kitty painting...... sold

I think I'm losing my mind because I'm so hot ,

BELOW is info on this painting

and click to enalrge

I mean .... click to enlarge

Oh dear

Kitty in a nice house [ acrylic painting ]

I painted this a while back , maybe a year or two ago .

First I painted the board a solid black , and then I painted glaze after glaze of color . Who knows how many layers I painted , but it does make the colors rich and deep .

I have to paint like this again

Sometimes I forget techniques I used and I forget how much fun it was , I do remember it took forever to paint.

recently .... someone told me this is a REAL technique ! I didn't know that, and I forgot the name of this technique .

Do you know ? Tell me if you do !

This is for sale . eventually I will get all these paintings in my Etsy shop ... but it's too hot so I keep procrastinating

Halloween paintings and an angel in a teacup

Halloween in June

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these are for sale !

contact me for details

The polka dot cat and the witch are big .

THANKS

Yellow polka dot cat and the witch are SOLD

Thank you !

Printer's Tray

When I was cleaning my basement , I found my old printer's tray . and then a few nights ago I found a great blog called Boxwood cottage .

On her blog is a printer's tray that she [Carol ] fixed up !

so > she inspired me to do mine

I took out some of the slats , too many tiny openings for me .

Make sure you check out the other photos below so you can see it finished with all kinds of things in the tray , I had to post it all in separate posts or else I would get all confused .

below you can see more photos !

it was fun to go shopping in my own house.

All done

well ... this is it .

painted white and hanging on the wall

lots of the things you see > I made .

like the clown on the pedestal .

and below are more photos for you to see .

That piggy bank was my brother's ,

probably 1950 or so .

Don't forget to click to make this photo larger and THEN click THAT photo . It gets even bigger !

I'm still happy I discovered this and I see that some of you didn't know about it either !!!!!!

one side of the tray

There's a small photo of my mother.

next to her > is her pin.

some cracker jacks toys.

my mom's clothespin [ the kind that still WORK ]

I love OLD clothespins

The Lone Ranger is metal

The clown is old > that old plastic [ who knows ... maybe it's Bake lite ? ] is that what it's called ?

there's more here in this photo that might be Bake Lite

The crazy smiling lady way at the bottom is something I made [ polymer clay ]

The Humpty Dumpty is a music box

on top of the printer's tray

made the snowman , lady and the Charles Chips guy from polymer clay

drew the angel

made the star

the little yellow kid walking is a Cracker Jacks prize

Oh > I made the seashell frame too

The little Santa isn't that old , he just looks old

I painted the clown . He is holding an ice cream cone . I painted this on paper covered board .

the chair under the printer's tray

Years ago I used to find AMAZING chairs at tag sales ,

Lately tag sales aren't so good [ mostly stuff from the dollar store now ]

There I go remembering the good old days again .

anyway ....I painted this chair > painted the flowers ,[ like some old fabric I had ] . I used acrylics .

sold ...... thank you

I didn't expect to sell a Halloween painting in summer !

I made this by laying tissue on board , antiqued the background , then pen and ink and acrylic wash [ like water color ]

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Thanks SO much for ALL your comments >

I'm going now to paint MORE frames

Have a good weekend !

P.S. > did you KNOW that when you click the photo to enlarge ... then if you click THAT photo it gets even BIGGER !!!!! I didn't even know this , I just discovered that this happens . Did YOU know THIS ?

I feel like an idiot ... ha ha

Popsicle colors

I'm still painting frames , giving a new look to all my paintings

Some will go on Etsy , some will go to galleries.

This morning as I look at them , as I sit in my VERY hot house .... I realize these are the colors in my freezer !

Popsicle colors !

Painting frames and cleaning

I've been so excited to paint all my frames that I kept forgetting to take the 'before' photos .

so this is what I've been doing > transforming paintings that bored me by painting the frames .

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Happy Thursday everybody !

NEW painted frames to spruce up my paintings

Oh I am so so... so EXCITED !

Take a look at my painting .

It's painted on board , which I then cut out on my scroll saw and placed in a frame . it is three separate pieces .

This painting is called

THE MEATBALL SISTERS

you can click to enlarge

The frame is boring , so TODAY ... I painted the frame

and I think it looks so much better

Tell me if you like it ???

I think it totally changed it ... don't you ?

so ... go to Home Depot and try these paints . You will like them !!!!

I have MORE paintings to show you , but I will post later this week

Thanks for visiting !

Home Depot enamel paint...LOVE it

I hate summer , I hate hot , I hate sweat . and all the stores were hot , the grocery store and Home Depot ..... very stuffy and hot ......BUT

I got happy today because I went to HOME DEPOT and bought these little jars of paint

CLICK to enlarge photo .

I LOVE these paints . It is a flat enamel paint , covers really well .

If you want shine you'll have to put a polyurethane on .

AND these only cost $ 2.94 each .

SO many colors to choose from .

I just wanted to share this with you , Try them ! Let me know what you think !

mermaids painting /// sold !!!!

I painted this a long time ago ..... and I am finding that doing some touch up work and painting the frame just made it come alive again !

in my shop

I'm so excited > I am going to meet my cousin at Stratford Antiques today .......It will be fun , maybe I will buy something , maybe I won't clean today .a happy Thursday to everyone !

Hey did you watch the new T.V. show on Bravo ? It's called Work of Art .

