Cold Roses

cold roses, originally uploaded by howtouseart.

acrylic, gesso, charcoal, and pastel
10" x 13"

I wanna make paintings like this all day instead of going to a job...one day I hope that will be my life. What do you hope for?

Source: http://howtomakeart.blogspot.com/2010/05/cold-roses.html

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She may look sad, but I am super happy today - ha!

Today was: sleeping in an hour later than normal, getting paid to spray paint things at work, seeing my puppy at lunch, going to art supply stores for my boss, getting out of work early, dinner with a fun friend where we split the BIGGEST DESSERT I?VE EVER SEEN, and now another friend is on their way over to my place, where I have lotsa wine and art supplies?

Source: http://howtomakeart.blogspot.com/2011/01/she-may-look-sad-but-i-am-super-happy.html

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Today, it was whales...

Some preview photos of the new shirt that will be in my shop soon! All hand drawn by me, yay. It's so much fun to print a new design for the first time and to think that someone somewhere will wake up one morning and choose to put on this whale shirt, wearing it proudly throughout their day.

Source: http://howtomakeart.blogspot.com/2011/01/today-it-was-whales.html

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Crochet time: a "shoulderette" to make

shoulderette, originally uploaded by drewzel.

I might have to re-scan the picture as it hasn't come out very well, it's a rather lovely crocheted shrug. If you click on "original" on the Flickr page, the instructions are clear and easy to read.

Source: http://stitchybritches.blogspot.com/2008/08/crochet-time-to-make.html

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Fun on Rollerskates!

By popular demand, here's the kitty from the set I blogged a few weeks back.

Source: http://stitchybritches.blogspot.com/2008/08/fun-on-rollerskates.html

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A Pile of Potential...

...on the studio floor.

Source: http://howtomakeart.blogspot.com/2011/01/pile-of-potential.html

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Etsy Front Page Happy Dance !

front page my girl with dragon tatoo treasury july 2010, originally uploaded by crownrose gems.

Fellow Etsy Beadweaver, Crownrose Gems, posted this treasury a few days ago and today it spent a short time on the front page of Etsy.com ! My Venezia bracelet is part of the collection which is based on the popular Millenium trilogy by Swedish author, Stieg Larsson. I wouldn't have know about my front page appearance if it hadn't been for Statsy.com. I totally forgot about the fact that I linked it to my Facebook profile and besides generating an email to me, it automatically posted to Facebook ! Very handy indeed !

Source: http://ambrosianbeads.blogspot.com/2010/07/etsy-front-page-happy-dance.html

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A dog's life on a 19th Century farm

A dog powered butter churn on the historic Manchester Farm near Avella, Pa. (Scott Beveridge photo)


Historic Farm is threatened by longwall mining

By Scott Beveridge

AVELLA ? Dogs used to be good for something other than companionship or fetching the morning newspaper.

Those owned by 19^th Century farmer Isaac Manchester earned their table scraps by churning butter while running on a spinning wheel contraption beside the summer kitchen.

?You just put some food in front of it, and ?,? said Manchester?s great-great-great-great-great granddaughter Marcie Pagliarulo, who now owns the farm in Independence Township, Pa.

The churn, along with a treasure trove of antique household and farming artifacts, have survived here thanks to the preservation efforts of generations of Manchesters.

The property likely holds the only existing, intact records of two centuries of farm life in the United States, preservationists said today, when the Manchester farm has become threatened by industrial development.

The Washington, D.C.-based National Trust for Historic Preservation today placed the farm on its annual list of America?s most endangered historic places because a coal operator has plans to open a longwall mine in the area. The method of deep mining proposed by Alliance Resource Partners of Tulsa, Okla., usually results in immediate subsidence damage to houses and private water supplies.

The trust is hoping pressure from its powerful influence will convince the company and Pennsylvania?s mining regulators to find alternatives to damaging the 400-acre farm.

?It?s a very important property for America as well as my family,? Pagliarulo said.

She has spent the past five years since she and her husband, Joe, bought the place cataloging thousands of artifacts stored in their stately Georgian manor house and in the farm?s outbuildings, which include a large barn, whisky distillery, tool shed and carriage house.

?I feel like I?ve gotten to know all of my ancestors,? she said.

Manchester was an English immigrant when he first settled in Newport, RI. He stopped en route to scout land in the Midwest at the Independence Township property when it was a frontier fort owned by Samuel Teeter. Upon his return in 1797 he decided to purchase the property on which he first built the distillery and then the brick house, beginning in 1805.

