Some stuff.

Here's what I've been doing. I actually never finished coloring this lily, but I think it's pretty anyway. I love Prisma color pencils, F.Y.I. They are fabulous. Just a touch on the expensive side. That's why I've been using my brothers. ;-)

 This one just started as a sketch that I decided I loved and therefore put a tiny bit more effort into.

And my attempt at a self portrait. It doesn't really look like me, (I hope!) but it did turn out nicely.

So you get a couple different stages.

And finished. Hair is really hard for me and I'm not wild about it here, but...

 I like it. :-) Except it looks more washed out here than it really is.

~BEADS~

I do love working with beads.

Earrings are my specialty, though I have branched out to bracelets, too.

An earring and hairpin set I made for one of my sisters. Yeah, tutorial for hair pretties-check! I will do it. Because, they do look awesome when they're in the hair.

-Writing-

I am one of those persons that loves outlines. I can write story outlines like nobodies business. It's just the actual 'writing the story part' that isn't quite so snappy. This last week I've been doing a chapter by chapter outline, character building, research notes, and the all-important timeline graph.

Fresh notebooks are the best. Crisp pages...Yay!

Believe it or not, John Denver and Placido Domingo sound great together! This song is beautiful.

 
God Bless! Amy

The Corries

After immersing myself in primarily Scottish music this week and watching and rewatching the 'Brave' trailers,("Brave is going to be epic! I can tell already.:-) I've starting slipping into an accent. I can't say that it's a Scottish accent. That would do the Scotts a grave injustice. But it is an accent of some sort. And I use words like "Ach!" and "wee" and "aboot" instead of 'about." It's grand fun, even if it is completely involuntary. The Scott's have arguable the best accent on the planet. And there are times where I wish I were a Scott. Or at the very least, I could marry a Scott. A Scott that would like to settle in the good ol' USA! :-) But back to reality.
Here are a few of my favorite Corries songs.



How can you not love this one?


Rise Rise!


This one is mainly for the rousing little speech before the song, though the song's great too.


There are loads of songs by these fellow that I'd love to post, but really. That would be quite impractical. If you like them, just go and get one of their CD's. Ya wouldna regret it!
God Bless!
Amy