This picture is one that sits on an easel at my back door entrance during the summer months. My most favorite saying is "find the joy". Most all of my paintings at my back door have this saying somewhere on them. The saying sort of evolved from the movie "The Bucket List." I LOVE THAT MOVIE! I really think it's true that if you look, you can find a little joy in something every day.

Here's my New Year's resolution....to finally take that first step to putting some of my art work on the internet! I'm still a little lost, but here goes...........

I'm an art teacher who loves to create. I teach Talented Art and have been very blessed to have such wonderful students to teach. I'm new to the blog thing! My good friend, who's also a Talented Art teacher, has a blog and shared the information with me.

I love cupcakes.....as you can see in the picture....and love looking at Bakerella's blog . She inspired me to buy a new camera for Christmas.....Canon Rebel XSI. Now if I can just learn how to use it! I've been practicing on my Christmas trees. I've already taken 400 - 500 pictures. I have several trees.....each with a different theme. Of course I have a beach tree (my most favorite place!), cupcake/sweets tree, snowman tree, angel/traditional tree, doll tree, and fish/wildlife tree in my son's room. Once I figure this out, I'll share more pictures.