Ok, so there were a few things that I needed to wait until after Christmas to share. Like this guy: He's one of a series that I made for my little brother who is a big Simpson's fan. (Don't worry I won't make you suffer through a photo montage of all the paintings that I made.) I just free handed some of my favorite supporting characters onto canvases of various sizes and shapes. Next I painted the drawings in with acrylic paint and drew over the top of them with a black colored pencil. ... View the Post
Merry Christmas… at 1 O’Clock in the Morning
It's after 1 in the morning and I'm taking a break from my painting to write my post for the day.(And to eat some cookies while watching an episode of Oddities. Does anyone else watch that show or am I the only creepy person out there? Wait, don't answer that question.)I love Christmas and I love painting but whatever isn't finished by 5:00 tomorrow just isn't going to get done. That is my cut off and from then on it's baking and wrapping and playing with the kids and NO MORE CRAFTING OR ... View the Post
Grandma Ruth’s French Chocolate
(source)One of my favorite traditions as a child was Christmas breakfast. It was the one day of the year when we got to drink Grandma Ruth's hot chocolate or "French Chocolate" as we called it. There's absolutely nothing French about it....but I can promise you that it is absolutely delicious.We always had an egg casserole (an egg strata), cinnamon rolls and as much of this hot chocolate as we could drink; stirring it with candy canes and always leaving the table with ginormous chocolate ... View the Post
$5 Christmas—Super Simple Scarves
Evening was upon us and there I was sitting on the floor working on a project that can't be shown (because it is for someone who I know checks in on me here at the blog) and listening to Simon read when I realized: I DIDN'T TAKE ANY PHOTOS FOR THIS POST!!!! So I grabbed the pile of unfinished scarves and headed for the front yard where the sun was setting and I used the last moments of light to snap this photo. And what a photo it is....half a dozen unfinished scarves hanging out in my frozen ... View the Post
Caps For Sale
In case you missed this a few weeks ago, we participated in Katy's Once Upon a Thread series and made these outfits based on this children's book that we love: The book Caps For Sale, by Esphyr Slodbodkina, is the story of a mustached peddler who wears his entire stock of caps on his head and strolls through towns and villages chanting, "Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!" One day, while napping under a tree all the caps are stolen by a troop of monkeys. The peddler orders them to return ... View the Post
$5 Christmas Dishtowel Apron Tutorial
Today I thought I'd share an easy $5 gift idea. I actually shared it a few weeks ago on a friends blog but am posting it over here today just in case anyone is like me and needs some last minute ideas. It's my favorite kind of apron---a dishtowel bar apron. I love it because it is a half apron (I like them best) and because it is made from a dishtowel it washes wonderfully and doesn't need to be ironed. (I'm one of those people who hates to iron so anytime I can avoid ... View the Post
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