painted roses

hi girls! i'm going to share some pics i took last month b4 i actually finished this sign. since my camera is broken, i hafta use some older pics to do a post. i'm so bummed, but i know God will provide another camera for me! He always takes care of me no matter how small the need/want is! anyway, here are some pics of some roses i painted on an old panel out of an old wooden door. since these pics were taken i painted the word "roses" in black at the top of the panel and hung it in my kitchen. but i'll hafta show you pics of that later, when i figure out my camera situation! hope you like it and are inspired to paint on anything you can get your hands on! { i'm linking to my romantic home for show and tell friday and saturday nite special at funky junk and here

Love, deanna

WASH, BRUSH, FLOSS AND FLUSH...

REMEMBER THE STORE I TOLD YOU ABOUT? THE ONE I WAS CONSIGNING SOME OF MY PAINTED FURNITURE/ART IN? WELLLL, IT'S BEEN FEATURED ON ANOTHER BLOG-WHICH IS SO COOL, BUT EVEN COOLER- MY "WASH,BRUSH,FLOSS AND FLUSH" SIGN HAS MADE IT ON AS WELL. I SAW A SIGN WITH THIS QUOTE ON IT AND HAD TO DO ONE MYSELF, UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT REMEMBER WHERE I FOUND THIS ADORABLE SIGN IDEA :( BUT I MADE MY OWN AND CHANGED IT UP A BIT ANYWAY! SO STOP ON OVER TO "THE WEATHERED BUNGALOW" AND SEE ALL THE GREAT STUFF OVER THERE! IT WAS SO UNEXPECTED TO FIND MY ART ON SOMEONE ELSE'S BLOG LIKE THIS! I WAS JUST PERUSING FACEBOOK AND SAW THAT THE NEXT DOOR HAD PUT UP A LINK TO THE WEATHERED BUNGALOWS BLOG AND THE REST IS HISTORY! JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A FUN, EXCITING THING TO SHARE W/ ALL OF YOU WHO ARE SUCH GREAT SUPPORTERS/FOLLOWERS! GOD BLESS AND HAVE A GREAT DAY! {edited to add, this SOLD @ the NEXT DOOR!} YAY!

nest...

ahhh the nest,a place where we are safe and warm, secure and happy, loved and comforted. I guess that's why I love that word so much. I also like to feather my nest so it always has that feeling of comfy cozy. So in honor of all our nests, I painted this sign. I has this small canvas that i primed and painted over some store bought art, that i got at a swap and i painted the word nest and an actual nest on it w/ three little eggs.One for each of my children and i just like things in three's;)!!! It will be going in my booth @ Vintage Charm, but I am going to have a giveaway {for one like it} once we reach 100 followers! and we're sooo close! Thanks for reading/looking! Until next time, keep creating!

~Decorating Diva {and as always, please check out the parties i link up to in my side bar!!}

Paris, mon cheri!!!

Hi y'all! Hope the end of the year is winding down for you in a most relaxing way. I have been sleeping in everyday, so I am gonna be hurting come Tues. when the kiddos go back to school! But for now we are enjoying the time off and extra sleep!

Before Christmas I painted this sign to sell at the store I rent a space in. But, when I got done w/ it- I discovered I had painted it to match my house! Does that ever happen to you? I did not

intend to paint it for myself, but the colors turned out perfect for my "new" rug (more on that in another post). So it had to stay here!

I painted it first w/ a blue color that I mixed up from some acrylic craft paint. Then I used a paper doily to stencil a lace design and freehanded the fleurs and lettering, etc. Next I sanded it al ittle to give it some age and glazed it w/ R.L. "tea stained" glaze. I added a ribbon and some lace to hang it and up it went on the wall! so there you have it, yet another piece I meant to sell but alas, I cannot part w/ it! At least it's free art for my wall! Thanks for visiting! Y'all come back now ya hear! ;)

