Author: Scarlett

Painting

Painting for my Art Niche

I’ve had this up on my FB, but I wanted to go ahead and post it here on the blog.  This is a recent painting I did in our downstairs art niche.  The niche is in a small hallway and the landscape really opens up the space.  This painting was […]

Drawings, Mixed-Media Art

Sea Shell Tags

These are the first two in a series of over-sized tags I’ve been working on. The sea-shells are  hand-drawn and torn out of my sketch pad.   I’m ready to take a trip  to the  beach sometime this year! It’s been too long since I’ve seen the ocean.

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My Easter Basket

 Isn’t this a lovely Easter basket ?  With tiny little silk flowers and dried moss around the outside,  the curved wooden handle gracefully arching across, and the pink, dainty butterfly adorning the handle, this is the sweetest basket I’ve ever seen.  I just filled the center with new, soft reindeer moss-the perfect bed for pretty, painted eggs.    Believe it or not, this […]

Mixed-Media Art

Posh Postal Tubes

Looking for a unique way to package a gift? Postal mailing tubes are fun to work with and best of all, they often show up in your mailbox, FREE.    Here I have three that I recently “dolled up” in black and white. These are my favorite kind to work with.  […]

Art With Children

The Bird Journal

My All Time Favorite Elementary School Project Making a bird journal with my oldest daughter in her elementary years was, without a doubt, my favorite and most memorable project.  Her journal, which she filled to the very last page with drawings, writings, and pictures, is the most treasured keepsake I have […]