Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Feb 5, 2012, 2:36 pm
I've been dieing to make Valentines, but needed some crafty company to get me started. My grandson Austin and his girl friend Alicia were just the arty people to do it. We spent the day cutting up a storm of pop-up cards and butterfly gum cards. We ended the day by making snowflakes in the shapes of...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jan 23, 2012, 11:57 am
Tinkerbelle has found a new place to hang out; Under the warm light of my studio desk lamps. When she gets bored with watching my pencil sketch across a page, she helps herself to the supplies and do-das I keep on the Lazy Susans. Sometimes she is just so cute I have to let her stay and nap! Here sh...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jan 12, 2012, 12:20 pm
 My step Dad turned 90 this weekend! We celebrated during the "Model T Social" with cake and song held at the Asa Waters historical House in Millbury Ma. Most members dressed to match the date of their Model T's. Some as old as 1916, ours as young as 1924. We all looked at home in the beautif...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jan 2, 2012, 11:59 am
Happy New Year Everyone! I've been blogged about. Check out Erica Szuplat's link here.
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Dec 24, 2011, 2:07 pm
I love a Christmas tree! I'd say over 1/3 of my ornaments are handmade by fellow artists, family and friends. The Angel topper I made in 1980. Sturdy little thing. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays!
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Dec 24, 2011, 10:29 am
I have a great collection of buttons and saw a festive use for them the other day. A button tree! So how hard can this be? Just pinning buttons onto a Styrofoam tree. Well not as east as one would think. Here is my tree four hours latter (it is 6" tall). Now that I've gone this far, I'm thinking of ...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Dec 17, 2011, 10:41 am
Two days ago I decorated chocolate animal cracker to look like dogs and added them to the village. I think these crackers started out as a giraffe and a buffalo. Today is the last day to get in your raffle. Also about 50 kids will be at the library down stairs making their own Candy Houses. Medway L...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Dec 13, 2011, 5:52 pm
The Medway Library is holding a raffle for gingerbread and candy houses. Here is the village created by my sister; Susan Harte, niece; Emma Harte and myself for the "Friends of the Medway Dog Park" (if you can get to the library be sure to find the 9 cookie dogs roaming around the candy house yards)...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Dec 7, 2011, 4:02 pm
A Brigade of Boys Bearing Gifts. My mind is on the Holidays, so when the word of the week came up brigade I thought "Toy Soldiers". These guys are similar to the close-pin solders I illustrated in my book "The Twelve Days Of Christmas" for the page, 12 drummers drumming. Illustration Friday #23 "Rou...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Dec 5, 2011, 3:30 pm
Ever make a Gumdrop Tree? I thought it was a simple thing to do...NOT! If sister Sue had not been here to educate me, I could not have managed.First of all start at the bottom with most of the toothpicks showing. Next row make the toothpicks a tiny bit shorter and nestle them in tightly so there no ...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Dec 2, 2011, 1:29 pm
Husband decorated the model T with many strings of battery operated lights, for the Christmas Parade. Above Lula-belle watches the action from the windowless 1924 Model T. Mike Carey (who took the great photos except this one of himself) kept Annie and Lula-belle company in the back seat.
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Dec 1, 2011, 9:31 am
Last week I visited Lilja school and made cut paper self portraits with the first graders. These smart kids already knew all about symmetry and did wonderful portraits. The teachers and volunteers were very helpful, and the children seemed satisfied with their wonderful works of art. Above is a ...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Oct 27, 2011, 5:37 pm
Around four o'clock I need a little extra fuel to get me through to the end of the day. A cup of tea and a wee crumpet does the trick.
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Oct 24, 2011, 4:43 pm
I can't believe this is "Tinkerbell's" third week in her new home! It was one year since the passing of my sweetest cat Minky when "Tinker" came into my life. I had slept over a girl friends house and fell in love with her 6 month old kitten/cat. She told me two of her siblings where up for adoption...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Oct 11, 2011, 10:12 am
The Venus Fly Trap is a "Con" and a "Trap" to the unsuspecting insect. Venus draws in her prey with luscious colors and an intoxicating scent. The bugs days are numbered when they stop by to check out this carnivorous contraption of a plant.
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Oct 6, 2011, 5:28 pm
 Like the woodland creatures I'd like to Hibernate. As daylight grows shorter and the dark fills the rest of the hours, I feel the urge to curl up in a warm nest and sleep.  Adieu sweet sunshine, hello chilly moon. Until spring returns, goodnight.
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Sep 30, 2011, 10:53 am
The tiger, one of the most ferocious of the big cats. But they just look like beautiful over sized house kitties!
