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Snowmen!

Posted in daily painter, Paint Party, tagged on December 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Snowman 2A really fun group from Valley Health last night painting their snowmen.  Great work!

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Kids Paint Mittens & Nutcracker

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , on December 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »

20151202_170306-1The kids from the Wednesday Kids class are getting ready for the holidays by painting holiday related subjects.

Take a look at what a great job the girls did with the Mittens and with the Nutcracker yesterday.  GREAT WORK!

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It’s a Mermaid Tail!!!

Posted in Crochet, daily painter, tagged , , , on December 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Mermaid Tail with headband

Mermaid Tail with headband

Shell stitch

Shell stitch

It’s a Mermaid Tail!  All it needs is a little girl to bring it to life.

We have been seeing all sorts of mermaid and shark tails lately crocheted as “lap throws” for both kids and adults.  So here is a  mermaid version I worked up with a shell stitch to help it look like scales.  I don’t have a girl to pose with it but you get the idea.  SOLD!

 

 

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Giving Thanks

Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, Small Town Life, The Studio/Classes, tagged on November 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »

11828779_10205119460761261_9001183853342394374_nToday I am giving thanks for all the wonderful things in my life.  There are way to many to list.  Life is GOOD!

But I do want to make a point to say how thankful I am to have Allen, a wonderful partner, who has encouraged me on this adventure as a full-time artist.  His support has meant everything and there is no way I could have been successful without him.  And I am thankful that he loves the “Boys” as I do and comes to walk them when my knee is out.  🙂

And I am especially thankful this year for the wonderful, supportive and creative friends, both old and new, who have supported The Studio and made it a place of fun.  I love being at The Studio and am so, so grateful that you do too.

Many, many thanks on this Thanksgiving Day.

 

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Papa

Posted in daily painter, Serendipity, tagged on November 24, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Big Mama, Papa, Mama, Daddy, Granny and Pop at my parents wedding

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Papa and Big Mama, Christmas 1983

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Papa in his favorite chair eating cake

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Big Mama and Papa  at their 50th Anniversary Party 

I have written many times about Big Mama who taught me crochet and gave me so many wonderful recipes but I haven’t said much about Papa, her husband.  Today would have been his birthday.

Papa, Ephriam Chancey, was a wonderful Christian man who loved his family and his church.  He was a carpenter.  He served as Sunday School Superintendent at Offerman Baptist Church as well as choir director for many years.

He loved to fish and he and Big Mama went on many fishing trips.  He had a quiet humor and was fun to be around.  He lost a leg to a blood clot later in life and one of the funniest stories we tell about Papa is about how much he loved sweets.  At any large gathering where a covered dish dinner was served (church socials, family reunions, large dinners) we often prepared a plate for him and brought it to him.  After the main course he would say to Big Mama, “How about some dessert?”  And she would bring it to him.  If Mama, Sister or  I asked if he needed anything he would say, “I haven’t had any dessert yet”.  And he said the same thing to anyone who walked by….often ending up with three or four different desserts…..which made him very happy.

Happy Birthday Papa!  Hope you are getting several servings of CAKE!

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Poppies, Pets & Trees

Posted in daily painter, Paint Party, tagged , on November 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Grandmother’s Birthday Party with Poppies

This weekend we had three super Paint Parties at The Studio.

The first was a Birthday Paint Party for a Grandmother.  The family had loads of fun creating the O’Keeffe Poppy that she reqested.

12289761_1051380661562072_8098698297722658239_n12250039_1051380611562077_4325070856814957533_nThe next was our 3rd Saturday Pet Portrait Paint Party.  They all turned out so nice.  A few we didn’t photograph as we have some people painting gifts for the season.

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Fall Trees

And the last was the Fall Tree Paint Party.  We had a large group for this one and they created some beautiful art.

Thanks everyone for supporting The Studio.

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Young Artist Creating Beautiful Work

Posted in Art Class, daily painter, tagged , on November 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Kids with Redbird

Kids Paint Cardinals in Winter

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VIA students paint Abstracts

There was lots of fun and great art work going on at The Studio this week with our kids classes.  Super!

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Fresh Snow at Night

Posted in daily painter, Landscape, Private Lesson, tagged on November 21, 2015| 1 Comment »

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Sophia with Fresh Snow Painting

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Fresh Snow  at Night

Sophia and I painted a lovely moonlit snow painting this  week.  She did a GREAT job!  I love helping young artists create.

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Santa Tray Table

Posted in daily painter, Holidays, Small Town Life, tagged on November 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Santa Tray Table

This is a little tray table that I painted last week to donate to the Blue Ridge Arts Council for their “Deck the Halls” fundraiser tonight.  They will have many beautiful trees and wreathes that are decorated and ready for the holidays.  And there will be other great holiday items for sale as well.

Go tonight at 7 pm and buy one and support the arts in Front Royal-Warren County.

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Two More Crochet Stitches

Posted in Crochet, daily painter, tagged , on November 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Simple Shell Stitch
V-Stitch

Here are two more crochet stitches that are fast, easy and beautiful that we will be learning at the upcoming crochet class.  (You can see more about that here.)

If you are looking for a quick yet beautiful design to whip up some lap throws or blankets then these are for you.  Come join us on Tuesday, December 1st at 5:30 at The Studio….and get your crochet on!!!

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