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  • sandymess
    sandymess Member Posts: 299
    edited May 2011
    Yes, what kind of flowers are they, SoCalLisa? They are unusual and beautiful!
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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited May 2011

    I think they are called African Daisies, we use them for ground cover here

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited May 2011

    this is a cool place for those who like music

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  • MissBianca
    MissBianca Member Posts: 2,193
    edited May 2011

    Wowwww, gorgeous paintings!!!!  I especially love your granddaughter's portrait, Painterly.

    Lisa, I have a Taylor! Bought it brand new in '97, and it has a beautiful, resonant tone. I never did visit the factory, though. Wish I did.

    I love the effects on the African Daisies, with the frame. It inspires me to play around more with these programs. Is that Picasa?

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited May 2011

    the frame came from Print Shop, but there are bunches of them out there..

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  • libraylil
    libraylil Member Posts: 528
    edited May 2011

    Group, I am so jealous of all of your paintings.  I would love to learn to paint.  I do a little beading (i'm making the radiation nurses dragonfly earrings for my follow up visit). 

    Marybast:  your tattoo is great.  I'm toying with the idea of a tattoo.  Since they ask if you have tattoos during scans does it have any effect on this?  I saw a cute little branch of pink dogwoods that I am obsessing over.

    librarylil

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  • pil
    pil Member Posts: 315
    edited May 2011

    libraylil,   I agree the art is wonderful.  Can you post a picture of your dragon fly earrings?   I love dragonflies. They are my favorite insect and so very beneficial as well.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2014

    Lisa

    those flowers look like a variation of Gazanias.  I put them in flower boxes around my patio - I love them for cutting - and they last all summer here....lots of different colors

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  • sandymess
    sandymess Member Posts: 299
    edited May 2011
    Yes, post a pic of your earrings! Please, libraylil!!
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  • libraylil
    libraylil Member Posts: 528
    edited May 2011

    I would love to.  I'll do a pic in natural light tomorrow. Just thought the dragonfly, would symbolize the medical peeps slaying the BC dragon.  However, I saw some really cute "bra" decorated sugar cookies on line.  A heart turned upside down with the pointy top cut off. libray lil

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited May 2011

    I used to play on this bridge when I was a kid

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited May 2011

    I did not do this quilt, but isn't it lovely?

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  • marybast
    marybast Member Posts: 138
    edited May 2011

    Wow, SoCalLisa, the quilt is indeed gorgeous. Not sure why I haven't visited this thread in a while, but I see I've missed a lot. Still working on the daggone owl painting, also blocked in the background for a misty, impressionist painting I want to do of the Ichetucknee River, from a sunrise canoe trip. Did I upload this one before?

    IchetuckneeSunrise

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  • marybast
    marybast Member Posts: 138
    edited May 2011

    Ooops, trying to get this on my Favorites.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2014

    Oh, marybast

    that is SUCH a gorgeous photograph...did it really look that purple??? just fabulous - inspiring!

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  • marybast
    marybast Member Posts: 138
    edited May 2011

    Hi Caerus-Sunflower! It didn't look that color to me at dawn, more of a grey-blue, but I set my Nikon Coolpix 7600 for "Sunrise" and all the photos turned out with that purple/blue cast. I decided it was fate. Here's another one from the same set that a friend of mine asked if she could paint (this was earlier in the morning, with less light):

    IchetuckneeSunrise

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  • libraylil
    libraylil Member Posts: 528
    edited May 2011

    Ladies can you direct me as to how to post photos. I did take the dragonfly earrings to the rad techs. Told them I preferred to call them dragonslayers rather than the mop up crew. Also tried my hand at decorated sugar cookies and made them pink ribbons and pink bras. My cookie decorating skills are lacking and they looked like a first grade art project, but it was the thought. I ll practice on the chemo nurses this summer during herceptin infusion weeks. Libraylil

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  • sandymess
    sandymess Member Posts: 299
    edited May 2011

    libraylil, you have to post your photos online first, like in Photobucket, Flickr, Picasso, Facebook, etc. Then you right click on the image and then click on 'copy image location.' Then come back here and click on that little icon to the left of the smiley face and click in the box that says 'image url'. That's it! 

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  • MBJ
    MBJ Member Posts: 4,352
    edited May 2011

    Hi there!  I just heard about your thread and I would love to join in.  I just read through your entire thread and there are uch gorgeous photos and paintings on here!  Thank you so much for sharing.  Fuzzy, I had no idea you were so talented!  I took a Healing Art class at UCLA while undergoing chemo and it was quite the journey and helped me get through all the BC stuff.  Though I don't consider myself an artist, I come from a family of artists and though I can draw and  I pursued music for many years but now chemo has left me with nerve damage and my hands no longer work right.  Really lovely!

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  • MBJ
    MBJ Member Posts: 4,352
    edited May 2011

    SoCalLisa:  I have one of those Taylor Guitars. Really a beautiful instrument.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited June 2011

    my son worked at Taylor Guitars for a while..

