Three Girls and a Paintbrush

Fall is my favorite time of the year and one of the reasons besides the great weather is that it's my peak crafting season! This is how a perfect day for me goes this time of year; both of my girls are home on a Saturday, we spread all our crafting supplies out in the kitchen, turn on a good movie and start painting crosses. It's really fun for me to see how each of us has a different decorating style. We started designing custom crosses a couple of years ago and we truly enjoy it as a hobby as well as a small business ~ it's also a great excuse to go to Canton Trade Days each month (to pick up supplies)!! :) haha Each one is different and unless we have a specific order for a baby cross or special color, we just grab a paintbrush and start randomly decorating. Using paint, paper, multiple smaller crosses, nailheads and old jewelry to decorate, amazingly, we've only had a few that just really didn't turn out that well. Lately, we have started painting frames and tissue boxes also. Ok, I have to admit I have tons of money in inventory and supplies but the way I see it is a Saturday at home painting is much cheaper than a Saturday at the mall !! Check out some of our work, Hailey recently painted the large one with cow hide being held by her friend Krina. Courtni did the cute pink cross that is monogramed and I did most of the others. My friend Jordin LePori sells them at her hair salon (Sean Lauren on Glade Rd. ). For a great stress relieving, therapeutic craft, grab a paintbrush and go to work or call me to order! Enjoy :)

Great Weekend!!!!

Typically my blog is all about fun decorating stuff but today I decided to do a 360 and talk about fun life stuff! I had an absolutely wonderful weekend! Starting on Friday afternoon, Courtni picked me and Sara up and we headed to Plano to dinner at Taco Diner and then to the Advocare Ladies Alive event. The event was a two day extravaganza thtat I really enjoyed! Wow, it's un-believable how much money the "Diamond" distributors make.....we are talking up to $200K per month ~ YES, you heard right, per month....amazing! The event was over at 5 pm Saturday and we were tired little puppies but it was really fun. I am so blessed to have daughters to enjoy fun "ladies events" with :) Today was a great day too, the message at church today was "Operation Wanderer" and it was awesome. If you get a chance go to our church website and listen ~ First Baptist Colleyville. After church we went to my mom's house (aka Honey's house) for lunch with her, Melanie and my nephew Brett the beast! We cooked steaks on her "real" charcoal grill and it was beyond delicious. Following the meal, Bobby and I took a ride on our Harley....love it! I am so happy and thankful for my family and all the wonderful people in my life ! Tomorrow, back to decorating, today I had to talk about the important stuff:)

Back to the Blog!!

After several months (11 to be exact), I decided to get back to my blog. This decision was not without a good bit of encouragement and prodding from my sweet daughter Courtni. A couple of weeks ago Courtni started writing a blog and it has been a complete hit. Court is a great writer, very creative and funny. My writing skills, eh well, not that great but I do love to talk about decorating and all things creative so that's what most of my blogs will be about!

Now that it's mid-September I am definitely in full swing working on Fall wreaths, centerpieces and just florals in general. I love this time of year, the warm colors and getting my clients and my home ready for the holidays! In the past couple of weeks I've been super busy so I thought I would post a couple of pics of my recent designs. The weather is supposed to turn much cooler this weekend so get out your Fall stuff and decorate your front porch......Enjoy!