How do you like my new look? I finished all the art work a few weeks ago and my super-geek husband redid everything for me this week. I LOVE IT! It’s fresh and happy… Neat and clean. I think I might tweek a couple of things, but nothing major. There are new pages. One of them is the “feebies and tutorials” which I have not finished yet, but look for new goodies there later in the week. I’m excited! What do you think?
I also added a new print to my etsy shop. It’s the little girl on the elephant in the new logo. She’s such a happy, sassy girl! I love her hair, and… oops! She lost a shoe!
I am so excited to finally be able to tell you that my house and art are featured in the Spring 2012 issue of Romantic Country Magazine. Here is the cover (not my house on the cover). It’s on newsstands now. I’ve heard it’s at Wal-Mart, Barnes & Noble and lots of other places.
There is an article featuring photos of my kitchen, living room, my bedroom, and the baby’s room, as well as a tutorial on the cake topper boxes. The article is 6 pages long! There is also a whole other separate page in the “Make It Yourself” section explaining how to make the Sweetheart banner below:
This is beyond exciting for me. The wonderful Gridley & Graves Photographers saw a photo of my kitchen somewhere on the web, tracked me down and sent me an email about a year ago asking if I would be interested in possibly having my house photographed by them and featured in a national magazine. Uhm, YEAH I would! They came out about 2 weeks after I had surgery on my spine last April. It was a crazy couple of weeks to get ready! They spent about 11 hours at my house, and let me tell you, they were wonderful. This talented pair worked around my kids and bustling house without so much as a sideways glance. They were cheerful and warm and put me at ease. You must check out their website and see some of the shows that Gary’s work has been featured in recently, as well as other shoots they’ve done for dozens of magazines. Thank you, Gary and Anne, for being so kind and making this such a fun experience for me and my family.
I also have to tell you that the editor of Romantic Country, Mary Forsell, was so much fun to work with! She is funny, smart and talented, a writer who has authored several books on home, garden, and design. She’s amazing. Mary made this exciting and easy.
I think it’s just so cool that someone saw photos that I put out on my blog or flickr and traveled across the country to tiny little Tuttle, Oklahoma to photograph my humble little house. You just never know who is going to see what you put out there on the World Wide Web!
I hope you’ll pick up a copy of this fantastic magazine. This particular issue is really good with lots of soft colors and a fresh, spring palette. It’s just around the corner… I can feel the thaw coming on!
Happy New Year, friends. May this year be filled with surprise blessings for each of us.
Here’s another step-by-step line drawing that I did for my kiddo’s third grade class. Feel free to print it off for your kiddo or their class! CLICK HERE for the “let’s draw Santa” post.
Merry Christmas!
I think every gingerbread house should have a 1980s C3PO action figure, as well as Lego Palpatine, Lego Eskimo, and Lego Random Guy. Don’t you?
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, my friends. I am doing a little learn to draw class once a 9-weeks for my kiddo’s third grade class. Here is the one we’re doing next. It’s Santa… step-by-step. Please feel free to print it off and have fun with your kiddos, learning to draw Santa.
It’s been a crazy week around here. My mother was hospitalized and put on a ventilator on Saturday. We almost lost her. But lots of prayers and medicine and within 5 days she was breathing on her own and eating chocolate pudding! God is good and I have so very much to be thankful for this and every year.
In much less important news, I have new Christmas cards and tags in my etsy shop. To say thank you and kick off the shopping season, I’m offering 20% off all etsy orders from now until the end of the month. The coupon code is thankyou20 .
…and may all your Christmases be white.
New Snowy print in the shop now! I’m already in the mood for Christmas. After school starts, I try to hang with Halloween, but Christmas is constantly beckoning me! I love the winter wonderland of a snowy day. The kids playing until their noses and fingers are nearly frozen, then coming inside for hot chocolate and dry mittens and socks, then right back out again… this is why kids are not fat. I, on the other hand, am fat because I sit inside a warm, cozy house and LOOK at all the people running around outside!
It’s been too long since I taught a fun crafty class. Now that the baby is 18 months old, I’m starting to emerge from my baby cave. Oh look…. there’s the sun! I’m teaching the Tinsel Dove Ornament class on Saturday, November 5 at Paper Crown in Oklahoma City. Call 405 848-2389 if you’d like to sign up. I’ll be giving each student a kit to make 2 ornaments, exactly as you see here. I’ll show you exactly how to make these. All you need to bring is your glue gun.
Another fun thing coming up is the Glitter Market at Paper Crown. Come on by on Saturday, November 19 and support hand made for the holidays! These are some of the fall-ish bracelets and necklaces I’ll be selling there. I hope you will come visit me!
(photo by Kasse Duffy)
I’m a guest blogger today over at the Rural Women Rock blog. Check it out to read a little about my story of how I became “rural” and h0w social media has made an impact on my life.
Have a great day! And by the way…. GO SOONERS, BEAT TEXAS!
Would you like to have one of my prints for free? Well, Amy over at WhisperWood Cottage did a wonderful and sweet write-up about my illustrations and she’s giving away a print, winner’s choice, from my shop. Open to anyone, worldwide. Please check out her blog and leave a comment to say hello! Read the post about my illustrations, but then also explore all her other great stuff. This post about a deconstructed chaise is one of my favorites. OH, to be so lucky as to find that at a garage sale, in all it’s French glory!
I can’t believe it’s almost Halloween! I love spring and summer, but I have to admit that after this last summer of drought and record high temps, I am LOVING fall. It feels like we’ve been taken out of the oven to cool! In celebration, I have a new print in the shop called Girls’ Night Out. I love the colors, the great graphic and vintage feel, and the fun details like the witch carrying a cauldron for her trick-or-treat bucket, the princess’ sock falling down, and the Cat-girl eyeballing her inspiration (the real cat) as they walk by. I hope you like it too. Hop on over to my etsy shop to check out all the prints for sale. I’m starting to get quite a few in there!
