Something Two Crow About

What happened to Springtime?

 Copyright2009 Nancy Baumiller

"DINNER and BINGO" strange title yes I know! lol Created on 8.5" x 11" cardstock.

We have had the weirdest weather here in Tennessee...and seems we are not the only ones...Yesterday was a very nice 80 degrees and todayyyyyyy....in the low 40's andddddd snowing! Hmmmpf! It would snow like crazy...stop...sunshine...melt the snow...cloudy again...snow...repeat...all day long! Very very strange!

Been really busy today...finished the above piece and working on a few others! I have also restocked my Shop with more Vintage Collage Element Packs!! To be honest I think they are even better than the last ones!

I think I am tired now lol...off to take a hot bath and go to bed...I need to ...my daughter came home and started having flu symtoms and it progressed through this evening. She'll be needing the mommy attention! Which is a good thing...but not so much for her having the flu...I feel so bad for my little ones when they are sick. :O(

"DInner and Bingo" is also available now here !

Have a great night! Much love and hugs!

xoxo

NancyB 

Sunshiney Day....

 Copyright2009 Nancy Baumiller 

"Work and Play" on 8.5" x 11" cardstock (SOLD)

Holey Moley! We have sunshine here in Tennessee! After many rainy dreary days of rain rain rain and more rain! The sun finally came out to play and to let us know ...yes Spring is still coming!! The grass looks even greener...prolly from all the rain lol...the birds are happier...and me...I'm happy too! I can throw dinner on the grill tonight and not mess up my kitchen! LOL

Not much happening here at the old crow's homestead! Pretty quiet! Nice...I can handle that! Waiting for someone to bring me a tiller for my dream garden! It is so vivid in my mind! A pretty country/semi-secret garden! I have it all planned out and can see myself spending many hours tending to my garden! I can also envision fighting off many bees LOL Don't like those little buggers but they sure like me for some reason! lol But, If I want a garden it wouldn't be a garden with out the help of bees! Gotta have that balance of good and bad to find a happy medium ya know! ;O)

I am off to daydream some more and send mind vibes to the guy with the tiller! lol

Much love and hugs! Oh and BTW "Work and Play" is available here !

NancyB 

New Stuff on Etsy!!!

  Copyright2009 Nancy Baumiller

New art!! ......"LUNA GIRL" original mixed media collage on 8.5" x 11" (SOLD)

Don't have much time to post much with the buckets of rain falling outside and my lousy internet connection lol SO I will make it short and sweet!

 

Remember these!? Well, I have listed a few more on ETSY in my shop! The first ones flew out of there so quickly!! So grab them while you can!

Got to go before the rain cuts out my internet!

xoxo

NancyB

New Art Pages available now on Etsy!!!

This and more available now on Etsy !!!!

Much love and hugs!! Have a wonderful weekend!!!!

Nance

Stuff.....

"At My Front Door" New Art Page!!

This piece was created using a number of great images from Flickr peeps!! Wackystuff and Annieoakley a great big Thank You for all the great and wonderful images that you share!!! ...and also from a great package I received from Nicole which I will show tomorrow evening!! Of course the beautiful envelope she sent got some images snipped out that I used in my art but none the less I will show the wonderful things she sent to me! Thank you Nicole!!! Also used some images I had on hand!!! That gal is giving that bad ol wolf a good one two punch in the jaw!! You know the one that bad wolf that comes a knockin at your door...in short bill collectors! LOL I had a lot of fun with this page! hee hee

Speaking of tomorrow and weekdays after I will be a bit elusive until evenings so please be patient with any email repsonses!! I WILL get to you ASAP!! Thank you!!! :O)

Week 1 of the "Collage Play with Crowabout" Group was a success and was so much fun!! I loved seeing all the different versions of art created by the lovely members of the group! Fantastic!! And we had our first weeks prize drawing and our winner was... Gunn-Mandal !!! Our winner was chosen with Random.org!! Congrats Gunn!!! :O)

I am still uploading previous Art Pages I have been working on since before the group started...and this week I will get to play along with the group! YAY!! I can't wait to get started on my version!!

The group list is getting longer and longer each day...and I need to figure out another way to display all the members links!! Any ideas????

Again here is the group news from the previous post:

In the group news!! I have changed the day I will be uploading the "Collage Elements" sheet to Saturday mornings! I believe this may work out better for those members who may have a busy work week schedule and only have time to create on the weekends!! This will give everyone a bit more time to work on their art entries for the week and give them a little more time to have their art turned in by Friday!!

Again!! If you have not received  your invite to the group, "Collage Play with Crowabout" or are wanting to join...PLEASE don't hesitate to shoot me an email!!! There is always time to join!!! And I do apologize to those whose invites that may have got lost in email nothingness!! Don't be shy..please email me and let me know!!!! Here is the group INFO if you are interested in joining up!! Please note the changes....the group are now hosted on Flickr !!!

Have you been to ETSY lately??!! Well, if you haven't...I have listed more of my latest art pieces!!! All my art pieces are totally original and one of a kind!! There will never be another one created like it!!! :O)

Thank you for visiting! Much love and hugs!!

Nance

It is time....

