A White Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all!
We have our 1st White Christmas in over 25 years! The sun is shining, and it's in the 20s, so no melt off. I don't want it to melt anyway! :)
That does slow down our plans to go to the gathering at my dads's home. It's usually quite a large group! There are 6 of us kids and spouses, grandkids and their spouses, and great grandkids, too. We will all visit on Sunday instead.

I guess I will bundle up and take a few pics of the snow.
Maybe I'll post them later on.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day. Stay safe.
***julie***

MommaB's Giveaway!

Hello all!

I hope everyone is getting in some time to relax, considering it's only 6 days 'til Christmas!

Here's the perfect way to kick off a new year:

Vickie of Momma B's Front Porch is having a super-duper Holiday giveaway on her blog!

Just click on the logo to find out more! You won't wanna miss this one!

I won't even tell ya what's in it! ;)

Have a good weekend and stay safe!

***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**

Give Thanks

For flowers that bloom about our feet;

For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;

For song of bird, and hum of bee;

For all things fair we hear or see,

Father in heaven,

we thank Thee!

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~


I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I so appreciate getting to visit online with all my blog buddies and art friends!

I feel truly blessed!

Hugs!

~julie~

Trick or Treat!

No tricks here! Just wishing you all a safe and fun Halloween!

Watch out for the kiddies crossing the street!

Can hardly wait to take some photos of the grandbaby in costume!

Oh, I almost forgot!! Set your clocks BACK an hour tonight!

Have a nice extra hour of sleep!

**julie**

Back to blogging and U2 concert!

Oh my gosh, is it really October? Ummm, wait, it's almost November!!

I hope that my blog slump is over. Stuff just happens, I guess.

I plan to post/paint/twitter, and whatever else, more often.

To start things off, here's some photos from the U2 concert in Norman, Oklahoma last Sunday. This GIANT "spaceship" was bigger than OU Stadium! It was amazing! Over to the left is the OU jumbo screen, which was tiny compared to the stage setup. When it got dark, the "Claw" came alive! :)

That honeycomb thingy in the middle would raise and lower to make the screen bigger.

Lots of colors! :)

Adam Clayton does what he does best!

A "blue" song...LoL!

It was great fun! The Blackeyed Peas were the opening act. I was surprised that I really liked their performance, too.

While in Oklahoma, we stopped at "Country Collections by Hart" shop in Moore! It's a painter/crafters' dream! I was in heaven! Will tell ya' more later!

Thanks for stopping by!

**julie**

Celebrate Fall with OFG!

Yippee, it's the first day of Fall!

That means there's lots of celebratin' goin' on at

the Old Farmhouse Gathering Team

on Etsy!

Just click on the logo above to see some of the great items from the OFG gang!

More great creations soon! This is just the beginning of the Holiday FUN!

Enjoy!

julie

Artistic Halloween Queens Giveaway!

Ready for another great giveaway?

Just click on the logo to see the cool and ghoulie creations from

The Artistic Halloween Queens!

While you're there, check out all the wonderful items from each member!

Halloween will be here soon!

Enjoy!!

Images for Blogs or Mixed Media

Hello all! Happy Sunday!

I scanned a few images for you to use on blogs or for mixed media.

These are from a 1975 Imperial Sugar Cookbook, that was revised from a 1915 Cookbook! I love the cover especially.

There's some nice titles inside, too.

Take out the lettering and insert your own for blog buttons, etc.

I tried to fix them a bit with PSP, but I'm a novice when it comes to that program.

Just click on each image and it will bring up the larger size

to save to your computer.
I could see this as a background.
It's the inside cover.


Last, but not least, here's a great grocery ad from 1938!
Look at those prices!! WoW!
I can see this in a mixed media piece.


These are from our personal collection of ephemera.
Feel free to use them in your artwork, or on your blog.
Please do not sell them as graphics, as they are free to use.

Hope y'all like them!

Have a wonderful Holiday!

~~julie~~

PFATT Fall Blog Giveaway!

This is the best of the best when it comes to giveaways!

It's the

PFATT Fall Blog Giveaway!

Just click on the link above to go to their blog.

Leave a comment.

And that's all there is to it!

Here's a few of the fantastic Fall and Halloween items that are included.

Our Hootie!! :)

I've found my newest passion!

A Wacom Pen Tablet! DD has had one for quite a while and let me borrow it.

It takes some getting used to.

Kind of like using a dry erase board, only you look at the screen while *sketching* on the tablet.

Here's what we came up with.

I drew the owl, and she did the color and animation.

I have yet to figure all that out!

I am SO excited to do some more drawings!

I'd like to try and make some freebies soon, so check back!

Happy Sunday, all!!
~~julie~~

What a HOOT!

Owls seem to be all the rage right now. I've loved them for a long time.

I drew my first owl back in the early 70s. I'd just started work at the telephone company. They needed a *volunteer* to make a poster for the safety committee. So, *Be Safety Wise* became my theme. My boss liked it so much that she had a photo of me with my poster taken for the Bell Newsletter. So it was an owl that started my art career at MaBell.

This great Cast Iron Vintage Owl Bank was used to advertise Wards Riverside, a tire company. I may list him in my Etsy Vintage shop later.

I painted this owl with pen and ink on glass back in 83. It's done in reverse on the inside of the glass. The background is fabric. The pic is a little pink, but that's my old camera! This was from a class by Suzy Stosberg of Suzys Tole Shop. I sure miss that shop!

Here's some other wonderful owls from Etsy.

I love this sweet little needle felted guy from Marmee Craft.
She has other gorgeous items in her shop, too.



SweetLibertyPrims has an adorable set of owl tags!
I could see these on an *owl* themed tree!


LindaRobbsArt uses Prismacolors to create this Scripture Art on Bristol board.
Check out her shop for more!



My passion is Primitives, of course!
RabbitHollowPrim's Owl Pull Toys have bottle cap eyes!
How cute is that!


Your collection of owls wouldn't be complete without Owl Halloween decorations
from the 30s! This is already sold, but TinselAndTrinkets shop has lots more vintage Halloween and Christmas items!

Hope you enjoyed seeing these wise old owls!

Have a great week!
julie