Baby Reid

With each new baby comes a thousand new things to do and discover!  This is one of those new things for Reid.  Baby Reid is about to be one spoiled little boy.  This is a fun little plaque display of his name to add to the baby decor in his room.  Each plaque is about 12"x12".  

Wireless Exchange

This company just opened a new location in Des Moines, Iowa.  I was able to paint their logo on their wall.  Wireless Exchange:  they buy and sell new and used phones for less!!!

(that's my handsome hubby in the picture:)

Arabella's Elephants

Arabella and her pink and grey elephants are going to be spending a lot of time together.  As Arabella continues to Grow the pink elephants will know!  This is another example of the fun things you can do with measuring charts to add character to any room:)

I AM AN AUTHOR!!!

Four years ago i started working on a children's book inspired by my brother Jesse who gives the Biggest and Best hugs EVER!!!

within the last few months my book has gone through the publishing process and it is now official: I am an AUTHOR of my first children's book!!!

the book is called "Uncle Orange" and it is about a boy named Dex Bushel. He sees his family members as more than just his aunts and uncles. He sees them as fruit! An Uncle Orange, Aunt Lemon, Gram and Gramp Cherry... At a picnic, we get to see the Bushel family through Dex's eyes and the hugs, rubs, kisses, smiles and love that he shares with them. and I did the illustrations myself:) (i give myself a massive pat on the back:)

It's been a long wait, but it is finally here:)

for more info, or ordering information check it out here:

http://www.publishamerica.net/product47060.html

Elizabeth's Room

flowers are so simple and fun, and so is elizabeth:)

for elizabeth's room all she wanted was flowers... lots and lots of flowers.

so here is her wall, fully decked out with FLOWERS!!!

These are my favorite... the GINORMOUS flowers in the corner. i think they are so fun and definitely add ALOT to the overall look of the flowers.

This was a fun project to work on, and even more fun was to see sweet elizabeth's reaction when she saw it!!! her mouth dropped and over and over and over she kept saying "thank you, thank you, thank you sooo much!!! and i'm not even lying!!!" she is a funny girl:) but it really makes me enjoy what i do when you get to see how much they love it:)

Abstract

Here is an abstract piece i just finished:

It is a two canvas piece. each cavas is 24x30"

Christmas Window

Growing up my mom always painted our front window for Christmas and i like to carry on that tradition:)

Here is our front window this year:

Have yoursELF a merry christmas!!!

Toy Story Match N Mixers

My niece is turning one year old and for a special present her mom ordered her some Toy Story Match N Mixers

Here is Bullseye...

Woody...

and Jessie...

This is a nine piece painting. Each head and body canvas is 5x7 and the bottoms are all 8x10. Compared to my other match n mixers, this one is considerably larger. But, very cute all the same:)

And of course... you can leave the characters as themselves or mix and match as you please!!!

Storybook Mural

So, there is a very special baby who gets to have a very special storybook room.

This mural is a compilation of all of the parent's favorite children's books...

This room is filled with Winnie the Pooh, the Cat in the Hat, the Giving Tree and Boy, the Guess How Much I Love You Bunnies, the Hungry Caterpillar, and lots of other very fun additions...

Here I was just playing around with some of the different effects with my camera, but you can see all of the characters...

Here is the boy from the Giving Tree

Here, the Hungry Caterpillar is crawling along the fence...

and mister Cat in the Hat is strolling his way down into the mural...

Winnie the Pooh, floating up above the whole mural...

And the Guess How Much I Love You Bunnies playing in the corner...

This is a little taste of the other little accents that spread throughout the mural...

And, of course, you can't have a mural in Iowa without corn, so here is the super fun cornfield...

This is a simple little fabric canvas that will add even more fun to the walls:)

Overall, this is a very special room, made for a very special baby!!!

Be Brave

My sister left behind a note, and on that note she shared what she wanted her kids be like as they grew up, and she summed it up in these words:

"Be sweet and gentle, Be strong and brave." ~ Paige L. Cahoon.

My brother in law wanted to have this quote to hang in his daughter's room as a reminder of the kind of person Paige wanted her daughter to be.

This is an 18x24 size canvas and I wanted to try something that I have never tried before... I have done paintings with 3D elements before, but never with this many elements. On the background it is actually written over and over again the words "sweet, gentle, strong, brave" and a giant "Esme" overlapping all of those words. I thought that was the perfect foundation for such a special artpiece.

This is just the bottom corner section of the painting and it is also one of my favorite parts. I love that the word "brave" is just off-center of Paige's name, because that is the ultimate description of who Paige was.

And this is a closer look at some of the detail that went into the "Be" portion of the painting.

Overall, this has been one of my favorite paintings to do simply because it has so much meaning behind it. For those of you who don't know, my sister Paige died this past December to breast cancer, but I find new ways to remember her every day... and this painting is one of them.

This simple statement says so much about who Paige was and it is a great way to try and teach her daughter, Esme, how she can be like her mom.

Morgan's Room

Every child keeps growing, and Morgan is no exception!!! Here is a growth chart made for her to help keep track of her growth. It is decorated with four super cute owls and measures just over six feet tall! it is something that grows with her. It is also made of wood and has a hinge so that it folds in half for easy shipping and transport. Overall, this is a fun addition to Morgan's, or anyone's, room:)

Baby Peterson's Room

The Peterson's are having a baby girl and her bedding is full of pretty flowers. Here I have a few more flowers to accent her bedding:)

Olive's Room

Miss Olive is a lucky girl... She gets to be my niece!!! AND for her bedroom we did some cute "Match n' Mix" flowers to match her bedding...

There are nine paintings total. Each piece is 6"x6"

AND, just like the other Match n' Mixers, these flowers can have a new stem or new flower pot any day:) Match and mix as you please!!!

Sophie's Room

Sophie is getting a brand new room and these paintings are going to add to the fun.

Sophies mom just wanted some fun pink owl fabric paintings, and here is how they turned out...