Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello friends and family!
I am enjoying a perfectly relaxing weekend at my Mom's house on the beautiful Oregon coast.
She's cooking the turkey and I'm helping out just a little... :)
The weather is very blustery and rainy...My sister, niece, and brother-in-law are in Chicago with his mom so we're missing them today.
Top ten "Thankful for" list:
My Family & Boyfriend
My friends
My kitty cat Jupiter
My beautiful home- Washington state
The blessings of being alive, healthy, whole, and happy
My artistic abilities and creativity
My new job
Artistic inspirations coming from practically everywhere!
Art supplies
digital photography...

I could probably go on and on, but I have to go make the broccoli!!.
Blessing to you!
Namaste!

Dawn E. Shepherd

Foggy Mornings

Driving to my new day time job this morning I was able to snap some pictures of the beautiful fog that was laying in the valley. I love cold, foggy mornings like today - the sky is clear, the trees are all but bare, and winter is knocking at our door.

Leaves are changing :)

Greetings again!
Fall is here and I am so excited!
The things I love about fall are: the colors of the changing leaves, the leaves all over the ground, foggy mornings, crisp cool air, wearing sweaters again, drinking HOT tea again, decorating for Halloween and Thanksgiving, using all of my fall earth-toned art supplies (ink pads, paints, pigment powders, pens, pastels, etc.), enjoying the waning sunny days and watching nature go through its cycles regardless of what is going on in the world of humans.
I have tried a cool idea that looks really awesome: Take a leaf - I used a dried one from last year, and spray it with Glitz Spritz....simple but beautiful!

Busy fall schedule

With fall upon us in a few days I thought I would share with you my upcoming schedule so you may drop by to see me if I'm in your neighborhood!
>Portland, Oregon.
Saturday, September 23 & Sunday September 24.
Heirloom Productions Rubber Stamp and Paper Arts Festival
at the Oregon Convention Center, 777 M L King Blvd.
>Portland, Oregon.
Saturday, October 7.
Art & Soul Vendor night - Paris Flea Market
>Tacoma, WA
Saturday October 14th.
Auntie Amy's Rubber Stamp show in the Tacoma Dome, 10AM - 5PM

Hope to see you soon!
Dawn

Stamp & Stick Glue Pad

Hello again!
I have finally tried out the amazing Stamp & Stick Gluepad from Stewart Superior and it is really fun! The way it works: You stamp your rubber stamp image with it like you would an ink pad; then heat it up a bit with your heat gun or embossing tool. The glue-ink becomes tacky and then you can stick glitter, Moon Glow Powders, chalk, or other light-weight goodies (like metallic flakes) onto the image!
It's very cool!
I'll get a sample up here within a few days so you can see the end result.

Web Site and Dawn are Back up and Running :)

Hi gang,
The web site is finally back up and I've added new products and changed some of the departments around a bit to try to make it easier to shop.
I have found an awesome
program that takes a photo and turns it into a kaleidoscope! Very cool!
It's called Kaleidoscope Kreator 2.0 and I will be offering it for sale on my web site in the very near future. This first image (on the right) is an example of what it can do - amazing!

The next image is what I did with this image-I trimmed it out, adhered it to a piece of primed canvas and painted around it a little....tons of potential here!