I was playing around today with Adobe Photoshop and created a new collage to post online. It was made using a digital scrapbook collection I designed a few years ago called Springtime Poppies. I was in the bookstore the other day (my favorite place in the world!) and noticed that poppies were featured on the cover of the January issue of Somerset Magazine. There was also a wonderful inside article on designing mixed-media artwork featuring this beautiful springtime flower. I couldn't resist the urge to explore and create!

These photo collages were a Christmas surprise for some of the kids in my family. They had asked me if I would do a collage for each of them when they saw the fairy photo collages I had done earlier in the year. The boys are avid sports enthusiasts and are very involved in team sports at their school, so I pictured them as bobbleheads for their school football team. And of course a little girl is always happy to be turned into a princess!

I recently completed a couple of paintings for my great-nieces who love fairies. I wanted to do something personal for them so I turned them into fairies by collaging their photos, butterfly wings, decorative papers, and acrylic paints on canvas.

I hope they enjoy the paintings as much as I enjoyed creating these pieces especially for them. P. S. I was able to give the girls their paintings and they did like them very much:)