Finally, it got posted!

The Eyes Have It!
Originally uploaded by hastingshall2

This ATC was made with a background of shiny HP flyer paper that had been sprayed with alcohol inks and touched up with gold. The eyes and the #10 are both packing tape transfers. I added the heart because it's getting near Valentine's Day, The phrase is handwritten.

Blog is Clogged!

I have tried twice to post a picture and a description this morning, but nothing new is coming on the screen. I've been wondering whether to give up Blogger or to give up Wordpress. Maybe Blogger is answering that question for me. If I can't solve this problem I will probably transport my Blogger entries over to Wordpress. You know where to find me.
http://360.yahoo.com/hastingshall2 and http://hastingshall2.wordpress.com.

Yellow Flower Arrangement

yellow flower arrangement
Originally uploaded by hastingshall2

Here is one of my arrangement I did for our local garden club judging. It was awarded a blue ribbon.

Caladium

Caladium
Originally uploaded by hastingshall2

Even though botanical illustration is not my bag, I do enjoy painting foliage and flowers in my own way. This is a watercolor of a caladium leaf. Shortly after I took the photo, the leaf was eaten by the deer.

Fishes

Fishes
Originally uploaded by hastingshall2

Alcohol inks were used on a slick magazine page from a fishing magazine for the background of this ATC. There are 2 fishes stamped in Stazon ink. The foreground is green tissue paper and a real shell.

Vellum Butterfly ATC

Vellum Butterfly ATC
Originally uploaded by hastingshall2

The background of this card is pounded flowers, Siberian iris. The butterfly was printed onto vellum from a personal photo. It is attached with tiny sticky dots.

Stephanie

Stephanie
Originally uploaded by hastingshall2

Here is Stephanie, an urban child whom I tutored in math and reading for a while. She was a spunky little girl and an eager student. I didn't keep up with her, but I'm sure she must be doing well in her adult life.

Changes Ahead

Keeping up with 3 blogs has me running around in circles. I intend to keep my 360 Yahoo blog going every day if I can. I will alternate between my other two: http://hastingshall2.blogspot.com and http://hastingshall2.wordpress.com. I have set up a gmail account if you'd like to let me know which one of the above blogs I should keep, if I have to give one up. You can email me at hastingshall2@gmail.com.