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Decorative Painting for…Nerf Guns?
It all started with the announcement that Club Kairos would be having a Wild West theme with a twist this year. What is Club Kairos? Well, several years ago, my church, Fellowship of Faith, started doing themed dinners for Valentine’s Day weekend. The first year I started going, it was a ’50′s diner theme. The year after that, it was a murder mystery theater. They were a fun way for families at the church to have a “date night” (even though kids were often involved). Eventually this morphed into Club Kairos (“kairos” being Greek for “the right moment”), with the idea that each year would have a different theme based on a period in history.
See how to use Collage papers to create an Old World Clock Face
This is the Olde World Lilacs clock that will be in the Spring edition of Paintworks. I thought I would share the process for developing the clock background. (Click read more to see the step by step process) (Note you’ll have to wait for the Lilac pattern and directions until Paintworks comes out.. but we can hook you up with BOTH collage papers and your clock so you’ll be ready to paint!
Patty’s thoughts on So Soft Fine Glitter Paint from DecoArt
When DecoArt introduced this line of paints called So Soft Fine Glitter, I kinda did a little eye roll… I have alot of paint and alot of glitter and I don’t do much fabric painting in my world of Decorative Painting.. Sooo….. I pushed it aside. Then while I was at Hoot (Heart of Ohio Tole Convention) a lovely artist named Debra Welty had some T-shirts she had painted that had the BEST sparkle to them.. low chunk gorgeous GLAM! And after I asked permission to touch the shirt I saw that it doesn’t come off.. This was amazing.. so I took some out last week… played around with them… The So Soft Fine Glitter is glitter suspended in a paint and medium, it stays flexible like the So Soft paints do and you can layer them over painted surfaces… One coat gives you a little sparkle a few coats.. MAGIC! Sometimes you need ”GLITTER” and sometimes you need sparkle… I love that if you do wash this the product doesn’t come off and it won’t shed like some glitters do. Hands down I am a fan and am making excuses to use these great products, How would the Dog look with some So Soft Fine Glitter on his curly coat? LOL>… Come here Freckles! Patty
Painting Stepping Stones for your Garden
Last Year I have to say… I was skeptical… How would Patio Paints hold up in extreme outdoor weather? Deco Art said they would… But how good were they REALLY? So here is what I did, I painted 4 Stepping stones… 4 “flutterbies” for my Butterfly garden! Click the link to see the images Gave them 1 coat of varnish and left them out in 3 months of 100 degree straight sunshine and heat (We had record sun and heat last year) an entire Fall and also this Winter – which was pretty harsh for SE Ohio – plenty of snow and deep freezing temps. My report…. The colors are still BRILLIANT! No Chipping No Cracking No Peeling AWESOME! Deco Art patio Paints Rock!
Clever Use of Stencils
One of our best Selling products is the Creative Expressions Books with Words and Co-coordinating Stencils. Carleen shared some of her stenciled creations… Carleen is so CREATIVE!!! See what Carleen did with the Halloween line Click here to see these products Enjoy! Patty
Home from Sunny California
Just home from Sunny California, it was so nice and WARM…Ahhh… As we flew home we missed the”storm of the century” that many of you are being inundated with as I type… happy to have been spared that stress while traveling! (pssst. I do write every newsletter that you receive, just sometimes I am writing in airplanes,or in hotels!) Today I am happily at HOME! Our best WARM wishes to those who are being buried in snow and ice.