The Washington County farmhouse is unusual to southwestern Pennsylvania because it was constructed in a style common to Newport, complete with a East Coast widow?s walk on the roof. The barn, too, has details such as a large thrashing room common to New England.

?It?s like a time capsule,? Joe Pagliarulo said.

From today?s Observer-Reporter newspaper in Washington, Pa.:

The National Trust for Historic Preservation pleaded with a coal operator Wednesday to mine in the room-and-pillar method to protect a more than 200-year-old Washington County farm from subsidence damage.

Walter Gallas, a regional director of the trust, also urged supporters to send letters to state lawmakers and Gov. Tom Corbett asking them to take measures to ensure the Isaac Manchester Farm is not damaged by longwall mining.

UPDATE: The coal company announced June 17, 2011, it will not mine in the longwall method under the 400-acre farm, a new release indicated. Alliance Resource spokesman  Lee Landon said the company would mine in the conventional, or room-and-pillar approach, to remove the coal reserves it owns there.

(The newspaper has two other stories on the farm on its website)

Source: http://scottbeveridge.blogspot.com/2011/06/dogs-life-on-19th-century-farm.html

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Botany Bay

Kent that is, not Australia

Source: http://microcosmic.blogspot.com/2007/08/botany-bay.html

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Behind bars - Rabat Zoo

I recently spent three days in Rabat, Morocco to field a proposal to create a tourism/species conservation centre for Barbary lions in the Atlas mountains. The Barbary, or Atlas Lion went extinct in the wild during the early 20th century. Later it was proposed that the Sultan of Morocco's private collection would likely have specimens of this subspecies within it. In the 1970's these lions were transferred to Rabat zoo, and some later came to our park. Without proper breeding management over the decades, none of the remaining captive lions housed in zoos around the world are likely to be 100% Barbary lions on a genetic level. But it's the closest thing we have left.

Unfortunately the Moroccan authorities ultimately decided not to go ahead with the idea.

Source: http://microcosmic.blogspot.com/2008/01/behind-bars-rabat-zoo.html

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Metropolis Necklace-Etsy Beadweavers Challenge

This month's Etsy Beadweavers challenge theme, Fashion Through the Ages , struck a chord with me because I had a pattern developed that fit perfectly with the Art Deco style of design. I created the triangular portion of my Metropolis Necklace using the pattern I made with my BeadTool design program and stitched it in herringbone using 4 beads at a time. Then I worked upward in brick stitch to a decent choker width of 1/2" and finished out the rest of the choker in peyote. I had fun looking through my vintage button collection and found the perfect button to complement the Art Deco design. Of course, I finished it all last minute and could only get some basic photos done. Next time, no procrastinating (yeah right) ! You can check out all the amazing entries from our beadweaving team now and vote on March 8th.

Source: http://ambrosianbeads.blogspot.com/2011/03/metropolis-necklace-etsy-beadweavers.html

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Ruby Roo is FOUR!

Roo is FOUR!, originally uploaded by howtouseart.

She just turned four on May 1. Can you believe it? I feel like only yesterday she was a tiny little thing that only took up half of my purse. Now she is this full grown little doggy full of personality and energy!

I can't wait to move into my new home, because there Ruby will have her very own backyard...no more leashes ever!! :)

Source: http://howtomakeart.blogspot.com/2010/05/ruby-roo-is-four.html

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It's Getting Hot!

relax, baby, originally uploaded by howtouseart.

silkscreen, spray paint, pastel, charcoal, and acrylic
18" x 22"

Yeah, I think summer is officially here in Florida... As soon as you step outside, you get covered in an icky film of sweat and humidity. So that is why I'm staying INside and doing lots of painting! This is one from a few months ago, plenty of new ones to show you too, but of course I gotta take some pictures first...

I'm super excited because in a few weeks I am off to Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. I am taking the "Print and Clay Buffet" class and learning how to make images onto pottery - yay! So exicted...and lucky because I got a scholarship to take the class. :)
I will keep you guys posted on how it goes and will definitely want to show you what I make!

Source: http://howtomakeart.blogspot.com/2010/05/it-getting-hot.html

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Yanomama in motion

The Ocelot (Felis pardalis) is a small cat from Central and South America.
The name "ocelot" comes from the Mexican Aztec word "tlalocelot" meaning field tiger.

