Always loved decorating for the holidays. This year a box of vintage ornaments were in my stash and for a moment, I couldn't remember where I got them. A few months ago we did the final clean up of my family home. These ornaments have been up in the attic for over 50+ years. My mom never used them after we moved to the "new" house in 1969. Fun to bring them out and all the young ones think it's so retro!
Flat Fish Paper Arts was born many years ago when blogging first started. My family did a lot of camping and diving along the California coast. California halibut are huge fish that start out as any normal fish. As they age, one eye will start to move to the other side and the halibut will become flat so it can lay on the bottom of the ocean with both eyes facing up.
I always like the idea that we all start out the same but life experiences slowly changes us. In my case, my creative talents went the way of paper arts. Flatfish are always looking up when they mature and as with any artist, we see inspiration in everything around us - always looking up.
Evan and her flatfish
Years ago a local dive shop had a photo of a diver who caught a halibut so big he had to throw it over his jeep to take the picture. Our little spoof with our daughter sitting in her toy jeep with dad's halibut on the hood. 1987