Friday Face Off

Today I am going to show you a painting that I did long ago.  Then I am going to show some photos of myself and explain what happened and why. 

First the painting.  

Honestly the background is my favorite part of this painting. 

Now,  for the photos of me. 

First is from many MANY years ago. 

My eyes and particularly my eyelids are the reason I am sharing this photo. 

(yes, my eyes were "dreamy" in this photo.) 

Year later, those lovely eyelids were sagging as the tissue aged. 

The one on your left (My right eyelid) is particularly saggy. My eye doctor told me that if they were disturbing my vision, we could do a  blepharoplasty.

 And we did.  

For a few days after that I looked a bit like a raccoon. 

Yes that does look horrible, but it healed nicely and my upper lids are nice again. 

Sadly, insurance will not pay to fix the lower lids, so they are still saggy and baggy. 

If you are thinking "You could use Plexiderm."  Well, I tried it. The results were great ---for about an hour and then it failed. For me, it isn't worth the effort. 

I am linking to the Friday Face Off. 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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A Short Trip and FFO

Last weekend I went on a short trip to get away and recharge my mental batteries.  I went with three friends and we had a good time.  

While on the trip, we went to a restaurant and enjoyed some good Mexican food. My favorite thing is that they made the guacamole right at our table. We got them to put only a little cilantro in it because I am "one of those people who dislikes cilantro."   But as we walked in the door, I saw this and immediately thought " Here is my picture for the Friday Face Off."  

Thus I am joining the Friday Face Off for May 2, 2025

And just for the heck of it my "porch version" of 

Hard Times Come Again No More

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Friday Face Off and More

Here are a couple of faces that I created with Pixel Studio on my phone for the Friday Face Off.

And here is my latest art quilt creation using the wave technique. 

I think I need to work on choosing fabrics with stronger value differences. 

Linking to the Friday Face Off   

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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Wavy Pieced Quilt and FFO

In my "free" time this week,  (spare minutes) I learned or rather worked on learning a new (to me) technique.  I purchased a tutorial from an artist in Tel Aviv to learn this.  Honestly I still need to work on my technique, but I am reasonably happy with this piece. 

I considered putting a pair of googly eyes on it and calling it my face for the week.  However, I did play with the AI photo creator on my phone again.  

I thought the piggys dancing on the fountain came out rather cute - but then I saw that one of the piggys has an extra leg.  Oops!

I know our host well enough to know that she will get a laugh out of this series. 

I started with a Rabbit - thinking of "Jessica Rabbit." 

I have never seen a rabbit with legs like that. Ha ha. 

Then I changed the rabbit for - can anyone guess???

Not just a skeleton, but one with a Sugar Skull head.  Oh yeah! 

And I decided she needed a fur coat since 'dem bones can get mighty cold. 

LOL

Linking with the Friday Face Off (FFO)

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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