Yes, I know this is not a Christmas ornament and is a pin but I thought it was close enough! I guess you could even hang it on a Christmas tree?  They are really cute, are made of wood with pin back and are hand painted by me. 

These would be great for the cat lover you know, for teacher's gifts, Halloween and so much more.

The pin measures 2" x 2" and would be shipped either in an envelope (padded hopefully) protecting the pin.  I will take just the same amount of care shipping my ornaments as I would any of the products I sell.

Thank you for shopping with us and hope you come back and see us anytime you have the time!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

This is an E-PATTERN and not a finished product.  This painting pattern is sent to you by way of your computer and you then can download it and print it out if you so choose.  Autumn/Halloween/Thanksgiving will be here before you know it.  All three designs are included in the pattern...a little something for everybody!  These were  fun to design and paint and I hope you have fun painting them as well!  I left the pockets empty - fill them with whatever your heart desires!  The E-pattern comes with full written instructions, supply and paint list, digital photographs and a line drawing.  

Please be sure to download the pattern soon after receiving it as there is a time restriction.

If you would prefer a paper pattern, please email me for more information (thesunflowercupboard@gmail.com).

I wanted to design a piece that covered all four season in one pattern.  I had a round paper mache box in my "stash" and used that as the surface.  This pattern could also be painted on any flat surface, limited by your own imagination!  It was a fun piece to design and paint and hopefully for you to paint as well.  

This pattern was published in Pixelated Palette in May of 2015.

This is an E-Pattern and not a finished product and will instantly be uploaded to your computer upon completion of the sale.  Written instructions, supply list, line drawing and photographs are included.

Please be sure to download the pattern within 24 hours of receipt as this is time sensitive.

Original design.  This is an e-pattern and not a finished product. Once purchase is made, this E-Pattern is available for you to upload it to your computer (almost instantaneously!).  Then you can download it at your leisure.  Included with the pattern is full written instructions, supplies list, digital photos and line drawing.

This is painted on a paper mache witch hat (6 inches).  It is a smaller hat which will fit in nicely with a smaller space or perhaps a Halloween grouping?  A fun piece to design and paint and hopefully a wonderful piece for you to paint.  Have fun and happy painting!  

Please be sure to download the pattern within 24 hours of receipt as this is time sensitive.

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This is an E-Pattern and not a finished item. Upon completion of the sale, the pattern will be emailed to your computer and then dowloaded by you at your leisure.  The pattern includes written instructions, supply lists, digital photos and a line drawing.

This is the "triple threat" of Halloween characters - the ghost lurking in the back, the pumpkin in the middle and all being supported by the witch's hand! I have added a jute hanger with a hand painted paper shipping tag. Let your imagination fly and think of all the fun places to hang this!

Please be sure to download the pattern within 24 hours of receipt as this is time sensitive.

If you would like a hard copy of the pattern, please email me at thesunflowercupboard@gmail.com

This is a pattern and not a finished product. It is instantly uploaded to your computer and then downloaded as you wish. The pattern includes full written instructions, supply list, digital photos and line drawing.

I must have been in a mood...a mitten for a surface, but I think it worked!

This was a fun design that will hopefully be painted and used to decorate for the upcoming Halloween Season and perhaps brought out for many years to come.

Please be sure to download the pattern within 24 hours of receipt as this is time sensitive.

This is an E-Pattern and not a finished product. Once payment is received the pattern will be electronically sent to your computer and then you download it, print it if you wish and you are ready to paint! The pattern includes full written instructions, supply list, digital photos and line drawing.

This is a whimsical piece with a grinning Jack O'Lantern and candy corn. Who does not remember this familiar refrain...Trick or Treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat!

Please be sure to download the pattern within 24 hours of receipt as this is time sensitive.

HAPPY PAINTING!

This pattern was designed for an old sifter I repurposed.  I pictured an old New England road side pumpkin stand, filled to the brim with pumpkins!  I had fun designing and painting this.  The design can be used on many surfaces, you are only limited by your imagination!

This pattern was published in Painting E-zine in September 2015.

This is a pattern and not a finished product. This pattern is an instant download pattern and will sent to you upon completion of the sale for you to download at your leisure.  The pattern includes full written instructions, supply and paint list, digital photographs, and a line drawing.  

Please be sure to download the pattern within 24 hours of receipt as this is time sensitive.

This is an original design that I painted for a metal coffee pot that I found in a "junk shop".  I love to repurpose things, to give them new life and when I saw this pot I already had the design imprinted on my brain.  There are quite a few interesting details to this pattern from the leaf wings, the check border on top, the flowing golden orange hair and stars in the sky.  This is further embellished by a torn fabric covering the handle and the raffia bow.  I enjoyed designing and painting this and hopefully you will enjoy it also!  Happy Painting! 

This pattern was published in the Pixelated Palette in August 2015.

Even witches need to test drive their brooms. That was my thought when I designed this piece. This was a very bright piece to design - lots of greens, oranges, bright blues and purples. The piece was initially based with Burnt Orange and then I dry brushed areas of green, purple, rusty colors and bright blue. There is lots of very fine line work. The witches themselves are dressed in bright colors as well and have all kinds of different hairstyles too!. I would happily place this on my front door all alone or in the center of a wreath. Great gift for a Halloween-loving special person we all know. Happy Haunting and wishes for a "smooth ride"!

