Home again!

It is so good to be home! We had a wonderful vacation! My husband is such a sweetie...he planned this whole excursion, including family, without my finding out until the appropriate time. He did this to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. I'm guessing I'll be keeping him around at least a few more years...LOL
Well, it's time to get back to work...have to get ready for Monday's seminar. Happy trails!

Husband finally home!

Well, my husband finally got home today--he's been traveling for work since May 5! I asked him for ID at the door and the dogs almost bit him! LOL Not really...but it was close. It's been a really nice day--spent most of it with my husband--that's what made it nice! The wind was the pits!!!! He'll be home for 4 days then gone for 2 and back just in time for us to go on our vacation celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary! He bought me a cruise--I painted him a picture! I'm not sure who gets the better deal...but I hope he'll like his painting. Must go and finish the little girls' dresses...I will give them to them on Saturday. Hope they like those, too! Princesses, Tinkerbell and Dora! Oh to be 5 and 2 1/2 again...maybe not! Happy trails to you until we meet again...

I forgot!

Sorry, I forgot! I was going to tell you what else I've been painting. I've been having so much fun doing some fabric painting for my oldest granddaughter. I'm painting two summer dresses for her to take on our vacation, or not, she is 5 and does have a mind of her own when it comes to fashion. I am really taking a chance painting these without her prior approval. LOL Anyway, one of the dresses has an old Annie Lang design on it...cute as it can be! The dress is a raspberry color and I painted the cutest little girl on it. She's wearing big sunglasses and a cute pink two piece swim suit. She's carrying a book bag--appropriate for my granddaughter--and an umbrella and towel. She's wearing flipflops--also appropriate. There is sand, starfishes and a couple of seashells. Then I've stenciled on each layer of the skirt. One layer has starfish, the other has swimsuits and flipflops. The second dress is painted with a Diane Bunker pattern. I think it's called under the sea. It's done with puff paint and stencils. The background is painted to look like it's under water with water, coral and plants. First you stencil on fish, seahorses and an octopus! Let them dry, puff and then paint. Too cute! I'll post pictures soon...Happy trails!

Checkin' in...

Thought I should check in...haven't posted in quite a while. I've been so busy painting...getting ready for summer seminars, dresses for my granddaughters. I'm offering two seminars so far this summer. In June we'll be painting one of the projects I took at Las Vegas...Summer's Bounty by Judy Diephouse and Lynne Deptula. It's so summery! It's painted on a tin bun basket and has lemons, limes, raspberries, watermelon, daisies, gooseberries and, of course, strokes. Great project! Then in August I'll be painting one of Sandy LeFlore's chairs...Fall Harvest. Really cute chair..there is still room in this seminar if you're interested. I'll post pictures later. But, before all the fun seminars, I must go on vacation with my husband to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary! We're going to New Orleans for a few days and then our daughter and her family will join us and we'll sail from New Orleans for a 7-day cruise to Costa Maya, Cozumel Mexico and then on to Roatan Honduras and Belize. Should be hot, hot, hot! When we return we'll stop by and see Pete's Mom, brother and his wife in Lake Jackson, TX. Then we'll be home! Should be fun---can't wait! I'll close for now...happy trails to you!

Relaxation Painting...

Got to paint yesterday and today! What a joy...finished up a couple of projects, antiqued a couple of pieces, basecoating a new class project, finished a class project...now time to varnish. I had to take some time out to celebrate with the rest of America today. I'm happy justice was served upon Osama bin Laden. I am concerned now that there will be retaliation...undoubtedly. I have confidence in our fine American military men and women and wish them well. Hooyah to the Navy Seals! I'm rambling...sorry. Let's see, oh yes, my two wonderful granddaughters came over this afternoon for a bit--Mom and Dad had an errand to take care of and MeMaw got to have the girls! Watched Dora the Explorer and 3/4 of The Incredibles! Had snacks and then they left to go watch Mom and Dad play a double header softball game this evening. Busy day. Lauren told me that her PopPop misses her! I assured her that he certainly does miss her. Looking forward to a week of painting, repairmen, classes, haircut, massage...husband home! (at least for a few days) Happy Trails...

PS Thought for the Day

I wanted to invite you all to join our Society of Decorative Painters and then be able to join our local chapter Western Colorado Decorative Artists. We meet monthly except July and August on the second Saturday of each month. We have a (usually) short business meeting and then a fun painting project taught by one of our members. Think about it!

So much to do...so little time

Well, I feel like I haven't posted anything in absolutely forever! I guess I haven't...Anyway, hope everyone had a lovely Easter and spent it with family and/or friends. I was lucky enough to have my daughter and her family AND my husband home (he was home for a visit! LOL). We had a fun time at the Easter egg hunt (in the house because it was raining outside) and then we had to watch Lauren's new Dora movie and color with Taylor's new Color Wonder Princess book. We had a great meal of ham, scalloped potatoes, peas, ambrosia salad, wonderful Rhodes rolls, coconut cream pie, lemon meringue pie and for the little ones--bunny puffs! The girls said they were great!!! As for painting, well.......I did get the chapter newsletter finished today and will send that out tomorrow. Also got the class calendar done for May (almost wrote March--can it possibly already be May?). So at least Doe and I know what we're teaching and when. Tomorrow morning class will paint "Let's Eat" it's an adorable project of Shara Reiner's on paper mache letters that spell E A T or you can re-arrange them to spell T E A or A T E. Your choice! Then we'll begin to work on the Bluebird and Roses coffeepot. In the Tuesday evening class we're finally starting on the much anticipated Large Floral Plate/Bowl designed by Judy Diephouse. It's so much prettier in person...you should really see it! Well, that's enough for now...Happy Trail to you...