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Designing a new Glitter House
Designing a New Glitter House So I have a new house design in the works and have been sketching out ideas and working on dimensions. I started by first determining how large I want the house to be....
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Progress on the Green House
I've made some progress on my green house. It's not all glued together yet, but I am trying it out.. Not sure I'm happy with the porch. That may need to be reworked. The roof over the porch was a new...
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Green Glitter House
My green glitter house is complete. I had to rework a few things, and then it was time for a base, a fence and - you guessed it - glitter! Making the porch and porch posts was a fun challenge. I opted...
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Mixed Media Painting
This week I am sharing this painting I did in a lesson by Deanna-Strachan-Wilson in the class The Art Of Sisterhood. It was a great lesson about painting a story from your life and I love her mixed...
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Redheaded Girl in Flowers
Sharing this redhead today. I have been exploring painting flowers along with faces and completed this canvas a few weeks ago. Took me some time to get it photographed and edited for the blog....
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Shield
This week I am sharing a painting and a couple of journal pages based on lessons from TAOS (The Art of Sisterhood - an online class from Kara Bullock Art.) This painting is large for me - 18 x 22 with...
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Pink Glitter House Church
This is one of my latest Glitter House Projects - a Pink Church. This is a remake of a vintage design made by the Dolly Toy Company in the 1930's or '40s. I'm not sure of the exact year. This pattern...
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Orange Glitter Houses
Hello friends! Hope you have been doing well this week. I have a few works in progress to share. And I seem to have had a thing for orange lately. I hadn't really thought about it until I was...
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Halloween Glitter House Minus The Glitter
Hello everyone! It's been a busy few weeks around here. I have been involved in some projects around the house instead of working on little houses. :) But today I am sharing this Halloween house now...
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Glitter House And Glitter Camper
You may remember this house when it was under construction as shown in this post. Here it is all frosted with glitter. The paint color is called "melon pink" but it looks orange. I so like the...
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Christmas Quilt Tutorial/ Pattern Request
I was contacted by another quilter asking if I have a pattern for my Christmas Quilt because she wanted to make one like it. How sweet is that?! I have never written a quilt pattern, but thought I...
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No More Gremlins
This work in progress is from a lesson in Let's Face It 2017 by Renata Loree. Been a while since I painted. You know those gremlins in your head that can stop you if you let them? I let them. But...
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Intense Red Head Painting
This painting is from the last lesson in Let's Face It 2017. I started by following the lesson but then went my own way by taking a mixed media approach and using some techniques outside the lesson. I...
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Creative Year in Review 2017
Once again I was inspired to take a look at my creativity for the past year. In January I started Let's Face It but was also painting some other things including my Princess of the Moon painting.
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Christmas Mouse
So even though it is January now, I'm sharing this little painting I call "Christmas Mouse." It's small about 6 x 6. It was inspired by a pillow in a sewing book I have - Scandinavian Stitches. I...
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January Girl Mixed Media Painting
January weather has been cold and snowy for a few of days, which meant a couple of days home from work. So I had a little extra time to paint. I am calling this one "January Girl." This is definitely...
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Watercolor Sketch of Cardinal
I have this art journal page to share this week. I sketched the cardinal in pen and then painted it with watercolors. The red streak coming up off the cardinals back happened when the cat, who was...
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Peppermint Putz House
This is my newest glitter house. I am calling it the Peppermint Putz House since it is decorated with tiny peppermints They're not real, of course. I had a pack of these hiding in my glitter house...
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Watercolor Roses
This is watercolor and that's a change for me - I usually paint with acrylics. But this was definitely fun to try. It's a wet into wet technique and it is fun to watch the colors flow and blend. Kind...
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Red Glitter House
Angled view of the completed red glitter house. I have been inspired to make a glitter house with this fine red metallic glitter for a while now. I kept being drawn to the red glitter every time I...
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Herringbone Quilt
My most recent quilt finish is this herringbone quilt. This is one that was started over a year ago and just finally finished.
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Glitter House Cabinet and Studio Makeover
Glitter putz houses on shelves in my craft room I moved my glitter houses to a curio cabinet in the living room. They had been on shelves in my studio - some of them for two years - and I was...
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How to Make A Glitter House From A Candy Box
These glitter houses, or putz houses, are so sweet and fun to make, and when a little candy box found it's way into the house I was inspired to transform it.
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Pumpkins Quilt
Pumpkins in January? This quilt has been in the making for a while. Way back in September I wanted to make a Halloween quilt, but could never come up with a design idea that I liked. Then finally...
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