HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRISH!!! Creek day is always a BIG CAMP FAVORITE! we took the show on the road…and we had a picnic anddid IMPROV exercises down by the creek TRUST EXERCISE- everyone got a chance to be… the “MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE WORLD!” AND we carried them across the bridge over the creek…. … Read More ART CAMP 2012 WEEK #2
“Don’t look for anything anytime but look for everything all ALL times…..” Mr Goodwill Hunting Last Saturday, I made a point of swinging by a yard sale, that I had been seeing signs for it ALL week….. It was just a few blocks from my house and Somehow,… Read More DEAL OF THE YEAR !! TWIN BED
oh how I wish I could spend an hour… “Aqua” 2010 Oil on Panel …or a day… “Pieces Of You” 2010 Oil on Panel a week …. “Always Putting Out Fires” 2010 Oil on Panel or a month … “Scissor Sister” 2009 Oil On Panel …just painting or drinking coffee…. “Short Leash” 2010 Oil on Panel ….side by side…. … Read More artist- KELLY REEMSTEN
Sometimes I feel incredibly small and powerless. I see all there is around me… all of the things that are falling apart… and I wonder how I got here? and ONCE I got here… why I stayed? This economy has changed so many things about the ways we live. and I believe that it is partially… Read More THE BOTTOMLESS PIT…of love
lesli devito paintings Ginger Pie 30″ x 40″ I love the colors in this painting…the deep pinks, the rusts and the golds and even oranges…. I love color. I love to paint. I get asked all the time “How did you get started painting? Did you go to ART School? Did you always want to… Read More lesli devito paintings – Ginger Pie and Being a ARTIST
MONDAY MAKEOVER BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!! ….this is a post I did in the winter….a couple hundred followers ago…. it has been a big hit on Tip Junkie and Pinterest…. PICNIC BENCH MAKEOVER! the PERFECT SUMMER project with all the yard sales out there, and picnics a-happening, there are bound to be a few benches… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – PICNIC BENCH REVISITED
One of my FAVE Designers Phoebe Howard says “Feeling the need to fluff and freshen up a room in your house? Get new pillows!” Recently I went a bit off the rails, in the Pillow department, like a kid in a candy store… and picked up ANY pillow in ANY color that suited my fancy.. …without… Read More PILLOWS : THE QUICK FIX
Some people have ALL the talent. And they make it look sooooo easy. Angie Hranowsky is just such an amazing designer. I aM simultaneously blown away and mesmerized speechless when a designer takes just a few basic ingredients; color, shape and texture…. and then works magic, kind of like the chef that can make a five star meal with just 3… Read More ANGIE HRANOWSKY
ART CAMP 2012 WEEK#1 Ingredients: 8 amazing kids..plus lots of imagination equals a week to remember!!! KANDINSKY INSPIRED WATER COLOR PAINTING ….the oppressive heat broke and we seized the moment and headed to the creek today…we sketched and played with our friends…. There was a moment, when they were all perched on various rocks and… Read More WEEK #1 ART CAMP in PHOTOS
BACK By POPULAR DEMAND… Some people call them PELMET BOXES, some call them Valances, I used to call them… “those fabric covered thingies that go over the curtains”. BUT, For this post we will refer to them as “CORNICES” When I did the makeover of Phoebe’s room… in the interest of adding color to the… Read More EASY CORNICES – MADE BY YOU!
