This past weekend the weather was spectacular.  Saturday we decided to make the trek to the Yankee Peddler Festival.  We used to attend the festival about every other year but we hadn’t gone in over 5 years.    We ended up taking the “scenic route” (i.e. we went the wrong way).  Thank goodness for the GPS or we would still be driving around…. We  eventually got there, parked and went and paid our $27.00 for the...

The Bat Wing Mantle Clock is done and is listed on Ebay .   This clock I painted and gold leafed to look old and spooky. The clock face was painted with a haunted mansion with it’s own ghostly occupant, batty bats in flight and a bat traveling around on the minute hand. The front also has a cemetery scene and also a specter passing through the corn stalks.  The top has a witch riding past a full moon and bats and an owl flying along...

The boy is back in school and I am busy painting….Check back this weekend for the New Bat Wing Clock.  It’s just about done and I will be listing it on Ebay hopefully on Sunday. Also, there is a really great giveaway going on right now on the P.F.A.T.T. blog. Click on the above link or picture to go over to their blog and leave a comment to be entered. Looks like we are going to continue having great weather and I have much to...

Today I will list my vintage inspired hand painted Halloween Bowl.  I had so much fun painting this bowl and really like how it turned out.  It has the scary black cat in the center encircled by flying bats.  The bowl then has a band of stars, pumpkins and skulls…… The underside of the bowl has been painted with a spiderweb and a skull in the center…… Also, new for Ardoria Studios, we have created an Etsy Store.  I...

I was checking out my favorite art blogs today and the King of Mice Studios is having a giveaway of this adorable box….. You can go to Carolee’s blog and sign up until August 24th.  Just click the above link and leave her a comment of what makes you smile to be entered! I love a good giveaway! Brandon is back to work after a week off.  We had awesome weather the week he was off it was the only time all summer it got hot!  We...