Door Knob Gift Ideas

  • 2026 Easter Collection

    hippity hop, Easter’s on its way! our new ‘Classic Amy Joanne’ 2026 Easter Collection is here! We’ve dreamed up the ideas, drew up the plan, gathered the goods, ordered the packaging, created the products, added the artful touches and wrapped… Continue reading

    2026 Easter Collection
  • Painting a Personalized Gift 2.0

    Creating a personalized handmade gift will speak from the heart when given from the hands of a Maker. (read original post here) . Homespun, Handmade and Heartfelt. ~*~ If God Blesses you with a Gift of Creativity use it for… Continue reading

    Painting a Personalized Gift 2.0
  • Cozy Snowie

    This Winter/Christmas blog post may be a little to early or a little to late ….depending on how you look at it. But if you are a Creative the timing may be just right. For the Love of Creativity, enjoy… Continue reading

    Cozy Snowie
  • painting a personalized gift

    The beautiful part of learning and creating Decorative Art is to make gifts for your friends and family. Handmade has always been dear to my heart but when a gift is handmade and personalized ~ well, that’s just the icing… Continue reading

    painting a personalized gift
  • I’ve stopped burning candles.

    Well, that’s a funny thing for a candle maker to say. But I have found a way to get more life out of a candle. (well it probably already existed ‘as a thing’, but read on….) Continue reading

    I’ve stopped burning candles.
  • a ‘strawberry’ coordinated gift

    If you have been around for a while you know that here at Classic Amy Joanne we love to coordinate a handmade gift using delicious baked goods, hand paintings, crafts and even pretty gift wrappings. It was time to celebrate… Continue reading

    a ‘strawberry’ coordinated gift
  • PB & J

    like I said, ‘There is no end to Creativity’ (read here), it simply doesn’t run out. And it was no different while creating the next page in our ‘My Cottage Life Keepsake Journals’ ~ my imagination kept taking me to… Continue reading

    PB & J
  • penny for your thoughts, forget me not flowers

    Some days I just enjoy making crafts, for no reason but to lose myself in my Studio and dig deep into the closet of goodies, how about you? Continue reading

    penny for your thoughts, forget me not flowers
  • We didn’t forget Christmas

    Christmas still happened, whether we were prepared for it or not. And with a series of events in our own lives ~ from sickness, to jury duty, to Church responsibilities, to burning a candle at both ends on the biz…..I’ve… Continue reading

    We didn’t forget Christmas
  • The Cookie Keeper

    ‘The Cookie Keeper’ ~ in typical ‘Classic Amy Joanne’ fashion, was one idea that turned into many, many, many ideas. Created at first to simply enjoy designing and painting during some ‘down’ time ~ then becoming an idea for Christmas… Continue reading

    The Cookie Keeper