-named "Studio Soup" because of my twin grandsons. When they were just learning to talk they had a Grandma Cindy and a Grandma Sue. They didn't say "Sue" ... they said "Soup" and it was so funny. I have a friend that refers to me as Soup now, and so I decided to re-name the blog "Studio Soup". I love it!

So my business has changed from Moss Creek Lane Designs to SuzannaBooneDesigns. I'm planning to focus more on art, and am currently crushing on abstract art. WHO KNEW?!?! When you catch a glimpse of someone working an abstract canvas, it just pulls you in ... the mixing and overlapping of gorgeous color, the mark making with various tools, more overlapping of colors ... adding shapes ... it's a wonderful process that I can't wait to start working on!

I've started following Betty Krause Art and loving what she does ... and I NEED to have a paint wall like she has:


bettykrauseart.com

I have cleared a wall spot in what was the old studio (and believe me a full wall is hard to find down there these days!) and will be putting up a paint cloth, some heavy wood screws into studs and be ready to sling some paint on some bigger canvases. FUN!

That's all the long-term dream -- so in the meantime I'm working on cleaning and re-organizing the studio at large to make it more functional. I will also still be doing a few classes. I have a private studio class coming up next month, and have put in a class proposal for Summer Art Sampler for Adults sponsored by the Crossroads Art Council (where I had submitted 3 pieces of my art for an art show last winter -- my first one!!!). That's in June 2020. I haven't been accepted yet, but the lady that receives the applications wrote back "I want to take your class. I love your work". ooooh!! I feel a YES coming! :-)