Our family, including Scupper, hope you and yours have a wonderful, safe and sane Independence Day.
Mortgage Master Service Corporation is closed today and will reopen for business as usual on Thursday morning.
Getting ready to pick up my paint brush
February 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Just for fun, I thought I'd share a new project that I'm starting: warning, this has NOTHING to do with mortgages. I'm going to attempt a black velvet painting. Not the paint by number stuff we did as kids, this painting is going to be over five feet tall. Here's my first draft (pencil) of the painting.
This is a recreation of a Mucha painting, and I'm sure he didn't imagine having this done on black velvet. We'll see how she turns out! I've made her wine glass larger and added a label to the wine bottle… who knows, maybe I'll paint West Seattle's Luna Park in the background (don't count on it!).
I'm having a tough time finding much material about "how to paint on black velvet". I cannot find a book and this is probably the best advice I've found on the internet for painting on black velvet.
I will share the final results with you…good, bad or ugly!
First Seattle Snow of 2012
January 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Here are a few photos from my garden in West Seattle. I ran out to take these photos moments ago when the snow was beginning to look like it was mixed with rain. As I write this post, we're back to big fluffly snow flakes.
This photo was taken by my son moments ago, as my husband is driving him back to Seattle U, on northbound I-5.
Stay warm and safe everyone!
Happy Holidays
December 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our home to yours.
Mortgage Master Service Corporation will be closing at 3:00 pm today for the holidays and will reopen for business on Tuesday, December 27, 2011.
Santas Occupy Seattle
December 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Not really! Yesterday we started our Christmas shopping in Seattle and were delighted to bump into hundreds of Santas for Santacon 2011. Aparently all over the world, there were thousands of Santas coming out to be jolly before the big day.
More photos of Seattle Santacon 2011
By the way, Christmas shopping in Seattle is one of my favorite things to do in the holidays. I highly recommend getting out to Pikes Place Market – especially on a sunny day.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours!
