Pinterest and other things too

 There's other things to do besides painting , but I haven't done much else besides paint lately.  I look on Pinterest and I get inspired ....... here's my Pinterest
I get so inspired even for silly little things like my Aunt Jemima syrup bottle . When I saw this on Pinterest I ran to the basement and found my old syrup bottle , filled it with dish liquid and used a pump top from a hand lotion bottle

and then there was the ladder for the garden idea . OH .... I ran outside to see if I had one behind the garage . There it was .... my father's old wood ladder ..... so now it's in my back yard

and of course my obsession with Quinoa ..... it all started with quinoa spinach patties { with Panko ! ]
and then Quinoa stuffed peppers , quinoa meat loaf , quinoa in soups too

 back to my yard ..... here's these poor little plants , never planted , just plopped them down and went back to work { painting }

and this very cool antique wall planter ..... looks great with plastic containers in it { sarcasm }

and here's Buddy saying hello !

 This is a place mat that I painted for my friend Marsha ..... for her Mimi cat

I've been making fabric hearts again ...... these two are in my Etsy shop

also in my Etsy shop now ..... this fancy cat mat ...... { Honey West cat }......

*** update > this white fancy cat has just sold ***** { thank you ! }


I have some of the others [ from my last post } in my shop now too

It's been raining and raining ...... Unbelievable isn't it ! .......but I don't mind
Rainy Days and Mondays always make me SMILE

Hand painted rugs and Place Mats

**** this rug has sold ***** { thank you to C. and E.  in Pennsylvania }

 I have wanted to make a floor cloth for SO many years ...... The other night I remembered I had a prepared gessoed and cut floor cloth in my closet SOMEWHERE .  Yes Lisa I probably bought it in the eighties { ha ha }
so I found it ..... I turned over the edges , sewed the hem and painted away .
It was fun to do ,

****** this one is in my Etsy shop for sale

 so then I wanted to make another .... but I can't afford buying pre gessoed ones now .... so .... I washed a piece of a painter's canvas drop cloth  { it shrinks a lot } ...... then I cut and hemmed it , primed it both sides , and painted away .  Many coats of poly to finish it off

then I decided to try a pet place mat ...... so this is the drop cloth .... cut and hemmed and painted

 then ..... I decided making rugs from a drop cloth is way too much work .

so I went to Home Depot and bought vinyl/linoleum ....... cut it , primed it , painted it , a few coats of poly
this is a pet place mat

so then I made a birthday place mat........**** update > this duck party one has sold ****

these are large place mats

then
I wondered how it would work if I decoupaged one of my cats on it
it works just fine !
The balloons and background are hand painted . The cat is a print of my cat , decoupaged on ..... lots of coats of poly
I think this will hold up well ......... I'm going to use it in my house to make sure

whew
so this is what I've been up to ............... I'm on a rug and place mat kick

thanks for stopping by

Hand painted Pillows

This past week I worked on a special order ...... TWO ... BIG .... Pillows !

Each pillow is 18 by 18 inches . It was stressful , challenging, and FUN .  I'm so happy with these pillows and it made me think that I want to make more BIG pillows or a large wall hanging { painted and quilted } ...or canvas floor rugs
well ... my mind is racing around with ideas .  Has anyone out there ever made a painted floor rug ?
I'm wondering how they hold up .

There's so much I want to do !
have a wonderful weekend

click photo to see larger

** update ** both are sold .... going to Pennsylvania !

for Etsy ..... funny illustrated pillow

just finished a pillow ....... I used ink and thinned acrylics and Inktense ....... good advice from mom
in my shop

***** update > she is sold ***********

bunny pillow for Etsy

Bunnie and bunny
new pillow in my etsy shop ........original drawing { illustration } on fabric ..... acrylics, ink and Inktense

elephant pillow

I made a pillow ........ an elephant pillow { illustration .... using ink and Inktense }

Have a wonderful day

update >
** This one has sold , going to Pennsylvania **
I will make another ...... this week .

