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You’re My Cupcake Pick….
You’re my cupcake pick! How it all came together….. The ‘Snowman Charmers’ were lined up across our worktable, the noses and arms had just been added and were ready to be packaged for an order and it had me thinking….. ‘The… Continue reading
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My Studio Office ~ Chaos and the Plan
This is My Studio Office…Classic Amy Joanne Headquarters….good grief Charlie Brown! Absolute Out-of-Control-Chaos, wish it wasn’t so….. Continue reading
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Creating Fabric Folds with Acrylics
Are you ready to create fabric folds with acrylics? I just love to take a flat painted surface and create dimension ~ all with a little paint and a few strokes of a brush …..amazing, huh? Continue reading
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Look Back and Move Forward
If you’re like me…….I look back at the previous year with anxiety at all the things I didn’t finish, or didn’t accomplish or didn’t get to cross of my to-do list……and find myself laying flat on my back like Charlie Brown trying… Continue reading
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Chalk and Chew, huh ?!?!?
If you are my friend on FaceBook, I am positive you have heard me talk about ‘Chalk and Chew’ at the Tamaqua Community Arts Center in Tamaqua Pa and then you scratch your head and wonder, What is this you speak of… Continue reading
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He laughs at my plans….
New Year’s arrival is a typical time to create to-do lists, set goals, make plans, set forth to organize and dare to dream a little! We see things that worked, that didn’t work and we can improve on. *** Continue reading
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Handmade, Homemade and Heartfelt 2016….and a little Homespun too
Those sweet simple gifts given to a neighbor, a friend, a co-worker, your hair-stylist, a newspaper boy or post lady….are best when handmade and homemade and heartfelt. Create a handmade gift box and add homemade oatmeal chocolate chip cookies…I am sure this will… Continue reading
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It’s All in the Presentation 2016 – Gift Wrap with Chalk Art Holly Gift Tag and Tree Wrap too!
Gift Wrap – It’s all in the Presentation I do love my Chalkboard Art (and a good presentation)! There are no boundries….my wrapping is even created with Chalkboard paper. This time I am pairing it with homespun and hand stamped tissue… Continue reading
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Holiday Touches to the Everyday 2016
Here we meet again, Holiday Touches to the Everyday…. I will start off by saying ‘I cannot believe’ this is the 3rd year I will be posting pictures of Christmas Vignettes in my home, and have it look so different from… Continue reading
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Classic Chalk Art Glitter Houses
Glitter Houses…Classic Chalk Art Style! My Friend, Jane Allen, of Jane Allen Creates introduced me to Glitter Houses thru her blog click (here), what fun these are to create! It makes a great project for a gathering of friends…everyone can personalize their own….makin’… Continue reading
Classic Amy Joanne….my cottage life
Creating Art, Home, and a Cottage Life
all things to warm your home and melt your heart