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Sep 27, 2011, 3:05 pm
Each year Highlights has a weekend long party for all it's illustrators. The costume party is my favorite event. This years theme was "Hidden Pictures". Bill and I are living black and white hidden pictures. If you look carefully at our clothes you may see the white felt shapes of animals and object...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Sep 26, 2011, 1:30 pm
Last week I visited Susan Novich's lovely new home. Here she is setting up her blog, making ready for her first Illustration Friday piece. I adore Illustration Friday and have been putting up a new piece of art a week for 15 weeks now! For more about I.F. check out my info and MY NEW ART entry every...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Sep 22, 2011, 8:57 pm
Little Miss Moffatt sat on her toffet and was mesmerized by the huge spider that landed beside her. "Egad" she gasped "that's one big spider!"
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Sep 15, 2011, 7:05 pm
Due to Hurricane Irene I was with out a computer so I make up for three weeks of lost time: This duck spent a happy life safely enclosed in his yard by boundries of Hosta and other beautiful plantings. Illustration Friday #14 "Mysterious" "The apple of my Eye". A mysterious quote. Illustration Frida...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Aug 14, 2011, 5:59 pm
So I say to my sister, "look at the weird split lines in my tomato, what's that about?" And she replies "Well it's ready to burst, you have to pick it off the vine and eat it soon!" This is a painting-with-paper of my first successful tomato plant. More about size etc. on my Etsy shop.
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Aug 7, 2011, 5:22 pm
What an amazing show of Contemporary art glass at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. This is the ceiling of glass. It was breathtaking! Dale Chihuly taught at Rhode Island School of Design where I teach classes now. He was long gone off to fame and fortune before I had even thought about teaching, ...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Aug 3, 2011, 10:14 pm
I'm a featured blogger on Best of the web "Be @Home"blog #34. Check me out this week here!
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jul 31, 2011, 6:52 pm
At first I thought blueberries would be my "obsession" for this weeks word on IF. But as I was choosing from my MANY boxes and canisters of tea this morning I realized my obsession is tea! So here is my illustration for this weeks word. Thought you'd enjoy a picture of my pantry shelves dedicated to...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jul 28, 2011, 9:07 pm
From my perennial garden. 6 1/2" x11 1/4" Available in my Etsy Store
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jul 26, 2011, 6:35 pm
Whew! After months of planning, the 3rd Annual King Fido's Faire  fund raiser happened this past weekend. In spite of a rainy start the Medway Dog Park was filled with vendor's, park patrons, and their happy four legged friends. This is my 3rd year as president of Friends of the Medway Dog Park, a...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jul 21, 2011, 7:47 pm
For this weeks word "gesture", a  phrase I learned in high school french class came to me: "C'est Dommage", meaning "that's too bad".  Or "Its a pity." She looks a little European to me.
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jul 13, 2011, 1:11 pm
"Please! Can he stay?" The age old question, how could you say no? Original 3-D Cut paper  for more about it see my Etsy store.
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jul 12, 2011, 9:57 am
In the spring I sent a pic of Lu with this giant "Blue Angel" Hosta. Now it's  even bigger with huge flowers. This spot is so good for Hosta I moved a few more into the area. Next year their won't be space for Lula in a picture like this. I LOVE HOSTA!
