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Step by Step Beginner Cross and Empty Tomb Painting

Just in time for the first day of spring! 🌸🎨✨This Easter Sunday painting was my number one request this month! Traceables Available here: 8x10 Traceable 11x14 Traceable 16x20 Traceable 🖌Brushes: Mop brush...

Covered Bridge Painting with Traceables

Traceables Available: 8x10 Covered Bridge 11x14 Covered Bridge 16x20 Covered Bridge One of my top fall requests has been a covered bridge! In this video I will walk you through my creative process from...

Fall Leaf Painting Tutorial (with traceables)

Have you seen leaves changing color or falling off the trees yet?🎨🍁Here's a step by step tutorial on how to paint one! Traceables Available: 11x14 Leaf Traceable 8x10 Leaf Traceable Supplies listed below:...

Beginner Flamingo Painting with Traceables

Here is a colorful summer painting tutorial of a flamingo! 🎨🦩 Traceables available: 8x10 Flamingo 11x14 Flamingo 16x20 Flamingo You will need: 11x14 canvas board 🎨Acrylic craft paint colors: White Orange...

Butterfly Poppy Field Painting Tutorial

Traceables: 11x14 Butterfly Poppy Traceable 16x20 Butterfly Poppy Traceable Here is the beginner acrylic painting tutorial for the butterfly poppy field painting This painting has so many fun colors and...

Beginner Flower Painting with Traceables

Flower Traceables: 8x10 Flower Traceable 11x14 Flower Traceable 16x20 Flower Traceable Painting Steps: 1. Sketch flower shape: 00:00 2. Background color texture: 00:40 3. Fill in flower color: 2:16 4....

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...

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:...

DIY Refrigerator Decor

I'm thankful for a working refrigerator, but after a few months in our apartment I could NOT stand the blank white space in the kitchen!! As an artist I needed to cover it with something. Renting meant I couldn't paint the doors or anything permanent so instead I...

Accessories for The Dress Made of 10K+ Starburst Wrappers

Because this Dress from 10K Starburst wrappers took about 5 years to complete, it only makes sense that it would take another 3 years to get the word out. In fact, it went viral this past summer. I shared a few pictures of it on a site called Bored Panda and in less...

The Process Behind Making a Dress From 10K+ Starburst Wrappers

My husband and I first met when he began offering me packs of Starburst wrappers as an ice breaker. The wrappers were colorful so I began to save and organize them. I didn't really know what to do with them at that point but as most trash I deem saving I knew they...