Spring Fling!! Day Six!!!

Today's giveaways are hosted by

 

Nat Mac @ Nat Mac’s Knick Nac’s

Cleaning Apron and Box of Magic Erasers

Stephanie @ Luxe Boulevard

Lady Beachy Keen headband

 

Remember each giveaway is only open for three days!  Make sure you check back tomorrow for more fabulous giveaways!  

Spring Fling!! Day Five!!

Today's giveaways are hosted by

Lauren @ The Simple Sussie

Bloom Necklace

Candace @ Sweet Nothings

Lovely Mustard Yellow Burlap Flower

Lelani @ To Sew With Love

Diaper & Wipes Case, Owl Plushie + An added surprise...

 

Remember each giveaway is only open for three days!  Make sure you check back tomorrow for more fabulous giveaways!  

Spring Fling!! Day Four!!

  

Today's giveaways are hosted by

Joy @ Momma’s Kinda Crafty

Headband with interchangable crochet flowers

Jennifer @ My Mommy Can…

Spring Bouquet of Hair Accessories

Remember each giveaway is only open for three days!  
Make sure you check back tomorrow for more fabulous giveaways!  

Spring Fling!! Day Three!!

Today's giveaways are hosted by

Anna @ Ask Anna

Chocolate & Salmon Vintage Inspired Necklace

Krista @ While He Was Napping

Apron

 

Remember each giveaway is only open for three days!  Make sure you check back tomorrow for more fabulous giveaways!  

Spring Fling!! Day Two!!

Today's giveaways are hosted by Suze @ Time Well Spent & Shawna @ A Very Dandoislion Life.

Time Well Spent is giving away:

An adorable tutu & bows

A Very Dandoislion Life is giving away:

Lovely Handmade Hair Accessories

Remember each giveaway is only open for three days!  Make sure you check back tomorrow for more fabulous giveaways! 

Spring Fling!! It's Here!!

Spring Fling is Here!!

Below is our first set of lovely treasures for you to Win!

Please stop by these lovely ladies blogs and ENTER!!

Leighann @ A Crafty Southern Chick

Rosette Earrings & Necklace

Amy @ Increasingly Domestic

Rice Neck Heating Pad and a Burt's Bees Polka-Dot Perfect Mani-Pedi kit

This is the Butterfly window sill sitter that will be part of my give away!

Be sure to stop by to enter my giveaway!  Each day I will post the next set of treasures for you to enter to win!

Until Next Time,

Renee

Crazy Days!

Been so busy this week!   Wanted to stop by and share a few pictures of what I have been up to with you . . .

This is the eggs that I had started earlier . . .I have them all painted.  Next I am going to decorate each egg, then paint the metal basket they are in. 

When ever I sit and watch T.V.  I like to crochet.  This is a flower, and hat the I made . . .I will offer some of these for the giveaway drawing.

I painted some sample boards for the upcoming classes.  I like to show everyone what to do from the beginning to the end of a painting project.  Everyone seems to like it better.  Helps the students learn so they can paint projects on their own too.

Thought I would add a picture of my helpers.  LOL  Working hard aren't they.




Am heading off to a painting class . . .I like to go to relax, and learn techniques I don't know.  I have been really looking forward to the class.  Mum is going with me so we should have alot of fun. 

Until Next Time
Renee

Another Productive Day!

MMMM . . .  Sunshine!

Another day of sunshine and warm weather (well, warm for us anyway!) - seems when signs of spring appear, I feel more productive.  Are you that way too??  Do you struggle with the winter Blahs and don't get as much done as you would like to - or should?

It was so nice to see the snow melting, I just had to share a few pictures of yard.

I did alot of painting today.  I worked on some canvas' - prepping them for painting next week.

I am also painting some paper mache' eggs, to fill a basket (I will be painting that soon too) for Easter.   I have a hard time waiting for paint to dry and always work on two or three projects at a time.  Most always one of the other projects is prepping . . . prepping isn't as much fun but has to be done too! 

(Eggs in progress!)  

OMG!!!  Check out the weather change . . . just went to let the pups out and this is what we saw.  You can't tell from the picture but it is blasting snow right now.  Wish I was a better at taking pictures of the snow so you could see how fast it is coming down.  Gotta love this area!

Time to attend to the family!


Until Next Time,
Renee

Spring Fling coming soon to your corner of the world!

I have something special for you today . . . 

a view of one of my hand made items that will be offered in

The Spring Fling Giveaway

March 20 - April 2

14 days of Fabulous Giveaways

28 Fabulous treasures!

I will be having additional items on my giveaway day so make sure 

and stop by for your chance to win!