Source: http://microcosmic.blogspot.com/2007/08/yanomama-in-motion.html

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The winning photographs

Well the judges have made their call and selected the winners, below, in the 7th Annual Friends of Citizens Library amateur photography contest in Washington, Pa. The entries, judged in four categories, will be on display through the end of June 2011 at the library at 55 S. College St., where visitors can vote for a People's Choice Award. (Click on each group of photos to see it in a larger format)

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People 

First Place:  Danielle Crooks, Nemacolin

Second Place:  Karly Yancosek, Washington

Third Place:  Danielle Crooks, Nemacolin

Animals

First place:  Amira Maroulis, Washington

Second Place:  Tammie Wallace, Washington

Third Place:  Debbie Griffin, Washington

Outdoor Scenes

First Place:  Jana R. Jirak, Triadelphia, W.Va.

Second Place:  Kanishka Ray, McDonald

Third Place:  Linda Wherry, Washington

Other

First Place:  Julianna Ronto, Washington

Second Place:  Megan Pendleton, Washington

Third Place:  Nina Jacqueline Manderick, Washington

Source: http://scottbeveridge.blogspot.com/2011/06/winning-photographs.html

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What is a good gift for an artist?

Here is my first attempt at answering some of your art questions! More to come soon. Thanks for the comments and questions; please keep them coming! :)

I guess it would depend on what mediums your friend worked with, but if they do any kind of painting, an artist can never have too many paintbrushes, especially ones for detailed work. Don't get the cheapest paintbrushes at the store, and stay far away from the most expensive ones, lol... I would say $3-5 per brush would be your best bet - not too cheap and not too pricey.

(Above is a photo of a painting in progress with some of my favorite brushes. Ooh, I need to work on that ear!)

Resource books are always great too... or gift cards to online art supply stores for sure! What other ideas does everyone have?

Source: http://howtomakeart.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-is-good-gift-for-artist.html

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Making Books

I just finished the above book, called "Love Hurts," because the person in the photo on the cover has had her head chopped off - ouch! All in the name of love... Maybe her photo is going in a locket that will be close to someone's heart.

I'm sitting at my dining table, which is covered in bits of paper, bookmaking how-to books, acrylic paint, mod podge, paint brushes, gesso, newspaper, and previously bound book and sketchbooks. It feels good to make a mess and make some art. I just finished making another book, but it will be drying all day, so I won't be able to share it until tomorrow. I have taken a few days off from listing and making things for the Etsy shop in order to get back to bookbinding (it's been months since I've made a book!) and making things for myself (it's also been a while...). I thought I would be rusty when it came to making books, but it came back pretty quickly, even though I couldn't find the instructions for the type of book I wanted to make, so I just had to wing it.

Source: http://howtomakeart.blogspot.com/2011/01/making-books.html

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Houston - we have a problem in national burger contest

The big, sloppy and tasty Vestaburger served at Rye's Bar and Grill in Centerville, Pa., (Scott Beveridge photo)

By Scott Beveridge

CENTERVILLE, Pa. ? Houston may have the best burgers in the United States if you believe the readers of Travel + Leisure who responded to a recent survey conducted by the magazine.

They loved the Texas city?s penchant for serving triple-decker burgers and especially those made with a pound of beef at such places as Lankford Grocery and The Hubcab Grill.

Unfortunately Pittsburgh did not make T+L?s top ten burger joint list because its unlikely the magazine?s comfort foodie readers ever ventured into Southwestern Pennsylvania coal country to eat at Rye?s Bar and Restaurant.

That restaurant on a back road in Centerville has a sandwich named the Vestaburger, which is almost too big to handle and as sloppy as the muddy banks of the nearby Monongahela River. It?s named after a coal patch here where strong men once worked Vesta Coal Co. mine under the hills of the Mon Valley.

This burger reminds me of home because it tastes just like those my mom prepared in her black cast iron skillet using the cheapest and greasiest cuts of ground beef.

Rye?s tops this great sandwich with charbroiled bacon, cheese, saut�ed green peppers, grilled onions and mushrooms, lettuce and tomato and a condiment concocted with the restaurant?s homemade spicy Italian salad dressing and mayonnaise.

Everything on the menu is homemade and served in big portions, a server says after I belly up the bar on a muggy spring evening in June. She points me in the direction of a sign advertising the hearty list of the day?s soups, which includes potato dumpling and the staple, French onion.

I notice another sign next to the front door that jokingly advertises ?warm beer, cold food" as she returns to take my order for this coal town burger.

