Larissa

@bisseemom

Albertan, mom to 2 emerging adults, like to have flour on my counter, dabbler in crafty stuff. Wants to see more joy in the world. Knows that there are injustices to fight. I don’t correct typeos

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Larissa@bisseemom· 20d

Magnetic pin to mind sewing needles and such. Pin is pink with graphics of yarn balls, sewing machine and thread. Most important is the caption which reads Hot girls have grandma hobbies

Larissa@bisseemom· May 4

The first popped today

First blossoms of spring. 4 inch tall mound of green serrated foliage with tiny flowers of 4 white petals with yellow centers

Larissa@bisseemom· Sep 1

This is absolutely a must read. I am pretty sure I will be purchasing this book after I return this to the library. It’s great works like this that work to radicalize those willing to open their eyes and hearts. Thank you Omar El Akkad

The vibrant orange cover of Omar El Akkad’s book “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” sits atop a green cushion with a empty red coffee cup in a lush green yard.

Larissa@bisseemom· Jun 21

I have finally managed to find a poppy that is as beautiful as the ones I lost when we rebuilt our house

5 deep red poppies with purple hairy centers and black staining on the petals rise above ferny greenery

Larissa@bisseemom· May 13

Joshua Tree Park on a fabulous fall day. Thank you NPF staff. #rockinTuesday #rockingTuesday #rocks #NPF

Under a bright blue sky with a wispy smear of white cloud a grouping of rounded boulders sit atop a sloped rock formation with a vein of contrasting rock. Sorry not a geologist so don’t know my rock formations.

Larissa@bisseemom· Apr 19

Advanced voting done ✅ Remember you don’t need to be registered to vote but it does make it easier

Voter information card for Canadian Federal Election Monday April 28

Larissa@bisseemom· Apr 2

There are at least a dozen robins, 2 flickers, a handful of black capped chickadees and a blue jay in our snow covered apple tree this morning

Grey skies behind a network of tree branches covered in fresh snow. Two robins perched in the tangle

Tangle of branches at canopy level with several hidden robins. The jay was camera shy

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 25

Christmas morning #baking

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 24

I had a slightly lower bakers counter added to the end of the island when we renovated and I absolutely love it

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 20

Day 19 #ArtAdventCalendar WIP Going to paint some rocks

Step one of a work in progress shows an open sketchbook with a wrinkled piece of plastic wrap covering watercolor in shades of blue, grey, green and ochre. You can see portions of a rag, paintbrush and watercolor pan around the sketchbook

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 18

Day 17 #ArtAdventCalendar Bicoastal Watercolour Cape Bear, Prince Edward Island & French Beach, Vancouver Island

2 small paintings on a single page.
The top one has 2 coniferous trees atop a red soiled cliff with a blue sky and ocean in the background and a bay in the foreground.
The lower one is a stormy grey green ocean crashing onto a dark rocky shore with grey skies

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 16

Day 16 #ArtAdventCalendar Another salvage project. Found this gutted radio & record cabinet in the alley and fixed it up to be an end table for my daughter

Refinished honey colored vintage media cabinet in somewhat art deco style with rounded ends, narrow door on the left, radio face, open shelf and fabric backed screen on the right.

Media cabinet stripped down and ready to repair, adapt and refinish

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 14

Day 14 #ArtAdventCalendar A little paint play to start a Saturday morning

Coiled sketchbook page divided into 4 quadrants each containing a very different style of evergreen tree. 1 with paddle shaped branches, 1 with 3 wispy branching trees, 1 marbled triangle, 1 with shaggy branches

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 14

Day 13 #ArtAdventCalendar Water Lily in acrylics Took a group class with a friend on a Saturday morning

Monochrome water lily on water in shades of pinky brown.

