I pondered this a few days. Then, while drinking coffee in the backyard one morning, I saw a hot air balloon going by. It's a little sad that I should take them for granted as they go up almost daily around here...Anyway...I finally had my inspiration! 
I added buttons and scrunched the bright green fabric as grass.
I thought she needed a belt.
And that feels like green to me!
You'll note my scribbly doodling...partly too much coffee, partly decision to continue that way to moderate the girly 'bling' that I just couldn't help adding!
I had a lot of fun cutting and layering 'waves' and hiding little fishies in them!
Now that I know what 'home' really means, one day I will move back there...I feel it in my bones. (Shhhhhhhhhh! Big D does NOT feel it in his...YET!) Where is your favorite place?
In these photos, in our late 20's, she had come to stay with me for a month. We reconnected and it was like old times. One day we decided to give ourselves beauty treatments. Not having much money, we opted for home-made concoctions that we had heard of. Sticky, gloopy, oatmeal served as a mask to cleanse our pores and slimy, melty mayonnaise for deep conditioning for our hair--wrapped in plastic and a hot towel to top it off. We did each other's make-up at the end and thoroughly enjoyed our bonding experience! 
This was a happy accident. I had stamped the 'Queen of Everything' card on my background and it did not show up well. So I carefully cut it out, backed the hole and popped the card up on foam dots.
I really love these retro safety pins from Tim Holtz.
Orange is a bit wild and gregarious, so I gave my 'sun' a goofy eye. All in all, I liked the experience of making this and so challenged myself to make a couple more. As a bonus, it served it's purpose and cheered me up! My comedic brain said, 'Orange you glad you made this?' (And YES, I do laugh at my own jokes!) Stay tuned for Green and Blue posts!
It has become a tradition of mine to make pajamas every year. It started when I was very poor; working full-time at a low-paying job, going to college full-time and raising my son alone. At the time, I had no budget for clothing and I discovered that Walmart had flannels--albeit, decidely masculine and not the greatest quality--for $1 a yard. No kidding! So, I would make pajamas for my son and I late in the night for a total cost of 1-2 dollars a pair! Who knows how I had the time or energy; but you do what you have to, to survive. 
These days, I am much more privileged and can pick pretty fabrics and I still get great joy in putting on those simple, yet sunny and snuggly jammies for the first time each year. An act of necessity became an act of pure, simple pleasure. Now if you'll excuse me...I must go put on my jammies and snuggle up for a bit of T.V. Zzzzzzzzzzz.........Black makes colors really pop, there's no doubt about it. It's why we go to the classic 'little black dress' for spec...
