Some of my best designs and finished pieces have been inspired by my friends and customers. For the recent painted apron giveaway I did an apron with carrots and asked you for future apron ideas…
WowZa! You are a creative group!!!! You can see all the suggestions in the comment section here
Lets congratulate the winner, chosen by a random number generator, Mary L.
Congrats Mary L.!
I want to share some other talents and inspirations with you today
I recently ordered some crazy cool jewelry from one of my blog buddies
Crafty Hope
Not only is her work unique and beautiful, her packaging is just as great. The jewelry arrived attached sturdy paper boards made out of old book pages she colored and stained. Plus they were wrapped up like presents in pretty papers!
She even included a gift of magnets made with buttons, washers, and books, professionally packaged in a clear bag with a stamped tag and thank you card…thank you Hope!
Another blogging friend of mine, Jodi at Life in Between, does wonderful watercolors and she and her DIL opened an Etsy shop where you can shop for vintage signs, and original watercolor cards and other goodies
I got these adorable cards for a bird-loving friend, and they arrived so quickly, thoughtfully packaged with a hand written thank you note
There are all kinds of wonderful creations to see at McKinney x 2Designs
How about this adorable baby card!
One of my least favorite things to hear is, “I wish I was artistic…”
Everyone is artistic and creative! You just have to be a little fearless
One of my BFF’s asked me to do a large painting for her master bedroom that would bring in color into her gold and brown toned room, yet be relaxing. She thinks she’s not artistic, but let me say she has quite an “eye.” We created a shared Pinterest board so we could both pin ideas to it, and then decide what kind of painting, landscape, abstract, floral, etc. she would like the best. I was blown away by all of her fantastic pins and was surprised to learn she loved the more impressionist style works.
The 48″ x 24″ size she wanted was perfect for an open landscape. I incorporated several elements from landscapes she liked for her painting “New Beginnings”
The long winding path draws the eye to the distant rising or setting sun, representing the start or end of another day, and a chance for a fresh start or a new beginning…
Another good friend asked me to paint some furniture for her twin granddaughters. What a totally creative and brilliant idea…why haven’t I thought of that! head slap!
She knew exactly what she wanted, bows, trailing flower vines and the names on the rocking chair seats. She practically did all the work for me!
The rockers have bows and the table chairs have monograms
Everything is currently “curing” and waiting in the garage for delivery this week
These abstract watercolors were painted by my 3 year old granddaughter CC
She’s definitely fearless!
So bottom line is that everyone is an artist in their own way, you just have to remember to be a little fearless… and tap into your inner child
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Thank you all very much for all the suggestions, ideas and inspirations!
Look for another painted apron giveaway coming up soon…
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