Close up to reveal the thick texture of the paint in the water lily

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 12

Missed a couple of days but that’s ok. Day 12 #ArtAdventCalendar Monstera leaves embroidery Kit by Nest Embirdery

Small hoop contains tan cotton fabric with 2 green monstera leaves embroidered using a variety of stitches

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 9

Christmas trees and a certain artist’s grasses

Table scape of 8 decorative evergreen trees each done in a different medium: ceramic, yard, wood, acrylic and copper. A metal sculpture of bent prairie grasses sits amongst the trees

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 9

Day 8 #ArtAdventCalendar Watercolour I did as part of a 10 day landscape painting challenge

A scene of a mountain waterfall painted in earthy grey and brown tones. Rocky cliffs slope from the top left down to the waterfall that spills into a rocky river in the center foreground. A sparsely branched evergreen leans from the river edge on the right towards the waterfall. A dish with pools of watercolor paint and a brush sit to the left of the painting

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 7

Day 7 #ArtAdventCalendar Just finished playing with different ways to paint snow on trees with watercolours

Three evergreen trees painted in a coiled sketchbook in three different ways in an attempt to represent snow on branches. Painting tools clutter the table around the book

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 7

Day 6 #ArtAdventCalendar Crocheted Mushroom Fairy

Red mushroom cap hat perches on the head of a ginger haired fairy that stands about 6” tall. She wears a sage green dress trimmed in ochre with an ochre cape.

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 5

Day 5 #ArtAdventCalendar PEI Fishing Shack Watercolour 2024 Painted on a trip to see our oldest graduate from university

Simple sketch and watercolour of a little green fishing shack with 2 lobster traps on the left side

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 4

Day 4 #ArtAdventCalendar I like to dabble in different things. This time it’s #crochet

Little blue house elf with long ears, big round nose, a little wart on his head and pointy feet. He wears a rust tshirt (but no pants) and carries a yellow satchel that contains jellybeans. He sits in front of a potted houseplant.

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 3

Day three #ArtAdventCalendar Watercolour 8”x5” 2024 Griffiths Woods has given me so much joy to walk in, photograph and now paint.

A shallow creek meanders through a landscape with evergreens on the left bank and meadows on the right. A bare tree leans almost horizontally across the water in the background and tall grasses grow in the foreground

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 2

Day 2 #ArtAdventCalendar Watercolour of a photo my daughter took in Victoria BC One of the birds morphed into something more like a penguin but I still like my effort.

Watercolour painting of a waterscape. 5 cormorants sit on a section of broken wharf. A long pier extends horizontally in the background. A sunset of greys, blues, yellows and ochres light up the sky and are reflected in the water

Larissa@bisseemom· Dec 2

Day 1 #ArtAdventCalendar Salvaged piano key sunburst 2024

A unique take on the 70’s sunburst mirror design. Black and white Piano keys were salvaged from a 1940’s piano and form the sun’s rays around a smoky circular mirror mounted on a circle of oak

Larissa@bisseemom· Nov 29

It’s that time of year - where I relearn the difference between rime ice and hoar frost

Rime ice crystals formed on a metal garden arch

Mountain ash berries covered in rime ice crystals looking like sugared berries

Winter tree and shrub captured under ice crystals

Larissa@bisseemom· Nov 29

This is the side that has started to bloom. I think she will be in showing off for some time to come. The little one in front/below has several little buds so I’m hoping to see her peach flowers by Christmas

A midsized Thanksgiving cactus with fuschia blooms sits on a tiered shelf above a smaller cactus with only a few buds in front of a window that reveals a frosty and snowy winter morning

Larissa@bisseemom· Nov 18

Today was a two loaf kind of day

Two loaves of sourdough bread on a cooling rack on a somewhat cluttered kitchen counter

Larissa@bisseemom· Nov 15

Made my longest #crochet blanket yet. For a couple of very tall people that I love.

Chunky crocheted blanket striped green, cream and grey draped over the full length of a large couch

Close up of the textured crochet stitches

Larissa@bisseemom· Nov 15

The gardens at Estufa Fria in Lisbon were a plant lovers dream. Lots of inspiration

Grouping of plants including Euphorbia and a flowering pink rose cactus

Large leaved monstera with flowering stalks

Larissa@bisseemom· Nov 11

Added a new green baby to the mix. Fabulous texture