original artwork thursday

I know it's Friday, but I don't want to abbreviate my title to O.A.F., so there you go!

This weekend I'm supposed to help my sister in law paint a beach themed mural in her kitchen, so I have been practicing. I hope it goes well! If it does I might post pictures. Hope your weekend is lovely!

oringinal artwork thursday

One day I will learn photography and photo editing. This is not that day. Enjoy the artsiness:)

original artwork.... friday?

This is what I ended up making for the wedding gift, along with a basket of a couple of things they registered for and some homemade laundry powder. I think they liked it! I wasn't really pleased with the way the date turned out, but overall I thought it was cute.


I took my inspiration from this at Maybe Matilda. She's got some cute stuff!


We've got a super busy weekend ahead with Derby and Mother's day. Hope your weekend is great!

original artwork thursday

When I looked back over my week I couldn't find anything crafty at first, and as I was about to pull out the supplies and draw something specifically for this post, Nathan reminded me of this little box I turned inside out. I just love the inside of the yogi tea boxes, so I decided to flip it. There are a couple of unsightly glue marks but I think they could easily be covered with a ribbon tied around or a cool sticker.

The inside could probably be painted or covered with fancy paper, but I kind of like it the way it is. If I do another one soon I may give that a try.

This is the perfect size for a couple bars of homemade soap, or even a crocheted headband! It was so quick and easy. I used elmer's for this one, but I recommend using hot glue. (That's what I'll use on the next one!)

original artwork thursday

I got in a quick sketch in the Lowe's parking lot on Saturday and finished it up with a little watercolor at home. I've had these basic lacy shapes rolling around in my head since I painted my boots and wanted to do something else with them. This is really a quick one that I don't love, but I might reuse this pink and ochre color combination again along with some of the shapes.

This paint is being used to spruce up some ugly flower pots.

I began painting them this lovely avocado color yesterday. I really want to get some aqua paint and have avocado and aqua flower pots full of marigolds and nasturtiums. Even though I dislike marigolds, we are using them as a companion plants for our garden.

How are your artsy endeavors coming along?

original artwork thursday

No sketching this week, I had crochet on the brain. I have been trying to come up with a headband pattern to sell at Myrtle's , and I think I have succeeded. So far I have only sold hats up there, and of course that means summer sales are nonexistent. As you can see I have created removable accessories

And I got to set snaps! This was such a fun project, inspired by Maybe Matilda's knotted headband tutorial. I did add the idea of snaps and removable accessories with the option to twist or knot as you see fit. I will be adding another set of snaps on the headbands so that they will fit kids or adults. And I made it a bit smaller in the width.

Wear 2 at a time!

Wear a huge flower on your noggin!

This green one is the headband we performed rigorous testing on. Snaps were new to me, so we pulled on it and snapped/unsnapped this one a whole bunch. Plus I wanted to see if it would stretch out so we pulled on either end and swung it around the room. It held up pretty well, SO this headband is mine now.

original artwork thursday

This week was more of a going through the wardrobe week and not very much of an artsy one. I did manage to fit in one sketch for today, plus I found a little something I worked on last week.

original artwork thursday

We go together like peanut butter and jelly.

some weeds and wrought iron

more weeds

even more weeds and a partial view of my backyard

a lamp post downtown in a nearby small town

It was a good sketch week with lots of inspiration and encouragement. I'm excited to fill up a sketchbook for the first time. I'm still probably a few weeks away from that, but, trust me, I'll let you know when it happens!

If you have any craftiness or sketches, leave a link in the comments!

original artwork thursday

a tree in my front yard
the last cookie, and the recipe (our favorite and healthiest cookie!) with a flower from a placemat that my great grandmother made.

our spice rack, and a variation on a hot pad I crocheted.

all taken with my new camera which Nathan picked up for me today!!!!
I'm still no photographer, but at least it's not so blurry anymore :)

original artwork thursday

As you can tell it has been a slow week in the art department. A couple of doodles is all I have really done. I had better get on the ball, because next week is my last week of sketch class and i would like to do something really cool/nice before the end of class. It has been lots of fun and I have gotten some great ideas.

Don't forget to leave a comment on this post to win some free original art!

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Today we are celebrating my 111th post with a giveaway! If you leave a comment I will put your name in a hat and draw one out and the winner will receive a hand painted original. When I choose a winner, I will choose a painting just for you. If you've never left a comment before, now is the time! I love comments from random strangers or old friends. :) I will write a new post to announce the winner on March 8th!

original artwork thursday

Couldn't get my camera to cooperate, so here is a banana from a while back to satisfy your crafty cravings. I'll post more current pics next time (hopefully!).

Interesting facts about bananas and my family:

1. when I was pregnant with Isaiah, bananas made me gag.

2. I didn't feed Isaiah baby food bananas because I was pregnant with Lydia and bananas made me gag.

3. Lydia eats bananas, Toby eats bananas, and Chloe eats about 2 bananas a day, but Isaiah won't eat one even if it's covered in chocolate chips.

4. We buy about 3 bunches of bananas a week.

5. Because of leg cramps I had to learn to eat bananas when I was pregnant with toby and chloe, and ate one almost every day cut up with pears (toby) or blackberries (chloe) and walnuts, with vanilla yogurt.

6. there are about 26 carbs in a banana.

7. That's probably more about bananas and me than you wanted to know!

original artwork thursday

these are a few pictures from this week's sketchbook. I'm on a rainbow kick... I don't know why. Hopefully I'll pull through that and create something actually cool soon :) (although secretly I love rainbows and clouds and swirls and birds...)

original artwork thursday

original artwork thursday is simply a way for me to show you what I have been working on, from crocheting to painting to sketching. Feel free to leave a link of your artwork in the comments, and if enough people link up (or anyone!!) I'll think about getting a linky tool to make it easier.

This weeks art is from my first week of sketchbook delight.

original artwork thursday (OAT)

faux bois owl