a lonely footboard to a lovely sign

it started out as a lonely foot board a friend gave me. she said do you want an old foot board that i got at a yard sale? and me being me, i said yes, of course! she said it was so cute and she knew i could find something to do w/ it (no pressure) ! so i took it home and it sat in my entry way for about a week, waiting for me to get some inspiration. i knew i wanted to do something w/ it so i could put it on this shelf (actually it was an old mantel from my in-laws former home) that is mounted in the middle of the l.r. high on the wall above the desk.(don't mind the popcorn ceiling,we're hoping to cover it w/ beadboard or something , SOMEDAY!!!) Previously and for YEARS i had this shelf accessorized w/ various bird houses and a cab. door that i painted and decoupaged a flower onto. cute, yes. exciting, no! i needed a change. and this sweet little foot board was just the gal to do it! now i know some of you would've been able to use it as is (red) in your pretty homes w/ red accents, but i have no red and couldn't change my decor around this sweet lil f.b. so, even tho' it was super cute and a cheery red, i had to paint it. so i painted it my fave creamy white (tiramisu) and then accented it w/ my newest fave blue-green called "sea salt". then i got to the fun part!!! i blew up the lettering i printed out and used graphite paper to copy it on the f.b. then i added the rest free hand. finally, i used some watered down brown paint to antique it. I LOVE IT! i set it up on it's display shelf and i also "hung" it by adding some picture hanging wire to the back, just in case anyone slams the doors(which of course, never happens w/ 3 kids running in and out!)! that way it looks like it's just resting on the shelf, but it's safe for everyone. i had such fun creating this, i hope you enjoy looking at it and are inspired to make a big splash or a big change to something in one of the rooms in your home!!! have fun and keep creating! i'll be linking this to some of the linky parties listed in my sidebar, please stop by and visit as many as you can!

serenity NOW!!!

hello all, hope you're off to a great start to your weekend! so sorry i've been away for about a week now. i have not been able to get much done lately on my project list, my hubby and i have been helping my mil get her house ready to sell. hubby painted inside and out and i've been painting the cabs. so i haven't had any new pics or projects to share. so i thought i'd share a sign i made for my brother-in-laws b-day a couple of weeks ago. my sister came up w/ the idea to use this line from Seinfeld, you know the one george's dad screams thru out the show. "serenity NOW!!!" It's too funny! she also had a bbq apron made that has the line embroidered on it. the sign will go over his bbq grilling area. this line is fitting for me as well, as we are about 1/2 way thru summer break and the kids are fighting more and are increasingly bored. i need "serenity NOW!!!" i'll be back soon w/ some new pics and projects i just started 2nite! thanks for coming! check my sidebar under "friday" linky parties to see other bloggers great work! EDITED TO ADD: I JUST LINKED UP TO AMANDA'S PARTY@ SERENITY NOW (i couldn't resist once i saw her blog name!)

signage

i kinda forgot about my blog in the midst of life and doing things until a friend of mine said, "why haven't you posted anything on your blog lately". so i thought i'd give her and my one other follower(thank-you!, so neat to have my first non-related/non "i see you all the time, why do i have to read ur blog person" on here) something to read/see!
So my sister asked me if i could duplicate this really cute sign she saw in idaho on vacay last summer at a cutsie-shmootsie expensive store. and i said, sure. so like almost a year later here it is! da-da-da-dahhh!!! my sis bribed me w/ a jute rug(not that she had to, i would have done it for free, that was just her way of getting me to hurry-up already!) that she was getting rid of, i put it on my back patio. in return i painted her this "botanique" sign and this plaque that she got at a thrift store for $1.50. she had this little poem she liked so i painted it on and added some fleurs. that's frenchie for FLOWERS, like you didn't know that already...;) i just like to call 'em that- not w/ the frenchie accent tho. so it's more like "flerrs" say it w/ me people! okay, i digress- you'll find i do that a lot! i also painted a "botanique" sign for my mommy( yes, i really still and always will call my mom "mommy", even tho i turn 36 next mo.!) for mother's day. now everyone wants one! but i want one too, so i guess i'll get around to painting mine in like a year?????so what do you do for fun? i paint and paint and paint! sometimes people even pay me for it (which is really fun!) but i would do it no matter what, even if i had no one to paint for but me! that's when you know it's your passion, not just a hobby. i'd love to know what your passions are and see pics. thanks for reading!
~decorating diva
p.s. bear w/ me as i am unschooled in the way of bloggy thingy's i can't figure out how to get the photos where i want them to be...i'll figure it out eventually!!!!!!

UPDATE: I AM LINKING UP TO CINDY'S SHOW AND TELL FRIDAY @ romantichome.blogspot.com/
please go check out her blog and all the amazing blogs that are linked up for "show and tell friday" ~thanks! decorating diva