Long Time, No post

Wow, I hadn't realized it had been that long since I've posted!  And only 2 for the whole year?  Bad, bad blogger!  I've been up to tons of projects, including getting my photography business up and running.  I started a Facebook page too!  You can visit it here.

I've had lots of great new ideas and spent some time playing around with them.  Hopefully, one day, I'll get a tutorial up on some of them!  For now though, I figured I would post a few pics of some things I've been working on lately.

Then there's these!

I had some custom work  - pinstripping and logos....

I'll be back soon this time!  Let me know if there is anything your interested in seeing or me doing a tutorial on!

Resale For Rescue

Over the weekend, I was working on a big project.  My brothers dad {yes, that makes him my step-brother}  has a girlfriend who has a resale store with one of her friends.  Did I lose you there?  Haha!  The store needs a sign.  My brother is very creative and talented, and he suggested that we work together on this sign.  I was super excited to do this with him!  So, we got together a few weekends ago and got started.  The 1st day we just kinda got our plans together, I sketched out an idea, and we got it all laid out.  Wanna hear the fun part?  This thing is 4ft. tall and 8ft. long {big} and we have to do both sides!!!  Yikes!  So we got to work again this weekend and made huge progress on this thing.

The Sketch

Just starting...

Ron working on the letters

Puppy {I have got to get his face done so he doesn't look like a bunny anymore!}

The kitty cat

The really cool part about the store is that all the proceeds go to a pet rescue one of the ladies owns!  How cool is that?  I think it's such a great idea and I'm glad to be a part of it!

She's a Very Crafty Girl

Oh, I crack myself up!  Sorry, just ignore me!

I have been working on so many different things...and I haven't posted any of it!  So, I've got to get to it! I re-vamped an old bread box that I found years ago at a garage sale.  This is the 2nd time I've re-done this bread box...the only bad thing is that I never took pictures of the first makeover...

but I got some of it this time!

I've also had several custom orders. An adorable canvas for a new little girl, a wedding gift and a gift for new grandparents!  I've never had an order for new grandparents, and I thought that was such a sweet and special idea!

These are a few things I did for an outdoor show

And then I've made some bookmarks to put on my Etsy Site

I also got new business cards:

{front}

{back}

October Work

Here is some recent orders/work I've done...

 

Remember This Table?

I doubt you do! I posted it sooo long ago that if it hadn't been my project, I would have forgotten it completely! I finally had the time to sit down and work some more on my table. I decided I was going to turn it into an outside table for our front porch, but then after a few months of realizing we were never going to use it out there, I decided it was time to bring it inside or just get rid of it, which I did NOT want to do.

I really wanted a functional table that we would use, and serve as storage too. I think it will be perfect when all is said and done!

We love to play Checkers & Chess so I thought I would make a huge
playing board on the top of our coffee table

Here is an up close shot of the distressing

That's all I have to show for now...I still have to finish the sides, drawers, drawer pulls and the game pieces. Once those are done, I'll post lots more photos of the transformation!

Custom Painting

I did a custom piece over the weekend...here are a few pictures!

this is about half way through

Finished product