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Lisa Klow
Bloomington, IN
Scribbly Journaling Painter
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Bunny Feets: A Special Report
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Bunny Feets I finally caught Symon with his Bunny Feets in the air, while playing with tape balls on the comfy chair! Not easy, with him constantly moving. I just kept snapping away. I took lots of shots just after... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Lisa Klow
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Symon is Two! Happy Birthday Symon!
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Symon is two years old and all grown up! May 2012 As always, he loves being a Twisty Donut: July 2012 He loves his Walkies. August 2012 Especially when birds are about. August 2012 And he put up with much... Continue reading
Posted May 22, 2013 at Lisa Klow
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Symon is a Big Cat
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Then (September 2011)... and now: Continue reading
Posted May 5, 2013 at Lisa Klow
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: * : * : * xoxoxoxoxoxo
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Slowly. Plugging. Along.
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I didn't do any blogging in March?! And it's half-way through April! I'm mainly posting on Twitter these days. And it's mostly Symon pics. Symon looking out the window. Cheepy Symon Face. Pretty Symon. I purchased some canvas and got... Continue reading
Posted Apr 14, 2013 at Lisa Klow
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Plugging Along With My Art To Do List
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This weekend, I finished my Memphis Three Journal with this piece. The writing underneath the drawing is about moving to Seattle (which we did in 2000). Steve's eyes were so mesmerizing that I left them like that. It is reminiscent... Continue reading
Posted Feb 25, 2013 at Lisa Klow
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Thanks, Julie!
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Amateur vs. Professional: A Wake-Up Call
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An episode of 'Wednesday Wisdom,' by April of Blacksburg Belle, was just on point for what I needed to hear. Check out her video here. Do I want to be a professional? Of course I do! Yet I still don't... Continue reading
Posted Feb 20, 2013 at Lisa Klow
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Fairies Finished
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I am finally done with Suzi Blu's Fairies online workshop (now it's only available together with Mermaids). For each Fairy I have a piece in my Butterfly Journal and then a painting in my Lovely Dream art journal. Dark Fairy... Continue reading
Posted Feb 15, 2013 at Lisa Klow
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How to Brush a Cat's Teeth
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We brush Symon's teeth twice a week. I know what you're thinking: That's crazy! My cat would never let me do that! Well, you have to start when they are kittens to get them used to it. And, like baths,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2013 at Lisa Klow
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Checking Off My To Do List
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Working on my Suzi Blu Fairies assignments, although I'm not painting them like she did in the class. Not even close! I'm taking her descriptions of the various Fairies and determining my own presentation of them. Since I did some... Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2013 at Lisa Klow
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How to Make Tape Balls for Cats
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Symon loves his Tape Balls. The Tape Balls came about purely by accident, when Symon was still a Junior Kitten. I had taped some paint swatches on canvas to my big drawing board with masking tape. After a couple of... Continue reading
Posted Jan 25, 2013 at Lisa Klow
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Where Am I Going?
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Where am I going? No, not towards anything below. What am I doing? I've been putting stuff away. What am I putting away? All my old artwork. For too long, I kept looking back over all the artwork I had... Continue reading
Posted Jan 23, 2013 at Lisa Klow
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The Best of 2012
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My favorite pictures from 2012. Happy New Year! Continue reading
Posted Dec 28, 2012 at Lisa Klow
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Framing Needlework - My Way
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Framing is ridiculously expensive. I don't really understand how a few dollars' worth of cardboard and wood suddenly becomes worth $50 when put together, but whatever. I decided to frame my needlework by stretching it around a prestretched canvas (which... Continue reading
Posted Dec 27, 2012 at Lisa Klow
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More on Cross Stitch Portraits
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I posted this last week. So, I was reading the comments in the Cross Stitch Portrait article on the Martha Stewart website. A commenter mentioned that these cross stitch portraits are done by an Etsy seller. No comment from Martha... Continue reading
Posted Dec 18, 2012 at Lisa Klow
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The Butterfly Project
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Over a year ago I mentioned in a blog post that I still hadn't made a butterfly to submit to The Butterfly Project at the Holocaust Museum Houston. As with most other projects since moving to Indiana, it was put... Continue reading
Posted Dec 15, 2012 at Lisa Klow
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Enterprise Goes Where No Pizza Has Gone Before
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One of my sisters brought us an Enterprise Pizza Cutter at Thanksgiving! Not willing to wait until we can make a homemade pizza and not wanting to cook this week, we broke it in on a frozen pizza. ENTERING ORBIT:... Continue reading
Posted Dec 15, 2012 at Lisa Klow
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Martha Stewart Cross-Stitch Portraits and Martha Beck Wordlessness
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In the November 2011 issue of Martha Stewart Living, there was an article on Cross-Stitch Family Portraits. I've wanted to do this ever since I saw them! I've never been a fan of counted cross-stitch. I did some embroidery in... Continue reading
Posted Dec 12, 2012 at Lisa Klow
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Redecorating
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I started this blog post back in April, and never went back to finish it. I didn't realize it had been that long. I still needed to take a picture of our bed with nightstands and lamps. What can I... Continue reading
Posted Dec 12, 2012 at Lisa Klow
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A Couple Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. From Last Weekend.
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So, I'm a little late. We made these last weekend. Both recipes are from Joy the Baker. Her website has lots of great recipes, gorgeous photos, and she has a book out. And she has a big fluffy Symon cat... Continue reading
Posted Oct 8, 2012 at Lisa Klow
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On Misplacing Things
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I was looking for a little canvas stitching test I made, and I couldn't find it. I looked everywhere, in every stack, in every art drawer, container or tin. I knew it wasn't lost. So I didn't worry about it.... Continue reading
Posted Aug 19, 2012 at Lisa Klow
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July Project Report
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So, how did I do with my July Project? I did daily drawings for most of the month. When I forgot it wasn't a big deal. I looked at them as a group to see what they were saying to... Continue reading
Posted Aug 14, 2012 at Lisa Klow
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Correction: This is What a 13 lb. Cat Looks Like
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We weren't crazy. We thought he was getting bigger. We weighed him again: 13 lb! Symon, you can stop growing now. 'I can do what I want!' Continue reading
Posted Aug 7, 2012 at Lisa Klow
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A Lovely Dream Grid Assignment
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Here is my finished Grid from Suzi Blu's A Lovely Dream class: However, it holds some secrets: I intended the faces to represent Laurel, Evanston, Here (Symon=smile), and the Future. After some layering and mapping out a color scheme, I... Continue reading
Posted Jul 26, 2012 at Lisa Klow
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