Come see my primitive Santa ornament tutorial!!!!!!!!

Hi everyone, today I have been working on Santa ornaments for my trees. This is a really cute primitive ornament to make. I start off with small pine sticks bought from Home Depot. They measure 5/8 x 5/8 and we cut them to be 4 1/2 inches long. I paint them a deep burgundy red. After all the base coating is done I paint a Santa face with a long beard. I seal them with Matte sealer and sprinkle a little glamour dust on the brim of Santa's hat. You always have to have a little sparkle. Drill a hole through the sides of the Santa and attach wire for hanging.  You can see from the picture how cute they look hanging from the tree. I also do this with old fashion cloths pins. Thanks for stopping by to look and I hope you try this project!!!! 

Visit My Blog To See My New Autumn Painting!!!!

Hi everyone, Well I finally started on my fall painting. I'm going to be doing a lot of that in the next few months. Today I painted an Autumn plate. The pattern is from Terrye French's new book called Thyme To Paint. It was a lot of fun to paint. I love roosters!! I will be posting a lot of the fall projects that I'm working on. Thanks for coming by to visit and have a great day!!!!

Stop by my blog to see what I painted today!!!!

Today I finished painting a vintage scale that I was lucky enough to find in a antique store. It's from the American Family Scale Company. It was patented on July 17th 1913. It is in very good condition. The face of the scale had no imperfections at all. I base coated it a country red and antique white. On both sides I hand painted saltbox scenes. At the top I painted a black crow with some vines. I just love finding old things and giving them life again. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!!

First Tree Of The Season!! Stop By My Blog To Have A Look!!!

Well it has been a long time since I posted anything on my blog. I have been busy with family things and doing much needed chores around the house. But now it's down to business. I have to start painting my containers and pieces for my holiday trees. I had my first special order of the season for a gingerbread tree. That of course is one of my favorite trees to do. Here are some pictures. Well I have to get into the holiday spirit in this 95 degree weather to paint. I guess I'll put my Christmas music on. I hope you all have a great day!!!

It's time for tomatoes!!!!!

Good morning everyone!!! I haven't posted anything in a while. We have been doing a lot of projects around the house that we have been meaning to do for awhile. We thought we better get it done before it gets to hot here in Southern California. I had to share with you a picture of the delicious tomatoes that are growing in our backyard. My husband planted three different kinds of tomatoes and there are a lot of them. So needless to say we have been eating a lot of tomatoes. I'm going to have to start handing them out to family and the neighbors. Well I hope you all have a great week and I'm planning to have some painting projects done next week!!!

Celebrate America!! Come Visit My Blog!!!

Hi Everyone!!  Hope everyone is having a great weekend.Well I'm in the red, white, and blue mood again. I painted more firecrackers today. These are bigger than the other's I did. They measure 4, 5, and the tallest 6 inches. My husband cuts them out for me and drills the holes for the wicks. They are a cute prim decoration for the mantel or a shelf. If any of you are interested in purchasing any tone set sells for $11.75 and I have them listed on ebay. Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

New Items On My Blog

 I can't believe it's June 1st already. It's also my daughter's birthday today. Happy Birthday Suzette!!Well it's been awhile since I posted anything. I had a little trouble with the blog but everything is back to normal now. Yesterday I listed on Ebay a saltbox Americana centerpiece and I also listed cute prim firecrackers that I made from dowels. The saltbox container could be displayed all year, just change the items inside to fit the season. The firecrackers are a great little prim decoration to display for the 4th of July. Thanks everyone for stopping by and have a great day!!!