Christmas Card Preview

I sent off our Christmas card order yesterday! Yea! I love sending out Christmas cards...and getting them. I don't know why, but I always have. I especially like the ones with pictures! I hang them all together over the archway to our den.

I have kept a copy of all of ours throught the years. Mike and I look like babies in that first one. I am wanting to get them all framed together.

Emily took this one for us last Sunday at my parents' house. We were all spiffed up for church! I had to round everybody up before we changed into our "play clothes". Can you tell that Carter is not wanting to show his missing teeth?

Ma's Snowman

I try not to post gifts until after they've been given, but I don't think Ma checks my blog! Tabetha, if I'm wrong, let me know! My talented blog buddy, Tabetha Sullens, ordered this sweet snowman family for her grandmother, affectionately known as "Ma". She requested Ma in the center surrounded by her great-grandchildren snowbabies. I thought this was a great idea for a gift. I know my "Granny P" would love one!

Tabetha told me a little about Ma. She is still kickin' at 80! She sounds like a wonderful and much loved lady. I was honored to paint something special just for her. The little snowbabies are Lexi, Gage, Paisley, London, and Linley. I hope everyone has a "Ma" in their life!

Laughter Is The Best Medicine

If laughter really is the best medicine, I am feeling pretty good right now! I usually don't post silly things like this, but today I am making an exception. I found these two clips that are totally silly, but I literally laughed until I cried. Man, did it feel good! My entire family and I sat and laughed for five minutes straight. The links are listed over on the side of the blog. Just click on it and take a minute and have yourself a belly laugh!
Leave me a comment if you found it hilarious, too! Share your funny clips!
Have a good day!

Snowmen

Here is Julia Moore's beautiful snowman! You may notice that I took the snowman orders off of the "Orders to be Filled" list. I am putting the finishing touches (glitter and ribbon:) on them. If you have ordered a snowman, you'll be hearing from me soon for delivery arrangements. Thank you and enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

It is hard to believe that it is not even December yet. If I have this much Christmas spirit now, I don't know what I'll be like by the middle of December! I think the early Thanksgiving threw me off!
My fantastic new customer, Julia Moore, ordered this one. She wanted the stripes and I (always wanting to try something new:) did a little variation. I added the little dots in the stripes. She really liked it...and so did I!
Thanks Julia and once again, Merry Christmas!

A Day at the Zoo

We love to go to the zoo. While we were in East Tennessee, we visited one of our favorites, the Knoxville Zoo. Even though I was so sick, I still had a wonderful day. Here are some of my memories from the day...

Home Sweet Home

This is a more neutral version of the Home Sweet Home I did for myself a while back. It was lime green to match my fabulous new welcome mat:). I love it in tans and browns, too.
It seems like I have done several of these lately! Lindsey had two or three in her holiday order. Brandi Murphy also ordered one as a gift. I can't remember exactly who this one belongs to!
When I can, I do canvases in batches. Right now I am doing a batch of snowmen, assembly line style. I do the all of the light blue skies, the white bodies and snowflakes, the gray shading, all of the eyes, mouths, and top hats, and so on. It saves me a lot of time in getting out the bottles of paint and the right sizes of brushes. If you have a snowman ordered, it will be ready very soon:)!