Look for this booth tomorrow at Little Lake Park and get your goodie bag of freebies from fabulous Etsians! Featuring super cool things like:

Drink of the Week

Busy week deserves a shot! Since fall is right around the corner, and the leaves are already starting to fall, how about a Caramel Apple Shot?

1 part apple pucker
1 part butterscotch schnapps

Shake over ice, strain into shot glass(es), enjoy!

In the morning, when you're sober again, think about enjoying the last few gorgeous days of summer and check out the Art and Craft Show in Little Lake Park here in beautiful Grand Rivers, Kentucky? With over 100 vendors, fair food, demonstrations, and more, there's enough fun for three days! And while you're there, register to win a gift certificate to my shop and grab a grab bag of handmade goodies from several Etsy talents- all for free!!

Spray Paint Fun Part 3

This week I am scrambling to get everything done for the KWW Arts and Crafts Show this week, and needed to make some sort of display for my mini paintings. Maybe I'm cheap, or maybe its my eco-friendly raising that makes me dig through all the junk around the house before I buy anything, maybe its a little of both. After searching in vain for the right kind of wood to construct such a thing, I finally settled on an old, broken poster frame that has been sitting in the garage since I moved in. After fixing the frame with good ol' Gorilla Glue (that glue rocks!), I painted it lime green to match this cheap easel that's been collecting dust for several years now. Then I cleaned up the plastic "glass" from the frame and painted one side with glass frosting spray paint. I then hot glued the plastic in the frame to make sure it was secure, and then laid some of the same cutouts leftover from the necklace display board project and sprayed bursts of white and blue spray paint. The last thing was to add some shelves to put the paintings on, so I searched some more and came up with trim scraps from another household project and screwed them into the frame. Voila!

Be sure to come see what mini paintings I have- at marked down show special prices- this weekend! While you're there, pick up a goodie bag of handmade samples from me and other Etsy crafters, like these swell potscrubbers handmade by Mary Ellen's Crafts. I used one myself and can tell you firsthand, these nifty things really rock! Get one free and find out yourself, and then swing by her shop and show her some love!

Fun with Spray Paint #2

My second fun thing to do with spray paint? How 'bout this fab necklace display I made from boards that came in the back of frames, push pins and corsage pins, and spray paint? All it took was a few cardboard cutouts, a good base coat of one color (also spray paint, of course) and several swooshie (yes, its a word) layers of different colors as I moved the cutouts between colors. The only cutouts I didn't move was where you see the light blue doves- the dark blue dove was a stencil dove I made and painted last.

Be sure the come to the KWW Arts and Crafts Show this weekend in Grand Rivers and check out the all new and rad pendants and necklaces I put on the display! While you're there, register to win a gift certificate and recieve a wonderful goodie bag full of handmade samples from other Etsy artists, like the super talented and very, very funny Annie Rexic!
At annierexic.etsy.com, you can get fresh and funky handmade pins, clothes and jewelry, all complete with hysterical descriptions that will keep you in stitches! She has some of these fun little handmade pins included in the goodie bags for you to take home. So be sure to drop by and say hello!

Fun with Spray Paint

Josh brings me bigs cans of Rustoleum industrial enamel whenever he can. Somehow, he is always surprised how quickly I can go through spray paint. From outfitting retro hard plastic suitcases, to jazzing up the mailbox, spray paint is good for everything! This week, I'll be showing you all the fun that can be had with a few cans of spray paint! Today's fun:

margaritas and free samples!

Its been a busy week of getting last minute things done for the big arts and craft show next weekend. So make yourself a Margarita and relax with me!

Margarita:

1 1/2 oz tequila

1/2 oz triple sec

sweet and sour to fill

splash of Rose's Lime juice

garnish with a lime after pouring in a salted glass, and enjoy!

I have been busy today putting together fun "goodie bags" chock full of handmade with love samples from other Etsy artists to give away, so make sure to come out next weekend and get yours while they last! A taste of what to expect:

And from me:

Art Lessons

I spent the morning giving art lessons to Sierra and two other homeschool girls. We had beautiful weather for plein air painting, and the girls turned out lovely paintings of the landscape around them in only 3 hours! I was very impressed! Interested in art lesssons for yourself or children? I offer private lessons for the same price (often less) than typical art classes where there are 20 people to one teacher. The price also includes use of my studio, equiptment, and even some supplies. Learn more on my website, or call me at 270-508-0622.

xoxo