I know I am kind of late with this –  Happy New Year! It was a long holiday season. Brandon was on vacation the week of Christmas and Dane had 2 weeks off from school. Dane was supposed to go back today but thanks to the lovely below zero weather his vacation got lengthened and he now won’t be going back until Wednesday. We had a very nice Christmas and had a nice couple weeks. Christmas was...

            I have painted some ornaments and have a couple extras and am putting them on Etsy. My sister-in-law has her home decorated with a Harlequin pattern and she had been looking for Christmas bulbs for her tree. She was not having any luck and I told her that I would give it a whirl and painted some for her. The first two pictures are of the glass ornaments I painted.  They are 2 1/2 inch round.  I...

            I received an order for Christmas wine glasses, four Christmas bulb ornaments and four Christmas Candy ornaments. I switched gears, got into a glass painting groove  and got them shipped them out to the customer. That was the scariest part, shipping wine glasses scares me! Here are a few pictures of the glasses completed.   I am happy to announce that they did indeed make it too their...

            I have been busy painting. I had a couple orders come in and I have been working on this project too. My friend asked me to paint a sewing box for her son’s girlfriend for her 18th birthday. She wants to become a fashion designer and I was told she likes purple. Here is what I came up with.         I hope she enjoys it. I enjoyed painting it.  ...

      There is a something a little strange happening around our home.   It began as I was sitting at the kitchen table and the shadows on the wall got my attention….my mind drifted to one of my favorite places, a place I missed very much this year…The Haunted Mansion.          Then I looked around and  began to think maybe we did indeed bring home a hitchhiking ghost from one of our trips to...