books, books & MORE books...

WOW...THANK YOU

to everyone who has ordered my new book #5!

it makes me happy to see the names of those who ordered/ liked the first 4 & are excited to get book #5...

Rick has made several trips to the PO & our PO workers are happy & thanked him for the envelopes...

there is talk of closing our little post office & the extra packages mean job security for them...

so...THANKS from the Oglesby, Illinois postal workers too!

on to book #2...

Mr. Fed-Ex delivered this beauty yesterday...

It's May Flaum's new book & I'm honored to be included, as a contributing artist...

I like this book, because it's a technique based book...

you know I LOVE techniques & new ways to use products...

and I like that May adds LOTS of tips to each technique...

my technique features tim's tissue tape and Ranger's inks...

to create a fun plaid...

it's fun because it works great on lots of surfaces...

like art parts, grungeboard or grungepaper...

Ranger's manila card stock & MORE...

and it can be done with tim's distress inks, Adirondack Color washes, Adirondack PIGMENT inks & now with the distress stains too...

and you can even add Perfect Pearls Mists to the combo...

here's the cover of the book...

I see it here @ Amazon...

CONGRATS May...it's TOTALLY awesome!

and the post title is books, books & books...

here's book #3 for today...

my studio was featured in Cloth Paper Scissors Studios a few years ago...

I was over the moon excited to see my studio on the cover...

you can see it on the right sidebar of my blog...

that's where I...MAKE ART...

now my friend Cate Prato has written this book...

and I'm included again...

YIPPEE!

when the photographer was here, he took lots of photos, but I haven't seen which ones were used for this book...

so I'm anxious & I guess I'll be surprised when it arrives...

Cate is a HUGE tease...

so I didn't even bother to ask her for a peek...

it's useless...

shhhh...

don't tell anyone...

(what happens on the blog, STAYS on the blog) BUT...

I see my friend in also in this book...

here's a HINT...

the involved party's initials are TH...

doesn't this cover shot make you want to grab it & devour every page?

we have a bit to wait...

but not too long...

it's due out THIS November...

here's the info @ Amazon...

CONGRATS to you CATE!

can't wait to see it...

that's it for me for today...

I'm up to my ear lobes in kits...

and packing supplies to ship to The Stamping Place in Columbia, SC for next weekends workshops...

I hope your weekend is great & that you can take some time for yourself to...

make art!

wendy

participation & parts...

hello!

glad you liked the yellow pages tutorial...

it's fun stuff...

and speaking of fun stuff....

I ***think*** I forgot to tell you about this...

hey, I'm old & my little brain is mushy some days...

way back in January, my friend May Flaum asked me to participate & contribute some art for her new book...

below is the cover and the pre-order info from Amazon is here...

we don't have long to wait,

as I see the release date is August 29th...cool!

thanks May...

it was an honor & a pleasure to be included...

it looks awesome!

I don't have any art to share today...

boohoo...

I've been working non stop to get the projects done for book #5...

(I haven't cooked anything...so what else is new? so sad...NOT!)

I have 10 done so far...

and I have to say again that I'm totally over the moon excited with both the new stamps & new art parts too...

yesterday we finalized the packaging for 12 art parts sets...

and that's checked off the TO*DO list...

believe me... I WILL share just as soon as I can...

it's killing me to keep quiet...

now for those of you who asked for a closer look @ that dining room table loaded with new art parts...

here you go...

oopsie! I guess that's a little TOO close!

I will try harder very soon!

thanks so much for popping in...

I hope you don't mind the teasing...

and remember...

take time to...

make art!

wendy