Lori Joy Smith: Illustration & Art

more fox sightings…

Posted on | February 20, 2010 | 4 Comments

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It seems we are all a  little obsessed with foxes these days… can you blame us?

This week’s Small Fancy theme is “Current  Obsessions”.

february fox sightings

Posted on | February 18, 2010 | 9 Comments

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In our backyard…

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In books we are reading…

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and at the Confederation Library.

letting go

Posted on | February 12, 2010 | 5 Comments

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Pretty much every week I wish I had more time to work on my Small Fancy comic. Some weeks I don’t think there is any way it will get done in time. This was one of those weeks. There was a car accident, a 5 year old with an ear infection, a baby with some sort of nasty stomach flu and  bark-y cough, throw in a sick husband and there was little time for drawing.

This is what I managed to get done this week. It is far from what I had hoped to do, but I am trying to let go of what I think things should be and just be happy with what they are. I’m finding each week my Small Fancy comic is a lesson in this.

iron-on fun

Posted on | February 4, 2010 | 7 Comments

This year for Sosi’s birthday party loot bag we decided to do something a little different. We set up a craft table for the kids to each do a drawing. We scanned each drawing, printed it  onto iron-on transfer paper and then ironed them onto a t-shirt for them to each take home (luckily we had my folks here to lend a hand to the assembly line).

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It turned out to be so much fun. In all the mayhem I totally forgot to take pictures… which is really too bad because each kid’s t-shirt turned out so great!  All so different and unique. I think they were all really happy and proud of the results.

I’ve been a little obsessed with iron on transfers lately. I’ve had a package of them for probably 10 years that I’ve always wanted to use, but never got around to it. This year I took the plunge! We made t-shirts for all the kids on our Xmas list. I forgot to take pictures of those too, but they were similar to this one here.

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Now that I’ve started, I can’t stop! Here is one I did today. I was trying to cover a stain on one of my favourite shirts. I really like how it turned out, but I can still see the stain…

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old photos

Posted on | February 3, 2010 | 4 Comments

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I love old photos. I found these yesterday while I was searching through pictures for this week’s upcoming Small Fancy.

Up until now, we haven’t been able to figure out who Ila looks like. I think this first picture solves the case. She looks like me! (I can’t explain the joy this brings me… Sosi is little a miniature Paul, minus the beard)

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This one is of me and my sister. I think it could just as easily be a picture of Sosi and Ila. They look very similar to us.

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