Spring has to be right around the corner, at least I hope so.  I designed this last winter and in the interim also made a video and figured I should release the e-pattern if nothing else than to scare the cold weather away.  What could be more peaceful than a trio of country girls walking their trio of geese to market?  Well, not ready to leave well enough alone, I had to add some frolicking sheep in the background.  It was a fun piece to design and to paint and I am hoping you have some fun with it also.  Would be so cute in a little girl's room or a "powder room" or anyplace you choose to place it.  

This pattern and a video were released back in 2015 or 2016 (not sure).

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.  

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

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

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Memories of spring and summer are always full of forget-me-nots and sunflowers.  I found a cute little paper mache suitcase that fit the design I had in mind and I even added a sunflower inside the suitcase for whimsy.  Everywhere I have had a garden I have had sunflowers and naturally this little red-headed gardener has her sunflower patch as well. 

The forget-me-nots are a wonderful memory I have of my sweet sister-in-love, Maureen.  I sent her a bunch of seeds when I was living in Maine and she returned the favor and sent me some of her seeds from Washington State to me in Minnesota.  I love an area carpeted with the lovely blue blossoms they produce.  These will be first seeds I sow this spring.

This was a fun piece to design and paint.  Of course, it can be painted on any surface you choose in case you cannot find a paper mache suitcase.

This patterrn was published in Pixelated Palette in October of 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.  

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

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

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

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It is nice to know that winter will eventually be gone and that spring is coming! Of course an important part of spring is Easter and I love all things Easter – bunnies, chicks, Easter eggs, flowers, and all the glorious colors of the season. I did choose to add some eyelet lace to the piece but you should decorate it the way you would like – fill it with jelly beans, pastel M&Ms or nothing at all! Most of all, I hope you have a great time painting this!

This pattern was published in Pixelated Palette in February 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 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

I lived in New England (Downeast Maine and Cape Cod) for over 24 years and fell in love with everything about the area – the architecture, the people, the scenery, the food, etc.  I found this piece of wood and just started designing.  I actually named the lobster shop after a wonderful lobsterman/friend!  The piece itself is a peg rack which actually adds to its usefulness and value. 

A wonderful friend, talented artist and wood work genius, Sheila Bergner-Landry, can provide the surface for this piece

Measurements:  Height (from tip of mast to bottom of peg section is 20 1/2” tall and 16” wide (approximate measurements).

This pattern was published in Pixelated Palette in June 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.  

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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.

I have long been drawn to cobalt blue glassware.  I had some wooden Mason jar ornament cut outs and put the two ideas together and came up with a cobalt blue Mason jar for each of the four seasons.  This was a fun project and hopefully you will enjoy it too!

This is my original design.  This piece was published in Painting E-Zine in January of 2018.

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.  

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!

This soap looks like a folded leaf...seriously!  It has a melt and pour base, Wild Current Sandalwood Fragrance oil, ecological gold glitter sprinkled on top and colored with a mix of two greens to get this wonderful shade!  It weighs 4 ounces.  All of my melt and pour soaps are shrink wrapped to keep them sealed until used.  I have tested all the soaps and all are wonderful!  As I stated on the back of the soap, all of my soaps are made with LOTS OF LOVE!  

There is a minimum of 2 soaps per order and these can be mixed or matched as inventory allows..

All of my MELT and POUR soaps are being sold through SHOP JOBIE and their link is shopjobie.com

I found this adorable green enamel pail, spring was on its way and I thought the pail would be wonderful with spring chicks in red boots! There are three designs for the chicks and these can be scattered in whichever way you choose.  A pail or container of any size can be used!  If you have a container that you want to paint and then add the chicks, that can be done!  The green color of my enamel pail is very close to DecoArt Hauser Medium Green.

This is my original design, one of which I hope you like!

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

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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!

Oh my, this is such a bright and wonderful clear and colorful soap.  The clear base is a cobalt blue.  Birds and Fish are "embossed" into the design on top.  Made from a clear melt and pour soap base, colored with a cobalt blue color agent, scented with Blue Lotus Spa fragrance oil and made with LOTS OF LOVE!  The soap bar weighs approximately 5 ounces and is hermetically sealed in a shrink wrapper.  

All of my MELT and POUR soaps are being sold through SHOP JOBIE and their link is shopjobie.com

This was one of my first attempts at swirling soap and I think I lucked out!  This is a clear aqua soap and the swirls are violet and a bit of pearly white.  This soap is made of clear melt and pour soap base with a blue ecological glitter. The colors are aqua, pearly white and violet and french lavender essential oil is the scenting agent.  Of course, LOTS OF LOVE is always there!  The soap bar weighs approximately 5 ounces.

All of my MELT AND POUR soaps are being sold through SHOB JOBIE and their 

link is shopjobie.com

Okay, here is a soap that could be used by anyone who loves to fish!  It is a clear base melt and pour soap with aloe vera, olive oil and lemon essential oils as well as poppy seeds.  This is definitely a larger soap bar!  Each bar is also made with LOTS OF LOVE!  The bar weighs 5.7 ounces and is hermetically sealed.

The approximate weight is 6 oz.  

All of my MELT and POUR soaps are being sold through SHOP JOBIE and their link is shopjobie.com

I must admit, I love bees and what they do for us!  I have been known to paint them and to make them out of clay.  I also was captured by this very wonderfully design.  This bar is made of detergent free shea butter melt and pour base with Pure Honey fragrance oil, caramel-colored mica coloring as well as LOTS OF LOVE!  Each bar has been hermetically sealed.  This bar weighs 4 ounces.

All of my MELT and POUR soaps are being sold through SHOP JOBIE and their link is shopjobie.com

 There definitely was something about this design that grabbed my attention.  I remember reading my children Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.  That was a long time and then the grandchildren came along and I read them the same stories!  Anyway, Spring is almost upon us and this goose is special!  She is made from detergent free shea butter melt and pour base with blue ecological glitter as well as a spicy cranberry fragrance oil and LOTS OF LOVE!  This soap bar is hermetically sealed and the bar weighs approximately 3.60 ounces.

All of my MELT and POUR soaps are being sold through SHOP JOBIE and their link is shopjobie.com

This is one of my favorite soaps.  The folded leaf mold I used surpasses all the rest!  The black color seems to really emphasize the leaf so well.  To make it a little better I added an ecological glitter that almost makes it look as if Jack Frost came to visit!  This is made with detergent free aloe and olive oil clear melt and pour soap base, a currant and sandalwood fragrance oil, ecological glitter, black mica soap block and LOTS OF LOVE! The scent of this soap is so wonderful!  This bar is hermetically sealed for freshness and weighs 5 ounces.

All of my MELT and POUR soaps are being sold through SHOP JOBIE and their link is shopjobie.com