WHERE HAVE I BEEN..ITS END OF FEBRUARY...I HAVE NO IDEA...JUST HERE,
THERE, AND EVERYWHERE.MOSTLY HERE! BUT. JOHN AND I DID GET OUT TO THE
RITZ AND SEE THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS...THIS IS A  HALLWAY...NOT A MIRROR...
WITH EACH ARCHWAY LIT..LOVED IT.

AND WE DID GET TO SEDONA FOR 5 DAYS...COLD..BUT I WAS ALL BUNDLED UP..AND WE HAD A REALLY NICE PLACE WITH KITCHEN ETC...WENT SHOPPING AT THE LOCAL ART STORE ( OF COURSE) AND MY SON DANNY ACTUALLY CALLED AND ORDERED A GIFT CARD THERE FOR ME...GREAT IDEA DANNY!!

AND HAD A BIRTHDAY WITH MY FRIENDS.  NOW HOW CAN  YOU BEAT THAT..WELL YOU COULD IF YOU TOOK A PICTURES WILL ALL OF THEM AND NOT JUST YOURSELF!!!  THAT WAS MY ' OH I THINK I WILL BUY THIS' SHIRT WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE PERFECT FOR ME!!

 I RECEIVED SO MANY WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY PRESENTS ..ANGELS EVERYWHERE, AND THIS LITTLE GUY...IS SO ADORABLE...FROM MY FRIEND JAN IN DENVER..IF ANYONE HAS A CREATIVE BRAIN FOR PURCHASING GIFTS..SHE HAS IT...BUT THEN SO DID ALL THE GIFTS I RECEIVE.  ACTUALLY WE DECIDED NO MORE GIFTS IN 2013 BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE SO MUCH FUN GETTING TOGETHER, WE DONT' NEED THEM!

 THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE MY GARAGE ( I RECEIVED THE SINGLE CAR GARAGE FROM JOHN..HA) FOR MY AIRBRUSH AND MY PLASTER BOXES.  I SET THIS UP AND IT LASTED FOR A DAY. ..THEN I HAD TO START STORING ALL THE STUFF FROM MY STUDIO THAT I HAD DECIDED TO PART WITH AND THE ROOM ENDED UP LOOKING LIKE.........

 THIS.........STUFF EVERYWHERE. I ENDED UP WITH OVER 10 BOXES OF ITEMS TO SELL..ALL EMBELLISHMENTS.  NO PAINT OR CANVAS. AFTER TOURING THE STUDIOS OF ARTISTS IN THE HIDDEN HILLS GROUP...I DECIDED I DIDNT' NEED ALL THIS..THAT IT WAS TAKING UP SPACE AND I WOULD RATHER HAVE AN EASEL. THIS IS WHEN I KNEW WHAT I WANTED TO DO WHEN I GROW UP...FINALLY!! THANK YOU LORD!

 THRU ALL THIS...WE STILL TAKE CARE OF MOM.  HERE IS JOHN PUTTING SOME MUSIC UP TO HER EAR HOPING SHE CAN HEAR IT...BUT SHE COULD NOT...WE GIVE HIM AN 'A' FOR TRYING...THE WEATHER WAS SO WARM THIS WINTER WE COULD ACTUALLY TAKE HER OUTSIDE FOR A WALK..MOM IS NOW 97 AND 1/2

 SO WHAT ELSE DID I GET FOR MY BIRTHDAY?  A LAMP..THAT HOOKS ON TO A POLE..THAT CAN BE MOVED EVERYWHERE..AND SO I FINALLY HAVE SOME GOOD GOOD LIGHT.  JOHNNY MY SON CREATED AN UNUSUAL PIECE BY PUTTING THE POLE IN A UMBRELLA STAND.  I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS KIND OF LIGHTING AT THE HIDDEN HILLS ARTIST TOUR...NOW..NOW I CAN SEE WHAT I PAINT AND ACTUALLY SEE THE TEXTURE...SO AT 9PM ONE NIGHT..I DECIDED WITH THE LIGHT I COULD PAINT ABOVE THE CLOSE...SO I COULD FINISH THE REDONE STUDIO.
I THOUGHT I WOULD PAINT IT RED..AND THEN......

 I BROUGHT OVER THE LIGHT..AND THE LADDER AND AS TIME WENT ON...SO DID THE PAINT..AND MORE AND MORE..AND TEXTURE ..AND MORE AND MORE..AND I HAD TO KEEP CLIMBING UP THE LADDER..DOWN THE LADDER ..UP THE LADDER ...DOWN THE LADDER AND JUST DIDNT' KNOW WHEN TO QUIT.  SO FUN!
SO HERE IT IS..AND ITS ON THE WALL SO CAN'T REALLY TAKE IT DOWN AND GIVE IT TO GOODWILL!!! HA!

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 FOR MY BIRTHDAY I ASKED FOR A ENCAUSTIC PALLET.  AND OF COURSE...I RECEIVED ONE.  ' ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE'.  SO I DECIDED TO START WITH
EACH TECHNIQUE IN MY ENCAUSTIC BOOK..AND I MADE SMALL ART FOR EACH OF MY GRANDSONS..THIS ONE WAS BRANDONS.  EACH HAD A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES SO I COULD IMPROVE THEM...I REALLY LIKE THIS..IT HAS PAPER ON THE BOTTOM...A MIX OF ENCAUSTIC PAINTS AND THE SPLATTER.  THE SPLATTER I JUST COULD NOT SEEM TO GET...SO I WROTE TO THE ARTIST AND SHE TOLD ME IT WAS JUST TO TRY AND TRY AND TRY..SO...HEY ..LOOK AT MY SPLATTER!!!

