Santa with Glasses Lightbulb Ornament

I have forever wanted to paint a santa with glasses and now I can mark that off of my list. This is what I came up with. I also love black/white checks so he needed those on his hat. So happy to add him to my ever growing santa collection! I hope you like!

Santa Hunter Lightbulb Ornament

I haven't been near as productive as I would like to be this new year but now that ol' man winter is finally getting out of here, spring has sprung and I am feeling a bit more creative. I have forever wanted to paint more hobby like ornaments and I just knew a hunter would have to be added to my collection of santas. Besides, I don't have many ornaments geared to guys and I am trying to remedy that. This little fellow is what I came up with. He has on a bright orange hat so that he will still safe in the woods. I couldn't bear to add an animal to it as I don't quite like the thought of those precious animals getting killed although sometimes I know it is necessary. Hope you like this santa! Thanks for looking!

New Year...New Ornaments

I sooo need to get better at blogging...it needs to become a daily routine doesn't it? I've been busy painting up some new designs so stay tuned for sure! I just completed a hunter santa and my tropical santa for 2014. I still need to finish them up with hats. I want to find a straw hat to fit the tropical santa so it may be awhile before he is completed. I am going to try and add at least one tropical santa per year to my collection. I have 4 new lightbulb ornaments on the painting table right now. Funny, I fret the instant the brush hits the bulb because I NEVER think they will turn out but am usually pleasantly surprised with the end result...we shall see...hope this will be the case with these 4.

Sometimes I am commissioned to paint special orders. In this case, my wonderful friend Ann Rea, who by the way keeps me busy painting bride and groom ornaments for all her friend's kids who are getting married, has a niece who is a doctor who married a doctor. Off to the designing board I went. Here is the result!

Beach Santa with Lighthouse Wine/Champagne Bottles

I must say that the beach santas I designed and painted this year have been my best sellers. I have a large order I am working on right now of them. I decided to start painting up the bottles based on my bulb ornaments, only larger of course. Here is the beach santa with a lighthouse. I took him and my other santa with the dolphin which I will also share with you on vacation with me to St. George Island, FL. Enjoy!

So Sorry I've Been MIA...

Just been so busy, I haven't had a moment to be on the internet much. But I have been painting my little heart out! I have participated in two craft shows this season and did very well. My last one is December 14th and I also have my items in two craft malls called "The Shack" in Lancaster, KY and "Back Porch Treasures" in Harrodsburg, KY. I had mentioned earlier in the year that I now have a Facebook page too and I am trying to drive traffic to it. So hard to not get lost on the internet. Etsy has gotten so big it is hard for anyone to find me. But sales on Etsy have really taken off this past week. I have several orders to fill...busy, busy, busy! 'Tis the season! I have almost gotten all my Christmas decorations put up because I want to have plenty of time to do the other things I wanna do this holiday season. This is the new banner my friend LeeAnne made for me...she is so talented! I turned this banner into business cards and they turned out really well. I promise I will do better and post a few more pics of what I've been working on. Thanks for visiting me! Happy holidays!

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You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch!

Can you believe I woke up bright and early yesterday morning with this lil' guy floating around in my head? I could not get to painting fast enough. I have painted a Grinch face bulb ornament before and finished up some spoon ornaments with him on them but wanted more of a full bodied bulb and this is my first attempt. I just can't seem to get enough of the green meanie these days...just itching to paint a tree topper...I envision a Grinch tree in my house this Christmas! Oh yeah, credit has to go to my creative husband for coming up with the button idea "no Christmas!"

Santa with Lighthouse Lightbulb Ornament

Can ya tell I've had my head in the sand and surf? I have wanted to paint an entire collection of "beach" ornaments and this is the second in my series with the lightbulbs for ornaments. I love how this turned out. Was fun to paint santa's coat a different color other than red. Enjoy! Stay tuned for more!