?You should see this place on (chicken) wing night. It?ll be packed,? she says.

The customers on this night mostly appear blue collar, judging by the conversations across the bar. However, the owners have installed a free, nonpassword protected wireless Internet signal for those customers who show up with laptop computers.

A guy is whining about cost cutting problems at a local coal mine. A middle aged man sitting on the next stool and wearing a scruffy beard and beer belly rambles about his distaste for lowlifes who receive government disability checks and use the money to purchase marijuana.

By dinnertime the restaurant in the gutted back room is filled with customers, mostly families.


A waitress scurries to serve them in this remote 1800s brick farmhouse, which has been painted blue/gray at 248 Old National Pike. The two-lane is part of the original 1806 National Road, the first interstate ever built by the federal government. This stretch of country road was first bypassed in the 1920s when the National Road was rerouted, modernized and renamed Route 40, and then even further obliterated after Interstate 70 came along.


Yes. Texas just might be too big to notice the finer things in "Little Washington County."

Source: http://scottbeveridge.blogspot.com/2011/06/houston-we-have-problem-in-national.html

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Superior 140 : 7 kitten motifs

It's time for some DOW tea towels. I love to stitch a kitteh, and these ones are so sweet they will give you the proverbial toothache! Little kittys doing household tasks, we can never get enough of them. Neither it seems could Superior brand transfers, for I have a lot of transfers from that particular company that feature cats.

Kitty is ironing, hanging out the washing (wearing roller skates no less), singing at church, sweeping the floor, mending clothes, having a tea party, and on a tricycle doing the shopping. All the time she has a little friend doggy or a stuffed toy to help her. The relationship between cats and dogs in transfer-land always amuses me, as it has little relation to real life cat-dog interaction. Unless of course, in this transfer below, the doggy is about to come and nip her on her posterior. That would be like my animals - Lola can't see a cat bottom go past without chasing it.

Of course, like all good homemakers, she's providing tea for all (that's one of my founding principles, "tea for all") and little stuffed teddy, kitty and bunny are happy to play along. As the pattern says, these are meant to be for days-of-the-week towels, but they'd look cute on children's quilts or bed linen as well. Whilst I don't want to muscle in on the Vogart hyperbole, in my opinion:

These darling designs are quick and easy to sew, and a choice of gay, bright colours will make your towels come alive and add fun to your modern kitchen. Children will love their own towels stitched with Miss Kitten and her friends, and a set will make washing hands no longer a chore! Just stitch these designs and instantly you will become more attractive, and they will bring good fortune and friends into your life. Your home will be beautiful, your children, beaming with health, rosy cheeked and perfectly scrubbed and well behaved, and your husband will cherish the perfect homemaker that he married.

Ooops, think I'm getting carried away now.... help me!......argh....

Source: http://stitchybritches.blogspot.com/2008/06/superior-140-7-kitten-motifs.html

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Cool grave marker

Observer-Reporter writer Barbara S. Miller found this creative grave marker while working Memorial Day 2011 at St. Patrick Cemetery in Canonsburg, Pa.


Obviously the late Carmine Pacano, an Italian immigrant, had a talented mosaic artist as a friend or relative, either of whom spent hours putting together this memorial to him. The tablet is level to the ground, Miller said.


It also is in need of some restoration work because this one is too cool to fall to pieces.

Source: http://scottbeveridge.blogspot.com/2011/05/cool-grave-marker.html

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Mid-year stitch along 2008

I'm a bit behind the 8-ball at the moment, but I just found this in the Flickr embroidery group. I'm very flattered that they're using a design from my Stitchybritches Vogart stash, so of course I'm playing along. And you should too! I can't can't can't wait to see what everyone makes! Yay!

Source: http://stitchybritches.blogspot.com/2008/06/mid-year-stitch-along-2008.html

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Stitch along with Mike's!

I'm a bad britches, stitchy friends, I know I am. But good stitchy fun is currently happening on the Meet me at Mike's blog. They've got a nice list of links to free Christmassy patterns, and they're having their own Christmas stocking stitch along, with two of their own designs. Pip's also put up some embroidery basics tutorials and they're all rather splendid. So if you haven't already, check it out! That should keep you out of mischief for a while!

Here's one that's been stitched, by a lovely gal at Brown Owls last Monday:

Source: http://stitchybritches.blogspot.com/2008/12/stitch-along-with-mikes.html

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