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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...

DIY Brooch Art: Peacock

Old brooches in your jewelry stash? Turn them into a displayable work of art! My grandmother had quite the collection of brooches that were handed down to me and I didn't want them to just sit in a box. Instead they are now displayed together in the shape of a...

Twizzlers Candy Castle

When life gives you Twizzlers...build a candy castle! What started off an experiment to see if I could build a house turned into a 2 foot tall, Disney inspired, candy castle out of Hershey's brand Rainbow Twizzlers. Watch the process in this video: We had a large...

Splatter Chair

One day my husband and I were driving down an alleyway when we saw this chair on the side of the road. Funny enough I had just had a conversation with him about trying a splatter chair a few days before. The chair had a sign on it saying "The Universe provides...

Painted Seat Cushion

Have you ever had a stain you couldn't get out? Why not paint over it! Paint is everywhere in our house and not always where it's welcome. Sometimes I find it on the floor, walls, ceiling...even the furniture! We had a bench with a white cushion in our dining room,...

DIY Seashell and Salt Dough Craft

Beach trip this year? Save those seashells and turn them into the perfect souvenir! You will need:  1 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 cup salt 1/4 cup water (add more if mixture is too dry). Seashells Instructions: Mix ingredients until it becomes a dough. Shape pendants on...

Bust Statue Gets DIY Mermaid Makeover

Just for fun! When we sold my grandparents house this bust statue was about to get tossed. Instead I grabbed it out of the trash for a DIY mermaid makeover. Watch the process in this video:   After clarifying it wasn't an antique (Do not attempt this with bust...

DIY CD Disco Ball

Have any old CD's sitting around? Grab your glue gun and create your very own disco ball! When we created our Unconventional Christmas Tree in 2016 I came up with the idea of a disco ball hanging over the center of the tree. Not only did it make a great tree topper,...

Christmas Tree from 15ft Paper Bag

For our 2nd annual unconventional Christmas tree we took a spin off the popular paper bag tree craft and made a life size version. Yep, you read right, LIFE SIZE. Using a 15ft paper bag, wire, and a lot of white paint. Watch the process in this video: The 15ft paper...

Upside Down Christmas Tree

Upside down Christmas trees are a popular trend this year, but the price to buy one is pretty steep...so why not DIY it?! To kick off our annual unconventional Christmas tree tradition we made our own. We already had a fake tree so tying a pvc pipe to the inside (with...

Greeting Card Art

Too beautiful to throw away and way too many to display all year round. Greeting cards are a crafting material many people over look. Instead of letting them collect dust, why not create some art for the home? That's exactly what I did with the cards from our wedding:...