Under the influence

The other day, I went to my local library. As I was browsing through the stacks, I came across a craft book with Mary Engelbreit designs. Her artwork has always been something that I enjoyed and my style is similar to some of the things that she does. I don't know about other artists, but sometimes when I look at things like this, it sparks ideas for me. They influence my art and that is why many times a certain artist may be reflected in the project of the day. I also checked out a book on Peter Maxx so that will probably be something that I will be blogging about in the near future.

My posting for today is a drawing and the frame it is in was a thrift store find. The frame is 8 x 8 and was purple to begin with. Originally I painted it black, but after I drew the designs, decided that red with yellow dots was the way to go. With the influence of Ms. Engelbreit, the color scheme was perfect. Hey Mary, if you ever see this maybe you could hire me as an assistant! Hint hint!

Here is my interpretation of her style. Enjoy!

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Heartthrob Cafe Memories

The best job ever and the coolest friends that I ever had were when I worked at a restaurant called the Heartthrob Cafe. It was in downtown St Paul, Minnesota and was so fun! Today we had a get together to catch up and reminisce. This is one of the many good things about facebook, finding people that you wished you never lost contact with. So, today my post is the buttons that I made for this event. We had 'flair' that was a lot more fun and cool than a restaurant chain that I will not name here. We danced and sang birthday songs. The girls wore poodle skirts and we did all of this while wearing in line skates. We were a crazy family and honestly this was one of the best times in my life. Ahhh...memories. In the time spent there somehow the button machine came into my possession. In honor of our gathering, of course I had to make pins. Here are also two murals that I painted at the restaurant. Let me...

Pansy Pig

This is the second time that I have found a pig cutting board to use as a canvas for my painting. This one is slightly larger than the previous one and also has a cute curly tail. It cost 1.49 at the Goodwill, one of their weekly specials. Every Tuesday they feature a different color of tag and anything with that color is 1.49. I love Tuesdays! Instead of another block design, I decided to paint pansies only in colors that they don't naturally grow. I have mentioned my preference for things in black and white, but, red is a color that is next on my list of favorites. The flowers really jump out at you in this project. My next step is where to put her. Ah, decisions. Happy Creating!

Cocktail Coasters Part One

What a beautiful day! Read the Sunday paper, went for a walk, relaxed and painted. I actually painted outside to fully take advantage of the weather. Since tropical things are on my mind because of yesterday, the project for this post is featuring refreshing summer beverages. This set of coasters is from a great thrift store and cost 1.91, what a bargain. The original style is definitely from the seventies. At first the plan was to make each coaster a different color, but that just didn't work. A neutral color worked much better with the colorful cocktails. With the distraction of the weather only three and the holder were finished today. The others should be done for tomorrow. Hmm...why does a margarita sound good right now?

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