Pink Gorilla

Posted on July 6, 2012 by treshabarger

How does one stop thinking about the pink gorilla?

Let me know when you figure it out. Pink gorilla. Pink gorilla. Pink gorilla.

Larger than life statue of a pink gorilla

Going my way?

Weekly Photo Challenge: Create

Posted on June 27, 2012 by treshabarger

What a coincidence! I finished Session 3 of my Longhorn appliqué wall hanging and WordPress chose “Create” as this week’s photo challenge. And here he is, Dippity-Do after Session 3, where I finished the Longhorn body. I see that I need to tweak one of his back legs, where it looks like a pirate’s peg leg.

The body of an applique, a Texas Longhorn

The headless Longhorn

I still have to arrange the grass, sky and clouds. The pattern is by Susan Cranshaw.

The Longhorn applique, all pieces shown together

Now he has a head and horns!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Create

Zentangle Envelope 01

Posted on June 22, 2012 by treshabarger

I decorated the back of this envelope with a Zentangle design I recently learned. The envelope, with a letter inside, is now winging its way across the Pacific ocean, in hopes of bringing a smile to the recipient.

An envelope decorated with a Zentangle design

Zentangles go everywhere!

Shelly’s Fabric Bowl

Posted on June 15, 2012 by treshabarger

This is my gift to Shelly for her birthday: I sewed a fabric bowl in her favorite colors (red, black and white). Once I have a gift ready, I’m in a hurry to give to the recipient, so she got it a couple of weeks early. Shelly and I were Muddy Buddy buddies in 2008 and a few days ago I posted a photo of us after we crossed the finish line/mud pit.

Shelly’s birthday present

Shelly's fabric bowl with bananas to show size

Yes, we have bananas!

Shelly's fabric bowl wrapped in fabric as a gift

All wrapped up!

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Here are some bananas in the bowl, so you can get a sense of its size.
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I always use fabric as the wrapping for Shelly’s gift and that becomes part of the gift. I put a paper towel roll (not bananas) standing up in the bowl, to disguise the shape until she unwrapped it.

Zentangle Class

Posted on June 4, 2012 by treshabarger

From nothing to something, that’s what art is. Yesterday I drove to New Braunfels and took a Zentangle class with my friend Kathleen and her husband C.E. I learned new designs as well as a couple of ways to add color. Here’s an example of my “nothing to something.” Thanks to the instructor Michelle Robinson, CZT, a good time was had by all.