JFlah's Blunders

Jen's Nativity Vector - a freebie by yours truly available at creationswap.com I drew this last year in Illustrator for use in an event logo. I've made it available as a freebie at creation swap. Download my free Nativity vector . There are no copyright issues to worry about since this is from a sketch I did - it's free for personal and commercial use. If you do use it, I'd love to see it.

Sand, Shoes & Hat on the Faux Beach - JFleming 2013 A few weeks ago I went to Orange Beach - it was a great trip. I haven't laughed like that in ages, nor have I enjoyed a vacation quite as much as I did that one. Anyway, on the last day of the trip, I got some plastic containers so I could take home some of the sand with me. I know this is a little strange, but I wanted the sand so I could put my feet in it when I was wanting to go back to the beach. If I worked in a different environment, I'd probably take the sand containers with me to work and put my feet in them while I'm there, but as it is, I've been putting my feet in the containers while I'm at home. Originally, I thought I'd make a sand box for that purpose, but having the sand be in containers that I can actually lift is nice too. It's been great to immerse myself in that faux beach by putting my feet in the sand. Those dollar store containers are just big enough for a foot to wriggle ar...

Swamp Scene I did at Joy Petty's shop , Nov 16, 2013 (acrylic on canvas) This is an acrylic painting I did at a paint and pour party last weekend. We gathered here in town for a birthday celebration and had a blast. I enjoyed doing this, though it isn't gonna make the cut - I mean, it isn't exactly wall-worthy. We used five colors and three cheap brushes... it was a challenge to make it look decent - though I thought the sample that included a blue tree instead of brown one was slightly nicer... that and my horizon line of trees look very different than everyone else's trees because I made them look super close to the viewer. AND the pelican doesn't look like a pelican. Anyway, this is about as good as it gets for something that was done in less than two hours under those circumstances. And I'm sure you can tell that I'm not the best photographer - ha. I'd definitely do this again. I had forgotten how much fun doing art in a group setting is. I...

Here's the second stocking - not the second one I've done this year - just the second one that I had to get done before December. I've got a basket full of new ones I could start on but I think I'm going to do something else for a while.

Nativity Bucilla Stocking kit stitched by yours truly The last several Novembers have found me frantically stitching up a felt stocking kit or two. In the last five to seven years I have put together stockings for all of our new family members, made one or two stockings for gifts and made one or two stockings for a friend's family. This year I've only got two to complete - pictured above is the first of the two. It's for a friend's family and I wish I had another one for ours since it is so nice. The second one has a Santa with the "hickory-dickory-dock" clock. It still lacks about three hours of work...

Mom and I being goofy in the photo booth - We were laughing so hard that I'm surprised they're in focus at all.

"Gimme Your Sandwich!" says Obama... This is so terribly accurate...