    I was fooling around with picnik from Picasa

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited June 2011

    marybast..I love that photo of the pond..what wonderful lighting

    especially with the fog, just magnificent

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  • blondelawyer
    blondelawyer Member Posts: 327
    edited June 2011

    I am a creative type and want to focus on doing more of it now that I am out of commission with treatment (and grieving the loss of my husband in November).  I stopped working full-time a couple of years ago and will not go back while in treatment.  I am an attorney by profession, but just got focus on that right now.  Plus, the chemo is already taking a toll and I'm only on my 2nd treatment.

     Before BC I started writing a memoir about my life with a person with cystic fibrois (my husband) and I would like to continue with that. It is therapetic and I think that it might help other people.

    I also paint, knit, and sew. I just need to make more time to do the things that I love, so a thread like this is awesome.  

    My cancer center has free art therapy, so I am definitely going to check into that. 

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  • libraylil
    libraylil Member Posts: 528
    edited June 2011

    Blonde lawyer. I also knit sew and bead. Looking forward to the summer and no school. Have one upholstery project to try and window treatments. I have lost 20 lbs since finishing rads and chemo. Spent the weekend altering some shorts and shorts. Even got the beast of a serger out, threaded and working to finish up seams. Check the grosgrain blog with her great ways to repurpose sweaters and lots of cool ideas. I can t wait to try some of this this summer. Wish my cancer center offered art. Libraylil

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  • sandymess
    sandymess Member Posts: 299
    edited June 2011

    Blondelawyer, so sorry for your loss. I can't even imagine losing my husband. The memoir and art will definitely be therapeutic for you. Don't forget to share with us!

    I write, sew, bead, and love photography. I want to learn to knit and/or crochet. I also dabble in drawing, but really would love to take a class to get better. There are no free classes at the cancer center here. Frown But I do check lots of crafty sites to see what I can learn. Libraylil, what blog are you talking about? It sounds really interesting!

    Just discovered this site yesterday: http://www.allfreesewing.com/  There is also a sister site called allfreecrafting, I think. I didn't bookmark that one. Gotta search for it again.

    Marybast, I love, love, LOVE those pics! They are truly awe-inspiring!!

    SoCalLisa, another beautiful photo! I've really got to get around to exploring Picassa. I want to do that!!

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  • sandymess
    sandymess Member Posts: 299
    edited June 2011
    Hi MBJ! Forgot to welcome you. What kind of art classes did you take? I'd love to take some. Other than a sewing class when I was 12, and a photography class in college, I have had no formal training. If I could afford it, I would go to the art school in the next town but it costs a small fortune!
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  • marybast
    marybast Member Posts: 138
    edited June 2011

    Hi blondelawyer. Hearing your story brought tears to my eyes. Life has hit you so hard and at such a young age. Sending you a virtual hug. I love the idea of your memoir and hope you'll continue. I've found it helps with my own memoir(s) to write them in a blog. It's free, and somehow seeing them "in print" helps me put myself in readers' shoes and I can edit accordingly. Also, I found a weekly writers' group and that's a blessing, to have support and thoughtful critiques is really motivating. Write on!

     PS: Most don't consider blogs to be "published," so this shouldn't interfere if you eventually seek an agent and/or publisher. When I submit pieces to journals I just delete them from the blog, which has already served its purpose of helping me finetune. (In reality, I've mostly gotten rejections, but that's true for most people, so rejections don't stop me from trying.)

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  • MBJ
    MBJ Member Posts: 4,352
    edited June 2011

    blondelawyer: So great to see you here (I am also on the Calling all TN's thread) !My Healing Art class was so wonderful-my favorite thing during chemo.  Writing is very cathartic and helps to put things in perspective and is very, very healing.  Hugs!

    sandymess:  Thank you for the welcome.  I come from a family where all of the children could draw or write or do music or all three (me) but I never had any formal training.  I could actually kick myself now for not getting a formal art education but like you said above, it is very expensive!  The healing art class was trying to express BC through different mediums and I was so surprised that I hadn't lost those skills and had actually improved them without doing anything.  I did take some general art classes in college and those are fairly inexpensive at city colleges if you are interested in taking some. 

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  • MBJ
    MBJ Member Posts: 4,352
    edited June 2011

    SoCalLisa:  Is your son a luthier or a musician?  Your photos are so beautiful!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2014

    blondelawyer,

    adding anothere cybe hug for you.  What a traumatic year you've lived through - and you are so, so young.  My cousin was one of the founding members of Young Survival Coalition: http://www.youngsurvival.org - and I expect there is someone in your geographic area who would be valuable for you to talk with.  From talking with my cousin, who was iagnosed the first time at 35, I've become aware of how different some of the issues we face ( I'm now 66) are.

    Please check out the Art Therapy groups too.  I know the group here was really the catalyst for so much of my own healing, and learning!  I now take drawing classes, and painting too.  Always wanted to, but kept saying I wasn't "able to draw."  Just love how the process captures my attention, and feel good when I've created something.

    I defintitely, truly, have no musical talent - AND, reight after I was diagnosed, I bought myself a Reverie Harp ( http://www.harpkit.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=MK&Category_Code=revharp) - it is the MOST, MOST, MOST soothing experience to hold the reverie harp against your chest, and feel the vibrations moving through your body, healing, healing, healing.

    Welcome, MBJ - nice to have you join us - I am inspired by how women are using their creativity for healng.

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