Valentine Girl Collage Art

The house was quiet today while my baby napped and my girls were off to school.  I didn't feel like doing laundry so I decided to play.  I had such a blast putting together this 11 x 17 collage canvas.

Available in my etsy shop.

Children's Art Classes

I have been having so much fun preparing and organizing classes that I will be teaching.  I have decided to get back into teaching art classes for kids.  I taught a couple of classes a few years ago and now that my own kids are more interested in art, I decided it would be fun to let other kids in on the fun too.

This flower is a painting by my 4 year old daughter.   I love art done by kids.  It is always so expressive.

I have started a blog for my art classes where I can show off my students' art.  Come on over to see what we are up to!  http://www.rivertonutahartclasses.blogspot.com/

busy

I have done 4 boutiques in one week... I am exhausted.  These are some of the items I have made and sold.

I've done so much crafting that my fingers are dry and cracked and bleeding.  I am now ready to relax and enjoy the holiday season! 

etsy update

Just in time for the holidays...

 I have listed a bunch of items in my etsy shop!

 I will be adding fun accessories weekly!

Hooray!
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Salt Dough Ornaments

Every year my friend hosts an ornament exchange and every year I go through probably 5 ideas before I settle on what I am going to make for my ornaments.  I make a few ornaments and end up hating them so I scrap the idea and move onto something different.  Ha ha.  Well, this year was no different.  I finally

 decided on making some salt dough ornaments and I am happy with the results.  So here they are!

 Started with making stars from this recipe:  1/2 C. Salt, 1/2 C. warm water, 1 C. flour.  Cut out shapes.  Let dry completely.

 I ended up painting mine, but next time to save time and to make them look more like gingerbread cookies and not chocolate ones, I think I will add food coloring and cinnamon to the dough.

 I used white puff paint and sprinkled glitter while it was still wet.

 Tied a little ribbon through the holes. 

And here is the result!  Happy Holidays!

Burlap NOEL Banner

I had so much fun making this burlap banner.  I first painted the burlap with white paint and let it dry.  I cut out the letters from a gold glitter cardstock and strung the whole thing from jute. I'm getting so excited for the holidays!

Also, check out my new items in my etsy shop!  There are some really fun hair accessories that are perfect for the holidays.

An Old Window

I love old windows and have always wanted one.  My husband informed me that he has never wanted an old window (ha ha).  I told him it was because he didn't know how cool they are.  A few months ago I saw my neighbor outside working on a project.  She was painting an old window!  I quickly ran over to ask her where she got it.  She told me she had several more in her garage and that I could have one.  What?  I was so excited!

So after stripping off old paint and cleaning it up.  I painted my window and now here it is in my Living Room.  I absolutely love it.

My husband thinks this is one the best projects that I have worked on.  Thanks to him for helping me hang it.