Walk Softly & Carry A Big Stick...

...a big pretty gypsy walking stick!

The other day as we were walking I came across this big stick. It's almost as tall as I am, the top comes up to my eye brows! (yes I'm pretty short) My hubby is about 6'4 so you can see it's pretty big. It looked interesting to me & not very heavy. I couldn't leave it where it lay, I started to, but turned back & picked it up. A perfect walking stick, I thought, so I convinced my hubby to walk it home for me. He cut off some little branches that were sticking out a little & cleaned it up for me. Yesterday I began painting on it. Ok, I know you're thinking...why? I don't know! My insatiable need to turn trash into treasure with paint? It seemed like a fun thing to do at the time, however, I have only gotten about 1/4 of the way down the stick, now realizing this is not just a quick little project I have gotten myself into. I was hoping to be finished with it today but it may take a little while. So far it has clouds & sky, bumble bees, lizards, little leaves, sky & blackbirds, hearts, cherries, daisies, and fish. Things you might see on a walk...? Once I get all the main sections painted I can then start putting in lots of little details & of course more color! I admit I feel a little guilty working on this stick instead of a long list of other things I could be doing, but I'm having fun with it. It will be a great conversation piece that's for sure, whether on a hike or just to have! Wouldn't you feel grand hiking with this?! hahaha Definitely a unique piece of art! I will post another picture when it's all finished. Can you think of some things that need to be on my gypsy stick? What have you turned from trash into treasure lately?

Wordless Wednesday

Whew!

I painted until the wee hours of the morning last night and then all day today. I didn't eat a bit until almost 4:00. I just forgot to and that doesn't happen often. I painted the replacement paintings that were lost in the mail and they came out just as nice as the originals if I say so myself. When I had those done I couldn't stop. I started on several more tiny ones, prepared some canvas for future paintings and I grabbed a piece of my wood destined for the dumps and painted the Kitchen Angel I had been wanting to do. Her eyes will follow you all over the kitchen. Click on her if you need to and then get up off your chair and move side to side and check it out. haha I think she's fun and funny!

Remember my redneck baby rattle? Recycle/Reuse! Well I have redneck brush washers. haha I dug some Pepsi bottles out of the recycle bin and cut them in half. They work really great for water to wash your brushes in! AND the little nubbins at the bottom really help get the paint out from down deep in your brush, better than a glass or cup!

A New Blog Award!

Thank you Lance at Crescent Hill Designs! http://crescenthilldesigns.blogspot.com/ What a nice surprise that was! I finished up some paintings I had been working on and listed some new

paintings on Etsy today! I will be passing along the blog award and posting my canidates soon!