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One more sitting to ad some more shadowing and touch ups and this one may be done!
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Change of Subject: Rehearsal Dinner Boquets

This was a little side project tonight. Nancy now has a rehearsal dinner boquet. And it is pretty darn cool if I may so myself! (Nancy, if you are reading this dont kill me for putting up your pic but it is too cute!)

4 Beach Glamour Girls

Ok, so I began a new project today in my art/guest room. (May I add that I painted while I watched my first episode the bachelor this year...and my last. That guy is the least sincere bachelor they could have chosen and it is obvious of his intentions. I will continue to boycott.) The receiver of this painting is going to be super surprised to receive this...being one of my bestest friends who has not received a painting from me... ever! Here it is after one night. The quality isn't great since I took it with the blackberry....

Growing Up with the Scarbrough Girls

This is not an art project or really even my own material. But I thought it still deserves a post because of all the work that went into making it happen the past year! It was an idea a Christmas or two ago - to surprise my Dad and finally publish the short stories he has written throughout our childhood. Jill helped make it happen and with Carol's support and Mom's help from home we got it done. (I am the one on the far right. My middle sis, Carol, is on the very left. Little sis Jill is the one in the middle.) Just today I noticed it is for sale at Barnes N Noble. Pretty cool, huh? The publisher, Xlibris, also has it on their website!

The Light! (at the end of the tunnel)

So tonight I finished the invites! Well, technically. I have seen GREAT improvement of my work. In fact, I have decided to go back and redo the beginning few now I know I have extras. (Yes, close friends. You will now be getting envelopes!) I was going to put the "before and after" examples up on this blog but the "before" envelopes make me cringe. SO enjoy these afters!

Copperpoint Calligraphy!

You may be wondering why I have no recent updates. This is because I am intently working on my calligraphy skills for Nancy's wedding invitaitions. It all began when I took a class a couple of months ago here in Birmingham. Shortly after, the best friend/roomie got engaged. Nancy has so graciously let me do all her wedding invitations. I am getting some great practice. After hundreds of invitations, how can I not?! I have already improved tremendously on time AND accuracy. One learns that the TV can be the worst distraction...causing yourself to write what you hear instead of what you see! It's hard to get any great examples now because I do not want to display names and addresses but I will get some up soon!