New Year's SALE at Oakleaf Hollow!

I can hardly believe that 2014 is here! 

It was a wonderful 2013. I had so much FUN painting

and

 painting up designs with Terrye French's

 "Painting With Friends" group.

So-o-oo....

It's time for a SALE!

Head on over to my Etsy shop to receive 25% off 

ALL my HANDpainted items! 

Just use COUPON CODE: oak2014 at checkout.

The E-patterns are NOT included, 

as they are part of Painting With Friends.

Thanks for all your support and friendship!

Will see you here in 2014!

Have a great week!

julie

I'm in Holiday Crafts Magazine! Woot!

Yeay, it's here! The Better Homes and Gardens "Holiday Crafts" magazine is out on newsstands now!

The cabinet door that I painted for Terrye French's "Painting With Friends," is on page 21. It has all the instructions on page 32 and, the pattern in the middle, of course. :) There are lots of other terrific crafts for the Holidays,too! I love the paper

houses!

This is the original piece. I had already 

sold it on Etsy.I painted 

a second one to send to BHandG.

We ran across the magazine quite by accident, as we were checking out at Wal Mart. Hubby saw it first. (Thank you, dear!) I had to buy at least 5 copies!  I was so excited that I had to show it to the cashier and the lady in line behind us! LoL!

In case you'd rather buy the e-pattern directly, and INstantly start painting, just head on over to the Painting With Friends site, OR my Etsy shop... Oakleaf Hollow Primitives.

I want to send a BIG Thank-You to Terrye French and the Painting With Friends Folks....also the sweet ladies over at Holiday Crafts magazine who helped me through the whole process! 

I am still on Cloud 9!!

Hugs to all!

julie

Painting With Friends July Celebration!

Hello all! 

It's too hot outside to do anything. So the plan here is, to *paint!* The perfect place to pick up a few great e-patterns to paint up is at Terrye French's *Painting With Friends* site!! It's our 2nd Anniversary Celebration!  While you're there enter the giveaway, and grab a freebie or two. 

There are lots of new Santas, Snowmen, Angels, and more!

This Folk Art Santa, beautifully painted by Deb Antonick,  is one of my favorites. Click here to go directly to this pattern.

This is part of the Christmas Cat design 

that I painted for PWF. 

Everyone needs a mischievous kitty cat 

to liven things up under the tree! ;) 

See more of him...

 here

Stay cool indoors, and get ready for Fall and Christmas! 

It's never too early to start painting a nice gift for your relatives or friends.

Have fun and be careful if you go out in this heat!

~julie~

Warm Winter Wishes from OFG!

We are tired of the hot weather! 

Now that cooler temps are finally here, it's time to celebrate! 

The folks at OFG_The Old Farmhouse Gathering Team on Etsy 

are creating some of the "coolest" snowiest items for the upcoming season!! 

Just click on the above banner to see it all! 

 This is my snowy item for the party! 

It's a wood plaque that I painted in antique maroon.

The sweet Prim "Cranberry Winter" Angel design is

from Terrye French's "Painting With Friends" site.

Click the banner for hundreds of great e-patterns to choose from;

all designed by Terrye, and painted by, her friends!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful week!

julie

War Eagle is this weekend!

Here's a few photos from War Eagle in 07 when we had a booth.
This year we are going to shop and enjoy it without all the work! LoL!
If you'd like to know more about this show in Northwest Arkansas, click here.

This weekend!

The drive down the hill

The scenery is gorgeous!
The trees are just starting to turn.

Just a tiny portion of the big crowd 

A few of my Handpainted Items in our booth '07

Some of our collectible goodies!

Our Vintage Hats

Even the cows enjoy it! :)

Hope y'all will get a chance to visit NW Arkansas in the Fall!
Have a great weekend! Will post new pics when we return!

~julie~

Back to Blogland and Painting, too!

Hey Y'all!

Are ya' ready for Fall? Summer was soooo hot, even the birdies were panting at the birdbath! Now that the weather is turning cooler and Fall is in the air, I'm a happy camper! 

I'm so excited to be a part of Terrye French's  newest venture, "Painting With Friends." The photo above shows the items that I painted for the "Bakin' Thyme" epattern. Besides the color photos, painting instructions, and materials list, you get TWO pages of designs, including the 6 small drawings that I painted on the softballs and spoons, AND, a second page with the drawing on the cabinet door. I have this e-pattern in my Etsy shop.The original items will be there,too. These would look so cute in your Prim Kitchen. Just head on over to Oakleaf Hollow Primitives on Etsy to check it all out. 

Now, you must visit the "Painting With Friends" Blog! Incredible designs by Terrye and painting by a very talented group of artists! I believe there are 40+ epatterns so far. All sorts of designs for Fall, Halloween, Christmas, and Everyday!

Hope you all have a great weekend! Happy Painting!

and...

Happy Fall!

~julie~

Wood Turned Ornies

Hello!

Hope everyone is having fun getting ready for Christmas and the Holiday Season!

Just have a cup of hot cocoa and relax a while!

You deserve a break!

Thought I'd post some before and after pics of the ornaments I've been painting.

These are unfinished wood turned ornies that I bought at Hobby Lobby last year.

