obsolete world, Giving hARTS and funny book

i LOVE surprises in the mail.

Well, ok, this one wasn't a total surprise,

since i'm the one who bought it on ETSY a few weeks ago.

:-)

i love the work of Jeannie L. Paske,

from Obsolete World. 

I bought this cute little print a few weeks ago called

Flight of the recently departed.

Isn't it gorgeous?

Watercolor, charcoal, pastel and ink.

Some things just speak to us louder than others.

This was one of those things.

And she sent these other lovely things

along with the print.

So precious and kind of her...

On another note,

I did this one last night, 

to be donated to a charity for cancer.

Not quite done, but i thought i'd post anyway.

And on yet another note!

(just cause i don't want anyone to get bored here)...

this cute little drawing was given to me a while back,

by a little boy in the 3rd or 4th grade, 

when i was doing an art project with children

 in the local elementary schools.

So precious, isn't it?

I was so amazed 

at how little encouragement they needed

to get all excited about art,

and reach for the stars.

For many of them,

you just knew in your heart

that they heard more criticism at home

than praise.

I made sure to tell them every day

that they were all fabulous artists

and important to the world.

:-)

On the last day,

many of them gave me little drawings like this one,

and despite the misspelled name,

i love these little drawings

as much as the prints i buy on ETSY. :-)

ok, so let's end this one with a bang,

shall we?

I got this in the mail yesterday

from a great friend.

A cute little book with vintage photos and text

that had me laughing all morning.

Yeah, i think we should all have cocktails,

does everyone agree?

;-)