Birthday Banners

I had fun doing these birthday banners this weekend. I hope the mommies will like them!

Projects

April brought some furniture for her step daughter's room to be painted. The before and afters are pictured.

The nightstand had a faux wood laminate on it. (pretty 70's looking) Now it is pretty in pink and zebra!

I've sold 2 of these paintings so far. It has a bronzy gold metallic that the picture doesn't show too well. I can't wait for Canton weekend to buy more boards.

It started snowing today around 12:30 and the kids just could not control themselves! SO, we went outside and had a snowball fight. I made a mistake of chunking one at one of my students. Then the fight was on! Needless to say, they ganged up on me and I was soaked including snowballs down my back!

This is the house after school. I am sure there is more now!

Just beautiful!

Pre-K Easel

Jill was so patient with me, because I have had this easel since Christmas break. When I saw this adorable owl on Endless Possibilities, I knew how I wanted to paint it.

Chalkboard paint was put on the other side so the kids or Mrs. Yeager could draw or write!

I know I haven't posted in forever, but I have not given up my love of painting! We have been out of town for a couple of weekends, so that put me a little behind. And, I have been reading the Twilight series! Oh my goodness! I told myself, along with others, that I would not read that vampire mess, but after the girls filled me in about the movie that was on the other day, I decided to give it a go. I am getting closer to the end of the first book, and looking forward to the next one!
The below pics are of a desk Mary Lindsey asked me to paint. I always get into the project before I realize that I did not take a "before" picture. I had already sanded the desk down and was about to start painting when I remembered I needed pictures. The desk was a peach color before the transformation.

Mary wanted blue, brown, and leopard print. She provided the brown and a pillow with the blue color on it. I tried to match the blue the best I could. I always forget that when the sealer goes on, it darkens the color a bit.

I think it turned out pretty good!

Bailey's chair is a baby shower gift painted to match the bedding with an added zebra pattern!

Jaymasen's chair is also a shower gift. Her chair is painted to match her bedding. I so hope the colors match the fabric. I only had pictures of swatches from the website to look at. Both chairs match bedding from modpeapod.com. If you are looking for baby bedding, check out that website. Cute, Cute stuff!

Finally, I love this saying from Dr. Seuss! I believe it is going to hang in a teacher's room. The colors look much better in person! Hope you like it, Rachel!

Family Vacation

We had a fabulous time in Puerto Vallarta last week. Because Todd is busier in the summer, we take our vacations in the winter. The weather there was great. No teenagers or college kids partying, just alot of "snowbirds"! They couldn't understand us, and we couldn't understand them! All I had to say was "Texas" and they chuckled. I got a kicked out of them saying their "o's"! "When we get home we have to shovel the snow", they would say! Although the water wasn't as clear or the sand as white like in the Carribean, Todd and I decided that we like the Pacific side much better. We stayed outside all day Sunday and did not break a sweat! The mornings were cool, but by 10am everyone was out in there bathing suits.

The girls stayed in the sun all day and of course, got burned! Lindsey's forehead is peeling now! We stayed at the Riu Vallarta. It was so beautiful and so clean.

The sunsets were priceless. We had our pictures taken on the beach at sunset by a local photographer.

Playin' Around

Now since the Christmas season is over, I finally got to play around with some canvases that I have had laying around for a few years! You can't tell from the picture, but I used metallic paints, and I textured the canvas before painting it. Maybe you can double click the picture to see what I am talking about! The angel was fun to paint. The canvases below are 7"x9", so I will probably do a larger angel for Christmas.

I'm also finishing up a couple of paddles for kindergarten teachers and just started a giraffe bulletin board.

Faries Christmas

We played the White Elephant game. Todd had #1 and was totally happy with his travel bag!
Michelle got a candle!!! Just what a teenage girl always wants! She was so sweet saying that it would look good at her mom's! Next year I am going to pick gifts like Brian did! He did the "As seen on TV" gifts!

Poor Clay. He got stolen from twice! Lindsey took his Olive Garden gift card, and Craig stole his SHAMWOW! I think he ended up with Magic Putty and an ear/nose trimmer! Actually, I think he was pretty excited!

Alex came over Saturday wanted a strawberry cake. The cake is soaked in an Eagle Brand mixture overnight. The icing is made with cool whip and vanilla instant pudding. She took it home with her on Sunday!

Ashley's Got It!!

Ashley painted her first piece of furniture last week and completed her second yesterday! She said that once she started she couldn't stop. Now she knows how I feel when I get in my painting mode! I didn't know that guys liked zebra, but Caleb wanted a zebra dresser and that is definitely what he got! Ashley did this table the 3 days I was with Mama and Daddy. I am so glad they both got some creativity!

I finished some projects this week as well. I painted Kristie's trunk and Hilary's boys' art for their rooms. The deer picture will go in the room with the toybox and compass ceiling tile. The horse and deer picture were from Pottery Barn catalogs.