Mother's Day art [ sold ]

a colorful welcome sign .... for kitchen or bakery
Painted with acrylics on wood
in my shop >
HAPPY Mother's Day

** just sold ........ thank you **

Handmade Paper Dolls

                                                         Colleen

                                                         Jonathan

                                                      Halloween Witch

                                                           Grace

                                                             Joyce

                                                               Carol

                                                  scary birthday clown

                                                kelly

There's a wonderful cake shop in California .... Petaluma Cake Company
these are for Trina to look at .  Maybe some of these dolls will be in her shop !
Each doll is hand drawn , painted and cut .
Hope you are all having a lovely spring day !

Painting of Little Red Riding Hood

                                 this is the beginning

                                         Half way there

                                                
                                    all done ....... an 11 x 14 acrylic painting on canvas board

                                 A closer look
This painting of Red Riding Hood " Might " be going to Australia !

Thought I would share a painting in progress
Have a great week every body !!!!!!

*** update **** > sold ...... she's on her way to Australia !!!!

Witch art doll Halloween

It was hard for me to get BACK into making art ........ I spent so much time away painting the kitchen .
I had a few tough days ..... I just couldn't relax into creating
but
Thank you dear God ...... today I made a doll , had FUN making this doll
I don't know why I made a Halloween doll !!!
but here she is
I will make more ..... and open a Halloween section in my etsy shop EARLY this year !
Hope you are having a fun creative day !

painting the kitchen

I've been so busy , busy painting my whole kitchen and hallway too !

For MANY years .....It WAS all whites and beige { shabby chic } , and it was dirty and a MESS !
I needed COLOR .  I NEEDED a big change .
I decided on a color called Botanical Green { Behr paint } and a Martha Stewart pink color { made into Behr paint }
The above photo is over the kitchen table . That's a really big old mirror that makes the kitchen look bigger . I put a shelf under it .

 so the table is here ..... but we don't really use it . It belongs to the cats . How did THAT happen ?
There's two old wicker laundry baskets there , that's where you'll usually find Buddy and Baby Em .

To the left of the mirror I placed my RAT boy . I painted him on wood and cut him out on my saw .
Above him is my Breakfast painting of Wanda the Waitress  .... with her menu and flying fried egg .

 I love my rat boy .

On the other side of the big old mirror is my painting of Adele . It's a Budgie birthday party painting .

This is something I put together years ago .... an old greeting card , fabric background , buttons on the frame .

This is above my pie safe cabinet .
just the top of it ..... I really wanted you to see the peacock feathers and Jesus !

This is the sink area .  That is my garden window over the sink . I LOVE the garden window .
I made the valance from vintage hankies , and the other part is a very old sheer bureau scarf { it has embroidered flowers on it }

This is the the other part of the kitchen , my two room kitchen . The frig , oven and microwave are in here , and the back door .

see that small bookcase ?  The top part is from an old rocking chair . to the right of that book case is the hallway to the bathroom .

 I found this rug on sale at Marshall's for twenty dollars .

and my new Rachel Ray tea kettle .   yeah ..... I went with COLORS !!!!!

It was so hard to take photos . The colors aren't quite true in these photos .
but I love these colors  ..... the colors are bold but soft . Who knew with all this color that it could be so restful !
This was a much needed big change .  It has lifted my spirit . and I thank the Lord BECAUSE ..... it REALLY was God that helped me to do this . HE knew I needed to do this .
God is so good
so paint a room , add some pussy willows and peacock feathers..... some colors , do some cleaning .....
it will make you happy
Paint a room !!!!!! it will lift you up !

thanks for visiting and taking this little tour .

I'll be back again soon
I have more kitchen type of things to tell you about !

for Etsy .... fancy cat doll

Just finished this Fancy Cat art doll , This one has PINK heels with sequins , pink lipstick AND the Honey West beauty mark
She's in my shop
*** update ....just sold it ****

I've been busy agonizing over painting my kitchen .  For years it's been shabby chic , NOW I am dreaming of colors and I'm going to be very brave and go with some deep rich colors, Bohemian colors !
I've been looking at Pinterest , getting inspired
I'm on Pinterest ...... if you want to see some Bohemian rooms .... visit my Pinterest