It is the dead of winter. It has been quite a cold and snowy weekend around here. I have plenty to keep me busy. I am in the middle of painting two clocks and got a little weary of painting them. I wanted something quick and fun to paint so I made these two ornaments. Nothing screams January cabin fever like painting Halloween ornaments, huh? Anyway, the first one has a couple skulls...
Read MoreHarlequin Hand Painted Ornaments
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...
Read MoreOur Haunted Mansion Halloween….
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...
Read MoreHaunted Mansion Inspired Bat Wing Clock
I just finished my newest Bat Wing Clock. I am a Disney, Haunted Mansion fan and I have been wanting to do a clock like this for a while. I finally just did it. There are a few ghostly friends on the clock. The top is painted with a outdoor cemetery scene with the Hitchhiking Ghosts looking to go home with you… The clock face is painted with my rendition of ghostly portrait flanked by the pattern of...
Read MoreMy New Snail Nutcracker!
My wonderful husband has been working in his shop for a while making a new nutcracker. He made one like it for the Nutcracker Convention this year which was sold and is now in the Nutcracker Museum in Leavenworth, WA. I thought he was making this current one to sell too. Well, he surprised me and said that he wants me to have it. I just love it! Isn’t it remarkable? He always does...
Read MoreAutumn! and a New Cake Stand
It is officially Autumn! We have been to the local apple orchard and to a “fall” art festival and now I have to start decorating for Halloween. It is my favorite holiday to decorate for so I am going to take a few days and get this doing. I am not sure whether there will be a Halloween Blog Party this year or not but I may have my own no matter what. I just finished painting a new cake...
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