Halloween Vintage Style

I've always loved vintage holiday greeting cards & postcards, etc.  The illustrations are so adorable!

I decided to do a painting of this "cute little witch girl & her cat" in my folky style.  I'd like to give credit to the artist of the illustration but can't read the signature.

Anyway, this little Halloween painting is available on EBAY right now - right HERE!

Have a SCARY day!!!

April Showers & Polka-Dot Umbrellas

APRIL SHOWERS bring ...

CATS with polka-dot UMBRELLAS! 

At least in this painting it does!

In honor of our recent (& much needed) rain storms we've had here in Kansas I painted this sweet kitty in her wellies, rain hat & cute polka-dot umbrella, which she cleverly holds with her tail.  I added pink polka-dots around the sides for more fun!  I love how it turned out.  It would look so SWEET in a little girl's room!

I love the rain.  Painting in my studio with a mug of coffee, Irish music cds playing, cats dozing nearby & the sound of rain on the roof is one of my favorite things!

"Ready for the Rain" is up for grabs on Ebay ~ click HERE for a peek!

Happy Wednesday & stay dry!

Cupcake with Sprinkles

I have been thoroughly SPOILED lately going on FUN trips out of town with friends & family!

Chicago with my daughter for a long weekend with good friends,

Topeka with my daughter to meet up with my best friend & her daughter,

Scottsdale, AZ with my hubby for the Am. College of Trial Lawyers Spring meeting,

& Oklahoma City with my mom for a fun long weekend with my sister!

It was nice to get back in the studio & start painting again!  Finished up this little 6x6 last night.  It was inspired by 2 cupcake shops I ran across lately ~ Molly's Cupcakes in Chicago & Sprinkles in Scottsdale, AZ.  It was so fun I think I'll probably paint a few more "cupcake" themes!

"Sprinkles" is now listed on EBAY. Click HERE for a peek!

Pawprint on My Heart!

I completely forgot to post my newest painting last week!

I wanted to do a more "subtle-toned" painting for Valentine's Day with RED being a rich accent color. I think my tuxedo kitty with his pawprint/heart greeting card turned out very sweet!

"Pawprint on My Heart"

is up for auction on EBAY right now.  Go have a look-see!

Frida & her Furry Friend

I was in the mood to paint FRIDA last weekend!

She is such a FUN subject! 

This is another version of a painting I did a few years ago (below).

I wanted this one to be RED & TURQUOISE!

Of course she still has her CAT!

"Frida & Her Furry Friend" is available right now on Ebay.  Just click HERE!

Prints of the other painting are available in my Etsy Shop! 

Hope you're having a purrrfectly wonderful Monday!  meow

Purrfect Valentine

Valentine's Day is coming soon!

Just listed this sweet little 5x5 painting "Be Mine" on Ebay.

Miss Vivian is trimmed in a pretty bow & ready to be your sweetheart!

Did you notice the black patches on her coat are heart-shaped?

purrs & kisses...

Warm Winter's Nap

This tabby has the right idea!

When it's COLD & SNOWY outside ~ find a nice warm bed with cushy pillows & curl up for a long winter's nap!  You can always enjoy the view from the window!

This sweet 8 x 8 painting is up for grabs on Ebay right now!

Check it out HERE!

New Spring Painting

 

"Front Porch Flowers"

Catching up on some SPRING paintings!

Just listed this one titled "Front Porch Flowers" on EBAY.  Kitties Chester & Charlie are having loads of fun playing hide & seek in the pansy pots!
 Have a look!

The Church Window

Finally a NEW PAINTING to share!

I wanted to do at least ONE Easter painting before the actual day came so this was my weekend creation.  I thought I'd do something different rather than the usual bunnies, eggs & Easter baskets so I went with a religious theme & painted a cute little stone church with a kitty sleeping in the window.  She's waiting to greet Easter morning!

"The Church Window" is now available on Ebay right HERE!

You can bid or "Buy it Now" if you want it in time for Easter!

Have a GLORIOUS week!

Latest Kitty Commission

Recently my niece had me do a custom painting of her friend's cat to give her for her birthday.

I have to say this was one of the funnest paintings I've done & now one of my favorites!

I was given the photo above for reference & immediately LOVED the rug the cat was on in the picture!  The gray tabby against all those rich colors in the rug I thought was purrfect so I just went with that & I was told the kitty liked to play with flipflops so I added one of those.  Despite the fact that I changed the color of the flipflop 3 times it all fell together easily I'm really happy how it turned out!  More importantly, my niece's friend loved it!  Yay!

Happy Hump Day!  Maybe spring will come back one of these days!?

New Furniture ~ Pet Approved!

I LOVE my new furniture!!!