Yes! It is time! It is about time I start listing on ETSY again!!!

I will be listing off and on throughout the day(weekend)! So keep your eyes peeled for updates for when items will be listed!!!

Update: 3 pieces have been listed on Etsy !! One has already sold! 2 left if your interested goooo get em!! I will be listing again here in just a little while!!!

This piece above, "Break Free" is going to be one of the 3 that I will be posting first, of the 8 piece series! When they are all sold I will then begin listing the Not So-"Black and White" series!

Off I go...over to Etsy to begin listing the three pieces I chose!! :O) ***Grin like a cheshire cat, it makes people wonder what your up to!*** hee hee

Much love and hugs! Happy Creating!

Nance

Hanging In There....

Hello again! Playing again on loose art pages!

No matter what I create I always come back to these loose leaf art pages...they are always so much fun to create!

One week from today my DH will be home once again! I am hanging in there but it is still tough...I don't know if it gets easier...maybe just getting comfortable with it takes time I don't know...I just know I miss my baby! Love you hunny!

"The Good Stuff" Original Mixed Media Collage       8-1/2" x 11" on heavy cardstock available now here!

Much love and hugs!

Nance

As they say...Time Flies!!!!

Gosh! Has it almost been a week since I have posted?! My goodness time flies!

I got a goodie box in the mail from the ever so sweet Lucy it came media mail and was ever so quick to get here! Inside were bunches of National Geographic magazines, a beautiful Country Living Magazine that had my favorite dream kitchen in it! I am sure Lucy knows which one I am talking about! ;o) Where everything is white and simple with touches of color here and there! Yum! And she also sent me a oh so delicious sachet bag..filled with bits and bobs of lovely things! It smells sooooooooooooooooooooo good! Thank you Lucy you sweet girlie you!

So with all those magazines...I tiptoed as quickly as possible to my bedroom to plop myself on my bed with my mags and a handy dandy craft knife and started flipping the pages! Cut cut cut! Ohhhhhhhhhh what fun! I still have tons more to cut out and oogle over and let the ideas start flowing! Which they did! I created the piece above with the goodies she sent me! "The Laughter". I think this is my favorite piece of everything I have done!

And then there was this...                    I journaled a bit differently this time! With little printed out words of a little something I wrote! "those dreams are no longer listless shadows on the ground ...come fly with me above the trees and see what the birds do see." ~Nancy Baumiller

And then printed out in white on black "give wings to your dreams and watch them fly." NB ( me again hee hee)

"Wonders Never Cease"

Typing as fast as I can because my little ones will be home soon! They spent the weekend with a friend of theirs...Although I enjoyed the quiet...I sure miss them tremendously! The little girls Momma is such a riot...I think I might of made me a friend! :)

Off I go! I must get dressed now and brush my unruly hair and drink more coffee so that I can be ready for my girls constant chatter and be able to keep up with their energy flow! ;o)

Much Love and Hugs!

Nance

Copyright2007 Nancy Baumiller All Rights Reserved

Got my blog back yayyyyyyyyyy!

What a ucky week and a half...I have been sick with a horrible cold..First it starts off with sounding like you have swallowed a horse...runny nose...the chest congestion and then you feel like #(%& warmed over for what seems forever and a day! Yuck! Anyone else had this nassy stuff?? Hugs for you if you do or had it! I sure don't want that again!

I have a few art pieces to show that I had finished right before I got all nassy sicky!

This first one is "Fly My Soul" (Sold) I just felt like painting...I first did a sketch of the idea in mah head...Lord knows how in the world it stayed long enough in my brain to get it onto paper! hee hee  I for a long time have just wanted to paint...Ok so I did a bit of collage for the border with vintage dictionary paper...but I don't think you would ever know it! I paint over everything...including the background which used to be orangey...even the dress was a different color...but adding another color over it just did something magical to it! I love when those little things happen!

I am still feeling a bit under the weather...but now I really want to try and do some art today...we will see how that goes!

Dug through my paper basket and magazine tid bits and came up with this!

"Go Play" available here! I had fun with this one mixing new colors cuz I was bored with the same ol same ol paints...I mixed a bit of brown and white and it sorta has a purplish hue to it! I love purple! Leave it to me to mix brown and white together and get purple LMAO *shrugs*

More paper play! "Where My Heart Is" 

OHHH! I've been published again!   Erraticus Zine Special Halloween Issue 2007 #10! The wonderful Melissa found me and asked if I would like to have one of my pieces published! Oh yes! I would love that! Thank you Melissa!

One more before I go off to play...

I ammmmmmmm not sure about this one but there is a whole lot of journaling! It's all about the process not the end result! It is important to have fun when creating and not get all bent up over which piece goes where and ugh this color is not working for me...Forgeeeeeeeet aboutttt it! Enjoy your art time just play!                                     

I am going to go fill up my favorite coffee mug and try to get in some playtime!

Much love and hugs! I've missed all of you!!!!

Nance

I dun figured it out! hee hee

Shop Update!         

This little cutie is now available on Etsy !

More items will be added to Crowabout throughout the weekend! Have a good one all!!!!

Much Love and Hugs!

Nance