a new sign

I made this for my cousin's birthday this past week :)

here's what i've been up to...

So, I planned on buying my friend Steph's candle business, and was super excited to make the adorable "dipped bears" because i love hers so much (and still have the one she made for carson's nursery)
Then, unfortunate circumstances arose, finacially speaking, and I was more than bummed.
Until one day, my darling little angel donna, who loves me as much as i love her, and wanted so badly to see me suceed, suprised me and bought me a wax melter!
I could hardly believe how blessed I was. (am).
Through all of her horrendous grief, she still wanted to brighten my world.
She has given me the ability to give it a whirl and see where it takes me.
Here are my little creations...plush little cuties dipped in baby powder scented soy wax!

it's been a while!

I've been super busy...like seriously.
I've also been doing alot of my crafting, but haven't gotten around to take pictures, except this one.
Real starfish forever in this dish, and I used faux water that hardens once its dry, so you can turn it upside down and it wont fall out.
I made it for my #1 girl donna.
Its a momma starfish and her 2 babies and I call it
"for ever, for always, no matter what"

Mario and Luigi costumes!

The boys LOVE Mario and Luigi, running around the house pretending they are actually them!
So i decided to make their costumes, since they are so hard to find(and crazy expensive)
Sooooooo I got me some red and green hats, created the emblems, grabbed a few hairy adhesive mustaches, a couple a pair of white gloves, and am now in the process of making the overalls.
You'll have to wait for our halloween pictures to see the finished product!
I also made sure to get extra supplies in case I messed up......but I didn't.
So......I'm off..... I've got 5 more mario hats, and 5 more Luigi hats, and lots of hairy mustaches that I'm listing on Ebay!

By the way.....i never posted a picture of the 'toadstool' cupcakes that I made for Carson's 5th birthday........here's one!

oooh, lookie, i found more!

I was rummaging through some old pictures and found some more of my projects!
They are from years ago, but i still wanted to share!
Above is a dragonfly duvet (painted) with matching bolster pillow.
Below is a picture of My dear Dad, who passed away 6 years ago.
Caeleigh was missing her poppy really bad, especially at night, so I printed this onto an iron on transfer and surprised her with a poppy pillow!

Here's a little fairy painting i whipped up for my little cousin Laine (almost called her my neice, because my aunt is definately more like my sis!)

And finally, 2 cute little pillow cases that I painted :) I don't know who would have carrot pillows in their bedroom, but i love 'em!

Random finds!

So, Im posting some of my random finds in this section!
I go a treasure huntin' on a mission to the local consignment shop, and call it "the random thing of the day".
Here are just a few of my favorite finds!
Pictured above is one of my favorite things ever.....climbing his way to the top, he so daggone cute i can hardly stand it!
Below is my chinese pig!

and these 2 beauties....

Last but certainly not least for today, is little Tommy Tucker.
He's a composition vintage Effanbee doll,(1930's-40's), in near perfect condition, with the tags still attached!
Bet your bottom, I'll be researching him!


........More to come another day!

Mario birthday shirt!

Hmmm, would it have been easier to do an iron on transfer....heck yes!
Since I didn't have those on hand last night, I decided to just paint ol' Mario instead.
I painted a 'rainbow fish' shirt for Sierra in the past....maybe 3 years ago and even in the wash a million times its held up well.
By the way, i just used regular ol' acrylic paints and brushes on both....not fabric paint.
Yes, it can be done I tell ya!

On a roll!

i started and finished my peek a boo piggie painting.
its on a 14x18 canvas board.

this is a painting of an old doll of mine that now belongs to cae!

and another 14x18 canvas board painting, just needs some finishing touches!

Guess how much i love you

This isn't finished just yet.
(feel free to click for a larger view)

'guess how much i love you" by sam mcbratney is my youngest son's (and mine) favorite bedtime story.
I hand painted a mama and little nutbrown hare on a wooden sign, and 3 little wooden signs that will each have ribbon attached to either hang separately, or dangle from the larger sign.

note to self

Before i start new projects i must finished my unfinished projects.
(unless im creating a gift for someone else)

chesapeake bay

my quickie sketch of our view (from the beach across the street from us) of the Chesapeake bay bridge.
I intend to make a painting of this hopefully this fall!

the princess' garden mural

(remember, you can always click on any of the pictures to enlarge them)

one day, a couple of years ago, i got a bug up my arse and decided to paint a ginormous garden in sierra's room!


i also painted a fairy princess on her lampshade, and added the ribbon detailing..

finally, i painted over my toybox that i had growing up (actually, it was a care bears toybox from the 80's)
i covered the seat in fabric, and added the same little fairy.

found some more!

more random things iv'e worked on...this one's a boltser pillow that i sewed and used fabric paint for the words

my crabby plate (that goes with the wine glass and beach vase)

and this sunflower painting goes in the 'unfinished business' category!

photo creations

Another thing i absolutely love is making photo creations using photoshop!
I am a picure taking maniac, and have very cute subjects if I do say so myself.
Here are a few...

unfinished business

un braza naturale
the 'natural bridge' in Aruba



I found some things that I started and never finished....
With the beans sarting back to school on monday (which stinks, i hate that summer is over already) I'll have alot of free time (hopefully) to finish these, and start lots more!

gebera daisies

my newest project

I whipped this up yesterday for preteen beans good friend, emily.
It was her birthday, and she requested something 'homemade', and that she loved sea turtles and the color turquoise.
It was an unfinished table which, i obviously painted, and added all of the beads and shells.
I love it, so now I have to make myself one.

Glass painting

these are my favorite!
I used the reverse painting technique to paint these tulips, so that when you look inside the glass, you see the inside of the flower, but there is no actual paint on the inside of the glass.




My bay vase, with matching wine glass, using the gallery glass paints.






Palm tree champagne flutes



This is a candle lantern, the bottom represents lily pads




And finally, my snowman plate with matching glass, the wine glass has snow drops, and also the word Believe.