We were looong overdue for some new living room furniture so after receiving some Christmas money from Craig's family we finally went shopping!  We actually picked out a new couch, matching chair & 1/2, & a red chair with  a matching ottoman, but after it was delivered we realized our living room SHRUNK!  The chair & 1/2 was humongous & completely blocked the entire view of our living room from the entryway (which I've always loved)!  We ended up returning the huge chair (more like a small sofa!) & also the red ottoman which we decided we didn't really need, for a full refund.  I knew it was meant to be because I had just found the coolest antique rocking chair on Craigslist for a steal that I knew would look PERFECT in our living room!  I picked it up the same day we returned the other stuff to the store & I absolutely LOVE it!  The former owners recently had it reupholstered in the green & cream toile fabric so it's like new & so comfy.  Of course the trick now is to train my furballs to keep their claws OFF it!  So far so good. 

I picked out the red chair because I loved the vintage look of the design on the fabric.  And of course I love RED!

As you can see, the furniture passed the "Pet Approval" test so I guess we'll keep it - hehe!

I do have a new painting to post but it's a custom order birthday gift & I don't want to give away the surprise so I'll show it to you next week after she receives it.  I love how it turned out & think it's one of my favorites!

Geez how many times did I say "LOVE" in this post??? 

Anyway ~ Happy St. Patrick's Day to ya!

xoxox

Kitty Clover

Kitty Clover

Seamus thought his brilliant ginger coat looked wonderful against the bright green shamrocks!

You can find "Kitty Clover" on EBAY now. 

It's a 5-day listing so it can be delivered in time for St. Patrick's Day!

B'Gosh & Begorrah ~ go check it out!

House of Purrs

Welcome to the "House of Purrs" ~

the Bed & Breakfast for cats in LOVE!

This is my 2nd in a series of "Little Wooden House" paintings I'm making from the tops of fence panels I rescued from the trash.  I meant to get it done earlier for Valentine's Day but so it goes... I finished it last night & it's on Ebay now if you'd like to check it out. 

We got another snowstorm Tuesday!  Most people are sick of the snow but I'm lovin' it!  Winter is so much prettier with snow, the kids get fun snow days & I even think it's kinda fun to drive in!

Happy Thursday!  Stay warm & toasty!

I Heart U!

Just want to say

I HEART U

for being such WONDERFUL blogger friends these past 2 years!

Have a super Sunday!!!

P.S.  "I Heart U" is available on EBAY!  purrrrr

First Painting of 2011

Snowy Winter

I painted this in honor of our FIRST SNOW (finally!) & our recent BrrrCOLD weather!

"Snowy Winter" is available now on EBAY!

Have a happy, snowy Saturday!  If you are so lucky!

Oh the Possibilities!

HAPPY 2011!

Sorry for my absence but I spent the first week of the New Year sick with the flu or a bad sinus infection or something!  I'm just glad to finally be feeling better so I can get started on some fun new things in my studio!

Above is a collection of things that will soon turn into my first creations of the year!

Old vintage quilt fabric for Cat Dolls

The tops of wood fence boards for paintings 

A sketch all ready for the canvas! 

I had every intention of painting cool Haunted Houses for Halloween & Manger Scenes for Christmas on the house-shaped wood blocks but just ran out of time!  Maybe they can be winter log cabins or spring cottages?

Hope to have something to show you very soon!

We FINALLY got some SNOW today!  Yippeee!!!

Waiting for Santa

"Waiting for Santa"

Little Thomas just can't stay awake while waiting for Santa on Christmas Eve!

Maybe it was the few sips of milk he snuck while noone was looking!

Now up for grabs on EBAY!

A purrfect gift for any cat lover!  Meowy Christmas!

New Vintage Pillow & Ornies!

NOW IN MY ETSY SHOP!

**NEW VINTAGE FABRIC GOODIES**

FOR CHRISTMAS!

A set of 2 pillow ornaments

AND

A decorative pillow

Visit my shop HERE!

I had SO much fun sewing over the weekend!  I have a new CAT NAPPER to list soon too!  Haven't done one of those in quite a while.

Now it's time for a new Christmas painting! 

Little Skelly Painting

Spook & Skelly

I finished up this  little Halloween/Day of the Dead painting today.
I'm really LOVING skulls right now!  They are SO much fun to paint!  The decoration possibilities are endless!
"Spook & Skelly" is available on EBAY right now just waiting to scare up your house!

FRIDA Day of the Dead Painting

Frightfully Fun Frida!


Just wanted to post my new FRIDA painting I finished last night!  She's all ready to celebrate Day of the Dead!
I love how she turned out ~ not too scary & not too sweet!
She is now listed on  EBAY!  BOO!