Even Older Than Our Kreatrix

Hello sweet peas, Ginger here reporting for duty. Actually, the Chairman rolled his eyes over these pictures. Apparently, they aren't macho enough for him. So here I am.

Are you aware of  how much your life can be influenced by people you aren't even related to and possibly have never met?

When Kreatrix Mom was a very little girl, she lived across the street from two elderly women (sisters and artists) who taught her Mom how to draw and paint. And so Kreatrix grew up with a mother who was always drawing and painting. Even though Kreatrix never got to meet these two influential ladies, she feels such a kinship with them...she views them as family and a huge part of the reason she is now an artist.

Here is a very, very, very old quilt handmade by "Auntie Bachman" when she was young. She left the quilt for Kreatrix Mom to inherit when she was old enough to take care of it.

See. Old.

Auntie Bachman was an excellent painter and painted little scenes on scraps of fabric before sewing them into the quilt.

Look at the little faces on the peas in the pod!

Yum! A strawberry.

I am told that the U.S. flag has a whole lot more stars on it nowadays.

Here's the cool thing. Auntie Bachman's older sister, Aunt May, drew a huge portrait of Auntie Bachman when she turned 16 years old. Auntie Bachman wanted Kreatrix' Mom to have that portrait and one day it will be passed on to Kreatrix.

This is done in charcoal pencil people! YOWZA.

I think Aunt May and Auntie Bachman would really love how their gift of friendship and art lessons given to a small girl has influenced two generations of women!