(16 x 20 with wooden accents)
This is a painting I'm working on for my sister-in-law. I still have some adjustments to make, but I'm putting it up anyway!

Painting Party

When I was in college, I used to pull out our ironing board in our dorm room and paint canvases on it for hours. That's probably the last time I did that...until today. A friend of mine was showing me some things she had done, and I thought, "I need to start that back up! I used to love that!" So, today, I went to the craft store and loaded up on canvases and a few more colors of paint to add to my already full Rubbermaid paint box...and I began painting. Of course, I don't have children. But, that's what I wanted to paint...so I worked on some pieces for my nieces and nephews. I'm pretty sure most of them don't check my blog (especially the 2, 4, and 5 year old) too often, so I'll post some pictures.

Name swirl

Sam at work

Fruits of the Spirit monogram

While I painted for pleasure, Russ painted for...well, I'm sure it was pleasure too! Ha! Last week Russ patched up some places on our walls. He sanded them and got the places ready to be painted.

So, tonight...he painted! It was the first time either one of us have experienced painting a house. He really enjoyed it, and it looks GREAT!! Thank you, Russ, for taking care of our home!


All-in-all, we had a "painting party!" Very productive and enjoyable.