Boat Portrait Painting: Norma Ducks
My itty bitty grade-schooler kid brother just turned 30. How did this happen? To commemorate the occasion, I did a portrait of one of his favorite girlfriends… His boat. 🙂 […]
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A House Portrait {she lives in a fairytale cottage}
My friend Sandra is one of the most charming, generous, funny, beautiful women I know, and I am so honored to call her friend. So when she thoughtfully loaned me […]
Bike Painting {the “hotel art” goes under the brush… again}
A few moths ago, I saw this fun bike print canvas at World Market… It hit a lot of the notes for me: graphic but weathered, whimsical, wonderful… …Except the […]
Easy DIY Ombre & Star Nativity Backdrop Painting
I really like our Willow Tree nativity set, and it usually resides on the refinished buffet in our entry foyer for the Christmas season. Sometimes I add garland or lights […]
birdie, swirl, and paint therapy
I had been feeling in a bit of a funk for a few days–maybe the sorrow stirred at seeing so many conflicting and contentious posts in my facebook newsfeed over […]
A DIYer’s Home: {more} Big Ol’ PBK-Style Baseball Art
A quality canvas artwork can be cha-ching pricey, and a huge canvas might just be reserved for an income bracket of which I am not a part. But I love […]
Before & After: Totally Fantastic Desk Makeover
I think I just about whinnied this morning when I saw the desk transformation my friend did this weekend. She had borrowed my paint sprayer to makeover a sad, forlorn […]
Quickie Frame Makeover: Aged To Perfection
You may remember last month when I contemplated turning to a life of crime in order to secure this lovely little painting that hangs in the front room of my […]
Life Of Crime or DIY? {for the love of a painting}
If you hear about a robbery at my in-laws’ house, you’ll know what happened. It was me. I always do an internal gasp-swoon when I see this painting in their […]
Oh My Gracious: Somebody Slap Me {I made hotel art}
I got a wild hair and pulled out that massive canvas the other night. I coated it with a lightened shade of the accent color in our living room–a muted […]
