New Painting - a long time coming!

IT is DONE! 

I took this photo in 1977 when I went to France in high school.  It was the best thing that had happened to me at that point.  This view is on Montmartre where artists gather, paint and sell their work.  When looking for the subject for my next painting, I came across this photo and has an AhHa moment. 

This painting took me several months working on and off. I had such fun with all the little paintings since I loosened up and was more painterly.  I will be offering Giclee prints shortly on Etsy.  I have to keep the original for a solo show in September.  It is done in acrylic on 11x14 Ampersand board.

Back to the trip.  I wanted to reminisce a bit with the thoughts popping into my head.

Sleeping 3 in a bed with 2 of my best friends.

The wake-up calls at ungodly hours - Hola!

The mini bar in one of the hotels - new to me.

The three of us riding the metro alone at night to see a friend going to school in Paris.

Everything being closed on Easter so we visited some caves.

Trying to order a banana split and the vendor not understanding us!

Visiting a french school and meeting some of the students.

Eating ham and cheese sandwiches for lunch everyday.

Visiting Versailles!

Visiting the Louvre and seeing the Mona Lisa.

Raiding the boys with panty shields on our heads - don't ask!

Being asked for directions in Paris - Yeah Right!

Thanks for taking my trip down memory lane~!

A great GIVEAWAY - 250 Professionally printed Business cards of your Design.

To give the New Year a fresh start, I am offering one of my readers 1 set of 250 Business Cards! These cards are just the perfect match to start a great year for your business.

These cards are professionally printed by Uprinting.com with your design.

Giveaway Prize: 250 Business Cards for one (1) lucky winner
Size: 2 x 3.5”, 2 x 3”, 2 x 2” (square card) or 1.5 x 3.5” (skinny card)
Paper: 14 pt gloss cardstock, 14 pt matte cardstock or 13 pt recycled uncoated cardstock
Shipping: Sponsored bloggers and Winners have to pay for shipping
Eligibility: Limited to US Residents due to shipping costs.


I even get the prize for hosting this giveaway!!!!!

You can see reviews of Uprinting's great service here!

Contest ends 11:59pm on Thursday January 14th!  All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post that includes your name and email address.  If you have an innovative way to use the cards for promotion, please include that too - I would love some ideas!  Get those comments in!


You can also blog about this giveaway, linking back here and to http://www.uprinting.com/ . Leave another comment that you did so to get another entry and/or Twitter about the giveaway and leave a comment that you did so! Be sure to include @uprinting in your twitter!  Be sure to do a separate comment for each so you get another entry.

If you are the lucky winner I will pass your info on to Uprinting.com and they will contact you directly to claim your prize!

Thanks again to Uprinting for providing the prize~!
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What Christmas means to me!

C is for the special cookies I bake for my husband even though I would much rather make drop cookies
     than cutouts!

H is for the hours I spend surfiing for that perfect gift and loving every minute of it.

R is for the real meaning of the season - spending time with family and friends.

I  is for the illusive silent moments I spend looking at the beautiful tree we decorated with glass memories.

S is for singing along with all the carols on the radio since the beginning of November!

T is for the trips we take to each year to my folks - always through a snowstorm for some reason and for 
    all the traditions we embrace year to year.

M is for the childhood memories of waking up and sneaking down to see what Santa left me.

A  is for Alway looking forward to the holiday season each and every year!

S is for sending cards to old friends as a way to keep in touch at least once a year.

Wishing all of you a joyous holiday season and a wonderous New Year!

Scrabble Tile Pendants on Etsy!

I just love making these scrabble tile pendants.  Each one is hand-painted and one-of-a-kind!  Such a unique gift for the hard to buy for on your Christmas list.  There are lots of tile pendants on Etsy, but most are not hand-painted!

I start by inserting a screw eye in the top of the tile.  I prefer this to gluing on a fastener - this won't come off.  I then paint on the design and seal it with a triple coat of Modge Podge. 

Only $10 for a piece of wearable art.  I am also having a sale now for 15% off your entire order so check it out. 

Thanks for all you do!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I want to thank all my blog, facebook, twitter, and linked in readers and followers for your continued support!

Thanks to everyone in my on-line groups that are so generous with their information and expertise.

Thanks for my On-line aquaintences that have become friends.

Thank you to everyone that has purchased items from my various on-line shops.

Many thanks for all the encouragement and pep talks I have needed for these on-line endeavers.

Thanks to the powers that be for allowing me to pursue my creativity and even make a little money at it!

Special thanks to my husband for supporting me and letting me follow my dreams!

Commission cabinet door done~

I had a customer that wanted me to paint pumpkins on a cabinet door.  She had no more direction than that.  She also doesn't have email so it was not easy to get designs for her to look at.  Basically, she told me that I am the artist so just do what I think is best as long as it includes pumpkins.

The door was already painted so I basically had to do it without a drawing.  Also, I couldn't make any mistakes since I did not have the green that the store used to cover errors.  I procrastinated on this for as long as I could and jumped in with both feet yesterday and today. 

Here is the result - I hope she likes it!

We have winners!

The winner of the custom Canvas print from Uprinting.com is Susan Himmel.


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Congratulations! Susan. I will pass your info on to Uprinting and they will get in touch with you.


Now for the Thank You card giveaway!

The winner is Miriam Climenhaga! Congrats!



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Miriam, I will also pass your info on the Uprinting.com.



Thanks to all that participated!!!