Did I mention that I Love Snow?

I have another long weekend, thanks to the snow day that we got today.  The snow started falling Thursday around noon.  Once the sleet and freezing rain switched over to snow, our students really started getting excited and totally focused on when they would let us out of school.  Of course, most of our students have little experience driving on the frozen stuff, so I had to agree that we needed to let school out before the roads got too bad.  Finally the word came that school would let out at 2:20. That's less than an hour early, but I guess its better than the usual 3:15.  I went out to my car to clear off the windows about 1:30, but had to clear them off again at 2:25 when I was leaving the school.. The snow was coming down pretty fast. Well, I'm sure that I've mentioned before that I do LOVE snow! I love to watch it snow, I love to photograph the snow...I just love it. But I do know that I would not love to live in the North where they have to shovel the snow, because it doesn't melt before the next snow.  Around here, it snows, we enjoy looking at it for a few days, if we are lucky, and then it melts.  We may get one or two good snows (where everything is covered with the white stuff) during a good winter.  The sun came out for a little while this morning, but don't let the road fool you, it was covered with ice. The temps were very cold last night, so the roads were pretty slippery this morning.

So Friday, on my snow day, I just felt like taking it easy and enjoying the time off.  Saturday, I hope to be able to spend the day working on some art projects that are waiting for me.

Hope you have time to be creative this weekend,
Beth 

Long Weekend for Creating!

I'm excited to have a long weekend to have extra time for creating! The cold weather is slowing down my productivity! I've been spending more time wrapped up in a blanket on the couch, but I need to get busy creating!  I'm hoping for some warmer weather and sunshine soon. I have worked on some clay houses this week and will be working on more soon.  I have a few orders of pen and ink house portraits to work on over the next few weeks.  I would love to pull out my colored pencils and work on something different, but that will have to wait.   I'm signing up for a couple of art events to show my work in February, so I need to stop hibernating and start creating. 

Check out the hanging hearts that I have created. Valentines Day is coming up!

 

Have a nice weekend!
♥ Beth ♥

Juggling plates...

I am juggling creative time with my day job and and trying to get some rest.  This time of year is so busy at work with parent/teacher conferences, paperwork, lesson plans, after school activities. At the same time, I want to work on my own art and creative projects. My body is telling me to slow down or crash...so I am choosing to slow down for a bit.  I will be working on my creative projects though. Those are the ones that heal my mind and body the most.  But I have to force myself to get rest.  I can't sit still very long and would stay up late at night if I could, but I know that I need more sleep!

Here are a couple of fall paintings that I have worked on this year. I love the colors of fall. These paintings will be in my Etsy shop soon.