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Hi ! MY NAME IS CAROL!

My blog is SilverSpring Acres Labors of Love. 

I live in Missouri in the United States about 50 miles west of St. Louis. My home is on a 3 acre lot where I grow my flowers, vegetables and herbs and create my art. 

I have always been a creative person from early childhood . If I am not creating something I am not complete and will become a very irritable and unhappy person. 

I also love fiber arts and am a compulsive crocheter :) I love to dye yarn also. 

Currently I'm creating these adorable KITTY PODS for the fur babies in my life and for those who have felt a need to purchase one for their babies. 

 My art is often inspired by my garden and flowers....

I also love to do faces and things slightly on the whimsical side

I also love to make soaps, salves ,lotions, tinctures and teas using the herbs out of my garden .

So as you can see I bounce all over the place with my creative endeavors. 

Thanks for checking out my blog!

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Paint Party Friday

Late AGAIN :-( 

It's been a slow week for me with very little energy and not much accomplished . 

I did finally get the painting finished last night but no energy then to post it. 

I'm beginning to think that winter is not a good season for me :) 

So once again I am thinking about summer and flowers and dreaming of green grass and warm sunshine on my skin. 

Here's today's painting...

"TASTING SUMMER" 

It's a 12in X 12in  gallery wrapped canvas done with acrylics and ink. 

It seems that Echinaceas are my flower of choice this year so perhaps I need to plant a few more  . I need to make sure I have lots of inspiration for new winters art ♥

Here are a few of the in-progress photos from yesterday. 

The red package in the first photo is a CD my daughter burned for me ... My very first Grateful Dead concert in 1973. The music I was listening to as I painted. 

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Paint Party Friday

It's Friday already ? 

Where has all of the time gone? 

I've been busy busy here with some of my other projects around here and not a whole lot of painting going on. 

I've been working with the herbs that having been hanging all around the house :) 

Getting them cleaned off of their stems and into jars and labeled. Also made up some salves and tinctures.

I also had to work up a batch of soap for and order and for us and my daughter. I hadn't realized we were so low. This time I used the stems from some of the herbs and simmered them in water for a good will and then used this infused water in one batch of soap. I really like the way it turned out a LOT! I had use sage and added a small amount of Patchouli EO and it smells wonderful I'll be making more of that real soon.

So now to the art. Which is really why we're here to begin with :) 

This week I finished another Echinacea done with acrylics on a 12in X 12in canvas. 

''THINKING OF SUMMER"

I seem to have summer and flowers on my mind a lot this weeks.  

Today's Random Thoughts

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PAINT PARTY FRIDAY

It's Friday!

Christmas is over and it's time to relax ♥ 

I know I totally pushed myself too hard to do things for as I'm sure many of you have too. Now it's time to set back , listen to some good music and restore ourselves.

I'm enjoying the soundtrack from my very first ever "Grateful Dead" concert in 1973. 

Thanks to my beautiful daughter who knows how to make her Momma HAPPY ♥♥♥♥♥

This weeks art is the completed mixed media collage painting I did for my sister. She loved it. 

Wishing you all a 

WONDROUS &  PEACEFUL 

NEW YEAR

THE #1 RULE OF LIFE..

LOVE 

PEACE 

&

HAPPINESS

♥

John Lennon - Happy Christmas (War is Over)

Wishing you the Merriest Christmas and a Blessed New Year! 

Art Journal Journey

Peace on Earth

I'll be busy finishing up those last minute gifts and cooking. Then spending lots of time with family and friends . So this will more than likely be my last collage for the year. 

Enjoy the season and be true to yourself. 

♥ 

Paint Party Friday

It's Friday Again ♥ 

Time to take a short break from all of the holiday prep and share  a little art with friends. 

THANK YOU EVA  & KRISTIN!!! 

Without you Friday's just wouldn't be the same :) 

Congrats to Tammy for being the Featured Artist of the Week. Love her splatter paintings. ♥♥♥♥♥

I only sent out 3 Christmas cards this year... may send a few more that I am sure will probably be late. But I wanted to make my own this year and I keep getting side tracked with other gift projects. 

Here's one of the cards I sent...

I've worked some more on the gift for my sister...

... now I need to decided what to do with the dresses. 

Other creative gifts I have been making are felted wool projects . 

The hat was crocheted with wool yarn and then felted an shaped. The mittens were sewn from wool sweaters I purchased at a resale shop and felted before making the mittens. I have more mittens to make yet and maybe one more hat.

I also re-crafted two cookie tins foe tea bags.

Today's Random Thoughts...

Sending Seasons Greetings to all who celebrate this time of year. 

Happy Hanukkah!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

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