And Suddenly It's a New Year!

Well, these didn’t post in order. But above is a Christmas shot at our son’s house with all the grandkids! The youngest one is not into posing!

We had a great Christmas!

Most of the house is being painted Loggia by Sherwin Williams.

Below is the master, which is painted Krpton by Sherwin Williams.




Below is a shot of the snow in December. Our contractor took the picture for me. 



............cabinets are in...... same as before, just lighter color.....
still wrapped in some plastic.....



The paint crew...........



You have to be brave.......




I like it!

See you soon. 

Life Continues

Some of my special friends came over and wrote scriptures and prayers on studs in my home.

 It is a wonderful blessing. 

Those words will always be there blessing us. 

Now the drywall is up.

 They’ve been taped and floated and texture is on. 

The interior doors are being hung. Trim is going up.

 When paint goes on the walls, I will be sooo happy!

 It’s a process. A process I didn’t plan on at all.

 No one told us how hard this would be. 

People out of town always ask if we are back in our house, if life is back to normal.

 We are all so used to rapid recoveries. But, no, this is a difficult recovery. 

We had flood insurance. So many didn’t. We were not supposed to flood.

 I have friends that don’t have walls up yet.

 Keep praying. 

Yes, the fireplace had to be torn down. Our firebox had to come out the front.

 Most in my neighborhood did. So I get to design a new one.

 Hoping I will love it! None of this is fun. 

It’s because of how we got here

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Just wanted to update my regulars that don’t see me on fb. 

Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the USA!

 We will be at my daughter’s. 

We are so thankful.

 This could’ve been much worse. 

Harvey Saga Continued

I know I need to update my friends that only know me through my blog.

We are surviving.

The wonderful heavy trash trucks came from San Antonio to pick up our debris.

It took weeks.

Our yard looks much better..... but not back to normal yet!

The picture below is from a couple of weeks ago as well.

We are done with the dehumidifiers.

Our house is dry and our mold report came back all clear!

We are cleared for drywall!

So I've been painting swatches of paint on the remaining walls.

I'll take a picture of that today.

I already have 12 colors up there....

Getting a few more samples today.

(we are staying in an apartment)

The roses in the back seem to be surviving as well!

I hope you are doing well.

Praying for our friends in Florida, Puerto Rico and California as well as South Texas!

Hurricane Harvey

The photo above was taken from a neighbor's house before they evacuated. 

They were upstairs looking out a window.

Below was taken by another neighbor as they went by in a boat.

We had left the night before in our truck.

Being who you are..... I thought I'd show you a few art room losses...

I'll try and share more later....... just wanted to drop by and say I am here and we are doing fine.

It's just going to be a long process to rebuild.  But don't worry about us.  We will be back and I'll be back in my art room with A LOT less stuff..... which is probably a good thing.

The pins above were made in a QB5 art pin swap many years ago. 

They fell into the flood water and even tho they don't look too bad in this picture..... they were unsalvageable.

But I cherish the memories!

That's what's important!

Index Card a Day 2017 Completed

Index Card A Day

Just because......... thought I'd keep posting these here.  They are on my Instagram, too. @lindajopaperart  That's purely for ICAD.  I have a regular Instagram account under my whole name.... if you know it. ha!

ICAD 2017

It's Index Card a Day time again.

I'm doing the Index Card a Day thing again this year.

If you don't know what that is check it out at Daisy Yellow.

 It's not too let to join in.

 It began June 1 and goes 61 days.  

I'm sharing daily (or trying) on Instagram #dyicad2017.  I'm @lindajopaperart.

For your pictures on Instagram you need to leave background showing as

Instagram will crop it to a square.

Happy Stitched Valentine's Day

I bet you think the St means Saint..... but it means Stitched! Happy Stitched Valentine's Day!

I've been making some stuffed hearts.

Filled with fiberfill and lavender.

I like making them using old linens.

What do you call those..... table scarves?

They're embroidered. 

I have quite a few of my mother's. 

They have rust spots and cigarette burns.

 I think this is a great way 

to use them up.

Did you make any valentines?

It's Not About What I Made

I love making these paper wreaths.

Music paper makes them so special!

I have made NOTHING but some candy type treats this year.

But that's okay........... 

It's not about what I made, although it helps with a photo.

Merry Christmas!

I hope you are well and your loved ones as well.

Enjoy this blessed season.

Remember God loves you!

Jesus is the reason for the season.

Summer 2016

Thought I'd put some pictures up from the last few months.

This buck was one of four that we came upon one afternoon when we took

the kids riding in the golf cart.  He posed for us while the others ran to the woods!

We celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary at Brennan's in Houston with the kids.

Only the newest grandchild got to come along!!!

Below is just the Dirt Divas........... we've been together a long time....... this was for my birthday in May I think.

July 4th

 Ash at the zoo....

Below is a trip to the Dallas area to see my husband's brother's family.

That's their sister and her husband in our backseat.  It was HOT in Dallas in August.

We were on our way to dinner.

Below is a shot out the front of my car as I was driving to a spiritual retreat spot. I was on staff and had never been to this facility.  Looked ominous. It was great though!

I've taken a few classes this summer....

below is just a small peek...

you may recognize some Misty Mawn and Juliette Crane leanings.

Also did a few ICADs

and just some journal work...

Summer isn't over......

More to come......

I'm a bad blogger....

Series of 25

I took another Misty Mawn class a few months ago....  Make/Do Art.

One of the assignments was to make a series of 25.

I cut watercolor paper into 5 x 5 pieces and started.

I used the same paint colors as Misty did.

The theme of mine is Amazing Grace.

Most of the pieces do not stand alone, but work with the group for a message.

God's amazing grace has been so evident in my life I wanted to celebrate it 

with this art process.

I ended up hanging them in an art niche in my house that was empty.

I had to do a lot of measurements and use actual math,

but I got the nails hung so that I can later take

these pieces of paper down and hang 5 x 5 canvases up.

These pieces have Tim Holtz hangers on them that are taped to the back.

Canvases will be hung just on the inside of the stretcher bars.

  I know that picture is blurry.  

It's really hard to take a picture in that spot.

If you've been reading my blog since the beginning, you may recognize some of the art work as

some of it was simply taken from existing pieces already.  And some of the women I use repeatedly

in art.  I realized one day that most successful artists reuse things, they don't reinvent the wheel every time they create.

Just letting you know I really am still here.

And I'm still playing with paper and paint and glue.