Hi guys! Seems like it's been forever. I trust you all had a fab weekend?
Oh, yes, I had a wonderful weekend! Thanks for asking!
I'll have to tell you about it a little at a time.
For starters, Saturday was rainy and cold. {Well, actually, the weekend started with a Friday afternoon off for me, spent packaging orders and relaxing.} Anyway, Saturday, we ventured out for our date to the Nelson. But first, we went to Midtown to D'Bronx. I've been hearing about their pizza my entire life, but had never been there! It was pretty dang good. Although, the best part was reading all the stuff people write on the walls, and of course, adding our own mark.
We were careful not to stuff ourselves beyond comfort, and left packing enough pizza for at least 3 more meals. We got to the Nelson and even realized we could park across the street for free. {As opposed to in the garage for $5.} That made the whole museum trip free since there's no admission fee. We like free stuff!
The exhibit on Naismith's Original Rules of Basketball was quite anticlimactic. It was literally two pieces of paper typed. I guess I don't know what I was expecting. I thought there'd be photos, or drawings or something to go with it. Nope, two pieces of paper, folks! Being the good {Jayhawk} basketball fans we are, we read through the rules. I was quite impressed that the original rules included goal tending! I would have thought that had come later, but nope. Mr. Naismith saw that coming!
Since it took all of five minutes to see the rules, we had a few hours to browse through the rest of the museum. It's been a long time since I've been in the old building. {The last time I was there, I was just in the Block Building.} They've moved stuff around from how I remember it, but it's still fantastic. The building itself is magnificent, and full of marble, granite and limestone. It is solid. The exhibits range from ancient to modern. {There is even a real mummy on display.}
We only got through maybe half of the exhibits before Jon pooped out on me. But, he's promised to take me back. {I think he enjoyed it!}
I haven't been to many art museums, but the Nelson can certainly hold it's own with the one's I've seen. It's really quite impressive. If you're ever in KC, you should definitely check it out!
More weekends shenanigans to come....
What's your favorite style of pizza? I do enjoy New York style, but I think St. Louis is my absolute fave. Love me some thin crust!
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, September 17, 2009
coming soon...
just a little sneak peek at some of my new work to be unveiled at my upcoming show. I will have new items in the shop sometime the week of Sept. 28. Stay tuned!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Color...
I found this flickr set of objects grouped by color via Jordan Ferney's Oh Happy Day! They are just so lovely. Remind me to try this someday when I'm bored...um, if that ever happens again! Aren't they gorgeous!?





Thursday, September 3, 2009
swoon...
I was going through some photos and realized that I never posted my teeny gallery art from this year!
The company I work for has an employee art show each year, {remember the skull baby?} and one portion of it is the Teeny Gallery. Each artist is given a frame to start with, so they are all identical, then creates something within that frame. The end result is always quite interesting to see how we all venture in different directions from the same source.
I was shocked and honored that this year....I WON!! I was the proud recipient of a glorious ribbon and some movie passes! Horray!
I am in the process of making more collages along these lines for my etsy shop, and the Overland Park Fall Festival craft show that I'll be doing at the end of the month. I'm hoping to even get in some halloween themes!I hope you all have a wonderful Labor Day if you're in the US, or just a plain old great weekend otherwise! Here's to the end of summer! Cheers!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
since you asked...
Unfortunately, I was too eager to get started on the artwork in my last post that I forgot to take a picture of the original vintage print before I started painting on it! I did get a pic before I got going too far though...

Hope you all had a lovely tuesday!
I had a great day at work and even came home and ran in the heat. When Jon got home from work we went to the neighborhood pool and took a dip to cool off. It was soooo nice! We think we might just do that every evening during the summer. The sting of the chlorine in my eyes took me back to my childhood. It definitely feels like summer now. Love it.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Skull Baby Climbs a Tree
It is time for our annual art show at work, so I have been busy coming up with my latest work, titled "Skull Baby Climbs a Tree". I really let loose and let my mind go wild on this collage. I started with an old 70's print that was just sad and dated and turned it into something whimsical and interesting. I'm quite pleased with the final outcome.
What do you all think?

p.s. I know I've been HORRIBLE about posting lately, and I'm sorry. I'll try and do better. Promise.
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