Painted Pieces

I have a growing love for painting old pieces of furniture.  

I especially like to choose off beat colors to give it a playful look.

Recently I painting this old corner cabinet a deep red.  I used chalk paint with age darkening wax over the top.  It was much easier than I thought it would be and it gave it a whole new look.

This is one of my favorites. I found it for $1.99 at a resale shop.  It is a 1950's T.V. table.  I used a fun sea foam green color and voila!

I think I like this!  

Sea Breeze Painting

I am a big fan of recycling things!  Give something useless a little attention and you have something new to decorate your home with or give as a gift.

For the past few years I have been fortunate enough to vacation at an oceanside location.  This year I didn't get to go leaving me to crave the warm sun, ocean breeze, and sandy toes.

Creativity is therapy to me!  So in my lament I repurposed an old inexpensive resale shop picture into an oil painting.

This was one of those old cardboard prints of a painting. They are easy to find in a resale shop.  You can usually get one for under $5.  With a simple aging technique applied to the frame and bright oil paints I was able to transform this old unwanted piece into a fun, quirky painting for pre-summer decorating.

Loving to try new things!

You should try something new too!

White Tulips

So Winter seems to be going out with a fight!  Cold snowy days have been lingering on longer than I would like.

Feeling a bit Springy I created this piece, called White Tulips.  It is chalk on canvas and was a lot of fun to create!

Enjoy!

Cock-a-doodle-do!

Lately I have had a thing for roosters!  I'm not really sure why, I am NOT a bird person and don't particularly find roosters to be very cute!

I think it's what they represent that has caught my fancy.  Roosters begin at dawn with their signature call, Cock-a-doodle-do!  It means that something is starting, beginning all over again...a do over.  I like that idea.

I've captured my own version of a rooster with acrylics, old copies of cards on remnants of skid wood.

What do you like about beginnings?

Note Cards

Heart Note Cards

I've just completed a set of note cards from one of my recent paintings.  They are blank inside for your own personal greeting and include a white envelope. 

They are $15 for a set of 10.

I'd love to send you these! Just let me know if you'd like to order a set.

Blessings!

Randi

Key Charms

Key Charms   

These little necklace charms were quite popular last month.  I've added old jewelry pieces to these unique vintage keys.  Put them on a fun chain and they make a great necklace. There are a few left and are on sale from now until the end of February for $15.  Let me know if you'd like one. Each charm is different, no two alike.  (The one pictured here is already taken.)

Let me know if you'd like one!

(Each key charm comes on a black ribbon, chain not included)

Love is in the Air!!

At the turn of every year I am fixed upon the season of love that follows....

I have a obsession with hearts.  These simple iconic images say everything.  That is why I am always finding new ways to create them

These rustic reminders are prominently placed on my mantle helping me to be about the business of love each day.

Love for my family, for God, for others, for myself....love is not an easy task some days.  It requires something of me.  Some days I seek to love well, some days I do not have the energy, if I'm being honest.  And yet, love is the one thing I want mostly in my life.

So my rustic painted signs help me stay the course.  Enjoy!  Happy Love season everyone!