It all starts with a piece of wood, a pencil, a design and your Shabby Paints Gelato Gel Stain! Inspiration from a fantastic stain artist/furniture re-finisher over at Sawdust & Embryos, check out her tutorials, videos and projects… she is so talented! I had a friend of mine request me to draw up a sunflower tattoo […]
A Monochromatic Piece of Art Created with Gelato Gel Stain Read More »
Meet Oscar! An artist’s version of the Great Pacific (Red) Octopus This set of nesting tables was screaming for something wonderful, colorful and opposite of the condition I found it in. I was challenged this month by The Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest to create something with color. “Come On, Let Your Colors Burst!” was the theme
Bursting with Color – Three Nesting Tables & an Octopus Read More »
Hello World of readers! Happy Earth Day to you! Well this one took a while but well worth it. He is done… meet Magellan! Painted by hand with my favorite paints on the market! These make refinishing so easy to do! Shabby Paints Brand paints used were: Cali Taupe, Old Gold Shimmer, Hazelnut ReVax, Sheer Vax and a custom Mixed
Happy Earth Day! – Oak Table Flip to World Map Statement Piece Read More »
Good afternoon! I hope you all had a fantastic Easter weekend. I finally got to create something in my new studio. It’s just an art journal page but I wanted to share some sneak peeks. Since it is my journal I won’t be sharing most of what is in it as it is personal. However
If you don’t have wings, choose another way to FLY! – Art Journal Read More »
Rockin’ out to the classics… cars that is. Tattoos and Hot cars go hand in hand and I am trying my hand as a Henna Tattoo vendor at a car show this weekend. Here are some samples I worked up. What do you think? Hope you like these. Do you know any classic car enthusiasts
Henna Tattoos hit the road… Clasic Car style! Read More »
Hello Everyone! The summer is keeping me very busy and I have a new art medium I have discovered I am good at with some practice. Lots and lots of practice…. and when I ran out of room on my body and my daughters I began working on paper. Henna “for fun” is a gateway
Henna for fun is a gateway medium… Read More »
I had an exciting Saturday night at the BRAvo Art Auction in our local town of Marysville, CA. Here are some photos… They had Chocolate Boobies from The Candy Box… their Turtles are to DIE for! Yuba-Sutter BRAvo The Book “Rack” L. Grace Lauer In memory of Nita Rowe. Inspiration: Scouring the internet I found
Art Bras for Breast Cancer – BRAvo Art Auction Read More »
Loving this project! Couldn’t think of a more fun way to raise funds for Breast Cancer Patients. For a tutorial on how I created this art work please see the Helmar Blog at BRAvo for Helmar and Multi Media “Book Rack” Bra Art via helmarusa.typepad.com Certified Helmar Educator
BRAvo for Helmar and Multi Media “Book Rack” Bra Art Read More »
Hello everyone!I am so excited today to show you this sweet little project created with some our fantastic Helmar Products! I was inspired lately by an event I am helping organize to really look into the “Arts”. After working with so many creative people who do so many different things like write poems, Sing or
Decorating on a Dollar ~ Chalkboard Plaque Tutorial with Helmar Read More »
