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Beginner Highland Cow Painting with Traceables

Traceables: 8x10 Highland Cow 11x14 Highland Cow 16x20 Highland Cow Highland Cow Painting Steps: 1. Background color: 00:00 2. Highland cow shape/ underpainting: 00:28 3. Eye placement: 2:06 4. Snout...

St. Patrick’s Day Clover with Squeegee Painting

Traceables available here: Clover 12x12 Clover 8x8 For St. Patrick’s Day let’s do an easy clover with a fun squeegee background painting technique! Supplies you will need: 12x12 textured cardstock taped...

How to Paint a Rainbow with a Squeegee- St. Patrick’s Day Tutorial

Traceable available here: Clover Traceable 16x20 Clover Traceable 8x10 Learn how to paint a rainbow with the squeegee painting technique in this St. Patrick's Day themed painting! In case you missed the...

Beginner Vase of Flowers Painting

  11x14 Vase shape traceable Go grab some lettuce from the kitchen for this fun flower painting! In this beginner vase of flowers tutorial I'll show you how to paint simple flowers using the lettuce...

How to Make Pinecone Flower Christmas Ornaments

This wood slice ornament idea is great way to add a touch of nature-inspired charm to your holiday decor! In this step by step tutorial learn how to cut, paint, and decorate pinecones to look like...

Beginner Christmas Truck Painting with Traceables

Traceables available here: 8x10 Christmas Truck Traceable 11x14 Christmas Truck Traceable 16x20 Christmas Truck Traceable Let's start the countdown to Christmas with a classic little red truck hauling a...

Fall Truck Painting with Traceables

Traceables available here: 8x10 Fall Truck Traceable 11x14 Fall Truck Traceable 16x20 Fall Truck Traceable Learn how to paint your own pumpkin pickup truck in this fall beginner painting tutorial. You...

How to use a Traceable for Painting!

If you've never used a traceable before, here is a step by step tutorial on how to transfer your printed image onto the canvas before painting. TIPS and TRICKS for using tracing paper to transfer your...

Beginner Pumpkin Painting Tutorial with Traceables

🎨Traceables available here: 8x10 Pumpkin Painting Traceable 11x14 Pumpkin Painting Traceable 16x20 Pumpkin Painting Traceable This is one of my favorite pumpkin painting tutorials for beginners! In this...

Step by Step Pumpkin Stack Painting Tutorial with Traceables

Traceables available here: 8x10 Pumpkin Stack Painting 11x14 Pumpkin Stack Painting 16x20 Pumpkin Stack Painting This beginner stacked pumpkin painting has all the fun fall colors! 🎨😍 It's not everyday I...
A “Key” Hanger-Repurposed House Keys

A “Key” Hanger-Repurposed House Keys

This pile of old keys we found have been sitting around for weeks. After trying them in every lock with no luck we deemed them craft material! I've seen a few different ways to reuse keys, but I absolutely had to try a "key" hanger...what a fun way to give old keys a...

Unconventional Christmas Tree 2019: Mirror Edition

Unconventional Christmas Tree 2019: Mirror Edition

It's that time of year again! My husband and I have a tradition of creating an unconventional Christmas tree every year. Do you remember our DIY Paint Chip Christmas tree from last year? This year we used mirrors and reclaimed wood to create a futuristic-looking tree....

DIY Wedding Cash Gift- Bride and Groom Wine Bottles

DIY Wedding Cash Gift- Bride and Groom Wine Bottles

Finding the right gift for someone can be infuriating. More often than not I've been resorting to giving cash instead of spending my own on something the person might not actually want or need. The only problem with this is it's boring and super unoriginal... That's...

Bob Ross Couples Costume- A Happy Little Costume

Bob Ross Couples Costume- A Happy Little Costume

We did our own DIY "Bob Ross and the painting" couples costume. This DIY couples costume is a tribute to my all time favorite artist, Bob Ross. Bob taught me how to paint and form my own techniques… that there are no mistakes, only happy accidents, and that the secret...

How to Build the “Life Size” Paper Bag Tree!

How to Build the “Life Size” Paper Bag Tree!

Remember the Christmas Tree we made from a giant 15ft paper bag? I'm shocked how many people have been messaging me lately asking specific details on how we did this. Unfortunately at the time I didn't have a blog and didn't take as many progress pictures/notes as I...

Beautiful Garden Acrylic Painting

Beautiful Garden Acrylic Painting

Just wanted to share a commissioned painting of a friends BEAUTIFUL garden. The photograph they provided me to work from reminded me of the book movie The Secret Garden. Check it out! Watch the painting process in this video: Details:

Upcycled Necktie Vest

Upcycled Necktie Vest

I created a vest to wear in the summer after creating a necktie dress this past fall. The dress had been so much fun to wear the past year that I couldn't wait until summer cooled down. By sewing together neckties the same way, I went a little further to create an...

Necktie Upcycling- Tie Rug, Ottoman and Dress

Necktie's have beautiful colors and patterns, so why only use them for Men's fashion! I asked friends and family to look in their closets and donate any unwanted ties they had for this project. Between donations and a few dozen trips to the thrift store the collection...

DIY Couples Costume- Disney Pixar’s UP

We dressed up as the Up couple for a photo shoot. To celebrate our anniversary the year we bought our fixer-upper house, my husband and I are turned into the Up Couple "Carl and Ellie" STOP: If you don't know who we are in these pictures watch these clips: Carl and...

Colorful Kitchen Makeover

We painted our ugly kitchen cabinets teal and now the kitchen is unrecognizable. When we moved into our house the kitchen was practically falling apart. The dishwasher was ancient, and the old gas stove was just a place holder since the house had no gas lines or...