Tyler's and TOMS Fall 2010 Recap

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came to Tyler's of Dallas last Saturday!  There was a huge turn out and I was overwhelmed, literally, with how many of you wanted me to paint your shoes! 

When my girls were little I used to love painting their shoes, my favorites looked like watermelons when I was done!  It was fun to paint shoes again and to do it for a wonderful cause.

I was so backed up during the event that I had to take a TON of shoes home to finish.  Here are the pictures (these are only the shoes I painted at home, I painted several others at the event but it was too crazy to take pictures!):

Several of the pairs together

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Did you make it to the end?!  Let me know which pair is your favorite!

TOMS at TYLER'S this SATURDAY!

Don't forget about the TOMS event this Saturday at Tyler's in Dallas!  The time has changed:  come from 11am-3pm to give some style to your soles...and help give shoes to someone who needs them!

Red Headed Witch

Whoo!  I am still crafting over at SYTYC!  Thank you for all the votes...I hope to keep crafting to the end!  I haven't been posting much because all of my spare time has been spent working on those crafts and I want you to be surprised when they come out each week...but, I do have a few things stored up to post about in the mean-time!

Here is a Halloween painting I did of a witch.  It is acrylic on canvas.  Enjoy!

G'Nosh

I'm lucky enough to do what I love and get paid for it!  I work at an art studio in Richardson, TX, called G'Nosh.  I teach painting classes several nights a week.  People sign up for whichever painting they want, come to the studio, and a few hours later they leave with a finished painting!  This job has been great for several reasons:

-I love to paint.
-I love to get paid to paint!
-I love teaching people and seeing their inner artist come out.
-I get to practice and get better.
-I am learning new techniques and styles with each painting and artist we feature.

Here are three pieces I painted the other night (the violin, trees, and nest)...some of them will be featured in an ad soon.  I'll get you more details when I get them!  I painted each of them from a picture (below each painting) that my boss gave me that night.

I almost forgot, you can purchase the paintings I paint here for $35.  That's a great deal for art for your home!

The Stars At Night...

This is a purse I made for my sister.  It is a wooden cigar box that I painted to celebrate our love of the great state of TEXAS.  I made the red, white, and blue beads for the handle out of polymer clay and pressed little seed beads in to give it a little extra something!

Love TOMS?

Because I'm painting them October 30th at Tyler's in Dallas!

Isn't this a great event?!  I can't wait to paint some shoes so come and see me and let me Style Your Soles!  In case you don't know, TOMS gives a pair of shoes to a child who needs them for every pair TOMS you buy.  Such an inspiration!

Craft Recipe: Sidewalk Paint

A less-mess approach to painting with children:  Sidewalk Paint.

Kids are messy when they paint but paintings is such a great creative outlet.  Here is the solution:

1/4 cup water
1/4 cup cornstarch
A few drops of food coloring

Mix different colors in the cups of a muffin tin, supply brushes and a bucket of 'eraser' water, and slather on the sunscreen!  Your kids will have fun and your house will stay clean, especially if you hose them off before they come in, or have them run through the sprinklers!