I will be offering some fun tutorials for you during this time frame.

Stop in and say HI! 

As some added fun, stop by Tatertots and Jello and 

read April from Wildflowers and Whimsy 

guest "tutorial"!  I am sure you will enjoy it!

Until Next Time,

Renee 

Hard At Work!

HI All,

You will notice some changing around here!  I am creating my own blog backgrounds for the first time.  *smile*  I love My Style Backgrounds !  Mikelle is one of the nicest people and helps when troubles arise.  If for some reason I can't get my coding right.  I will happily use My Style Backgrounds again!  Enjoy the inspirational picture!




Until Next Time
Renee

Lovely Give away! Enjoy!

ANOTHER WONDERFUL GIVEAWAY!!!!

Betsy, over at her lovely blog
My Salvaged Treasures
is having a giveaway celebrating her200 followers!

Take a look around her blog!

You will enjoy it!

Happy Monday!

Until Next Time,

Renee

Happy Valentines Day

I believe that Valentines Day is not just for lovers but to celebrate those we love!
Happy Valentines Day to all my Family and Friends!

(image supplied by Graphics Fairy)

Learning to Blog!

I am going to start reading a new book this week.  The book is Blogging for Bliss - Crafting your own online journal.  I started a new blog that is much more personal than this one.  Everyone is welcome to hop on over and as I share what I am learning as I read this new book.

I purchased this book from amazon for less than 10.00.  I will put a review of it when I am finished.

Where did I go???

*Smile*  I went "shopping" . . .actually I went "treasure shopping" .  Found a treasure trove of crafting goodies for really great prices!  Here is some pics of some of them:

This is a huge bag of little baskets, and about 15 wood pieces to paint.

This is a pretty decent size box of goodies too.  It has 5 containers of birds, raffia, excelsior, and more misc. wood pieces to paint.

Small hats, and doll pieces to sew.  More wood shelves, and small parts to paint.

A box full of twig bows, hearts bird nests . . .so many goodies to create with!

Here is some picture frames and canvas' for my paintings.  To give an idea of the great deals I received in my shopping, everything in this picture was $5! 

There is also a box of resin figurines to paint . . .the picture didn't turn out.  I will take some pictures when they are painted. 

What is on your Workdesk, Wednesday!

I am joining in on some fun . . .I ran across this wonderful blog, Stamping Ground, authored by Julia Dunnit from the United Kingdom.  I have been a follower for awhile now, and enjoy seeing everyones desks, and reading about what they are creating.  Such a huge follow full of so much inspiration!!  This week, I finally decided to share my workdesk (tables).  I have been terrible lax in sharing with blog land, and have finally decided to talk!  *smile*

Here is what is on my workdesk this week!

 I love to create, and enjoy many hobbies.  The thing that is nearest to my heart is painting.  Above is a painting, I am finishing this week.  The one below as well.  I will share as soon as they are complete.

I work on 5 tables in my studio, as a painter, I tend to work on a number of projects to stay busy while the paint drys.  *giggles*  There is nothing worse than watching paint dry!  Below is my group of items I am starting today.

As an added bonus, I wanted to share my best friend, my hero, and a person whom I greatly admire!
Drum roll please!   This is my MOM!  With mothers day in the near future, I thought it appropriate.
Mom comes to my studio and "creates" three days a week.  This is her sewing pillows. 

I look forward to visiting everyone today!!

A Nest for Home!

Another cold day in the north! Perfect for staying in and creating!! I just love how my nest assemblage turned out! We are such bird lovers here that it is a special addition to our home! I love to recycle so I started out with a little drawer I found (I know, I know - I just can't pass things like this up!).
I used a wonderful tutorial I purchased from Dawn over at the Feathered Nest. Click here to find out more about the tutorial. The images that are included are so inspiring!


Of course being the bird lover that I am, I want to share our birdies with you. These are some of the birds that we raise. My husband raises them for their beauty (he shows them at the fair, and bird shows), he races them as they are racing homers, and he raises them to share a weddings - he releases them to fly, and circle above the newly married couple. It is a beautiful addition to a wedding ceremony.


Above is one of this years babies. Aren't they just the cutest little fellows!! Below is one of our protective daddies, watching over his little ones. They are such attentive parents!

Until Next Time,

Renee

Recycle Fun!!

In the free weeks while I have had off of school, I created some home decor out of casts offs. I had so much fun!! Above is the before picture, below is the after picture!!