Quirky Heartmade

What was my favorite random object to create with? In my *RANDOM OBJECT: Painting* challenge video, I discovered the straw was better than I gave it credit. Definitely will try painting with craft feathers now. The craft feathers are now my favorite craft object for more than just their cute, fluffiness. They create such an interesting pattern and texture, PLUS... I can incorporate the feather into the painting. How cool is that? Now there's a huge plus, incorporating the medium into the art. Something fun and creative to do. Almost like the crayon art concept that is popular. The scissors weren't bad for creating those interesting teardrop shapes, either. I guess it all depends on what kind of shapes and textures you're going for and what you got handy. What was your favorite random object to paint with? Did it give you any ideas? Hope it was  inspirational to try new things and explore art outside the box. Who knows? It might give you the next pinterest worthy craft in

Everyone has their own perspective on the world and I love to make digital art to jazz up mine.  My world is never nearly as colorful and bright and cheerful as I want it to be, so I draw on the photos to show a glimpse of a world I really want to see. Want a glimpse into how I see my reality, click READ MORE..

The contenders in the fight for best weird, random object to paint with are: The spoon weighing in at less than a pound, with a rounded head and thin handle The straw weighing in at a couple ounces as a cylindrical object The whisk weighing heavier than the straw but lighter than the spoon. A common household object for many! Let's hear it for the whisk. Might be perfect for making batter but how will it do with painting a masterpiece? Scissors, a very formidable opponent. No stranger to the crafting scene but can it paint? Light as a feather because it is one! Brightly colored and small in size, nowadays it's used often in crafts but in olden days was used for a very similar purpose. How will it work here? Watch the video to see how these opponents throw down the paint!

Here's some cool/silly behind-the-scenes photos I took from my latest diy video: *DIY: PASTRY PENS ON CRAFT BOTTLE*   <-click for #diy video MESSY...MESSY...MESSY not again... OOPS... ALMOST CRIED... bad hair day...? ...but it all turned out ok! What's the weirdest thing you've tried using as a craft tool to paint or create? 

Brrr! It's getting cold! Walking home from the store I saw such beautiful nature & landscape scenes. I think this will be part 2 of my nature posts. I felt silly and awkward dropping my bags constantly to take pictures of people's yards, but there is such inspirational landscaping around here. No photos of houses, out of respect for other's personal property. I just enjoy the inspiration I get from various places of landscape and nature. Nothing shows the approaching like evergreen firs. Once November is here, there is no denying the winter season and Christmas is on its way.  I call this one the DINOSAUR LEAF because it was so GINORMOUS compared to the others, which means it probably came from a tree that was over 100 years old. For trees, that's an amazingly long history.  I love long blades of grass. The leafs strewn across.  Wildflowers are beautiful and can show the winter approaching.  A couple days after writing this, the fateful &qu

VIDEO LINK  <~ Check out my YouTube channel 💜 I love Nutella! When it's gone I miss it. :( So I try to think of creative ways to make it last. This time I made potato chips, because it is my favorite combo! Which is better to eat with Nutella? Bagged or baked potato chips with Nutella? I challenge that in my latest video. Was it good? Which did I prefer? So many questions!!!!!! ♥  Potato Chip Recipe: Ingredients: Knife/ Vegetable Peeler 3-4 Potatoes Vegetable Oil Baking Cookie Sheet Aluminum Foil (Optional) Nutella (dip/optional) Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare the cookie sheet or pan that you are cooking on- either by putting vegetable oil directly on the pan or putting it on aluminum foil wrapped cookie sheet. Wash the potatoes thoroughly.  Slice off any unwanted parts of potato.  Slice the potatoes thin (for chips) with the vegetable peeler or with a knife. Put the potato chip slices on the pan and coat them with the oil in the pan. Place in

Certain things shouldn't happen after 2am... watch my latest video to find out what important lesson I learned that night! Secrets revealed should hold you over until diy video coming in 2 days!  LATEST VIDEO What are these and how will I use them in my diy video?