Maker’s Gonna Make What do Creatives do with down-time? Why they get creative! Since my living is my hobby and my hobby is my living the lines between each are always blurred ~ and it’s all good. Twice a month my friend Tracy and I get together ~ we’re not your typical set of friends …
Our ‘Door Knob Gift‘ projects (read about here) have been a fun way to enjoy giving a sweet little surprise gift ~ whether it be for someone known or unknown ….simply something from your heart to theirs. It has been especially fun to coordinate the ‘content’ and the ‘container’ for each person gifted…handmade and personalized …
Most of my life it has been about the ‘presentation’ ~ whether it is presenting a gift, the view from the front door, to the food we serve, the home we keep and even the table setting on Christmas Day. Don’t get me wrong…..’the presentation’ is just giving my best ~ not to be perfect …
While searching for candle holders for our growing Candle Business (purchase candles here) ~ this ceramic jar was a perfect find ~ similar to a vintage marmalade jar (shown below), it has the same classic style. Not to mention it fit into the aesthetic of our Classic Candles. This jar can also be up-cycled and …
The ‘everyday‘ in our home, are collections of things we love from ironstone bowls, to heirloom pieces, to iron candlestick holders, to Jerry’s guitar, to folded afgans…..at Christmas time, we simply tuck in a few little ‘holiday touches’ from vintage, to heirlooms, to hand-crafted. We’ve been sharing our ‘Holiday Touches‘ here on the Blog since …
‘Heaven and Nature Ring’ ~ creating a wreath, a candle ring, a fun new pattern gift tag, introducing a new candle, and we’re even feeding the birds ~ let’s get busy! Nature has a beautiful way of creating all kinds of goodies for us to play with in the garden ~ as Creatives. Around our …
Sometimes as Creatives we ‘go the round about way’ just to be creative…. to have something be handmade instead of store bought. (why spend $10, when you can spend $100 making it, ~ if you are a creative you get it)
Yes, you can have your cake and eat it too. If you have been following along for a while, you may have noticed we love to ‘coordinate’ here at Classic Amy Joanne. We coordinate art with home, fabric and paint colors, creative surfaces, different seasons, recipes and table settings, and many gift ideas, even the …
Country Store Christmas ~ is created with Paint & Pencil ~ the deep rich color comes from a base layer of DecoArt Acrylic Paint and then adding layers upon layers of PrismaColor Premier Penciling to finish. Would you believe this all-comes-together on top of Watercolor Paper (found here)? Yes, watercolor paper, acrylic paint and colored …
patterns to purchase ~ classes to join & new fun When this’ Journal’ Journey began in July of 2021, I really didn’t know what to expect, I’ve never painted in a journal before, let alone put it out there into the world to share. As time would tell, I realized there was so much Joy …