Renaissance Wedding Cake and Cupcakes ~

~ Renaissance Wedding cake ~

                                               

~ Renaissance Wedding Cupcakes ~

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Instead of artwork, my daughter and I worked on designing,

baking, and constructing a wedding cake and cupcakes

for my brother and his new bride's renaissance/midnight summer's dream wedding

this past weekend.

The dagger at the top of the cake is real, which the groom pulled out so he and his bride could cut their cake.

What fun we and the guests had at this beautiful wedding! :0)

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~ Wishing you a wonderful whimsical day! ~

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~ Thought Lost, But Not, Iris ~

~ I was SO happy to see this iris bloom this year! ~

One rhizome was gifted to me by an old friend over 30 years ago. Years later I thought I had lost this iris, but during weeding 3 summers ago I found a tiny solitary 1/2" rhizome hiding beneath the foliage of a Butter and Sugar Siberian iris. After careful lifting and special tending in the greenhouse, watching, praying, but not quite sure who I had in the pot, this spring I saw a wonderful stem of 5 blooms appear!

As the flowers slowly unfolded I could tell the color pattern was one I hadn't seen for nearly 17 years! Indeed...this was the iris I hoped I had not lost! For you see, this friend had gifted me an iris she had collected from her mother's garden, an iris variety she had been treasuring, but alas had lost when an ancient pine blew down and crushed all she had.

I now hope that this beautiful sweetly smelling iris will grow strong healthy rhizomes I can separate, and return to an old friend a flower that once was her mother's. :0)

~ Wishing you a beautiful whimsical day! ~

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" Blue Eyed Pinto " ~

 ~ Blue Eyed Pinto ~

When I decided to draw this 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" ACEO illustration "Blue Eyed Pinto" I realized

it has been over 40 years since the last time I had created a horse with plenty of "chrome".

Even then, there were not many.

I can think of only two others, both when I was in my earlier teens.

The first was an oil painting of a Native American Paint Horse pulling a travois across the plains,

the second was of a beautiful chestnut and white pinto rendered in oil pastel on velour paper.

I'm not sure why most of my art has gravitated to the solid colored equines with white only appearing on their faces or feet.

Hmmmmmmm...these paints and pintos are rare indeed!

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~ Wishing you a wonderful whimsical day! ~ 

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"Pegasus in the Heavens" ~

"Pegasus in the Heavens"

~ A Pegasus mare keeps watch as her little whisker lipped foal curiously views the world. ~

This Prismacolor, graphite, and Golden acrylic 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" ACEO

is fresh off the drawing table.

This little piece is now available here in my Etsy shop. 

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~ Wishing you a wonderful whimsical day! ~

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New 2015 Calendar of My Art ~

~ Calendars for 2015 ~

Creating these calendars was a bit of work,

but it was well worth it!

The new 2015 calendars are available here.

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Wishing you a wonderful whimsical day!

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~ October on Lake Superior ~

~ October on Lake Superior ~

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Lake Superior is not only very beautiful but can be very dangerous

when storms create waves and swells 15 feet and higher.

Waves that have snapped in half and sunk many a ship the size of the oar boat in this image.

Thankfully on this day these white capped waves were small.

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~ October Color ~

This year our fall season seemed to come and go as quick as this year's spring...in one week. 

Thankfully I was able to capture a few photos of the leaves on our small dirt road as they changed color one day,

and before they lay on the ground the next!

~ To the Mailbox ~

~ Fleeting Fall Color ~

~ Fall View on Turtle Hill ~

My husband named this Turtle Hill because every spring we find a Painted Turtle laying her eggs on the shoulder of the road between the birch tree on the left and the top of the hill. 

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~ Wishing you a whimsically beautiful fall day! ~

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