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Christmas Home Tour 2018

December 9, 2018 By Colleen 2 Comments

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Welcome to our Christmas Home Tour! I’m glad you could join Penny and me. If you’re new here, Penny is the gal who graciously took me in when I was suffering with clinical depression. She is a true friend, believe me. There’s not much I can do to repay her for her endless generosity but […]

Filed Under: Christmas, crafts, holiday crafts, Holiday Decorating, Home Decor

How to Make a Christmas Wreath – by an ex-florist

November 30, 2018 By Colleen 4 Comments

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Every year when Christmas rolls around I really miss working in the craft store. I was their floral/display designer and to have an entire store’s inventory to choose from is absolutely delicious. Since I was only making wreaths for our house, I wanted to show you how to make a Christmas wreath, at least, how […]

Filed Under: Christmas, crafts, Floral Design, holiday crafts, Holiday Decorating, Home Decor, More Stuff

Free Fall Printable and New ClipArt

October 19, 2018 By Colleen Leave a Comment

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I’ve been so busy, painting and making digital art, I wanted to share this Free Fall Printable and the New ClipArt in my Etsy Shop. To get the Free Fall Printable see below. If you go see my Etsy Shop you see all of the New ClipArt I created using the Pumpkin Patterns. The fall […]

Filed Under: Christmas, crafts, holiday crafts, my paintings, My Stuff, printables

Free Printable Puppy Valentines

February 12, 2018 By Colleen 6 Comments

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I’ve been busy making Valentines, free printable Puppy Valentines! I’ve always loved homemade cards but when my kids were younger, I admit, we got the store bought kind. Of course, that was before the internet and Photoshop. At least, for us. Download Poodle Pup Valentine I drew this black poodle puppy in 2014 when my […]

Filed Under: crafts, holiday crafts, printables

Free Coloring Christmas Gift Tags

December 21, 2015 By Colleen 8 Comments

coloring christmas tags

Enjoy these free hand drawn Christmas Gift Tags to color yourself or give to a friend!

Filed Under: Christmas, crafts, holiday crafts, kids crafts, patterns, printables

12 Days of Christmas Doodles

November 3, 2015 By Colleen 2 Comments

12 Days of Christmas Doodles

Check out how I turned 3 pages of sketches into 12 Days of Christmas Doodles!

Filed Under: Christmas, crafts, holiday crafts, patterns, printables

Free Halloween Coloring Page

October 28, 2015 By Colleen 1 Comment

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Here’s a fun and free Halloween coloring page to keep your hands occupied and out of the candy!

Filed Under: crafts, Halloween, holiday crafts, patterns, printables

Antiquing Ceramics – glaze, colorwash or dry brush?

March 26, 2015 By Colleen 7 Comments

How to antique ceramic

Here are three methods to antique a thrift store ceramic bunny using craft acrylics.

Filed Under: Antiquing & Distressing, Color Wash, crafts, Glazing, holiday crafts, How To & PIY, Techniques, Tutorials

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