Christmas is coming! I love this time of the year, don't you?

I designed, shaped and hand painted each teeny gingerbread man and then sealed each with a glossy varnish and attached baker's twine to each ornament. These two pieces are sold as a set.  Wouldn't this be a sweet gift for a teacher or daycare worker or just so many other suggestions.  

Each ornament is almost 2 inches tall and 1 1/2 inches wide.

Great care will be taken to ensure that the ornament arrives at its destination in one piece!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

I designed this piece after finding a wooden pineapple tray at a recycle shop.  I have since found many of these pieces so they must be pretty common..anyway I really liked the look of this and it painted up real well.  This piece is very "New England/Cape Cod" looking to me with the red saltbox house, tall decorated trees with stars on top, and sheep and a snowman in the dooryard.  This also made me miss Cape Cod (lived there for 10 years).

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

This is a pattern and not a finished product.  Upon completion of the sale, this pattern will be instantly downloaded to your computer and you may then use it at your leisure.  The pattern includes full written instructions, supply and paint list, digital photos and line drawing(s).

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

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

Christmas is approaching!  I love this time of the year!  This is the second soap bar I have designed for this wonderful season.  

This is a pretty elaborate soap to make with three colors of swirls (red, white and green} throughout as well as a "swirly top", snowflake sparkle mica and dried cranberry seeds. Each soap bar is scented with a new fragrance I discovered, called Juniper Berry and Cedar and it is wonderful!  

The ingredients used were olive oil, coconut oil, shea butter, sodium hydroxide, distilled water and titanium dioxide.  The soap is scented with Juniper Berry and Cedar fragrance oil. The mica colorants are True Red, Woodland Green and white.  I also used a snowflake sparkle mica for the top along with dried cranberry seeds.  The last item is added to all of the soap bars that I make - LOTS OF LOVE!

Average weight to each soap bar is 4.5 ounces.

Shipping charges are per soap bar.

Christmas is coming! I love this time of the year, don't you?

I designed, shaped and hand painted each sweater and then sealed each with a glossy varnish and attached baker's twine to each ornament.  Christmas sweaters seem to go hand in glove with the season! Wouldn't this be a sweet gift for a teacher, daycare person or just many other suggestions!

The ornament measures 4 inches wide and 2 3/4 inches long.

Great care will be taken to ensure that the ornament arrives at its destination in one piece!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Christmas season is rapidly approaching and my mind went to all kinds of things...angels...gingerbread men, Merry Christmas...and this is what I came up with.  She is a sweet ginger-haired angel who just so happens to have a cute little gingerbread man in her pocket and is holding a Merry Christmas banner!  Problem solved!  

I hope she is just what you were looking for.  

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.  This is an instant dlownload and can be downloaded at a time that is best for you.  

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

I wanted to design a piece that would be good to display all winter long with snowmen, icicles, and snowflakes. I painted a trio of snowmen rather than overwhelming the teapot as I wanted the snowflakes to be an important part of the design as well. It was fun to design and even more fun to paint. Lots of little details (I love details!). I hope you have fun painting this!  This design will fit on many different sizes of tea pots as the snowmen figures can be easily moved.

This pattern was published in Painting E-Zine in December 2016.

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!

Christmas is coming!  I love this time of the year, don't you?  

I designed, shaped, and hand painted each gingerbread man and then sealed each with a glossy varnish and attached baker's twine to each ornament.  I think this could be an excellent teacher's gift or as a simple gift to let someone know you were thinking of them, or for whatever reason!! 

The ornament measures 3" x 2" and I think, would look lovely in an open space in between the boughs.

Great care will be taken to ensure that the ornament arrives at its destination all in one piece!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Oh...now I know what makes it snow, snow angels! My Snow Angel works the night shift and flies over the countryside and forests waving her magic wand leaving snow behind. I painted this angel on an old kettle I found in an upscale junk yard and grabbed it. She could be painted on so many other surfaces.

This was such a fun piece to design and paint!

This pattern was published in Pixelated Palette in November 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!

Have you ever wondered how Santa Claus got his big break? He started out as a thinner and trimmer version and was a walker and a wood gatherer! I like to think he would find families that needed extra wood and would donate what he could. Hey we all start somewhere!

This pattern was published in Pixelated Palette in December 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 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 expect to see Christmas ads in the next few weeks and that has me excited - excited to be making great quality handmade soap just for you!  

These bars are made of top quality ingredients with a 3-color swirl throughout the soap bar, and the swirl can be seen on the top of the bar as well as holographic biodegradable mini stars.  I also used one of my favorite winter scents, Elderberry and Evergreen.  This soap loaf was made of my regular recipe soap base and it is great - lots of lather!

The ingredients used were olive oil, coconut oil, shea butter, sodium hydroxide, distilled water. The mica colorants are True Red, Gold Sparkle, and Woodland Green.  I also added holographic biodegradable stars, Elderberry and Evergreen fragrance oil and of course, LOTS OF LOVE!

Average weight of each soap bar is 4.5 ounces.

Shipping charges are for per soap bar.

Christmas is coming! I love this time of the year!  

I designed and made this air dry clay Christmas stocking.  It has a very simple design and I think elegant styling and will be sure to look fabulous on your tree!  This would also make a great teacher gift or a gift for anyone!  

As stated above, I formed and designed (hand painted) the stocking and made sure to put on a good coat of glossy finish.  A baker's twine was attached as a hanger for the ornament.  

This ornament measures 3 inches by 2 inches and would look wonderful in any open space between boughs!  

Great care will be taken to ensure that the ornament arrives at its destination all in one piece.  

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Frosty is out in the field with his cardinal friends and they are trimming the tree, getting ready for the Holidays. This piece is a Terrye French sketch, painted by me and made into an E-Pattern for your painting pleasure! Terrye's designs are timeless and are are sure to increase smiles! A very fun piece to paint!

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.  The pattern includes full written instruction, 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 am starting to see Christmas ads and that has me exited - excited to be creating wonderful Christmas ornaments just for you!

These ornaments are so sweet - lovely bumble bees decorated with a wonderful Christmas wreath and sparkled with "fairy dust"!  

They are made by me from air dry clay and hand painted, glittered with fairy dust and sealed with an glossy acrylic paint medium.  Each ornament has a black and white Baker's twine ornament hanger, so they are ready for your tree!  Really, they are so cute and would be perfect for that special friend who is an avid gardener!

They are 2 1/2 inches tall and 2 1/2 inches wide.

The bee will be packed in a small box to keep it safe for travel with room for more than one bumble bee, should you choose.  Of course, the shipping will may be more than the shipping for only one and you will be charged accordingly.

I have been reading a lot about soap makers using a combination of lavender and eucalyptus essential oils to scent cold process soap.  Well, I actually had both oils (and never would have thought about combining them) and poured a drop of each on a cotton ball and sniffed it all day and guess what....it is a very strong scent and very crisp and clean...just what I was looking for!  I chose a swirl using off white, lavender color and a teal color and then dusted the top with a biodegradable glitter on the top.

The ingredients used were olive oil, coconut oil, shea butter, sodium hydroxide, and distilled water.  As mentioned above, i scented the soap with a mix of lavender essential oil and eucalyptus essential oil. The mica colorants were lavender, off white and teal and then added a purple biodegradable glitter on top of the soap loaf.  When the soap is set aside, under a "blanket" to "go through gel phase" in which it heats up and then saponifies and voila...in the morning it is cooled and ready to be cut!  When I cut the soap bars, I am like a kid on Christmas morning looking at all the bars - very exciting for me!

Average weight for each soap bar is 4.5 ounces.

Shipping charges are per soap bar.