Val's Art Studio

It's been a while since I put together art for an art opening. Though I guess the craft shows that I do are kind of like that... But in...

My hands stay busy while my mind wanders. In the wandering, my problems are pondered, and solutions found. Then, I can look and see wha...

After the busy holidays, I just need time to veg... and regroup... sit and ponder a bit over a cuppa tea... It does me so much good! ...

Image courtesy of Pinterest I, for one, will be glad to welcome in the New Year... Welcome new Possibilities, new Loves, new ways o...

I'd like to introduce you to a new kid in the blogworld... The Mom in the Arena. Well, it's actually Me! But Me in a different...

     To one and all!

Today is 12-12-12, and don't we like the simplicity of dates like these?! Ok, I'm not implying we are simple minded or anyth...

Whew, we are in the thick of things now that the first week of December has spun by! I don't know about you, but I can hardly keep...

Please, Rain, do not rain on me this Saturday! It's hard to do a dang cute show in the rain... Saturday is Artisans' Alley , w...

  Psst! Did you know this coming Saturday, Nov 24th is "Shop Small Saturday"? The idea is that you support your local merchants ...

We ask a lot of ourselves on a daily basis, don't we? We start by getting ourselves out of bed, and into the day, and it just goe...

Hellooo there! Things 'round my blog world have been on the quiet side lately. Life has been giving me the old one-two punch late...

Randlett Towns "Tex" Lawrence Yesterday, the man who has been the steadfast light in my family, my stepfather, Randlett Law...

Ugh, I had to make a very hard choice today. I am still reeling with the decision, and how I'm going to tell   about this decisio...

Image from Facebook via my dear friend, Sara What does one do when a prayer is answered? Laugh, giggle, dance ...and sing? Yes, I thin...

I guess the impending fall season has gotten a hold of me. What's new in the studio this week are a mess of Sugar Skull pillows. I ju...

L   ike a faithful pup, you offer me a cozy space and a listening ear, and a willingness to be there when I need you the most. In my ef...

Lately, I've been involved with a bit of name calling, but it hasn't bothered me. No, I'm actually ok with it. In fact, the nam...

I am standing in the store, and here I am again... in front of the sketch books. Now really... I have enough. I do not need another sketch ...

I don't really like that word "aftermath" because it implies something like a Holocaust, or a tornado, or a thing that is b...