My latest summer mural project took place in Ponca City for a local business owner’s beautiful home. The property is located near the city’s beloved pioneer woman statue and the property contained a very old building that was originally owned by the Marland family estate, which was fun to get to tour through and seeContinue reading “Late Summer Faux Mural”
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Mr. Nose Knows He’s the Boogieman
Armed with a plethora of pencils, a few good pieces of paper, and one of those big erasers, she stretched her fingers and it was ready, aim, draw! Today She is drawing a picture of her best friend for a present. So far so good. She has the general shape of the face and theContinue reading “Mr. Nose Knows He’s the Boogieman”
Miss Lizzie’s Face Collection “Do You Ever Feel Like You’re Being Watched?”
Some visitors to the Art Room find my collection of faces strange and creepy. I have even been asked many times if I ever feel like I am being watched! Nobody likes that eerie feeling of being watched. I prefer to think of it as all those faces are cheering me on while I’m creatingContinue reading “Miss Lizzie’s Face Collection “Do You Ever Feel Like You’re Being Watched?””
Chubby Butt Easter Bunnies
These little chubby bunnies make a great addition to your Easter decor. They are easy to make and give a quirky vintage touch to any Easter basket. My chubby butt bunny likes to hide somewhere different every day before Easter. this morning I found him asleep in an opened purse snuggled up to a giganticContinue reading “Chubby Butt Easter Bunnies”
Dyeing Easter Bottle Brush Trees
I have always loved vintage bottle brush trees. I have been just fascinated with them since I was a small child. They have such a charming vintage look and I always want to use them everywhere for decorations. They are actually very easy to dye different colors. I purchased my bottle brush/sisal trees from Ebay.com.Continue reading “Dyeing Easter Bottle Brush Trees”
Smock Frock
Sewing is not my first love of all the creative endeavors I have tried, but it is a handy skill to have every now and again. I like to be able to make my clothes or up-cycle vintage frocks but sewing takes a lot of time for me so I tend to collect a bunch ofContinue reading “Smock Frock”
Up, Up, And Away: Up House Night Light
This little hanging night light is a colorful favorite Art Room addition. Inspired by the cartoon “Up” with the little old grouchy man that ends up making a friend and going on a great adventure with a young Boy Scout. Being a romantic at heart I loved the touching story that unfolds, explaining that partContinue reading “Up, Up, And Away: Up House Night Light”
Teaching Art
A class full of young budding artist eagerly anticipating the opportunity to be awed and inspired by the teachers creative and artistic prowess can strike fear into the heart of the most confident art teacher. Although art has taken up a big part of my heart and soul since I was a small child, beingContinue reading “Teaching Art”
My Own Frankenstein
Once I was rummaging through a junk store and stumbled upon a vintage manual vending machine. It was ugly and scratched up pretty badly, but since it required no electricity and all the parts seemed to work, it came home with me. Later that day a clip of the Jetsons cartoon popped up on myContinue reading “My Own Frankenstein”
Lucky Leprechaun Clover Tree
St. Patrick’s Day Decoration I’ve always loved vintage bottle brush Christmas trees since I was a little girl and admired my grandmothers vintage Christmas decorations. But they are usually only used at Christmas for decorations or decorated for Valentines or Easter. I wanted to come up with new ways to use these cool little treesContinue reading “Lucky Leprechaun Clover Tree”
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