Happy Saturday !

Happy Saturday everyone!!! Hope you are finding this rainy day to be as inspiring as I have.....when it is rainy and overcast, it makes me feel like I need to stay home and work on projects...and that is a good thing. I have been home these last few rainy days working on some new things...do you want a peek? ~~~hint...look at the above photos!

I love painting roses, and the "smooshier" the better! I painted these into a paper cone, the only thing missing is the vintage jeweled piece I am adding to it later today.

I have decided that this piece will be my next class subject to teach. I will be sending out class information this weekend, so stay tuned for the dates and time. I loved teaching at Paper Cowgirl and want to teach more painting classes...or shall I say creative workshops. The girls that took the class at PC were so inspring, I loved interacting with them and seeing what they created!! It just makes me so happy, so why not add more of it to my life!! I am into creating HAPPY, aren't you?

Yes, One Thing Leads to Another and Another...

Now, back to the story.....

if you read the post below (in my backward kind of way!) :)

here are some pics of the monster furniture....see it is so big I could not get it all in the camera lens!

It started out a pale murky green color, but not for long...as I took the brush that already had the brown paint on it from the walls and began painting it, dipping in a can of white paint as I went, so it gave it a kinda vintage whitewashed look. Then for the final coat, I dry brushed a whiter white on top and added some iron pieced to the top and on the table front...painted those white too! THEN the fun began!!!!

I grabbed all the brown transfer ware I could find in my house, some ironstone pieces that I had from my dad's collections and began arranging. I am still working on it some, it changes daily....now I have added my red glass plates behind the brown transferware and love that! Who knew brown and red looked so cool together (yes, I do have the Country Living magazine with it on the cover, thanks to Cindy over at Yapping Cat!!!)

And do you see the cute little sconce hanging on the wall beside it??? I got those years ago at Golightley's in North Richland Hills...they were in my hall bath....but they got updated shades and moved to a better locale! They even came with muslin tea stained cord covers!

Hopefully by the end of the weekend (hear my kids snickering at this!!! and maybe even my sweet mom!) the dining room will be finished.......well it will be done in time for Christmas!!! I promise ...really! ~~~Sandra

Well, there are more things to lead to here...but that's another post~stay tuned for more!

One Thing Leads to Another!!

Yep, I told you in my last post that this would be the title of my next post! It all started when I returned home from the Paper Cowgirl (see pics below). I was so full of inspiration of the creating type and full of ideas I saw at The Dove's Nest, that I promptly began painting. Some on canvas and some on walls and some on furniture! I had work to do when I got home, four paintings for the gallery that a designer had ordered (really she only ordered two, but hey now you gotta give a girl some choices! ...so I painted four). Here are the four paintings~~~above...spa like with umber brown backgrounds and layers of tan, cream, beige and whites....can't wait to see which ones she pics! THEN...I decided I loved the umber back ground color and seeing that I had a huge treasure of a piece of furniture that a friend dropped off on my driveway.....the alternative was the trash (YIKES!!!! who would do that!!!) I decided to paint my dining room walls in the umber color...or at least two of the walls. My kids will testify to the fact that I can get very distracted when painting and sometimes it may be months before I finish the walls. You see, I have to decorate the walls as I finish painting them....working around the room. It is all a creative process to me and finishing the decor on each wall makes me eager to plan the next wall....doesn't everyone do it this way? So after painting the two walls, I had my son help me drag in the big furniture....did I mention that it was a hutch like kinda thing that was a long narrow table and then a shelved piece on top...almost 8 ft tall! Really, I had just three inches to spare to the ceiling! Now lets see if I can get a pic or two of the piece...don't want you to get bored with all the text! Darn it, I can never seem to get the pics right in blogger....it gets me all confused since I also have a typepad blog...and not to mention my ability to forget minor details!!! Lets blame it on ADD, and adult ADD at that! Sooooooo, let me publish this post and I will start a new one so the pics are in order....I know, a crazy way to do things, but hey that is just he way it is! ~~~~~Sandra

Finally Catching Up After Paper Cowgirl

I am finally posting some pictures from the Paper Cowgirl Event, what an incredible experience it was! There were over 70 women there, not just ordinary women, but creative, fun and inspiring women!!! I got to see some familiar face like Nancy, LaVerne, Chantal, Cindy and Ann Denise and I got to meet so many new people. The classes were awesome (the ones I took and the ones I heard about) and the vendor night was the best ever! I came home with an empty wallet and a full van!! Here are just a few of the pictures I took, you can go to www.warehouseartchix to see more!
Here's Cari at our first class on Friday morning (notice her dinosaur bracelet that she bought at the Doves Nest on Thurs. night)...and here is our class kit for Cindy G.'s class, La Petite Boutique...

and here is Cindy Gilstrap and her adorable daughter Courtney.....her class was a french inspired boutique dress form with paper ruffles made out of vintage sewing paper patterns! Too Cute and so fun to learn!!! I still have not finished mine, but I will post it when I finish it!

And here is the adorable Susan Skinner in her hat that I made for her in the Not Just Your Mama's Hat Swap.....it was so fun how it matched what she was wearing....it had lots of vintage baubles on top!

And then when I got home...it was back to creative work painting four "spa" paintings for the gallery, La Montage in Lewisville. These were special orders, and so fun to do....just wait till I show you what this led to. I think my next post will be entitled "One Thing Leads to Another"! That seems to be the way it goes in my world!

