Frida Boxes and Fur Baby

Our little grand pup is growing quickly!

Gus loves this little patch of grass we

have in the backyard for our tortoise. 

It's the softest and coolest place to lay.

No wonder he gravitates there

every time he visits. 

Our son-in-law is in the middle

of a 2 month long chemo treatment. 

Every opportunity to help the kids out

during this tough season of life is a blessing. 

This is one of my two Frida 

shadow boxes. 

The yellow background on this

one is an easy way to tell the two apart. 

(Just a little side note, there's a glare

in this picture that isn't in the actual piece.

These are hard pieces to get good pictures.)

This one has loteria cards

on the side. 

 This is the second one. 

It's sides are painted with gems added here and there. 

I've left a spot in front of each to

place some tea light flameless candles. 

It'll help to light up the inside. 

Personally, I don't think pictures

do them justice. 

I love the way they look in person if

I do say so myself. 

Hoping you're having a wonderful 

week and all is well with your soul! 

Terri 

Frida Artist Trading Cards

I'm so excited to be participating in

Steph's "Women in Art" ATC swap.

Never having done any Frida tribute art

before, I chose her as my subject. 

It was important to me not to look at

any works paying tribute to her

before I began. 

I wanted what I created to

lack outside influences. 

Another thing I decided was to

just make an impression of her,

and not go for an actual likeness

(which is really simple to do). 

I used acrylic paint, colored pencils,

collage, pitt pens, and DMC thread.

They're all a little

different, but still

cohesive as a grouping. 

They were fun to create and

I enjoyed having an "assignment"

to work on. 

The link is up top if you'd like

to join in the fun. The deadline is

not until March. 

I'm one of those people

that don't like waiting until the

last minute. . . for doing anything.  

It's one of my husbands

favorite traits about me.

I'm always ready to go 

on a moments notice. 

Happy Weekend!