I love to re-use boxes. I love to paint them, decorate the lids, and fill them with something fun. I came across this narrow box in my stash the other day. It was the perfect size to put pencils in. Many of the art blogs I read are using sheet music […]
Mixed-Media Art
“The Pearl of Great Price” Altered Ring Box
This vintage ring box belonged to my great-grandmother. It was one of many odds and ends I came across in the old boxes I mentioned in my last post. Rolling around in the boxes were several faux pearls. I decided to alter the ring box a bit and include the scripture about the “pearl […]
“Cropped into Greatness”-Handmade Card Project
Even the most creative person has a project flop now and then. That I have slightly more projects fail than succeed is a fact that I’m not going to share on this blog very often. I generally keep my art gone bad to myself, slipping it quietly into the waste basket with the outgoing pampers:) However, to encourage all artists […]
“Thou Art A Sea”
The small quote on this card has been in my Bible over 10 years! I don’t remember what publication I saw it in. All I remember is that the words so resonated with my spirit when I […]
“Illustrated Proverbs 31” Book–verse 11
Here is the second layout for my Illustrated Proverbs 31 book. I’ve always loved the first part of this verse “The heart of her husband safely trusts in her…” What a beautiful truth. Surely every husband wants a wife he can trust with everything he has: money, possessions, the […]
Distich Flash Cards
A distich is two lines of Jewish poetry. You are probably familiar with distiches if you have read through Proverbs. As our family has read through Proverbs the last few months, I noticed that there were several different ways these two lines of poetry were arranged. Upon further investigation, I discovered […]
A Blank Book for “Illustrated Proverbs 31”
Is there anything as irresistible as a blank book? When I see a plain cover filled with empty white pages, a thousand and one ideas come flooding into my mind. When I saw this one in Hobby Lobby a few months ago, I had to have it. The cover of this book is sturdy […]
Christmas in June
I’ve been going through and cleaning out hundreds of photos from my recycle bin. Today I came across some photos from our first church art exhibit last Christmas. I had forgotten all about these photos! I had put them on my FB page during the holidays, deleted them after New Year’s, and […]
Sea Shell Finale!
There have been many sea shell drawings around my house lately, and they haven’t all been done by me. My sea shell tag art has inspired my 7 year old and she has been sketching away. This is just one more thing I love about starting this blog. It […]