Sarah Jessica Parker is the producer .

It is an American Idol for artists .

I liked it although I didn't agree with the judges on some things ... it's just fun to watch because it's about nutty ARTISTS !

I watch American Pickers and Pawn Stars too > do you watch any of these shows ??????

Alice in Polka dot Land

Alice lost her way in Wonderland and wandered into Polka dot Land .

In between cleaning I fixed up this painting from a few weeks ago

Now I am in my studio ... cleaning

I have to keep cleaning > this is crazy the way I let things pile up

Alice is in my shop

Summer is the winner

Summer has won the giveaway > the little book and the cat pillow

Thank you to everyone

Dear Summer ... I need your address . Please email me !

Jerry loves giveaways , so we'll do it again soon

Thank you !!!!

Giveaway

I went to a book sale and picked up this Maurice Sendak book .... for one dollar

I love this little book !

and also a cat pillow that I made .

I have to tell you that I suffer from 'overwhelm' . especially when I am cleaning . I'm like a crow > anything shiny distracts me . As I am cleaning I get ideas , I want to read this book , read a magazine article .....

I found things done there that I totally forgot about !

I am not done in the basement . I had a deadline of June 1 st. but I am cleaning over 25 years of stuff down there in the cellar . so I guess I was dreaming to try to make a deadline .

I lost my rhythm with creating and blogging . It feels weird .

but I'm glad that I am cleaning . I'm starting to feel better now

I have some stories to tell you ....

but I will wait for that

so .....

Please leave your name

Today is Monday > I'll pick a name at the end of the week . I have to see when Jerry is available .He always likes to pick the winner !

one more thing > about the Maurice Sendak book >

Denise found a clip of the movie !!!!

It is SO SO cute .

a you tube video

about Jenny the dog

You gotta see it

Everyone say thank you to Denise !

I'll be back soon

I am still cleaning .... went to the dump again today . and I have lost my momentum , I have lost myself in cleaning . I will be back soon with a give away . It's the only thing I can do to thank you for all your visits, comments and support . You make me laugh , and I need to laugh more

I'll be back soon !

Cleaning update

click to enlarge if you want to see my junk !
Here's Jerry helping with the clean up

because husband Michael is so not into helping me clean up my mess .

Today [ Monday ] I will make my fourth trip to the dump !

I will not stop ! Actually I made June 1 st my date to stop cleaning .

A lot of my old frames got wrecked in the basement ....I still have a ton of good frames though .

Maybe tomorrow I'll take photos of the basement [ it's still such a mess !!! ]. I can't believe I let this happen .

It's okay , it's okay .... I will not hate myself for letting this happen .

Why haven't I lost any weight ?

up and down the stairs , my body aches and I'm still fat ! ha ha

okay > see ya tomorrow !

paintings at Real Art for Kids

If you have a moment .... visit realartforkids blog . Beverly Kaye posted three of my paintings and wrote some lovely things about ME ME ME ME !!!!!!!

Click Her blog heading [ title ]...where it says curiouser and curiouser ... and this will take you to The Beverly Kaye Gallery

Thank you Beverly ... Love you !

This made me very happy because all I am doing now is cleaning the basement !!!! so .... her post made me feel like an artist again !

I'm still here

I'm still cleaning , I should have taken photos of all the junk and rotted broken down frames that were in my driveway .... I made two trips to the dump on Monday .... about ten more trips .... I'm thinking .

but it rained yesterday , and today was rainy too ... so I made a pillow today.

My basement still looks awful , WHEN did I bring all this junk home ?

anyway > thank you for visiting , and always for your comments

this pillow is in my shop

tomorrow > I'll be cleaning again !

annoyed

I'm a little annoyed , frustrated that I can't seem to get my house clean .

There's still piles everywhere and I'm really mad at myself

so

I took a break and went to You Tube

Listening and watching >

Fleet Foxes - - - White Winter Hymnal

and then

did you ever watch the black cab sessions ?

look up

Black Cab sessions Fleet Foxes

Their version of Crayon Angels is so good

sung in the back seat of a cab in England

wish I knew how to post videos

fabric tapestry wall hanging

Her name is ' BitterSweet '

in my shop

Homely and Lonely.... or how to wreck a really pretty plate

I used to do mosaic work .... so ... you know I have 150 plates in my basement .

You also know I am supposed to be cleaning and getting rid of all this stuff !

but as I was putting the plates in a box for Good Will .... I felt like painting on one .

That is the story of Homely and Lonely .

This was actually a lot of fun to do

I just primed the area I was painting , used acrylics and then put on 5 coats of polyurethane .

obviously it is a decorative plate , wall art or here it is on a little easel

no dish washer please

dust with a cloth

in my shop

art doll .... Gordon

I took a a break from making my wood cut outs . It has been quite a while since I used the sewing machine and it's like I FORGOT how to SEW !

oh ..... this took me a long time to make .

I love to go back and forth [ drawing , painting , sewing ] but it takes some thought and effort to get back into a medium that I haven't done in a while !

well

Gordon is done and he's pretty cute I think

I used to have two wonderful cats named > Peter and Gordon

another clue to how old I am ... ha ha

Gordon is in my shop

Happy Tuesday

OH > I think I gave up on my vintage Tuesdays

I can never stick to ONE thing !