This pattern was published in Pixelated Palette in September 2015.

This is an e-pattern and not a finished product.  Upon completion of the sale, you will receive notice that the pattern is ready to be downloaded to your computer at a time that is best for you.  The pattern includes full written instructions, supply list, digital photos and line drawing.

Please be sure to download the pattern within 24 hours of receipt as this is time sensitive.

If you have any questions whatsoever, please do not hesitate to contact me at:thesunflowercupboard@gmail.com

Happy Painting!

I have been painting witch shoes for a few years.  All of my unpainted surfaces (future witch shoes) have been found at thrift stores.  I look for black short boots and higher topped shoes and have even painted on funky clunky black shoes.  It would not be prudent to design for any one style of shoe.  So…what I have come up with is a series of designs (components) that can be used to paint any shoe and the colors I have used.  The nice thing about buying used shoes is that you can paint one to sell and one to keep or keep both…. These are great accent pieces and fun to paint.  Feel free to add any other details – customize to your taste for sure.  The components can be enlarged or minimized to fit your shoe. 

This pattern was published in Pixelated Palette in August of 2016.

This is an e-pattern and not a finished product.  Upon completion of the sale, you will receive notification that the pattern is ready to be downloaded to your computer at a time that is best for you.  

If you have any questions whatsoever, please do not hesitate to contact me at:

thesunflowercupboard@gmail.com

Happy Painting!

I had three Halloween cat-oriented themes running through my brain and finally had a breakthrough – put all three into a set of tags!  They are enchanting and so feline!

This is an e-pattern and not a finished product.  Upon completion of the sale, you will receive notification that the pattern is ready to be downloaded to your computer at a time that is best for you.  If you would prefer a “hard copy” pattern, please feel free to contact me for further instructions.

This is my original design.

This pattern was published in the Pixelated Palette, June 2017.

Please download the pattern soon after you receive it as the information is time-sensitive.

If you have any questions whatsoever, please do not hesitate to contact me at:

thesunflowercupboard@gmail.com

Happy Painting!

I first came across this Scottish nighttime prayer in a very small gift shop near Seattle, Washington and it stuck with me for all these many years.  It was a small piece of wood with lots of decoratively painted flowers on it.  I was in IKEA recently and saw these wonderful square mirrors and immediately thought of the saying with a painted night scene, a candle in the window of a red house, plenty of stars and plenty of fireflies in the tree tops.  I thought it would be especially sweet in a child’s room but I could see it in any room.  Of course, there is always a "Halloween angle" to this as well (ghosts, ghouls, oh my!). This is an original design.

This pattern was published in Painting E-Zine in the July 2018 issue.

This is an e-pattern and not a finished product.  Upon completion of the sale, you will receive notification that the pattern is ready to be downloaded to your computer at a time that is best for you.  If you would prefer a “hard copy” pattern, please feel free to contact me for further instructions.

Please be sure to download the pattern within 24 hours of receipt as this is time sensitive.

If you have any questions whatsoever, please do not hesitate to contact me at:

thesunflowercupboard@gmail.com

Happy Painting!

I love to learn different techniques for making soap whether it is melt and pour, cold process or hot process soap.  The method of making soap dough for embeds (which uses a basic cold process recipe but more hands on with smooshing the soap and yes that is how they describe it) and keeping it well wrapped so it does not dry out.  The dough can be formed into components using small molds or large molds and even an extruder to form the soap dough into shapes such as I have used for this hand soap (tiny bats). I have made 2 batches of this soap.  On the first one, the bats were in a row at the bottom of the soap and the other batch the bats decided to move around the soap bar.  I love both styles and cannot take credit for the formation in either soap!

The bat embeds in this soap bar through each soap bar, not placed on top!

The soap batch is made of olive oil, coconut oil, shea butter, lye, distilled water, Pumpkin Cardamom fragrance oil, pumpkin puree, copper sparkle mica, red Moroccan clay, pineapple mica, bat embeds required premade soap dough with black mica colorant and lots of love!

Estimated weight of each bar of soap is 4.4 ounces.  

I have already quite a few of these and have had great reviews and tons of smiles when the bats are seen in the soap!

This is another adventure with soap dough and embeds.  I pictured a dark blue night sky as the back drop with 3 tiny white stars in the sky.  In the center is a big orange pumpkin with 2 shades of green for the stem.  The embeds are premade with soap dough which is made from soap batter and then colored and placed in an air tight container for a few days and then manipulated by introducing heat into the dough which loosens up and becomes malleable to shape.  I was lucky to have a pumpkin mold to premake the pumpkin and then add a formed stem on the top as well as to extrude the 3 white stars.  Both of these embeds go the entire length of the soap loaf and the design is present in most stages of use (there may be a delay for the stars on one side as the embeds sometimes shift but it should appear soon after using the bar.  

The ingredients for this soap are:  Olive oil, shea butter, coconut oil, distilled water, lye, Cardamom Pumpkin fragrance oil; Orange, white, and 2 green micas for coloring.  Each bar is made with lots of love.

Estimated weight of each soap bar is 4.8 ounces.