 VALENTINES DAY THE KIDS CAME TO OUR HOME BECAUSE JOHN HAD JUST HAD HIS NEW KNEE PUT IN AND COULD NOT TRAVEL...SO JOHNNY AND GERI BROUGHT THE KIDS TO US...I BOUGHT A ' DECORATE YOUR OWN COOKIE' KIT AND HERE IS
BRANDON..MAKING ONE FOR NANA.  AND BELIEVE ME..THEY ALL CAME OUT REALLY REALLY NICE!  LOTS OF SUGAR FOR THOSE GRANDBOYS!!!

 OK. HERE IS M Y REAL TRY AT ENCAUSTIC.  I JUST LOVE LOVE TO SWIRL THIS
WAX AROUND...BUT THE HEART IS A STENCIL.  THAT ALONE IS A TECHNIQUE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HEAT OR FUZE EACH LAYER OF WAX OVER THE NEXT AND WHEN YOU ADD A STENCIL..YOU HAVE TO FUZE..SO TO KEEP THE WAX FROM MOVING AROUND...IS JUST SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO LEARN..AND WHEN I FOUND THE HEART..DIDNT' MOVE AFTER FUZING..I WAS VERY VERY HAPPY!!!

 SO THIS WAS..AND I SAY WAS..MY STUDIO AFTER 4 SOLID WEEKS OF TAKING OUT STUFF..MOVING TWO LARGE 96 INCH STORAGE UNITS TO THE GARAGE...HAVING A GARAGE SALE OF ALL THE EMBELLISHMENTS..AND THEN..FINALLY GETTING THE STUDIO TO WHERE I COULD PUT IN THE EASEL..AND YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHT ABOUVE THE EASEL...I THOUGHT...WOW..I AM FINISHED.

 OH NO. THAT WAS NOT ME...OF COURSE NOT...MY LIFE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. INSTEAD I FOUND THIS CABINET AT MERCHANT SQ AND HAD TO HAVE IT FOR MY PAINTS..WHICH AT THAT TIME WERE IN BOXES.  BUT I MIS MEASURED..ALOT.
SEEMS THE CABINET STOOD OUT FROM THE CLOSET..BUT THE REAL MISTAKE WAS..THERE WAS A SLIDING DOOR TO THE LEFT..AND AFTER GETTING THE NEW
CASE IN PLACE..I REALIZED...THE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN!!!  WELL..NO PLACE TO SLIDE!  SO HAD TO TAKE THE DOOR OFF..SLIPPING INTO A VERY SMALL SPACE BETWEEN THE NEW SHELVING AND THE SMALL OPENING TO THE DOOR I UNSCREWED THE DOOR BUT THEN HAD TO CALL JOHN TO HELP ME LIFT THE DOOR OFF THE TRACK.  THIS WAS REALLY FUNNY BECAUSE..JOHN ..HAVING HAD KNEE SURGERY AND NOT WALKING ALOT...DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CLUE I BOUGHT THE DARN THING..OR WHAT I WAS DOING IN THERE........OH WELL

BUT THIS IS A CLOSE UP OF THE REVOLVING SHELF.  AND YES..IT REVOLVES...THATS WHAT MAKES IT SO WONDERFUL AND NOW I HAVE ALL MY PAINTS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM..............GEEZ
SO NOW...STUDIO IS DONE.  I PROMISED NO MORE SHELVES...AND THE GARAGE STUDIO IS FINALLY GOING TO BE FINISHED AFTER 2 WEEKS ENDS OF GARAGE SALES TO SELL THE EMBELLISHMENTS AND NOW I AWAIT OUR HANDYMAN TO
HELP PUT DOWN CARPETING IN THE GARAGE AND SOME DIVIDERS...AND
I PROMISE NOW..I WILL START DOING SOME ART WITH ALL THIS!!! I MEAN..DONT' YOU WONDER WHAT ALL THIS IS FOR.....JOHN DOES!!!

BUT I DO HAVE A WEB SITE..THANKS TO MY SON DANNY.  SO I WILL DOWNLOAD MOST OF MY ART ON THE NEW WEBSITE...JUDYSTIH.COM  ....THATS ALL THERE IS TO IT..AND UP COMES JUDYS FINE ART!  I MEAN IS THAT GREAT OR WHAT!!!!
NO EXCUSES NOW TO NOT TRY MY HAND AT CREATING SOMETHING...WORTH LOOKING AT!

SO THANKS FOR CHECKING IN...PROMISE NOT TO WAIT 3 MONTHS UNTIL THE NEXT UPDATE..AND I ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE BLOG FOR MOM...WHICH ALSO NEEDS UPDATING, BUT MOM IS ALIVE AND KICKING, ...JUST DOEN'T KNOW IT!
ALZHEIMERS IS A TERRIBLE DESEASE!