A day on the Ogeechee River

I had some fun and played around in Photoshop with these photos!

Saw this across the river from our property! Looks like somebody made themselves a hut!

 

A big water mocassin!

This was about a 4 foot alligator! We saw a 13 foot in this same spot last year!

We counted 19 turtles this day!

Rose Petals Watercolor

I sent a little birthday thought to my sweet Aunt Nella! I watercolored a few rose petals on a 5x7 watercolor paper and doodled a little on the back! I made her address label from my spellbinders die cut! and doodled a black-eyed susan garland with my copics!

Thyme Embroidered Dishtowel

I embroidered this Thyme Herb Dishtowel for a gift! 

Granny's Funeral Flowers

Well, Granny's been gone since November 1, 2011 and I've finally gotten the notion to make these flower arrangements from her beautiful funeral flowers sent by all of her family and friends. I've never dried flowers before, this was my first try!  I collected so many from the graveside, they were all so gorgeous I couldn't bare to let them go to waste so I brought them all home with me not really sure of what I was going to do with them.  I didn't know which ones would dry nice and which ones wouldn't.  Now that it's done, I can tell you that lilies, daisies, and hydrangeas don't save at all.  But the rest of these did quite nice.  And I was really happy they kept their beautiful color! 
I went to Hobby Lobby while their pottery/vases were 50% off!! Each of these vases ended up being less than $10 each!! Great deal.  I also got 3 of those green foam blocks.
Yesterday, I thought it was time.  I wanted to make something really pretty in remembrance of my Granny.  I made one for myself, one for my sister and one for my Mom.  I just began clipping the stems and sticking them into the foam.  I had no plan or layout, its' all just very random.  I just kept sticking and sticking anywhere I saw a empty spot.  I even used some of the baby's breath and tinier little delicate flowers that all dried, surprisingly, very nicely!
So Mom and Laura, since this is your first time seeing all the flowers I saved... I hope you like them!  I'll get these to you soon!  Click photos to enlarge!

Meet Sunshine! My new kitty!

This is our new baby, Sunshine! She showed up at Granny's house several days ago and we just had to bring her home!  She looks just like our late, Cornbread, except he had green eyes and she has orange eyes!  She is such a little sweetheart and has made great friends with everyone in our little family here!  Welcome to the family Sunshine!!

Painted Rock - Ink Dogwood

I painted this small river rock with my white acrylic paint.  Then I used my fine tip Micron pen to draw the dogwood.

Pink Strawberry Rice Krispie Treats

I love Rice Krispie Treats and this recipe is a little bit of a twist on something I saw on Pinterest.   For my recipe I decided to do a strawberry flavor!  You use your regular cereal box recipe and replace white marshmallows for strawberry ones!  And you add some dry strawberry cake mix and some sprinkles!

• 6 cups rice krispies

• 3 tbsp butter

• 10 oz bag of strawberry marshmallows

• 1 cup strawberry cake mix (dry)

• sprinkles

Before you begin, spray a large cookie sheet with butter flavored cooking spray (or regular flavor).
1. melt your butter in large pot over low heat.
2. add marshmallows.

3. stir and stir til melted

4. as they start getting pretty melted add in your cake mix a spoonful at a time and stir really good.

5. notice the beautiful shade of pink.

6. add in rice krispies and keep stiring.

7. continue to stir and sprinkle in the sprinkles!

8. remove from heat, turn off stove and spread onto cookie sheet using your clean fingers!

9. YUM!

10. If you plan to cut pieces out with cookie cutters, do it quickly while it's still warm and easy to press.  Otherwise, cut into squares with a knife!

Hope you enjoy this perfect Valentine's treat!

Basil Herb Embroidered Dish Towel

I bought a set of plain dish towels with a blue border and a set of iron on transfers and embroidered this easy dish towel! Made a great gift! Fun and easy!

Dream Embroidery Pillowcases

I like the color scheme of this pillowcase set! I start with a dark blue pillowcase and drew on my pattern with a white chalk pencil. Then I embroidered with various colors! Turned out cute I think!

Modge Podge trays from napkins!

I bought this set of nested wooden trays from Hobby Lobby and a pack of pretty napkins and some modge podge!  I separated the 2 layers of the napkin and used the printed piece for my project.  I started with my sponge brush and placed the napkin in the center and started apply glue all over yet delicately due to the thinness of the napkin.  I covered each tray and let dry!! Easy and fun!

Pink/Purple Flower in acrylic

I started this one with a dark blue background on 5x7 canvas. As I painted I was very happy with it and it sat on my desk for a while. I made myself finish it before I started another project and now I really love it! The colors turned out better than I expected! I also added some glossy accents for dew drops!

LOVE flower watercolor

I painted this with my watercolor pencils onto coldpress watercolor paper. Then outlined it with my black pen.  Then I added some glossy accents for dew drops!

Magnolia Seed Pod Acrylic Painting

I painted this magnolia seed pod on8x10 canvas with acrylic paints.

Japanese Magnolia Acrylic Painting

I painted this tulip bud on 5x7 canvas with acrylic paints.

Acrylic Painted Knife

This was one of David's most recent projects, he made this knife from an old horse femur bone. I decided to paint it for him on 8x10 canvas using acrylics!

Pen Cup

This was a gift I made for Mom, she is a pen lover just like me! I bought her this set of Slicci metallic pens and made this little cup to put them in! Nice!

Felt Beaded Broche

I made these for a Christmas present this past year and wanted to share them with you! I made the tree from one of my own digital stamps! Here is the tutorial for how I made it here.