A little wedding gift for some special kids

a labor of love

a bridal shower gift i made for my girl

visitor

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a little art project... makes my heart happy 

Best feeling

so i get a text message last night, and it is a little tour of Mackenzie & Tyler's new apartment. And lo & behold, Mom made the wall :) THEN she posts it on social media, and my heart soars :) corny as it sounds...i love her encouragement and support of my art. It always seems to happen just when i need it most. Love you bug! thanks, as always ♥

Engagement crafts

A little engagement gift or 3 :) 

Christmas project

somewhere along the line, i ended up with a box of Emma Bade's silverware. Emma Bade is Kenny's grandmother... we live in the home she  and Albert built on the family farm, the farm that has been in the Bade family since 1859.  I have wanted to do something special with the silverware, beyond keeping it to myself and/or using it. So i came upon this idea, of painting a folk art scene of the Bade Barn on the Emma and Allie spoons, and then decorating them up cute for each of Kenny's siblings & one for each of their kids to have as a keepsake. Along with the spoons, i decorated a photo of the farm that i took and then embellished it with the Lutheran table prayer, in English and German.
I love that my daughter and her cousins all have a heartwarming sense of their heritage and ties to this farm, they are genuinely proud of it. Getting photos from the kids, of this gift hanging in their homes... it doesn't get any better than that.

 

 

 

scanned version of a previous posted doodle

Jalissa's turning 1!

doodle goes digital

a little ink doodle - scan - photshop

New obsession of the moment

Loving the zentangle doodle trend. Here is a card I will be sending to my college girl.

a little christmas gift project