Princess Party!

My friend Stephanie is a make-up artist www.blushpretty.com. She’s decided to share her talents with little girls by hosting “Princess Parties” that include a mini make-up and hair session. These pictures show the 1st Princess Party and it was truly a lovely time! The girls adored it and they looked just beautiful and radiantly royal. They left armed with lipsmackers, rainbow eyeshadow and a perfectly gaudy yet glitzy fake ring. Good work Steph!

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Goodbye My Sweet Grandad

My hubby’s Grandfather and my grandfather both passed away yesterday. We’re very sad. They were both very sick so in some ways it’s a bit of a relief – they were suffering so much. As someone of faith I know that my grandfather is experiencing joy at this very moment. The bible says, “To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.” I know he’s walking – maybe even leaping along streets of gold and that his new body is not chained down by disease. I’ll miss you grandad – rest in the arms of your Saviour now.. Below is a picture of my grandad(left) my son, Natey and my dad(right) When Grandad was healthier and stronger.

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An Alphabet for a Nursery…

Here’s a colourful alphabet for Erin who has her nursery done in oranges and blues. I hope it brightens up baby’s world! It was a pleasure doing this for you.

For the Birds…

Okay – I seem to blog about my Jessie a lot but it’s only because at age 4 she’s hilarious and says and does the funniest things. Her latest comedic episode (yes, her life is a bit of a sitcom) happened in our front yard. She asked me if I had any bread to feed the birds. I had a few end pieces so i gave them to her. I shredded the bread so she could scatter them out on the grass. She said, “Thanks mom” and walked out the front door. About 10 minutes passed and I went outside to see what she was doing – well, there she was surrounded by little white things on the grass. Looking closer I discovered that she had neatly divided the shredded pieces of bread into small portions and ripped up paper towels to lay the bread on – like little plates. I couldn’t help but smile and think “Wow! the birdies are gonna eat in style tonight!”

Around the Town Alphabet

Here’s my latest alphabet painting. It’s done on a 22×28 wrapped canvas. It’s colourful and fun and kids will have a great time searching for all the letters of the alphabet around the town!

Kittens and Crying

So we went to my sister’s trailer and there was a cute little kitty that kept coming by and my daughter Jessie loooved it sooo much! She was carrying the kitty most of the day and when she wasn’t she was looking for it. She was in heaven! It was a gloriously new experience for her and she was on the verge of hiding the kitty under her shirt to sneak him back to our house when it happened……. He scratched her….. only lightly but she acted like her skin was split open wide. She wailed and cried, ” the kitty scratched me on my boobie!” After that she stayed away from him for a while but eventually its cuteness called her name and she put aside her ferocious feline attack to become a cat lover again – too bad her mommy is allergic to them : )

Butterflies & Flowers

Here are some new pieces that I’ve done recently. The pansy stool is for brand new baby Audrey who now has a stool that matches her big sister Emma’s. Leah’s painting is done on an 8×8 gallery canvas. She loves butterflies and the colours requested were pinks and mauves. I hope it makes you smile Leah!

Curb Appeal

Well, my hubby’s been working on a flagstone path at the front of our house for a while now. It’s coming along… we’ve put the gravel down and next weekend we’re getting the flagstone delivered so keep your fingers crossed. It’s our first “landscaping” project and we hope it turns out okay. We live in an older neighbourhood so I wanted the path to look a little rustic – like it just happened to be there. Then I want to paint our porch, and get a new address number and a new mailbox, and maybe a nice chair on the porch to make it look a little more “homey” with a nice comfy cushion and a welcome wreath on the door, and maybe one of those garden gnomes with the red hats to greet you.  We’ll have Christmas lights all year around and a doorbell that plays the theme from Silver Spoons . A welcome mat  with huge sunflowers on it and a fake porcupine that you rub your boots on to take off the mud before you enter the house and…. too much? Okay I got carried away there for a little bit. This creating curb appeal can get out of hand. Stay tuned for the magnificent flagstone path in the upcoming weeks.

Fun in the Tub!

Here’s Hannah (7) in the tub doing her “Mrs.Washington” hairdo. I’ve no idea why she calls it “Mrs. Washington” it’s not like she knows George Washington or even the history behind those white wigs. Turns out you can only accomplish this style in the tub. I actually read in Glow Magazine today that this style is coming back. Who knew?

RIP Baby Robin…

T’was once a Mommy robin who was living happily in a tree with her 3 newborn babies until a mean man came with his trimmers and unknowingly cut down the branch where she had so lovingly placed her nest. At first, he thought it was an empty nest so he brought it to show his 2 little daughters who squealed at delight at the nest “treasure”. The man went back to his trimming and heard gasping “tweets” from the ground and discovered it wasn’t an old nest at all but a nest that belonged to 3 baby robins but, alas, one was no more as he saw guts and blood coming out of its abdominals.(He’s actually not even sure whether or not he stepped on it to cause its demise) Soon his daughters sounds of delight turned into “awwwws!” and “Daaaadddy, why’d you do that?” while his wife  had to put on gardening gloves and scoop the 2 remaining babies back into their nest and then climb a ladder and set the nest in place so that it wouldn’t topple over at the slightest gust of wind. The mommy is now caring for her 2 babies but we’re sure she is wondering where her 3rd baby went. It makes us cry that the baby is now in a shallow grave at the back of our yard. This was our weekend. The mean man, who is my hubby, insists it was an accident – that he was just trying to clear away the branches from our satellite which I’ve been nagging him to do because we can’t get all our channels..but I don’t think so – i think he’s just mean.

I’ve added a mixed media painting that I a did to pay homage to this event. Hope you like it!