Birthday Party (For Creative Tuesdays)

Wow, the new year kicked in and I seemed to have lost my memory.  I was looking at my calendar and saw a CT written that I had missed. So I had to see if it was true, and yep, I most definitely missed one. What a great showing it was too.  Disappointed I missed out on that one.  First one I believe.

I haven't really done much artwork since 2013 kicked off either.  I have a few pieces I put together the past few days and I'll put them up in the coming days, but seeing I had that brain-cramp last time around, I thought it best to post this for CT today and link it up, just in case I wound up forgetting to do so over the weekend.

Birthdays are always fun.  And while I went with a fairly typical image, it was the first thought I associate with birthdays.  At my house we get together for everyone's birthdays.  Gifts are shared, but the big thing is coming up with new cakes.  That's fun.  My mother just had one last week and my sister brought over a cake boss cake.  Was really good too.  Still dieting, but I had to have a piece. :)

Stop on over and see all the Birthday Something themed pieces that are shared for this latest edition of Creative Tuesdays.

Gifts (For Creative Tuesdays)

Over at Creative Tuesdays, this weeks theme is a parlay off the celebration one.  It is, of course, Gift.  Head on over and check out all the gifts prepared for you by the ultra-talented artists that contribute to Creative Tuesdays.  And while you're there, read the guidelines and join in.

A bit of a background for this piece.  I initially was going with the gifts under the Christmas tree idea, but then, I got to thinking, literally while I was putting the bulbs on the tree, that Gifts can be so many different things, and from there I came up with God and Country, partially due to a Smashing Pumpkins song that just happened to play while doing this, in which Billy Corgan, the lead singer, repeated God and Country a few times in the song.  From there Family was easy, as was love.  I have to admit, the last area remained empty for a while, which is completely ironic, as my workspace is filled with over 300 books, yet it took me a few days to come up with Knowledge anyhow.