Sunday Morning
Monday Noon
Can you believe how fast this tree is bursting forth? It’s like watching a miracle in action. I just love looking out the landing window at it. It holds such promise!
I planted my flowers today and I’ll be taking some photos of my newly done garden soon. We barked the flower beds and they look so much spiffier. Now I’m doing the fun part and planting pretties.
I took a break from the sun to come in and spend some time in my studio. I’m working on some tiles and got an idea to tea stain one… I want to make on shabby chic and while drinking a cup of tea the other day I shared some of my tea with some text pages to see how tea staining would look on my Spam cans. I was delighted with the results so today I cut a tea bag open and dumped it onto this tile and then sprayed it with some water… Now I wait while my art steeps!
While assembling our new shelves I snagged the stickers off the pieces we put together and slapped them in my art journal. It’s a little reminder of our time spent together and of how good God has been to us. I doodled little circles to fill the page, added punched leaves and retro words of thanks and blessings.
Rather a therapeutic process. And a great way to fill a journal page with a fun memory.
I’m almost done with the painting I started earlier this week I just did some gluing on it so I can’t move it to photograph it just yet. I’ll share it tomorrow instead.
Yard work is on our agenda for this weekend and we are rather excited about it. I weeded the entire perimeter of the yard/flowerbed last spring/summer and planted lots of flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds… after a very harsh winter and having our fence fall onto the flowerbed during a windstorm I lost a lot of my progress. Not to mention that weeds decided to take over in abandon! I was barking mad… literally! We are barking the beds and replanting the lost flowers. It’s going to be a gorgeous summer outback. Photos to come.
Have an awesome TGIF and a great weekend. And be sure and share your creations with me. I love to see what everyones making!
Something like this…
On something like this is what I’m working on today. Between making phone calls to relatives about my dads progress. It’s looking like he might be able to come home from the hospital tomorrow. I pray to God he can! It’s been extremely exhausting for my mom and my sibs. God Bless em!
I’ll share more on this painting tomorrow… my hands are covered in paint and I need to wash them off before making yet another call.
Keep Creating!
Before
And now…
I’ve been busy as you can see. Here’s the before and after of the living room with our new sofa and the painted wall along with my finished art. We’ve living hear for about 11 months now and we are finally getting around to getting the things we want done rather than the things we need. We also hung our TV and bought a new book case…
This is taken from the kitchen. I’m going to cover the books in the bookcase with matching covers and move things around a bit until I’m satisfied. I’ll put the seashells away once I get more garden related items to replace them with… at least for now. I’ll showcase a few of the newer decorating goodies I’m using as I go. I’m also going to put some shears on the windows soon too! I’m excited about that.
Here’s a bit of a closer look at the paintings I made… I love the blues and greens together. They are cooling and healing. I’m presently working on … this …
I have several ideas for this canvas… I’ll give you another peek at my progress tomorrow.
Tata for now… Time to pull some pork for dinner.
After a candlelit evening watching TV and chatting it up… here’s what left. The wax went wild and now I have a monkey’s face in my candle holder. I thought this was comical enough to share with you… art appears everywhere, you just need to be receptive to it and look for the unexpected.
My living room paintings are done and I’m going to hang them today but sadly my dad’s still in the hospital so I’m off to return some phone calls for my mom. After my calls are made I’ll hang my art, take some pictures and share them tomorrow.
Over and out for now.
Here’s what’s left of the eggs I dyed for Easter. The wonderful intensity of the colors was too good to pass up. I just had to save them for using in my art. I’ll share once I’ve used some. Right now however, I’m working on finishing up the paintings I’m creating for the living room. ‘Almost’ done! I have a few things to finish up on them and then I have the edges of the canvases to deal with …
This weekend my Dad went into the hospital with a mild case of pneumonia, A-fib, and somethings wrong with his blood sugar. Any prayers would be greatly appreciated. He is a very much loved man and a pillar to his family and friends. He may be transfered today to a bigger hospital here in town… I’ll keep you posted.
I’ve some other things to share as well, but I don’t have the pictures yet so I’ll share those this week. I’m off to say my prayers and work on my paintings.
God Bless!
Finally touches of gorgeous green are popping up everywhere! This is the maple tree as seen from the stairway landing. I’ve been watching these buds grow everyday and decided today was the day to share these gems with you.
I also have some other flowers popping up in a kitchen basket that I thought I should post.
Okay, so they are a little addictive to make. That’s the fun of it. I’m hitting the grocer today and you can bet I’ll have a package or two of wooden spoons in my cart to add to my funky family!
Today I’m working again on my paintings and I’m happy to report that I’m delighted with how they are turning out so far… I promise an update as soon as I can.
Back to getting my hands dirty! Happy TGIF!
I’m working on a pair of paintings to hang in the living room over our new couch… Which I will reveal once I have the paintings finished and hung. I’m making flower blossoms today to go on one of the paintings. I’m working on them both at the same time to keep with the cohesiveness of them both. Here’s the pretty yellow I’m using for part of the flowers.
And here’s the blossoms before I’ve added the black centers. … They will be growing in … this garden.
For some reason this undertaking is a bit overwhelming to me. Maybe because I’m used to working on smaller canvases… and maybe because they are going to be showcased in my house. Maybe both!
I’ll keep you posted as I go.
What favorite art do you have hanging in your home?
I had the best time coloring eggs this year. I hadn’t done it years and since moving into our new home everything seems new again. I love how vibrant the colors turned out… I also love how the deviled eggs tasted. I’ve been keeping the colored egg shells in baby food jars to use in my collaging and my paintings. The colors are so rich and gorgeous I just couldn’t bring myself to throw them away. They’ll be appear soon in another create debut.
Today is my eye appointment and I’m looking forward to less headaches with new lenses. I’ll be dilated today so I’ll be all blurry this afternoon.
After my eyes are taken care of I need to visit the dentist for a toothache that keeps getting worse. Time to take the big girl pill and man up. I’m deathly afraid of the dentist.
See you tomorrow when my eyes are back to normal!
Joyous Easter to everyone!
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