Yes, it takes me that long to get things finished! LoL!

Y'all know how it is!

I bought about 15 of them. Have 4 done so far! Yikes, I'm slow!

I painted a Prim snow scene on each one. Then went all out with the Diamond Dust glitter! I love that stuff! So sparkley!

They're done in blues and teals.

I plan on listing these and more in my Etsy shop over the weekend.

Thanks for stopping by!
Oh, I hope you like my new Blog Design! My daughter fixed it up for me.
She's still working on the background. :)

Have a great weekend!
**julie**

Bottlecaps!

I am in a recycling mood! Here's a few of the bottlecap magnets and ornies that I just finished. They are SUPER-easy to make and I really enjoyed all the glueing and glittering....kinda like being back in grade school!

Hung a few on a 2 ft. tree in my craft room.

Close up view of the ornie.
The vintage Santa images are from Deena at

Ewe-N-Me Printables.

She is having a sale on some of the bottlecap images now!!
I used a rusty tin snowflake for the back. I left off the trim around the edges as it hid the snowflake.

An assortment of magnets!
I've collected trims of all sorts for quite a while, so I just played around and tried to make them all a little different.
I used crepe paper to make the ruffled backs. I started out by sewing and gathering....BUT.....this proved to be very time consuming! I ended up just gathering the crepe paper accordion style, and then tied it in the middle with string, and fanned it out.
This was lots easier!!

I love the old tinsel look. Bought this trim at Hobby Lobby in the Mini-Tree section.
I used Glamour Dust and Glass Glitter for the sparkle!!
Hard to see, but they look so pretty with the glitter!
Hope that you've enjoyed these.
If anyone has some bottlecap ideas and tips to share, would love it if you'd post a comment ! :)


Next time I hope to show you some cones that I'm doing!

Hope everyone is having a good week!

My New Handpainted Items!

Here's what I've been working on recently. A couple are repeats from another post. All my shows are over for this season, so I'm painting softballs all weekend!! :) FUN and relaxing!

Hope you like these items! I have them listed on Etsy.

Oh, I have yet to finish those bottlecap magnets! Stay tuned!

Freshly Painted...

I'm getting ready for a show in 5 days. Here's some items that are *almost* finished. Haven't sealed them yet.

I think my old reliable camera is about kaput. The color is off (too yellow)even after I tried to fix it.

The Holiday Angel Tray is my favorite. I plan to put a coat of Briwax on it.

These skinny Santa boards need lots more detail! Suggestions welcome!! :) I want to add a tag tied with cheesecloth at the top, and a rusty snowflake, and some wording! But what wording??

I am pretty happy with this Sugar Mold. These are all Terry French designs!! I think some nice glass votives and candles will look great in it!!

Thanks for looking! Please leave me comments, and suggestions are heartily WELCOME!!

PS...I'm attempting to make some vintage bottlecap magnets! Will show pics when I've completed a few. The glueing part is a mess! Whew!

New Painted Softballs...

I'm in a Home Holiday Craft Show on Monday and Tuesday. These are fun shows to do. So easy going and no big tents to put up! Just finished these softballs today for the show. I'm in a pink mood with these new sweet designs by Terrye French!

If you're interested in purchasing any of my items, just zip me an email! :) These softballs are $15, plus Priority Mail Shipping. I can customize these with a name, date or phrase. They'd be a cute *treat* for your Halloween Princess.

New items on Etsy!

Wahoo! I managed to get a few softballs and baseballs painted for Etsy! Here's 2 or 3 photos of them. The first two are new designs by Terrye French! Click on the photos to go to the Etsy listing.

My Lazy Susan-step-by-step

I finished this Lazy Susan about 3 am this morning. Z-z-z-z-zz-zzzzz...I am half asleep! I took some photos of the process. Thought y'all might like to see.

This is the unpainted piece. It's a very heavy, well made, composite wood. A flea market treasure!

Here's the bottom of it. No markings on it except for that # 6 or 9??

I basecoated it in black. I always do at least 2-3 coats.


After adding the main designs, I used a candle to wax the spots where I want the paint to look chippy.

Adding more details after baseing in the designs.


A closeup of the crow pull toy.


Another closeup of the pumpkin pull toy! I love these Terrye French designs!!

Here's the finished lazy susan! This will be so cute as a table centerpiece with a bowl of candy in it, a floral arrangement, or maybe a bowl of sweet smelling prim fixens!

Hope you enjoyed seeing the run-through! This item is for sale on Etsy. It's OOAK!

Slow going with painting projects!

I am needing to get some things painted, but it's been very slow going lately. In a bit of a rut, I think... or just plain tired! These are of few of the recycled softballs and baseballs that I've been trying to finish for a couple weeks now! Eeek! That's a long time! Maybe by posting this *before* photo, it will get me motivated.

Oh, the little tin pocket at the bottom right of the photo....I found a bunch of them at a local discount store for ch-e-e-ep!! They just need a good Fall makeover. Cute for Christmas ornies, too!

The Etsy OFG Team will be kicking off their Halloween promo in a couple days, and I will have my project completed for that. I will post more on it later. It will be lots of fun , so stay tuned!