Friday, January 8, 2010

Christmas gifts that can finally be revealed

I promised to share photos of the Christmas gifts I made this year.  For my sister I painted her an 11x14" primitive canvas with her family's names.  That's my brother-in-law Jason on the right holding it up for the camera.



For my mom I made two Raggedy Ann dolls from my own patterns.  They are a mother and daughter pair who resemble me and my mom (or at least used to when I had blond hair as a child, lol).  I made a little pillow for them to hold that says, "A mother holds her childrens hands for a while...their hearts forever."
The pic on the right was taken by my sister in Florida of our parents Patti and Dana.  I think my mom likes the dolls, what do you think?





I thought that I would post a photo of the custom canvas that my grandmother ordered from me.  She emailed me a photo of her home in Florida and asked if I could paint that instead of a saltbox house.  I was very leary, as I am pretty new to painting.  But I was very happy at how it turned out and so was she.  Thanks Grammy :)



I did finish the silhouette pictures from Whatcha Working On Wednesday but haven't hung them on the wall yet.  Once I do I will share the pic.  Take care and thanks for reading.

4 comments:

Donna~One Simple Country Girl said...

Wow! Awesome work! I love your paintings and those dolls are to die for! I just found your blog and I've signed on to follow you! Have a good weekend!
Hugs,
Donna

Janene said...

All I can come up with is "WOW"!!
You are so so talented.
Wish I was on your Christmas list!
Enjoy your weekend!

Alice said...

I love your work!!! I've never actually painted before, only things that I had lines to follow, until today. I decided to try my hand at a saltbox house. It's turning out pretty good.

Can't wait to see the silhouettes, did I spell that right?

Leslie said...

Love the gifts! Great work :)

I get leery, too, when people ask me to make something. I'm always afraid they won't turn out like they hope, you know? And I get frustrated, too, because sometimes they just don't get that because I can do one thing, it doesn't mean I can do it all. KWIM? Like I cannot paint PEOPLE! lol

Have a great weekend :)

Leslie