A "Cute Announcement"

Here's the latest in a type of paintings I now call "cute annoucements". These are paintings created to match baby bedding, with a little frame, and places to write the birth info. directly on the canvas (with a sharpie) to hang on the hospital door to announce the arrival of the baby. Then it can go home and hang on the baby's door or somewhere else in the room and will match. I think they are a cute alternative to the traditional wreath on the hospital doors. Currently the price is $20 if you are interested in ordering one. I can usually look at the bedding online and go from there.

I've tried for a couple of years to come up with a name for these, and it hit me one day. When I have an annoucement at school that is "fun" or "exciting" I call them cute annoucements. Students know that cute annoucements are different from other ones. Maybe we have new t-shirts coming in or something like that. One day this school year as soon as I said "I have a cute annoucement" today...... it just hit me. I had an epiphany. THAT is the perfect name for my baby paintings.

So, as I clean and reorganize my wonderful art room at home this week, I will keep you posted on the projects I'm working on. One of the next paintings will be for the Claiborne Charity auction.

PTL.

Suzy

CREATE.

"Create" was my mantra for 2009. "Praise" is what I choose for 2010. Finally about 1/2 way through 2010 I've decided to do both.


Back to painting for me this summer. I have many, many projects to work on. Let me know if you have a request, but I will be updating the blog more often with my ART ideas.


Here's an "abstract" painting I just finished for my cousin. She just built a house and choose some fabulous Candice Olson bedding. I had fun painting this.
Working on an order for Miranda today for a baby painting. Miranda ordered the original painting like this one I"m doing and for a few years I've been trying to think of what to call these. I finally figured it out... "CUTE ANNOUCEMENTS". Of course, there is a story behind it but I'll save it for later.
I'm considering a few other things. Acutally painting alot of the stuff I have sitting in my art room waiting on me, LEARNING to use my fabulous Cricut that I WON, and getting stuff together for a booth if I ever get enough stuff together. I could be a craft show junkie. Plus, I'm also thinking about TEACHING an adult class where you would come to the country club and I would teach YOU to paint a particular painting. It would have to be something you would actually HANG in your house or somewhere though. Tropical fish are SO CUTE, but who has a place to hang them really? Working on examples for that venue.
Lastly, I want to host an event called "AMONG FRIENDS" where we get together and bring NICE things we don't need anymore and buy/sell things among friends. It will hopefully be at the country club soon. You would find items that you would like to sell for $10.00 (for the first event) and bring them. Hopefully your items would sell and you would have money to spend to buy other items you need more. All among friends too. Fun huh?
ok. More later. Let me know if you're interested in any of this....
Create. It's a verb.
PTL. (Praise the Lord)

Suzy