tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post5268270409230874695..comments2024-02-08T13:07:43.674-05:00Comments on Northdixie Designs: Day 3: Art Comes from Learning and WorkingDixie Redmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290571323764327616noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-73012688570772245382019-10-17T09:32:16.996-04:002019-10-17T09:32:16.996-04:00These subjects have been the eternal now until rec...These subjects have been the eternal now until recently when I put my foot down on buying, and became determined to work through my stash of lovelies. Sweet dollies are emerging. I am growing in specific skills by not struggling with too much variety at once. Gratifying art emerges over time by putting my hands to my craft and letting them wander into their own rhythm and rhyme.Loretta Headrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10590293954594406642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-42904366709724455422014-04-08T16:53:48.348-04:002014-04-08T16:53:48.348-04:00Ditto to all of the above. It's nice to know ...Ditto to all of the above. It's nice to know that I am not alone.Maggie Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17506426549015609054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-10791802138471404852014-04-08T16:50:32.859-04:002014-04-08T16:50:32.859-04:00Ditto to everything above. It's nice to know ...Ditto to everything above. It's nice to know I am not the only one.Maggie Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17506426549015609054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-40428013998782881002012-10-11T05:26:22.762-04:002012-10-11T05:26:22.762-04:00Penni - I had to read this post again as it is app...Penni - I had to read this post again as it is applicable to ME. Thanks for commenting and letting me know it was helpful! Dixie Redmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290571323764327616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-40926509874775514442012-10-10T22:49:29.508-04:002012-10-10T22:49:29.508-04:00Argh, Dixie, I just wrote a long post on the penny...Argh, Dixie, I just wrote a long post on the penny rug analogy, and my iPad deleted it before I could send it. I'm too to tired (it's 11 pm) to rewrite it. In short, thanks for this post. My feelings resonate closely, this year 2012 . Town Common Folk Art Dolls by Penni Sadlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05391941607807736934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-77636616045295505172012-10-10T22:45:13.310-04:002012-10-10T22:45:13.310-04:00Dixie, I guess I'm about a year late... Bu th...Dixie, I guess I'm about a year late... Bu this post was fabulous and is exactly my musings of the month! It's 10/2012. I love the penny rug analogy to take who you are, what you have and make something beautiful....this encapsulates my inner mantra of art making. It's the main driving force in my choices of material, subject and end vision. Thanks, Dixie! Town Common Folk Art Dolls by Penni Sadlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05391941607807736934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-15028831991217416822011-11-20T14:44:10.065-05:002011-11-20T14:44:10.065-05:00Hi, Dana! I remember you well! You make such wo...Hi, Dana! I remember you well! You make such wonderful creations. I hope you will join Maida Today - see the link in the sidebar. It's a group for doll makers. <br /><br />Here's the thing about kids. It's important for them to see mom and dad pursue things that show they are individuals. I only have two kids and it's hard. You have to carve a little time for yourself or you end up resenting the little buggers if it's always about them. Plus they need to learn it's not always about them, too. So pull out the playdough and some paperclay and have a family sculpting time. Designate a section of the yard that you don't have to mow. I don't do gardening much and I used to. I can't do everything. I have to pick. Good luck, Dana! I was happy to hear from you and hope you will join in with Maida. Make something really simple that brings *you* joy in the meantime. Hugs!<br /><br />DixieDixie Redmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290571323764327616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-60759371143950807562011-11-20T13:28:11.867-05:002011-11-20T13:28:11.867-05:00Hi Dixie I don't know if you remember me proba...Hi Dixie I don't know if you remember me probably not but I used to be Izannah manic. I was so excited for you and the chance that you had to go up to that store and take all those pictures of that Izannah doll. I mentioned I wanted to see her at all angles with up close detail. You went back and got those pictures. You will always have a soft spot in my heart for doing that for me. I'm sick today and usually am rarely on the computer but now that I'm down with a minor bug I thought I'd surf and I found your site again and wanted to say Hi and wow you've been buisy. Everything looks great and it's neat that your teaching classes now. I loved what you just wrote. I sooooooo relate to everything. When we moved to the country to get the kids out of the city and to fufill my dream of being a REAL gardener. Life was heaven. I have five kids I had this image of a happy family working together and learning together out in the best nature had to offer. Now that reality hits I force the kids out when I have the nerves to tolerate the how much longer and so and so's not working ....and mom he stole my weed pile. My summers are full up to the brim with little time for anything but yard work and just barely keeping up with the house. But what about my art what about the God given talent that I've been blessed with..... I think guiltily of the parable of the talents and imagine God looking down disapointedly asking me where it's buried..... I think of your comment if everything's important than nothing is and I think that has been me all along. So how do you weed out the less important? I want to do everything but in choosing everything I can't really get good or master anything. Thank you for what you wrote. Have a wonderful holiday season Dana Kelly (Portraitess)from the old cofee with tea ebay groupAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-27004730527293803062011-11-18T14:27:04.920-05:002011-11-18T14:27:04.920-05:00Oh, Gosh! Dixie
This is the PERFECT post...I can S...Oh, Gosh! Dixie<br />This is the PERFECT post...I can SOOOO relate to it!<br />I too bought some Derwent Inktense colored pencils because Sandy made such ADORABLE dolls!<br />How funny is that! I even bought them at 40% off at Hobby Lobby...what a buy!...but...they are still sitting there...waiting for me to 'try them out' Ha! Yes, I keep buying and wishing and hoping that 'some day' I will do all those wonderful art projects that I see on wonderful blogs (like yours too!) and make crafts to my hearts content. I laughed a lot reading your blog post here. It's not really funny, but it is true. I have actually been organizing drawers and closets and dusting things that weren't done while I cared for my mother-in-law for almost two years. That is now in the past and I am seriously trying to get my life 'back together again'. And, like you, I have my handicap son, a blessing at times and at other times...well...you know. So, we plod on, trying to make the best of everything. There are a lot of brave souls out there and I commend them for their bravery. <br />Have a very lovely Thanksgiving, my dear!<br />hugs,<br />Teresa SwansonA Magical Whimsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473478545205572098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-47314200067120352922011-09-13T08:39:17.944-04:002011-09-13T08:39:17.944-04:00No exploding brains allowed, Jan. ;-)
The whole ...No exploding brains allowed, Jan. ;-)<br /><br />The whole idea of upcycling materials is wonderful but it can also be a major storage problem. And collecting stuff and supplies doesn't make art. If you buy ahead too much it clogs the arteries and sometimes the materials themselves have a shelf life. That's happened to me with a few things. <br /><br />I've stopped buying items at the thrift I can use to make into something else. Other people are really good at the whole assemblage technique, me not so much. I would like to study that some day, but right now I need to focus on what's at hand. :-)Dixie Redmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290571323764327616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-87880149780014533102011-09-13T07:23:37.158-04:002011-09-13T07:23:37.158-04:00How did I miss day three? Oh yeah...more real est...How did I miss day three? Oh yeah...more real estate drama. (But we ARE getting the house.) <br /><br />Your points are so dead-on. Especially the bits about "It's not in the supplies!". I rationalize that the things I drag home "to make something with" is okay because most of it came from a thrift shop. While that IS a great way to make something from almost nothing, sometimes the effect is The Tail Wagging The Dog. I end up making something because it's there and easy for me and interesting, rather than perfecting a skill I want to learn but find difficult.<br /><br />It's possible you've given me too much to think about! If you hear my head explode all the way up there in Maine, say a prayer. :~)JDConwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17610411044128692258noreply@blogger.com