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Custom family stick figure pictures
In December I worked my little fingers to the bone drawing my "customer family portraits."Oh how my great grandmothers would be ashamed of my description of hard work. They spent hours washing clothes...
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Not your average Valentine's Day card
Valentine's day is around the corner, like literally in 2 days. Remember my love cards from last year, and my animal love cards? The animal love cards link has a free printable, oh ya!But this year...
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FREE Teacher appreciation printables
It's the end of the year, do you need something to give your child's teacher?Below I have some cutesy craft ideas. But . . . I truly think the best gift you can give a teacher is a simple thank you...
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Don't Eat Pete Mullet Edition
A couple months ago I had my first craft fair. I worked my fingers to the bone for months drawing, crafting lots of cuties stuff (I'll share more on that in another post).Last minute my husband drew a...
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Summer PIRATE Reading Chart (free printable)
Oh my oh my. It's half way through the summer and I'm finally unveiling my PIRATE summer reading chart. But hey, let's not chalk this up as pure laziness. I planned on doing it this way!!This is a...
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family portriats
Here are some more family portraits I did this summer. This pregnancy announcement holds a special place in my heart. Jill found me on etsy and asked me to draw her whole family (her husbands and hers)...
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Lego men coloring page
Lego fever has hit my home, and my poor feet are trying to recover from stepping on them. Also the song from the movie is stuck in my head "Everything is awesome . . " Rad, now I'll be singing it all...
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How I draw a custom family portrait
I am often asked how I draw my pictures. Short version . . .A regular custom detailed family portrait takes between 3-8+ hours. Usually one or two hours sketching and re-sketching. Then I scan the...
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FREE Christmas Don't Eat Pete
I have become known as the "Don't Eat Pete lady", and I can't think of a better thing to be known for. A wonderful gal Katie asked me if I had a Christmas version and I'm happy to have finally finished...
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Nativity paper puppets - FREE printables
I'm pretty excited to share this with you!!I tried last year to make nativity blocks. I didn't like how they turned out. They needed to be a little wider to fill out the space. So this year I sketched...
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2015 New Year Goals FREE printable
I saw this awesome 2014 Year in Review printable from Skip to my Lou (she has mad skills), and wanted to make something like it but with 2015 goals. (click on picture and save to computer)We sat down...
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Custom family stick figure pictures
I love this part of the year . . . when I can finally share many of the pictures/portraits I drew during my busy Christmas season. You can look at my first Christmas pictures I drew in 2011 and see I...
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be happy (free printable) & book review for Monica Sheehan
I have a confession. I don't like January. It's the pits. I have tried and tried but it's cold, dark and not cool. Not cool my friend. I am usually a happy person who cracks myself up watching...
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Do your portraits really look like the people you draw?
Last year, at my first craft fair, I had my booth all set up with a section of family portraits I had drawn. A lady asked me "Do these portraits really look like the families you draw?" I should have...
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Teacher Appreciation Week printables!!
This week is TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK!!The tab "Free Printables" has all my teacher freebees or click on this link to show all teacher posts.And guess what? Community Table, an online and print...
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"Grandma's Childhood Stories" book
This is a very special and personal post about my sweet mother and our first book we made together.Growing up my mom would tuck my little brother and I in bed at night and we would beg for a bedtime...
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Father's Day cards
Father's Day is less than 2 weeks away. I was looking through my cards and realized some of my cards would work for Father's Day! Well . . . not to give to YOUR father, but more for a wife to give her...
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Don't Eat Pete: Mullet Edition FREE
It's here, it's here! The solution to all your problems. Drum roll please . . . Don't Eat Pete: Mullet EditionLast year I proudly shared this hilarious and hideous game board my husband drew for my...
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Paper Puppets FREE (Space Robots, Pirates, Cowboys, Fairies & Mermaids)
One of my first posts ever I shared some Pirate, Cowboy & Fairy paper puppets. It has become my most popular post with over 16,000 views. Wow. Thanks mom for viewing all those times. :).I have...
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family portraits - before and after - sketch process
These are some of the recent family portraits I have drawn. I have started to take pictures during the process. Sometimes I send the customer a quick picture of the portrait after I sketch it to get...
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