Imagine a giant margarita...

What a weekend! I spent it working on various projects and watching season one of Angel. My husband stayed clear of me during the duration of my TV marathon. You see, I went to the library yesterday and was excited to find the DVDs. Buffy is one of my favorite guilty pleasures and had only seen a few episodes of Angel, so I figured why not! It was a great way to hang out on a snow filled day in Minnesota.

Let's see, a bit of sewing, painting and planning my post for today and in the near future. For today I promised to get away from felt so I painted instead. This is part one of the set of beanbag toss game boards that I am working on. A very nice man in our Parrot head club asked me to paint them for the upcoming event in March. This is the same gathering that the chair and footstool are being auctioned at. See the posts dated 1/22 and 1/24 for reference.

Yes, more tropical themed stuff, but as I mentioned at the beginning it is a snowy day and by painting something inspired by warmer climates at least I can think about being on a sandy beach with a margarita in hand.

It's funny, but sometimes after I paint or drawing things, I am amazed that it was created by me. This was one of those times.

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Heartthrob Cafe Memories

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Too many ideas!

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