Anchors Away!

FINALLY ~ a POST!

These paintings are just 1 of the many reasons I've been neglecting my blog lately.  October is my absolute favorite month of the year & there are just too many FUN fall things to do to be sitting in my studio all day!

In the last month & a half I've had trips to Maine, Colorado & Kansas City, taken care of 5 foster kittens & had 2 commissions to do so I didn't get my usual Fall & Halloween paintings done but never fear ~ this weekend I'm starting on new Thanksgiving & Christmas themed creations!

The picture above shows 2 of 4 anchor paintings I'm doing for my nephew & niece's new baby's room!  She is due in just a few weeks so I'm scrambling to get them done.  I think they're turning out really cute!  The colors match the crib bedding & I painted the outside borders to match the stitching on the trim.

Anyone doing anything FUN for Halloween this weekend?  I love to light all my candles & watch scary movies while waiting for trick-or-treaters, and of course eat half the Halloween candy!

BOO!

In LOVE with FALL!

Weston Red Barn Farm

It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!

Weston Red Barn Farm

Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte!

Happy Thursday!

My lack of posting is due to a painting deadline, trip preparations (will fill you in soon), & mostly 5 rambunctious foster kittens, 1 of which fell ill & I'm having to syringe feed 4 times a day - whew!  He's better now & you can read about him in my post tomorrow for Feline Friday.

Today finally felt like a real "fall" day ~ my absolute favorite time of year ~ so I thought it would be fun to make a "Top 10" list of my FAVORITE things about this time of year!  And they ARE...

Going to the grocery store & seeing pumpkins & mums out front!

Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes - yummm!

My favorite little town in northern Missouri ~ Weston!

Watching "Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" over & over!

Pumpkin patches, corn mazes & hayrides

Scary movies ~ with popcorn & milk duds

High School football games

Halloween & the decorations!

Colorful leaves & cool, crisp air

Outdoor fire pit on a chilly evening w/ a glass of wine

So what are YOUR favorites of FALL?  Would LOVE to hear them! :)

It's Feelin' Like Fall!

AUTUMN LEAVES
Some of my favorite Fall things!

It's been cool & VERY rainy here the past few days (my favorite kind of weather) so I've been cozied up inside painting. AUTUMN LEAVES is my newest creation ~ a cute little mini 4x5 ~ & it's available on ebay right now! Check it out HERE!

I was excited to see new Fall issues of 2 of my favorite magazines in the store this morning so I grabbed them both! Lots of fun decorating ideas in both of them ~ Country Living & Country Sampler. And I LOVE filling up all my candy jars with Candy Corn & Pumpkins - yummmmm! They just don't stay full very long with 3 kids (& me) around!

I think I'll get my fall decorations out tomorrow & start doing up the house! Ahhhhhhh....Autumn!

Trick or Treat!

Just finished this last night! I love the bright colors. Fall is in the air ~ my FAVORITE time of year!!! I'm really feeling inspired to get all my fall decorations out, especially after visiting my favorite prim/antique store today during their fall open house. I haven't seen any pumpkins at the stores yet but when I do I'm grabbin' me some!

"Trick or Treat" is up for auction on ebay right HERE!

Happy Saturday! xoxo