Category Archives: Art Exchange

Number Five Has Arrived

L.Y.A. #5 “Venice” by Louise Mamet.

What is it about Venice that is so intoxicating? I know the answer. Everything. This city is on my bucket list, along with several others in Italy.

Louise Mamet lives in France, we swapped cards last year as well. Visit her blog for more of her colorful photography, or find her on Facebook. You can also follow Louise on Instagram. Treat yourself to a look! I love your work Louise!

Kat Sloma announced today that her card is being sent out. That signals the end of the official swap. I started writing out my side swaps today. A batch will go out tomorrow, some heading overseas. I will be sending the rest out early next week.

Louise, thanks so much for sharing your photography with me.
The world is beautiful through your eyes!

L.Y.A. Side Swap #9

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L.Y.A. 2016 Side Swap #9, “Build” by Sherry Harmes.

Sherry Harmes lives in Larsen Bay, Kodiak Island Alaska. I have swapped with Sherry before, and I always look forward to her art arriving. For these tiny houses she used security envelopes and watercolor. On the back of the card is this:

Conceive, Believe, Achieve!!!

The building she is doing this year includes and addition, Bee, Bird, Butterfly and Bat houses. And relationships with long-lost family! Sherry sounds like a busy bee herself!

Sherry includes the weather stats on her card, I think that is such a fun and creative detail. The temperature in Alaska was at 44 degrees, and when I received the card in Wildomar, CA. our temp was at 51 degrees. Funny to think So. Cal. was almost as cold as Alaska!

I placed Sherry’s card in something that I built (with some help), paint storage crates.

This is my lucky 13th card to arrive! Still looking for one more of the regular swap cards, and then Kat Sloma’s to close the swap. And there are more sides on their way as well!

Wishing you the very best in your busy year Sherry! Thanks so much for sharing your playful art with me!

L.Y.A. Postcard #4

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L.Y.A. 2016 #4, “Beth” Digital sketch by Michelle Swetnam.

Yikes, #4 already! Only two more too go. So thankful that I have more side swaps to look forward to as well. This magical card came to me from Alexandria, VA. Which is just outside Washington, D.C..

Michelle Swetnam is a writer as well as an artist, and the back of her card is proof of it. Fourteen lines of tidy penmanship! I can only ever fit four or five in my messy writing. Michelle tells me that she finds drawing on her tablet frustrating. But from where I am sitting, it looks like she has mastered it. Beth has plenty of personality.

Michelle writes Zines on many topics including positivity (love that word) and creativity. She even trades them, and you can contact her if you would like to be part of one of her future projects. Which I am going to do. Sounds fun!

If you send her something beautiful, like a postcard, she will post it on her site and send you something back. How fun is that! You can find Michelle on Instagram and Etsy. I have so got to get on Instagram.

Michelle’s honesty motivated me to take pen to paper and do a quick sketch simply because I have not sketched in a while. I need to add to my faces, that told myself I would try to do more often. Months ago. I am laughing at the cowboy hat. A cross between The Flying Nun and Fire hat I think. It is better than the watercolor I tried today. So I am happy with it!

Thanks Michelle for the inspiration! I love pondering Beth!