limoges

my latest thrift shop find.

a set of Limoges dishes.

i looked up the maker's mark on the back of the dishes

and they were made between 1876 - 1889!

amazing, since they look like they have never been used!

my dinner salad was oh so lovely.
i bought these with the intent of giving them 
to my francophile daughter.
hmmm, i do like them.....

flowers

happy Earth Day!

digital drawing

i am super excited to start learning how to use Affinity Designer and Photo.  they're A LOT less expensive than Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator but seem to be even more powerful.  the cool thing is that there are example illustrations that you can learn how the parts and pieces are put together. the above was generated just by looking at the layers in the example illustrations and seeing how they worked together. i want to use this software to design more fabrics.