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Black and white pumpkins for Halloween, if you know me you would be surprised that I took this modern approach to decorating my pumpkins. Every year our family has a Pumpkin Carving Party. It started off as picking a day to carve our pumpkins together and now we have made it a big thing. Black and White Pumpkins for Halloween… Read More
We had our Annual Pumpkin Carving Party last weekend and one of the “decorations” I thought the twins would like and have fun playing with were shadow puppets for Halloween! Shadow Puppets for Halloween: Art You Can Wear If I do say so myself, I thought the idea of shadow puppets was really cute. I didn’t want anything too scary… Read More
It’s said that some of the oldest living Giant Sequoias are nearly three thousand years old. Whoa! The largest sequoia found is 311 feet tall and 56 feet wide…that’ll give you an ant-like perspective (and it’s a little creepy, if you ask me). Many people flock to the “woods” for relaxing and getting back to nature, so they get to… Read More
Florence, Italy is a great city. What I love most is it’s ability to feel like a small town. Our visits there have been special because of the wonderful hospitality of the people. This is why Brunelleschi’s Dome is the inspiration for my next painting in the “wall photos to paintings” project. Before I show you the painting and of… Read More
We needed a picture with “green” in it over our fireplace. I looked though our photos from Italy because I thought I could have one enlarged and problem solved. Then, I got to thinking, instead of a photo, it would be really nice to having a painting… So, I got to work. I found a picture I loved of a… Read More