Halloween Costume Party

	Planning a Halloween Costume Party?? Be sure to get your invitations out early so that your friends can get their costumes together AND to make sure that YOUR party is the place to be. Perhaps have a theme for the party: Silver Screen Movie Stars, Super Heroes, Gorey and Ghostly or even Political Figures. Having a theme will help you figure out decorations, menu and activities.
Click on the image above to find great invitations that you can customize with your own information.

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Last Day of Summer

     Where did it go?  Here on the coast of Maine, we had some of the best summer weather that we've had in years -- and now it's over. As I contemplate this fact, on the eve of my 60th birthday, I also muse on where the last decade went!

     

     In the past ten years I've created more art and grown considerably as an artist.  I've seen my only son go from teenager into a strong and sensitive young man . . . a married young man, to a lovely and intelligent woman.  And my trusty Jack Russell has been by my side though the decade, forever entertaining!
     I'm going to try and keep this blog more current and give it some direction.  With this new little net-book, it's easier to cart it around and post on the fly.  With the changing of seasons, I usually do a big cleaning and rearranging in my small cottage studio. (get furniture off the heat vents and that sort of thing).  My art changes with the changes of the seasons as well.  With moving more indoors, I do less painting outside (unlike some of the die-hard plein-air painters around here like Stefan Pastuhov who get out nearly every day in the sub freezing weather . . . I admire his fortitude).
     In the fall I go back through the deep reaches of my huge, but not walk in closet, finding treasures to inspire collage as well as settle into the cozy "Mac Corner" surrounded by books and files and of course Phoebe.
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Check out these greeting cards for the season:

Summertime, summertime, sum-sum-summertime!

Longest day of the year folks! Enjoy!

Happy Father's Day all you Daddys!!

Phoebe's Greeting Card Friends

Phoebe has several friends over at Greeting Card Universe.
She'd like to introduce you to a few of her other JRT buddies.














Click on any one of these images to purchase a
greeting card featuring one of Phoebe's friends.




Phoebe thanks you for taking the time to visit GCU!

Valentines Day

Happy Valentine's Day to all those I love! (You know who you are) . We haven't been our typical Maine weather this winter, hardly any snow left on the ground. Guess it's all been going to the rest of the Northeast this year. Not complaining though since I have to do a lot of driving around testing job applicants for the Census. (Nice way to make a little extra in the winter months when the graphics jobs aren't rolling in!)

Looking forward to Spring . . . and getting some more greeting cards on line. Got one of those little net-books I can carry around and do uploading, etc. on the run (still stand by the ol' Mac though for creating.) Maybe I'll even get my home web page done!