I have lots more photos of the PC event, so stay tuned for more of the fun! Thank you especially to Cindy Mayfield for the hard work and commitment she put into this event. She and the much loved and missed Tina Wright started PC and Cindy has put her heart and soul into keeping it going and growing after the death of Tina. Even though Tina was not there in body, we all felt she was there in spirit, and it was a special treat for us all to meet her husband and daughter at the Meet and Greet on Thursday night. Now I am off to post on the warehouseartchix blog...join me there with the link above!!!

Time for the Best Lil' Art Retreat in Texas!!!

That' right, it's time for Paper Cowgirl 2010! And what a line up of classes and teachers...twelve, yep, count em, twelve classes to choose from! And guess what??? I am going to be one of them!!! This will be my second time to teach at Paper Cowgirl and I am so excited to teach another Beeswax Painting class! The big event will be held in Waxahachie, a charming town with lots to see and do! The dates are June 24th-27th, there will be classes, swaps, giveaways, good food and guaranteed friendly creative people to meet and make art with! This is the third year for Paper Cowgirl and I believe it will be the best one yet! To find out more about the retreat and how to sign up, go to http://www.papercowgirl.com/ and get all the details! And to see each artist project and more about them, here is a list of the teachers and thier blogs:

Lisa McIlvain - Mixed Media Art Tags http://tarnishedandtattered.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Babcock - Altered Bird Trinket Box http://glittermyday.blogspot.com/

Mendy Mitrani - Digi Class http://mendytexas.blogspot.com/

Dale McClain - Sea Inspired Shadow Box http://www.dalemclain.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Stewart - Beautiful 4th Banner http://jenniferstewarts.blogspot.com/

Ann-Denise Anderson - Victorian Boots http://www.whimandfancydesigns.blogspot.com/

Angela Berger - Shabby Classy Necklace http://www.filigreemoon.blogspot.com/.

Chantal Johnson - Inspirational Tag Book http://www.chantaljohnson.blogspot.com/

Laverne Johnson - "pocket" book http://www.riversidestudios.com/

Deb Taylor - "Found & Rebound" http://diddebdoit.blogspot.com/

Cindy Gilstrap - La Petite Boutique Altered Canvas http://cindygilstrap.typepad.com/junqueart/

Corrine Clark - French Paper Shoe http://100prettythings.blogspot.com/

Sandra Feazel - Beeswax/Painted Canvas http://7thststudio.blogspot.com/

Joanna Lewis- Feathered Friend Collage http://www.sweetfinds.typepad.com/

Wow! What a line up and what a treat 12 fabulous blogs to look at too! So go get another cup of coffee and join me as I check out each teacher and her project!

I will be featuring the the other teachers and their projects on my blog over the next few weeks too, so stay tuned for more info! But if you want to join us at the Paper Cowgirl Retreat, the first thing you need to do is go to http://www.papercowgirl.blogspot/ and let Cindy know which classes you want to take, before they all fill up!

A Little Lisa Kaus came to my house!!!

A little (really a lot!!!) 0f Lisa Kaus came to my house!!! by way of mail...

IN the way of a blog give away that I won!!! Lisa's blog is so much fun to keep up with, she has such a whimsical style! I love to read her blog and see her latest work, so imagine my surprise when I actually won her blog give away!!! I want to share with you the adorable things she sent to me!!! First, she sent the Sumerset Calendar for 2010...and surprise, she is featured on January with one of her dollie pieces!!! If you go to http://www.lisakaus.com/, you can see more of these fun pieces! Also in the box were two of her mini prints, they are mounted on wood and have the cutes scrolled hangers...I love the WISH one, it is in pink and has one of my favorite prints on it, a whimsical cake! and then she sent one that says "LIVE LIFE JOYOUSLY", that one I hung right by my winter scarves to remind me each day to do just that!!!! FILL IT WITH JOY! Next, she sent a sweet notecard with one of her prints that I will never want to send on, but will hang onto and probably frame....and she enclosed a sweet thank you note! It made me feel extra special to receive all the fabulous things from Lisa! It was such a generous thing to do!!! I look at these each day and am reminded of her thoughtfulness! Thanks Lisa!!! so very very much for all the goodies, I will treasure them always!!!

Saying Goodbye To The Old and Hello to the New...Year that is! 2010

2009 was an incredible year, with so many accomplishments! The biggest of which is my daughter graduated from college! She did it in 3 1/2 years and I am so proud of her! Now 2010 will bring another milestone as my son will graduate from High School! I think that may make me old....almost two grown kiddos! I am stepping into this New Year with great expectations, with great dreams and desires. To be all that God created me to be, to really take the time to look and listen to His guidance! I hope you are as excited to see what this new year brings as I am! Here we are in day 2 of the new year and I have hit the ground running...spent the morning cleaning (purging my house of clutter is a number one proirity!), going to have lunch with my lovely daughter and an old friend of ours that we have not seen in about 8 yrs! and then off to work I go. My January work project is the revamping of an old historical house into a hair salon and day spa....lots of work to do there, as we start off the project with special finishes on the interior and a new paint job on the exterior. Enjoy your day and get lots done too! And here are a few pics of our Baylor Grad! Congratulations Syd!!!!