Painted Ornaments

As soon as Thanksgiving is done, the Christmas decorations go up! This year I've had fun painting some personalized ornaments for our big tree in the living room. I just bought some unfinished ornaments from Hobby Lobby and painted them however I wanted! Here are the 4 stockings that I just finished. I picked these because they are actually pretty big, and we have a humooooongous tree. So, here they are...

Here are a few pics of my dining room. I just love the christmas tree in there. It's slender and rustic looking, with pine cones and sparse branches. In fact, it's the only tree we put up last year. This year, we did gigantor tree in the living room, and this one in the dining room. Sean says the feathers out the top are an ode to my maiden name....ha ha - Peacock!

Nativity scenes are one of my favorite things about this season. I love my wooden one. To add some fun on the sides, I filled apothecary jars with beads, wooden balls, and shiny ornaments.

This is what I came up with for a centerpiece. I like using a tray to hold all of my goodies, and this vase seems to be just right from one season to the next, so I've just been switching out the filler. I found fun beads and feathers at Hobby Lobby. I had the two topiaries from clearance after Christmas a few years ago, and threw in some natural looking ornaments on the tray. All I have to say is it's a good thing we don't live in the same town as a Hobby Lobby. I can do some serious damage in that store!

Sweet Dreams

I just finished my first canvas for someone who I really don't know. I was hired out.....I guess you could say! Anyways, it was a lot of fun and I hope to do more for people in the future. A little extra income is always good, and especially when it comes from something that you love to do! Here is the sweet fabric that I went off of............

And here's the painting.....this thing was big, ya'll. It was 2ft by 4ft, even though it doesn't look all that big in the picture. The wording is hard to see, but says "Sweet Dreams little man"

Stripes on the sides, with every other one having turquoise dots along the edges

I hope it goes well in the room!