decorating a dollhouse for FREE

for my son’s school project (they learned about wiring lights) he had to decorate ONE room. We were given the size of the room. Amazingly we had a Restoration Hardware magazine at home. So really, we made ourselves a mansion…for free. Just incase you are a dollhouse fan. 🙂

a fishtastic commission!

This is one of the best commissions I ever had. i love painting for grown ups, but…for children?! The very best jobs I’ve had–have been commissions for children. It is a time for me to play, to create things that children would point to & laugh at. Dr. Stephanie Steinmetz of Steinmetz Pediatric Dentistry & Dr….

art class decoupaged birdhouses

the boys that made these were 6 & 7 years old. Pick a theme, find illustrations/scrapbook paper, magazines, cut out, paint birdhouse close to theme color, let dry, then use Mod Podge on the back of image, apply to birdhouse, again apply Mod Podge on top…when all images are on, paint 2 coats of Mod…

having the Birmingham Museum of art in my backyard

with my kids home for summer vacation, we’ve turned to making crafts in the art studio. i decoupaged the cages & the sign onto an ugly birdhouse. i do have instructions for doing so…in this blog (i think the post is titled 2me4art project birdhouses). the Birmingham Museum of Art’s gift shops bags are clear…

Cheshire cat made using matt board

Buy white matt board-full sheets. Use it to draw & paint & glitter designs for parties, classrooms, art studios 🙂 matt board is a wonderful way to paint on & its cheap, you can cut it into shapes (gotta have super strong hands) This cat was commissioned for a party- I painted this example because…