My nephew is adorable...

and for Christmas he had a bunch of art stuff on his wish list (mind you he's ten and a half months old...but you can never start them too young!), so obviously I had to get it for him. But no kid's art supply collection is complete without a smock. Que a trip to the craft store for a blank smock, some acrylic pain and some fabric puff paint. What did I paint on the smock you ask? His name...duh!

Wishing you a purrr-fect holiday

Since I took this photo of my kitty, Oliver, I knew it had to go on my Christmas card. And of course I had to write a fantastic sentiment to go along with the picture. After adding some ribbon and twine, my 2011 Christmas cards were complete!

Its Christmas Tiiiime...at the Greenhouse

I work at a local greenhouse part time, and one of my favorite times of the year to work there is during the holidays. I get to decorate wreaths and swags and put together holiday flower arrangements. These are a few shots from around the greenhouse and a few of the wreaths I put together.

30th Anniversary Card

For my parents 30th anniversary I wanted to make them a special hand-made card. A cute photo of them from my brother's wedding, some scrap-booking paper, and a black micron pen did the trick!

Be Mine

Its Valentines Day, and of course no Valentines Day would be complete without some hand-made cards. This is just a little card I made using scrap-booking paper and a brown pen.

Operation Personalized Wedding Gift

To go along with the monogram from my last post, I applied it to a couple of different things to create a whole personalized gift set as a wedding present. I made note cards, wine glasses, wine bottle labels, coasters, and a candle. It was a lot of work, but I had fun with it, and I think I'm going to have to start doing this for more weddings. And now the newlyweds have a great personalized wedding gift that they won't be able to get anywhere else!

Creative Wrapping

I had a big box to wrap for a Christmas gift, and at about 11:00 the night before I was supposed to give the gift, I realized that the wrapping paper that I had wasn't big enough. Uh oh! Soooo, I had to do some quick thinking and pull together what I had around my house. The gift was already in a a nice white Crate and Barrel box, so I decided to see if I could find some pretty ribbon and odds and ends to put together. After topping it off with a few small branches off my Christmas tree and a couple of mini snowflake ornaments, I had a very pretty bow! And it didn't cost me anything!

Thank You

As always, thank you cards are very important. I decided to do a little watercolor for this one.

Creative Bridal Shower Gift

I had a bridal shower to go to today, and rather than buy something from the registry, I wanted to make my gift a little more unique. So I decided to put together a little scrapbook package that the bride could use to make a scrapbook of the honeymoon. I wanted to make the album cover fun and more personal, so I painted "Our Honeymoon" in a tropical style since the couple is honeymooning in Punta Cana. I love how it turned out, and I'm definitely going to do this again for future showers.

Fall Decor on a Budget

My house needed a little something to put it in the fall spirit, so I took a trip to the craft store to see what I could put together. My house is much more festive now

Thank You

Thank you cards are always important. And they usually put a smile on the recipient's face : )

Shadow letters

A typography experiment with cutout letters and shadows...

It's wedding season...

My brother asked me to wrap a wedding gift for him. So I found some tulle and went to town.

If you can't buy it, make it...

I needed a nice folder for a letterhead system I did, but I couldn't find one that was good enough, so I decided to make one myself...

Hosanna!

This is a banner I painted for an Easter event at my church (www.fbcnorristown.org). It was nice to do some hands on artwork after working on the computer all day.