I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I will not be posting any work probably until this spring or summer. As some of you know I was in a terrible car accident and almost died, they were not sure if I was going to make it or not. I am right handed and as of now I cannot use my right arm. My humorous bone went right through my skin and shattered my elbow, Im unable to straighten my arm. And I am thinking about deleting my blog anyways. I only have 44 followers and it has been that way since I started my blog I also don't get any comments so I don't even know if anyone is actually looking at my art . Unfortunately this year has been terrible and I have not been able to post or create as I would like too. I also have not deleted it because I follow a lot of artists on here. So we will see what the New Year brings.

toodles,
Kathren

This is Skip (Kathy's fiancee)

Kathy was in an accident last night, she is stable/critical condition. They have her in an induced coma. She has multiple fractures in all four limbs and we are waiting for the Orthopedic surgeon to see her this afternoon and I'll post more when we know more

Home from the hospital Kathy is still heavily sedated in TICU at St Marys in Saginaw, she is stabilized all the test are showing normal brain activity and all the major organs seem to be okay. They set her left leg today and still will need surgery on her letft ankle. As far as her right hip/pelvis it will be a while before they will decide how to repair the new and previous trauma. They did sutur

e her leg, abdomen, arm and a plastic surgeon was coming to fix a laceration on her forehead. There are no decisions made yet on a surgery for her right arm and wrist. She has a LONG uphill road ahead of her now. I will keep posting on here so all know whats going on and THANK YOU ALL for the outpouring of prayers and support you have no idea how greatful that makes me feel. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers

here is a link to the newspaper article about Kathys accident. The pictures of the car are disturbing

chttp://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2012/11/flight_care_on_scene_of_injury.html#incart_riverar,

new work....

              well I have taken SeVerAL pictures of this pumpkin and this is the best it has turned out.
                  I really need a new camera!!! So here it is. I handpainted 3 kitties on this oil can and
              added some stripes and polka dots. Hanging from the top on burlap string are two
                 handmade polymer clay kitties that match the ones painted on the oil can.

                            The kitties are the size of a thumbnail and have handpainted faces.

                           Now that Halloween is over its time to move onto Christmas!!!
               I started painting this cheese box a few days ago with a Terrye French design on it.

                               and I also have my gourds all ready for santas and snowmen.......

Have a great day!!!!
toodles,
Kathren

SneAk pEeK

HaPpy, HaPpY.....

                                                                    Joy, jOy
                                   I am so happy that I sold both of my haLloWeEn items!!!!
                        I am going to paint two more items for halloween then it is on to ChRisTmAs!!!!!
                                                                           tOodlEs
                                                                           KatHrEn

finally.....

                                               well I finally finished my bench and here it is

                            this is a FabuLous Terrye French design and I had a blast painting it
                                                it will be up for sale on E-bay tomm

                                                             SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Morning....

I am still working on my bench. It is taking longer than usual because I have been sick with a terrible cold. Also I have been having problems with my laptop. I need to get a new cord so it stays charged. I will have my bench done today and hopefully will be able to post pics tonight. hope everyone is having a good week!

toodles,
kathren

bEncH WIP....

                                           getting a little further on my bench with a
                                      Terrye French
                                       design, hopefully by Sunday it will be all done....
                                     

                                                                tOoDleS
                                                                kaThrEn

WIP....

not the greatest pic, this is how far I got yesturday. Would probably get farther if I didn't have music videos on...lol.....will post more pics tomm.
toodles

kathren

Good Morning......

                                          Trying to get back into the sWiNg of things
yesturday I crawled up into the attic and got ALL my boxes of Halloween and Christmas craft stuff down and set up a table in my bedroom to paint on. A few years back I bought tWo BeNcHes to paint on but just never found what I wanted to paint on them until NoW......I found the perfect Halloween pattern by Terrye French to put on one of them, the other one will be a Christmas one.
Here is the first WIP photo.......I will post more WIP as I go.

tOoDleS,

kAtHrEn

NeW wOrk......

just a little something I painted on an old piece of wood. Inspired by Terrye French! Also a patriotic tub that I painted and made 3 little pillows and painted them also.....hope you like.

tOodLes
Kathren

long time........

                                   Good Morning!!!!!!!
Sorry that I have not been posting. I am still here lurking around. Due to some surgeries I haven"t been able to paint like I have been wanting to but I promise within the next few days I will be posting some new work!!! Hope everyone has a great day!!!!

toOdlEs,
Kathren

Finally....

back to painting and creating and it FEELS good!!!! I'm working on a Spring painting and will post pics tomm. and also list it on e-bay.

toodles
kathren

InsPirEd....

looking at all my firends blogs is inspiring me to get to work.....I miss having my hands in clay and paint. hopefully tomm. I can set up an area in the bedroom so I can start creating again. If so I plan to have something this week.....
toodles
kathren

Still......

around....some friends have been asking where I have been and when am I going to produce new work. WELL as you can see from my last post my life has been a BiG mess to say the least. We had a lot of loss last year and are still trying to cope with all the grief. On top of all that my HoNey has been sick and he has no insurance so we can't have any tests done so we are trying to cope with that and then we had to move. Which has its ups and downs....one up side is its twice as big so we have more room which is awesome. down side is it needs a lot of work mostly on the inside. I also had to(well chose to) give up my studio because my 17yr old nephew came to live with us so I am without a studio at this point. I am going to use my closet in the bedroom as a temp. spot. Then in the spring we are going to convert the AtTiC into my studio which is huge so I can't wait!!! I MISS NOT BEING ABLE TO CREATE!!!!! so please bare with me!!!!!

tOodLeS,
Kathren