wet paint

 just sharing a few diddy's that i have been working on...

whilst rocking out to "the civil wars"  and the new "mumford and sons" albums...

i have struggled to get the colors correct on my photo's....these are too pink...but i am tired.... and in the interest of doing more art...i am posting these less than perfect images....and moving away from the computer.  

 i tried to capture the pretty light coming through the ball jars.

 i have been dying to try my hand at some mixed media works and so including some of my cow photos into these paintings was lots of fun!

o.k.....back to playing in the studio for me....

♥

erin

hand painted doily pumpkins

 happy autumn days, my friends!

i wanted to share some of my hand painted pumpkins with you...

 inspired by the pumpkins featured in the latest issue of Country Living magazine... where real doily's are glued to plastic pumpkins...
i decided to try my hand at painting doily designs using a Sharpie Paint Marker...just like i have been using on my Doily Rocks (see three posts ago)..... 

it's rather like "doily's R us" here at my house...what with my Doily Rocks, Doily Bowls and NOW Doily Pumpkins...sheesh.....

a friend of mine has even been teasing me and saying, "put a doily on it", no matter the subject we are talking about....

she is funny and i love her.

these are just some of the pretties that i will be selling at the Franklin Pumpkinfest on October 27th.

i will also be selling some of my art too....which i have been working very hard on....i have many paintings, which i can not wait to show you.....i just have not had the chance to photograph them yet....

with my fall gardening chores (hey, it's my job), regular walks in the woods (mandatory at this time of year, the leaves are starting to change!), art, art and more art....i find it difficult to keep up with my blog right now...so please bare with me....there just doesn't seem to be enough time in the day right now for everything i want to do!   

do you ever feel that way?

i sure hope so, because it is actually a great feeling.... to be able to do all of these things that i love to do.... and i am getting excited about selling some of my things....in fact, i have been getting so many e-mails inquiring about my art, that i am seriously thinking of opening an Etsy shop...it will have to wait though until november when i have more time to look into it. 

so, lots goin on here.
hope you are keeping busy too.
if you sit still long enough,

 i may put a Doily on you too!

♥

erin

p.s.  just in case  you are wondering....i purchased the plastic pumpkins at michaels craft store, on sale at 50% off....painted them with shades of gray paint that i had on hand....and used a Sharpie paint pen to free hand the doily designs, i bought the pens at 50% off at michaels too.

p.s.s  you can always find coupons for michaels crafts stores in the paper and also on line.

p.s.s.s.  i rarely pay full price for anything at michaels.

p.s.s.s.s  i try not to pay full price for anything, anywhere!

hello friend.

 i had the most wonderful time last weekend,

 in atlanta!!

 oh boy, can we girls talk!

and talk and talk....

giggle too.

 my budding friendship with amy,

this past year, 

has brought me such unexpected joy.

luv you, girlie!

 and getting to know her adorable sister, last weekend,

is a huge bonus....

like the powdered sugar,

 sprinkled on the strawberry crepes!

 yunno, how friendships can be...

some of them come and go.

some of them last a life time.

some deep, some shallow.

 there have been times in my life, where i have felt......well,

 friend lonely.

but not right now.

 oh no...

right now,

the chandy is lit and the flowers are a bloom!

in fact,

that chandy is a sparklin.

♥

erin

p.s.  all photos were taken at a baby shower in atlanta hosted by helen....i just love the flower arrangements she pulled together....she is an artist, gardener and photographer, who has bunnies in her basement....MY kinda gal.

happy fall y'all!!

please enjoy

 a few snippets

 of what i have been up to....

finally, we have had cooler days and nights, here in beautiful franklin, tn....

and i feel so refreshed and alive...  

and oh so excited about some things going on in my life right now...

i have signed up to do a booth at the franklin pumpkinfest at the end of october ....something i never ever envisioned myself doing....but my friend mark porter, who crafts gorgeous barn wood frames, wooden bowls and jewelry boxes, will be doing it with me....mark already has confident experience AND the tent for the booth....i will be selling some of my art (which looks great  framed with barn wood BTW!)  and also my doily bowls and hand painted doily rocks (love them doily's!) ....

an out door event dealing with people ("people"... ew) is not something, i ever saw, my shy self doing, 

so.....i am

  flying by the seat of my pants  

 putting my trust in higher powers with this one.....

and always

and it feels o.k.

i am excited about a painting class that i have started taking at shimai, and being around other "creatives"!

i am excited about creating.

i am excited about my Creator.

i am excited about doing my gardening and power walking (which has turned into more of a jogging thing) in this cooler weather...

without sweating my ass off.

and

 i am so excited

 about a road trip to atlanta this weekend.... with my girlfriend amy ...to visit her sister elaine...

two really cool chicks.....

 yay!

road trip.

tell me what you are excited about??

♥

erin

p.s.  not all people are "ew" to me...just some.

p.s.s.  sorry about my huge watermark on my photos, but it is necessary for credit purposes...if you ever want one of my photos without it, just ask.