My love

What a wonderful way to spend an anniversary than to walk around Mount Dora with my Mr. Wonderful. So much has happened in these first six months of our marriage it's hard to believe its only been 6 months. I love you sweetheart and cant wait for 60 plux anniversaries to come! <3

***Reminder Ladies***
Next week starts our "Two on Tuesday"!!! You are not gonna want to miss this, trust me. It's gonna be creativly fantastic!!!
Hugs and loves

All because...

Been the glorified babysitter for these rugrats since Tuesday (everyone else went my little brother's wedding in Colorado).


Left to Right: Bremen, Brunswick, Dresden (front), Siegen and Bexley. Bremen is my dog and the rest are brother's/parent's

 It is not too often that I can get all five dogs to either sleep or keep themselves busy. It is during those rare times that I take the chance to sneak in a scrapbook page of my never ending wedding photos. I give you... my finished product:

Top: Nanny MacPherson
Bottom: Grami and Papa Strong

Fashioned these from pieces of torn paper and ribbon
Punched tiny holes for buttons to fasten onto

Glimmer Mist: Raven, Turquoise Blue and Cranberry Zing
Sprayed on to make "dripped paint" affect and splattered ink marks

Speedy Gonzalez!

Man oh man! Sometimes I surprise myself in the amount of time I finish a painting. Last night around 10pm I was commissioned for a painting. I bought the canvas this morning and started the painting around 3pm. By golly if I didn't finished that painting by 7pm!!! I would say that is record breaking, wouldn't you?
What's that, you wanna see the painting I finished in 4 hours you said? Well... I guess I can do that, but only for you. Here you have it
Hugs and Loves <3

Who says?

Who says you cant mix painting with scrap booking??? Because of my fancy to painting more and more lately the idea of having to put them all away to finish part of my wedding album made me itch. As I sat with the album, pictures, glue and paper I decided that that was a crazy assumption... I could do them BOTH!!! This may not be a revolutionary idea to some of you but to me... well let's just say I felt like an art genius. <3 Therefore, because of this stroke of genius (mostly just in my own head) I decided to show you a snippet into what I was working on. Enjoy and loves! <3

New!!!

I have always loved taking and editing pictures on my own, and the more that I do it for myself the more I really would love for other people to share in them too. It is for that reason that I have decided to start a line of photography!!! Keep an eye out for the new "Photography" tab to see where I have been. Love you all and can't wait to share in this journey with you!

Bragging rights

We are the luckiest parents alive! Although a bit partial, this little man is quite possibly the smartest, cutest dog in the world. <3 He makes his love for his parents well known to everyone. We adopted him after loosing my families little mini dachshund. He brought puppy love back into our lives and we LOVE HIM, you would too.
Jumping for joy, Bremen<3

Coming soon...

Alright ladies (and potential gentleman) I have a surprise waiting for you all!!! I have done some research (being that I am still new at this blogging world) about what keeps people interested in blogs and how to strengthen my talents. I came up with the idea of Two on Tuesdays. Every other Tuesday, starting June 5th, we will get together with a woman that I admire very much, and for good reasons too. She has helped push me to reach my full potential as an artist, she has inspired me to go against the grain, and she has encouraged me to never give up on a dream and to reach for it every day. This woman is a wonderfully artistic person that has a lot to teach the world... this woman is my Mom!
This is how Two on Tuesdays will work: every other Tuesday we will come together and create one art piece, using our combined talents. These pieces will be of different forms and combining different techniques. Along the way we will either photograph or record a tutorial for you to look back on and learn from so that you may be able to create something beautiful along side us.
The goal of this is to show you how to think outside the box... how to reach down inside your soul and grab something inspired. I truly believe that the Lord created art inside of each of us, we just have to be given the right tools to learn how to use it. And that is what Two on Tuesdays is all about, diving into the part of yourself that you don't let out much because you don't know where to start. Start here... we will help, we WANT to help.