PATRIOTIC Collecting and Decorating...

A collection of patriotic ornaments from

Kristen Beason

Lance Perry

Wendy Lamount Smith

and

Jennifer Mc Glon

on a

Bethany Lowe feather tree.

An eagle from my 2011 Patriotic Collection.

His brother was seen in Celebrate 365: A Journal for the Ornament Enthusiast

Late Summer/ Fall 2011

A close up of some of the ornaments on the

Patriotic tree including my new guy from

Kristen Beason Designs

Beautiful Fourth of July original paintings 

by Danita Art

and 

Wumbwies from Flora Thompson

of 

Bone Head Studios.

A little closer picture of these three American Sweethearts! 

One last chance for Liberty...

Hello everyone,
I have a "tiny" update
for Etsy today,
and I know you
are gonna love this one!
Check out
Lady Liberty!

Getting Ready to Party!

Getting ready to have a party!
Uncle Sam is ready!
This is my little Uncle Sam,
who is now standing proud at the bottom
of my new Patriotic tree!!

Let the firworks begin!

More photos of the wonderful ornaments on my 4th of July tree!

Getting in the mood for the Fourth of July!

Hey there wait a minute Mrs. Post-woman...
Today, boy, she delivered...
when I got home these were sitting at my door...
Upon inspection I first opened these beautifully wrapped originals from Kristen Beason.
The tree is covered in her wonderful imaginative works!!

In the next box was this intricately detailed Abraham Lincoln ornament from
Wendy Smith Leaumont, the shading, and highlights are done in colored pencil,
and my sorry camera does not do it justice. It is very beautifully made!
In the third box was Uncle Sam from the very talented Lance Perry.
He went with a more scary face look with his, which I love,
bringing out the Halloween Fanatic chills!

I am gearing up for the fourth of July...look for pictures all weekend long
of my new "Patriotic Tree"

filled with Artist ornaments to ooohhh and aaaahhh over!

What a fun and busy weekend...

We started off the weekend with a BANG!! My mom's 50th birthday party was Friday night and we all had such a good time! She was so surprised, yep, we finally pulled one over on her! On Saturday we went to the lake for our usual Fourth of July Party with friends, and had a blast!!Sunday afternoon we decided to put tents up in the living room, grab a pizza and some videos and camp out with the kids in the living room-what a blast! You cannot buy memories like these, so savor every minute! Here are a few photos of the highlights from the weekend! I hope every one had a wonderful and safe fourth!!

In addition I had a chance to work on three new pieces for ETSY, I am hoping to finish at least one if not two today, so look for new works there tomorrow. I have also added Twitter updates, and a new correctly identified link to my ETSY art in the side bar of this page. I hope this makes it easier to access both! Thanks for stopping by to look, feel free to shop anytime. The "Fourth of July" prices are going to remain the same indefinitely on those pieces.Also remember that the deadline to enter the contest is Tuesday, I am planning on pulling the name around noon, so good luck!Also among all this excitement I participated in a swap with the incredibly talented and amazingly kind Lori Rudolph, look for more information on that coming soon...I am humbled by her offer!