Painting 101

In all my creativeness, I had never tried to paint, until the other winter, right after my surgery, when I was feeling my lowest. My sister said to me that now was the time to forget all the walls, the boundaries that I had put on myself and do whatever I had wanted to do and so I did, and I started painting.

This was one of the very first painting I ever did. A flower, a very timid flower at that, you see. I made the background a very watered down color of the flower and I was so scared to paint a flower petal that I just drew lines for the petals, and I even put it half off the canvas because I didn't think I could do the whole flower.
On the day I painted that I was so proud that I actually put paintbrush to canvas and came out with something that looked good, and I liked. I am still proud of that.

Today, I look at that picture, and I see so much more. I see a woman who was frightened and afraid, of painting but more of life, of what was going to happen, could I do this, could I be this other person. I had just had a major surgery, it changed who I was, or at least I felt like it did, I felt like it took away my identity. I was TAMM, T(Tiernan), A(Amalia), M(Maeve's),Mom and I was now no longer able to be a mom, I had a hysterectomy, and everything that made me a mom was gone, or so I felt. It took a lot of soul searching and praying, time with family and friends, and even some painting for me to realize that those parts do not define me at all!

Yes, that is a timid flower, and I still like it, but if you see a painting from today, you won't see the timid colors, I am bold and bright and in your face, because time is just too short to be timid, but there is still a place for the timid in the world. I just don't paint them anymore.

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Handknitted Cell Phone Case

So the "a TAMM creation" line is growing again!

This time a wonderful little handknitted cell phone case is the latest addition. I have one that I knitted for myself, and a friedn loved it so much that I made her one for her phone and she has gotten so many compliments on it in the few weeks that she has had it that it had to go into the line.


This is a great picture of the colors that are in the ones I have made so far. They are made from a cotton crochet thread, and this is a yellow-purple-blue-white verigated thread. It is soft, yet not too bulky and it protects the phone in your purse or gymbag wonderfully.

I have just gotten a new stash of Organic Cotton Yarns that I am dying to try out, one is a line green, another is verigated using the same lime green with some other colors, so I am looking forward to making more of these cases with the new Organic Yarns.

This is the case that I made my friend, and it measures 2 inches across and 4 1/2 inches high. It fits the phone in the picture like a glove. Sorry that the picture got a little blurry, don't think my camera liked the dark background on that phone too much.

I will custom make one for you in your choice of colors from my stash and to fit the measurements of your particular phone.

Price is $3.50 each, with FREE Shipping in the US and Canada. Ask me about worldwide shipping.

Store Link: http://www.atammcreation.etsy.com/

Thanks!

a TAMM creation at Etsy.com

I think I mentioned before that I found a new place to list the "a TAMM creation" line.

http://www.etsy.com/

It's all handcrafted items, with some supplies, but most of the people on there are selling their own handcrafted items!

http://www.deby0.etsy.com/ has some supplies, and I ordered some new yarn from her the other day. It came in on friday and I can't wait to turn it into something wild!!

http://www.southernnight.etsy.com/ handcrafts her own soaps and tarts. She has Brad's favorite scent for me to wear, Plumeria, so I ordered some wax tarts and goats milk soap from her!! I am so excited about those!! Can't wait till they get here, it should be nice!!

http://www.justaddcharm.etsy.com/ has some hair items, and I ordered some hairclips with fabric covered buttons on them for the girls. Something a little different than what I do, and yet I think the girls will love them.

These are just a few of the places that I have bought from on there, and so I wanted to share. I think I will try to add more information about etsy and where i am buying for you all since I think it is important, and great when we buy handmade! Let's help the little guy(gal) out and buy handmade instead of from the big box store!