For as long as I can remember there’s one thing, one “food”, that indicates it’s a holiday around our house . . . French Onion Dip. The special recipe too. The one where you need a pint of sour cream and one packet of Lipton’s French Onion soup. That one. Stir well, then take a […]
A Deer Sketch with Colored Pencils
(Prints for this sketch are available now in my Zazzle shop, see bottom of this post) Life is funny. One minute you’re happily decking the halls, walls and whatever won’t move and the next minute you’re drawing a deer . . . with colored pencils . . . that you’ve never used in your life. […]
Halloween Home Tour
I’m so excited to take you on a little tour today, a Halloween tour! This post will be a little different than most. There are a ton of pics. Ok, so that’s not any different, I know. But because there are so many photos I’ll keep my chatter to a minimum. (Mark your calendars. This […]
Spooky Eyeballs
This was one of those projects. You know the kind. You see a photo on Pinterest. It looks so cute. The project is cute. The table is cute. The staging is cute. Your mind starts churning. I could do that. How would I do that? I bet it’s really simple. Maybe it’s not so simple. […]
Paint a Watermelon Banner
Paint a watermelon and sunflower on a dollar store placemat, fold one edge over and hang with ribbon to create a cute Summer banner!
Daisy Painting Tutorial
I could’ve sworn I’d already done a daisy painting tutorial before this. Daisies are one of my favorite flowers. They’re so bright and cheery. I mean, I love all flowers, but there’s something about daisies. My main goal with writing a series about Painting Simple Flowers was to show easy ways to paint a type […]
Cowboy Projects to Paint
I just bet you’ve been waiting for me to show how to paint some cowboy projects, haven’t you? No? You mean, because we’re a week away from Easter & Spring is finally starting to appear that you don’t want to paint a western rope or antique poster? Well, in that case, just file this away […]
Paint A Bandana Print
Do you like to doodle? I love to. Doodling is one of those things that I used to do all of the time, before computers. Before computers and blogs, and Facebook, and Pinterest, and . . . you know. The last time I doodled it was for sheer therapy, when I painted this lampshade while […]