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jul 10, 2011, 5:27 pm
Having such a good time gallery hopping! Three days after my opening in NH,  I attend an opening in the town next door. The Woodshed Gallery in Franklin is a lovey little gallery run by wonderfully talented artist/owners, Mary Ann & Bruce Wood. Pictured here are Linda Smith, Me, Alice Stewart and M...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jul 8, 2011, 2:23 pm
Here is my colorful corner arranged by gallery Mill Brook Gallery owner Pam Tarbell, (pictured against the rust colored wall)... ...who got my name from artist Ilene Richard with the great smile (wearing green), who is with another excellent smiling contributing artist Denise Ortakales.Do these girl...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jul 6, 2011, 5:58 pm
I.F's theme is "Remedy". I already had a sketch and started the finish last Friday. Pleased to be early to post!This is how my mermaid started. I am always surprised at how the finish differs so from the original sketch. This technique is new to me and I can't predict the out come like I could with ...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jul 4, 2011, 7:40 pm
Bill & I are in the Sherborn MA 4th of July Parade. Here we wait on a side street for the cars to line up. And wait!(this great car below is my dad's 38 ford). When we finally get going, Lula-belle and I sit in the back seat of the open Model T with a parasol to shield us from the sun...and to look ...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jul 4, 2011, 7:20 pm
With VIP passes Husband and I get this excellent view of the Boston Pops performance on the Esplanade. This is the dress rehearsal to the 4th of July performance. We enjoy the whole show minus the fireworks and the larger crowds that will come tomorrow night on the 4th.After hearing the US Army fiel...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jul 1, 2011, 9:12 am
If you live in the area don't miss this gallery exhibit! Come see me and other artists for the Opening Reception on Thursday July 7th From 5-7PM At Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden. ARTISTS EXHIBITING: Sandra Bartholomew, Sarah Brannan, Robin Brickman, Tomie dePaola, Vicky Enright, Jennife...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jun 28, 2011, 7:27 pm
The last page of "Starry Nights" a "Nightglow board book" I wrote & Illustrated, seems to be the perfect Midsummer's Night Dream piece for Illustration Friday. Here, my third Airedale "Raisin" guards her boy as she watches the man in the moon and fireflies glow. The moons face is only visible in the...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jun 24, 2011, 5:26 pm
Robins everywhere! Every year I find them hiding in my garden. They have launched them selves from the nest before they really got the hang of flying and now hide out while Momma bird feeds them on the ground. Here is a happy baby on it's first flight, hopefully to a soft landing of ground cover.Her...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jun 14, 2011, 5:52 pm
I started thinking about this piece on Friday as soon as the subject Swept was announced. It didn't come out like I pictured it in my head so I'll start a re-due tomorrow. But for I.F. it's a go. Notice the bluebirds in the finished piece. I'm so excited to have bluebirds nesting in my back yard for...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jun 13, 2011, 11:33 am
After playing with all the free supplies at the ETSY PARTY I settled back to making tissue paper cards. I was going to a Bridal Shower the next day and the invitations had brown bird silhouettes with pink flowers. I wanted to make a card to go with the theme.
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jun 11, 2011, 11:56 am
Etsy an online store for crafters held a party night all over the country last night. Did anyone else go to one? Pictured is Susan Novich painting on glass, and me making headbands. Like the one I just made? All materials supplied by ETSY & Craftland in Providence who hosted the local event. We had ...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jun 9, 2011, 12:08 pm
This piece is from a Scholastic book "I Am an Apple". When I present my work at school and library talks, I always tell the kids how much I enjoy using Silhouettes. I explain how they are simple shadowy shapes that tell a story. That's why I've chosen this piece for "Shadow". I had a couple of frie...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jun 9, 2011, 12:03 pm
I have two of these "Blue Angel " hostas in my yard. This one is so happy with it's environment in just 3 years it has grown to this amazing expanse. My other one is 1/2 it's size, I should really move it.
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jun 4, 2011, 6:27 pm
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - Jun 4, 2011, 6:20 pm
Never in my lifetime do I remember being in danger of being hit by a tornado, but the weather these past few years has been crazy! The tornado did damage to towns an hour away from my house, we got a dark windy storm with hail the size of quarters! It proved to be too much for the robin family. What...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - May 31, 2011, 9:55 am
This is a published piece from "Jack and the Beanstalk". One of several stories from Dorling Kindersley's "P.B. Bears Favorite bedtime stories". Here we see the giant sleeping as clever jack nabs a couple coins to bring home to his mum. I must say I always felt a little bad for the giant losing all ...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - May 30, 2011, 9:51 am
Finally after thinking about it for YEARS, my new website page is up! Take a look . The page illustrates me in my shiny red VW bug (note the logo is not VW) with "Lula-belle" catching some fresh air from the sunroof and my kitty cat "Minky" frolicking in the flowers. "Minky" was living when I sketch...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - May 26, 2011, 2:06 pm
Here's my first piece for Illustration Friday. The theme this week is SOAKED! Now to link this piece to the site...so much to learn! I have also put the piece up in my ETSY shop (Link in right column). It is framed and ready to hang or stand!
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - May 26, 2011, 10:28 am
OMG I am having so much fun with these Blue Birds. Last night I finished the bird on the left. This morning I was wondering how it would come out if I made it again. So here's the new one on the right. I like a parts of both. It's strange for me working in a medium that I don't have complete control...
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Judith M. posted an article on Ms. Moffatt - May 25, 2011, 6:04 pm
Today Husband Bill got this great picture of our Blue Bird. I've been waiting for a blue Bird to nest in one of our houses for 20 YEARS!! So beautiful!Inspired by it's gorgeous colors I made this tissue paper bird. It's almost finished here. Just a few little touches needed to finish.
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