Designing a Postcard Ad for RE

January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 kingstoncovestudioAirstream, airstreams, art, artist, bainbridge island, commentary, creative energy, Diana kingsley, facebook, kingston, Moving your home, poulsbo, Twitter, WashingtonLeave a comment

Today while listening to classes on real estate I decided it was a good time to sketch while listening. Multi-tasking and now I need to add color and come up with a By Line. Anyone have any ideas? Here are some I was thinking about:

Thinking about making a move?

Ready for a change of scenery?

Where do you want to be at this point in your life?

Don’t think I need to to exert this much energy to move? What is your idea?

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Port Gamble

March 31, 2015 kingstoncovestudioAirstream, architecture, art, art classes, artist, artists, artists and nature, beach, pen and ink, port gamble, watercolorLeave a comment

Out and about buying fabric to make Easter Dresses for my three Granddaughters, with camera in hand, Port Gamble is such a lovely piece of our local history. Originally built as a sawmill town, there are rows of houses built for employees and managers of the Port. the Walker Ames House, which I drew last week was the owners original home.

In the next week or so, I will be drawing the General Store, owned by friends of mine with some of the best food in the area. The fabric store Quilted Strait is often one of my favorite stops, as they have a lovely and varied selection of cotton, more designed for quilts, but work great for “Granddaughter” dresses.

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More Pen & Ink Sketching

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 kingstoncovestudioAirstream, architecture, artist, artists, artists and nature, boats, chroma, pen & ink, watercolorLeave a comment

Once in a while you find some sort of Art that makes your heart sing. I think I have found my medium, as this is so very relaxing to me. After years of teaching hand drafting, I get to use the fun sketchy part of drawing, combine it with a little color and have a finished piece that makes me smile. Hope you find what makes you happy.

Start the New Year with an Adventure

December 31, 2014 kingstoncovestudioadventures, Airstream, commentary, upside down Christmas tree1 Comment

As I have grown older in life I am realizing that it is the adventures in our lives that we treasure, not the possessions. For Christmas over the years, I have taken my sons on adventures like hot air ballooning (and I am afraid of heights), skiing, out to dinner at wonderful places, cooked great dinners together, attempted camping (but that was in summer and not so successful), river rafting and on a couple road trips.

Now that they are grown and moved on to their lives, these are the things I remember the most and they seem to Too!

Life is not about waking up every morning and wondering what you are going to do, it is about planning your next adventure. Travel to far away places, different cultures, new and exotic foods and enjoy the moment. I love running with my granddaughter, laughing in the grocery store and feeling the freedom to make a fool out of myself, if I so desire.

My friend does upside down Christmas trees in her store every year and I love the idea that everything does not have to be how you think it should be. Life turns our daily life upside down, and that can be a good thing that we accept or something that makes us stressful and unhappy.

I choose the upside down Christmas Tree approach, love where you are what you are doing or Change It.

Claire is coming to visit

November 7, 2014 kingstoncovestudioAirstream, Airtstreams, Diana kingsley, dresses, losing material stuff, loss, potholdersLeave a comment

Sewing is my new passion. I love finding T-shirts from the Goodwill and Vintage fabric and making a modern dress for my three (almost four) year old granddaughter.

These are both from previously slightly used T-shirts and fabric I found vey inexpensively in an antique shop near Shelton, Washington. Tomorrow I may make matching hats.

Have you noticed I have an obsession with Airstreams. The dress on the right has a little Airstream appliquéd to the front. I was making Airstream potholders and thought this could easily be adapted to a dress front. And here it is.

I am not sure from where my obsession/fascination with Airstreams comes, but I love this American Icon and even though I don’t own one, the thought of it just makes me smile. Maybe that is what I need to do next in life.

They keep showing up in my Pinterest, and on my blog. These are three more Airstream Potholders made this afternoon. They just make me smile and lately I have needed a little help with that.

In one week, I lost a diamond out of my wedding band, lost my favorite initial necklace (made in England and $$$$), my iPod, my Fitbit and may favorite Purple Leather notebook. I don’t have dementia, but I certainly have trivial property loss. Just glad I don’t have “brain loss”. I have also learned by this point in my life they are just material things, and maybe some of them can be replaced. But DANG!!

Airstream Potholders

November 5, 2014 kingstoncovestudioAirstream, life, potholders, purple, workingLeave a comment

Since I am always making something for someone else, I decided it was time for some new Potholders for my own lovely kitchen. Making these reminded me of years ago when I was determined to make the perfect crepe. I made one; I made two; I made 20, I threw the pan across the room and the 21st attempt produced the first perfect crepe.

My temper has mellowed and throwing away the first three or four potholders did not produce the effect of picking up my sewing machine and wanting to throw it and/or using a variety of swear words to express my feelings.

As you grow older, you know eventually you will make it work or not and move on without extreme emotional responses.

That is where I feel I am in my life right now. Retirement sounded good at the time, but two years later I miss the challenges and successes of working. I miss producing income on a solid basis and I miss more interaction with people of all backgrounds. Having finished my Phd, I miss the challenge of the classes and researching and writing papers and I wonder what next in this life?

There must be more to life than making Potholders for fun??

Another project completed

October 3, 2014 kingstoncovestudioAirstream, art, artist, garden, garden art, planting, wine, wine bottles, yard designLeave a comment

Another project completed before the fall of winter in the yard. All those wine bottles put to a good use. Took a while to cut off all the necks, but think the end look was worth the time. Found a great glass scriber on Amazon (love buying by best rating) and collected wine bottles for a few days. (ha ha) No more dirt running onto my little tiny patio.

How about this Airstream

September 11, 2014 kingstoncovestudioAirstream, blackLeave a comment

Now here is a fun Airstream.

The view from my window.

March 27, 2014March 27, 2014 kingstoncovestudioAirstream, art, collection, collections, commentary, Diana kingsley, facebook, kingston, Pacific North West, photography, poulsbo, Twitter, Washington, windowLeave a comment

The view from the window of my office has always been ugly, as it looks at the roof of my next door neighbor. I am very lucky to live on the waterfront, but where I live the houses are very close together.

If you have been following my posts, you know one of icons of travel is the Airstream. I started collecting miniature Airstreams as I do not yet have an Airstream of my own. As the collection grew I had nowhere to display them. One day I looked at my office window and decided glass shelves would display them in an artistically interesting way.

Here that are!!

Sewing and Airstreams

March 25, 2014March 25, 2014 kingstoncovestudioAirstream, airstreams, aprons, fun, pot holder, sewingLeave a comment

Sewing and Airstreams

Now that is a winning combination. Found this pattern online this morning and immediately ordered it.

diana bennett | artist | interior designer | cook

Interior . Kitchen. Bath . Office Design & Wonderful Food.

Airstream

Designing a Postcard Ad for RE

Port Gamble

More Pen & Ink Sketching

Start the New Year with an Adventure

Claire is coming to visit

Airstream Potholders

Another project completed

How about this Airstream

The view from my window.

Sewing and Airstreams