Busy busy day

What a busy monday this will be and it is already half over!! I got up extra early to finish painting some signs for the next show and also some skates and a couple of  snowmen dolls that need finishing up.  The dolls are attached onto an old rusty bed spring so they will sit ontop of a tree or on a cabinet or even on a mantle. anywhere. 

I do alot of long signs with these guys all decorating trees and the middle one is reaching for a large special snowflake!   "Believe in the season".

Warm winter wishes sign.  I fell in love with the pale green backrounds last year and still love it. 

I have to send some pics of my works in progress to a show for verification of handmade not resale items.  I think that is a wonderful idea that way everyone is judged on handmade quality items.  And it is truly made locally!! 

So  I remembered to take pics while working on a couple of snowmen signs.  My absolute favo thing to paint!

And I do think this one is my favo right now!! I did a very light blue and ivory sponge technique on the backround, the barn red saltbox house just pops off the sign!! and there is a bit of "bling" on the roof edge and on the fence pieces.  Some great glitter flakes by Martha Stewart!! love that sparkle.

And best of all last night while driving back home I came across a sign along the road FREE STUFF

So I turned around to check out the goods!!  Found a cute little wood foot stool, a small cabinet with a little door and shelf behind, great for hidden treasures, and 5 great 4 ft tall old shutters from houses.  SO the shutters are already base coated and distressed outside just waiting for me to do my magic on em and that little cabinet will be the next thing to get a new coat of some paint.  Gee maybe even a sagey green?   Who knows until I get started it could turn out to be barn red or even black.???     What fun along the roadside!! LOL

 hope yall have a super duper sunshiney monday!!

It is 61 degrees out here right now!! YEAH!! YIPPEE!! beautiful day!!

HUGS

Darlene s

 ~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Terrific Tuesday

~WOW NOVEMBER 2nd already!! Goodness!!

This sign is almost finished and will have the saying "Believe in the season" on the top.

Gosh I still cannot figure out why my pics are flipping back to original after I rotate them and save!!???

This is a small standing block lamp that needs the hole drilled ontop yet and the candle light put in.  I think I am gonna go with all battery op lights so no plugs!!

One of 4 skates I am workin on in of cource that lovely green color again!! I basecoated a couple in a light soft blue too but am sure likin that green for snowmen!!

here is one of my snowmen that are made on top of an old rusty bed spring so they stand or can be a tree toppper also!!  Each one will hold a pot of pine sprigs and some berries and also a battery tea light.

Oh and here is my "mr boopie woopie boo" on the couch next too me under his blankie!! He is so funny, when I get up and head outside to do chores in the mornin he sneaks back into bed by daddy and his brother Bubba and hides under my pillow!  just his little nose sticks out! oh that's my baby!! 

I wanted to keep the packagin simple but still look like it could be a gift on my mixes and ended up doing this.  Just a simple paper sak, some scrapbook paper, gingham of cource!! LOL and a piece of homespun for a tie and a little tag to personallyze if ya want. 

My cobbler mixes which are so convient to use just add butter and fruit and your done! 

Here's my harvest time soup mix.  This is awesome!! filled with dried beans, peas, lentils, brown rice, egg noodles and seasonings, all you do is add meat and water and youre done!!  I like to put mine in a crock pot while we are sleeping then it is done in the mornin and it smells the whole house nice!! 

Oh and I had to make some toffee dipped pretzels for an order.  These are dipped in my homemade caramel then in milk chocolate then rolled in crushed toffee pieces!!  YUMMY~~

IF you want any pretzels the are $1.50 each and come with alot of different toppings: sprinlkes, crushed oreos, mini m&m's, crushed butterfinger bars, nuts, dried fruits n nuts, or german choc which has toasted coconut and pecans with the chocolate and caramel!! and another popular one is the crushed andes mint candies!

Just email me and I will fix ya right up and they make great gifts which I ship priority mail and dress the package up when it is for a gift and include a nice handmade gift tag!

It has been a busy tues!! but the sun is out and it really isnt too cold, it was this am though there was a layer of ice on the horses water trough so time to get out the water heater!!   I have been paintin and makin up my mixes gettin ready for our show this sat!!  St. Joseph MI this sat!!  So far this is what I have done today, this am I had to clean out all the water tanks and fill them for all the animals, mopped my kitchen floor, cleaned out all the nestin boxes in coop, gathered another 2 loads of kindling wood from the woods and then did some "me" paintin time!!  the best part of the day!   Tomorrow I am goin to the kitchen to work on cookies for the show and also maybe make some bread!!  and bread puddings~  I have fresh cranberries and want to do orange cranberry bread pudding with a creamy cinnamony nutmeg sauce!!  Will share more later!
Have a blessedly terrific tues yall!!
HUGS
Darlene
 ~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Busy Busy days this week

These are packages of my newest chocolate bark. White chocolate bark filled with chopped pistachios and almonds and dried cranberries!! SO YUMMO!

I like the way the little tags turned out too. They are perfect to gift someone like your mail carrier, teacher, friends, coworkers you get my idea!!

These are 4 oz bags and sell for $3.25 a bag. (plus their travel expenses) IF you would like one PLEASE EMAIL ME OR LEAVE ME A COMMENT HERE~

Now on to what I have been doin up at 3.00 am the last few mornings! Cant sleep I am too excited to paint!! LOL

Ok i do have 5 more that just need the finishing touches so will post those pics later or tomorrow!!

The snowmen decorating the tree is my absolute favorite one! BUT i do like the one i am finishing up this am with a snowman and a deer... well no the tree one is my favo!! I am goin to do it with a darker tan backround too i think.

These are all my hp designs, no patterns just paint-n-go!!LOL

I am off to finish signs and then to the kitchen. I signed up for a few more shows. NEXT weekend is the Lowell MI christmas thru Lowell with like over 200 exhibitors!! Will post more on that too. BUT THIS SAT!!! DONT FORGET MOUNT PLEASANT West Intermediate School show!!! SOME GREAT TREASURES THERE! and yours truly will be there with lots of sweet treats and primitives for yall!~

Have a blessed day!!

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Painting today~

Well figured I better get to painting some new signs for my show sat in mount pleasant. Here are a few i did last year and will do similar ones today and a couple of new ones too! TOO many ideas floating around in my head so better get them down in paint huh~~

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

A kids skate lamp I did for shows last year. I found 3 pair a couple of weeks ago to do more of these!! The double blade skates are really hard to find. My mom pointed them out to me at a thrift store we were in so CHA CHING!! they were all in my basket immediately!!

All these signs sold last year at the show my friends and I put on in Decatur the weekend after thanksgiving! We rented a very cool old old schoolhouse, stuffed it full of holiday treasures and also I put on a lunch for it!! WE had a blast~ now gettin ready to do it again in a few weeks!!

Norton Wood show will be friday sat sun starting the day after thanksgiving!! MARK YOUR CALANDERS~! more primitives and sweet treats this year!!

The show yesterday was ok NOT nearly as busy as any other shows. They ended up with 85 booths and a good selection of items too just not many customers around.

Hope yall have a blessed sunday!!

~HUGS~~

Darlene