Bob Ross Paint Day Results!

Ok, so i meant to post this like weeks ago!

I told you all that my mom was coming to town and we planned to do one of our special Bob Ross Paint Days! Something we've been doing for years! It's silly, but oh so fun! And, its a great way to just forget all our family worries for a day! (click here to see the past post for a reminder of what i'm talking about)


I think part of our problem was we were using 8x10 canvases - and he works on like 16x24 canvases. So it was hard to scale down that much. We couldn't fit it all in. But i think we still did pretty good! What do you think??

So ok, as promised here are our paintings from that day! They turned out nothing like his! lol But it was a lot of fun!



So can you tell who's painting is who's???




(i'll give you a hint.... mine looks more like a waterfall, my mom's like a river)

Hope you have a Happy Lil Day!

Big Brother, Bob Ross, and Random Things

Hi friends! :)

Haven't blogged in a while. And, i was being so good there for so long! So, Thought i'd play a bit of catch up. Bear with me here though if i seem a bit all over the place!

So, ok. Big Brother 11 is on! Yes, its my summer time addiction! Anyone who knows me, knows i love love love Big Brother and am totally hooked every summer! Any other big brother fans out there??? Who are you loving hating this season??? So far, i pretty much despise most of them, but its a you-gotta-love-to-hate them kind of thing!



Jessie has to go!
Ronnie has to go!
Natalie has to go!

Not necessarily in that order - but they have to go!

My hopes were that casey would make it far, but looks like his days are numbered!

Though next year, the powers that be - please put in some older, more mature houseguests! I am getting tired of the 20 somethings that act about 12! More Renny's from last season would be fun! They actually add something to the table! Please BB!!! Or or! Let america choose who gets to go in the house! Now, that would be fun!!!

ok ok i promise thats it for BB! (for now! lol )



So mom is coming into town today! (yay!) but really she's coming in to check on gramps since we moved him to the nursing home. She wants to be able to "pop" in at any moment and make sure he's being treated well and doing ok there. He's having a very hard time adjusting. Its not been easy on any of us.

But! Tomorrow we are having a "Bob Ross Paint Day"! Yay! Ok what is that you might ask - well its just like it sounds! We are going to paint to Bob Ross! lol Any of you now know who Bob Ross is?? Click Here . He is just the best! We love him, cause everything is a happy little something... happy little trees, happy little clouds, happy little bushes. He's just a fun and talented painter from the 70's with a big ol Fro! lol You can typically find his old shows on PBS.

Here's ours from last year. I couldnt remember the name of the one we painted to - but The first one is mine the 2nd one my mom's. I thought we both did a pretty good job! But funny how different they came out too.



We used to do a yearly paint day to Bob Ross, but since moving here its been more sporadic. We did do it last summer though, and it was a riot. As a kid the whole family got into, and it would always be interesting to see our end product. Cause, we all paint to the same instructions, to the same painting, with the same supplies - yet all our paintings would come out so different!



So this year we chose Summer Reflections (as seen above). We seem to do a lot of wintery scenes in the past, so something a bit greener was due! (i'll have to post our after pictures later! and compare his to ours - no comparison though i am sure) And, we are by far not artists - but its just kind of fun! And, i think, in the midst of all the turmoil and stress and worry that our family has been going through this past year, it will be good to just turn off everything, and paint!

So what are you into this summer? Any summer shows? Anything thats got your interest? Let me know!

Like Mother Like Daughter

One truly talented family i have come to know on etsy, one mother, one daughter, both with an amazing amount of talent! I am talking about Artbydonnarose and Bellacosaart. I think they have more talent in their little pinkies than i do in my whole body! They knit, they felt (donna does amazing needlefelting!) and they both are amazing painters with somewhat similar yet also very different styles!

Artbydonnarose whose shop offers a variety of paintins, watercolors, knitted items and her wonderful needlefelts, also has a 2nd shop dedicated to just her paintings called Crazypainter.

Like this beautiful Sunflower painting here. I have to say its one of my favorites!

Or this watercolor of Venician Glass Candy.

However i just discovered this morning one of her newest projects. This Needlefelted Sunrise, which i think is just gorgeous work! The time and effort put into a project like this is just amazing, the colors are so vivid and alive! I truly love this one!





But we cant forget about her daughter, Bella. She has done a wonderful mix of watercolors, jewelry, greeting cards, and painted spoons - seen here of a Red Lilly.



She takes wonderful photographs, that truly show off her talented work. I just love this necklace she made too, called Crimson Beauty.



But i would have to say my truly favorite piece of work she has painted is her Orange Lily. I just love how vibrant the colors are!



Be sure to check out both their shops, Artbydonnarose and Crazypainter and her daughter Bellacosaart on Etsy. They truly do high quality beautiful work! And they will give you nothing but the best!