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Just thought I'd let you in on a little SECRET ! Were having a cyber monday sale at my ETSY shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/inmypaintedgarden?ref=si_shop  15 % OFF ! So come on over & check it out for some uniquely handpainted gifts , handmade & satisfaction guaranteed ! I'll even gift wrap complete with a bow & small card.
 Just use the coupon code # CYBMO28  when prompted.

Thank You & Have Fun !!!

Cheryl

Tis The Season FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA !

Santa Ornaments $ 12 each

 Tis the season for some really really serious painting!! Yes of course we all like snowmen don't we ? When I grew up in Michigan that first snow we were hoping for enough snow for sledding and if there  was enough snow for sledding then there was usually enough snow to make your first snowman of the winter season I remember one winter when I as about 10 my 2 sisters & I got up to go to school &  my mom was still sleeping , Anyhow we had gotten dressed & we opened the front door & OH MY ! the snow was way over our heads ! We ran & woke up my mom & said we can't go to school because there was to much snow she rolled over & said then put your snow boots on , well we dragged her down to the door & yep snow boots just wouldn't do it !
 

snowmen $ 6 each

Well now that I live in Middle Tennessee there is really not alot of snow ! I think in the past almost 5 years that I have lived here the most snow we got at one time was 8 inchs a total disaster here ! They are just not prepared for snow & drivers ?  Back when I grew up in Michigan we went to school in 2 feet of snow & school wasn't canceled unless the wind chill was 20 below ! Here they seem to cancel school if there is a threat but I really suppose it's do to the fact that there are alot of winding mountainous roads besides not having the equipment for snow removal , when it does snow it doesn't last but a day or two. It is Beautiful here ! Well anyhow I have been building my own  ( well painting ) my own! Between all the gourd ornaments as you know are my football players, the santa claus & my snowman . I've been very busy & I love it ! I really enjoy when I sell my craft because I do LOVE it & I hope customers do also & thats why they are buying !

light bulb teddy bear  can be personialized  $ 10

I like to paint on all kinds of  surfaces and light bulbs are great to paint on !  I really like to paint on the

snowmen  $ 10

vanity lightbulbs they are larger in size and they are great to paint snowmen faces and animals. Ya know I have to bathrooms and both have vanity lights . one has 6 lights and one has 4 and I just can't wait for those bulbs blow so I can paint on them ! Sure I can paint on them without them being blown but I like to recycle & it's a Great way to recycle ! I have friends  at work that save light bulbs for me of all kinds !

These are another kind of painting surface to work on they are antique insulators These are painted from a painting pattern, I've painted the pumpkin with the cat peeking out and the mr & mrs claus. It's so cool to see how they turn out when your done. I'm comming up with some different ones to paint. 



Here is Santa and his helper the toy maker . These are good to give as gifts for the person who loves Christmas! I just Love how they all seem to have there own personalitys ! These guys are nice to decorate with ! I'm thinking of starting my own collectors series of  Gourd Santas Ornaments one for every year , of course this being the first. After he is painted I will post him & give the first one away in a contest.



Large Snowman & Large Santa  We also  have these Large Snoman and Santa in luminary style the whites of the eyes are cut out and the stars on the snowman and on the Santa the whites of the eyes and we put the streamer of HO HO HO between his hand and the HO HO HO is cut out.



handpainted soaps



Hand painted soaps great gifts for giving or just for decoration ,can be painted with any design on them they come wrapped with a cello wrap & bow also wash cloth can be added

These are small cannon ball  gourds that I have made into oil lamps . The wick sits in a tube that you fill with lamp oil, comes with a stand .

 Well I hope this gives you a few ideas for gift giving. Please stop by my Etsy shop & check out all my gifts ! Leave me some comments I would LOVE to hear some of your childhood winter snow memories !Hope all of you have a GREAT Thanksgiving & a Safe Family Gathering. Please share your memories !!

Cheryl



 

Football Season Is In The Air Check out Our Players !!!

Hello , I'm Cheryl & Welcome to my world ! I love to paint & my specialty is character gourds especially my football players ! Actually I can paint most any character & if I haven't done a certain one I'm up for the challenge so go ahead suggest a chacter for me to paint ? I would love to do one for you !

ornament size character gourds 3" to 5 1/2 " tall

 Want a gift suggestion that is both unique but a Great gift for any sports fan ? I paint any sports team player  NFL , college, high school,  you name it with fall & winter being the GREAT sport of Football these are great gifts for the hard to find Dad, husband , son,  brother or son in law in your life !


I do all kinds of sports characters ! Got any basketball players in high school or college ? Very unique gifts !

 I'll even paint some for girls with pink helmets !  These are all perfect gifts for the hard to buy person . I call them uniquely hand painted ! I sell alot of my sports gourds both in ornament size & in a birdhouse to hang and display your team spieit in your yard !


Birdhouse Gourd Football Player 9'' to 12 1/2 in tall

 I even had alot of customers tell me that they buy them to hang in their team rooms in thier house . One of my repeat customers has two rooms with a different team in each room & she displays everthings of that team .  It just amazes me & I LOVE all the stories I hear from my customers especially at Craft shows about what they are going to or have done with their gourds. If you've bought a gourd from me I would love to have you post comments & pictures !


You name the player I paint it for you




any ornament size player I can do it for you

I really have a fun time painting all my little guys they seem to have a personality of there own when I get done with them , they are one of a kind  ! Hand painted by me !


Name the player I even personilze with name & number just ask



I would Love to paint one or maybe two or three for you ! Heck I've even painted a whole team !

Baseball players I even do them

  So if you are looking for something really Unique & you or someone you know is a fan or even a collecter  these would be a Great gift to give & handmade comes from the heart !

!!I've been trying my hand at painting a tiger so far so good I'll post a picture when I'm done. I can do a few dogs , I have hand painted key chains of dogs for sale,I will post them also next time. I've tried cats but they end up looking like a warewolf !! But with  practice & patients someday they will look like cats or kittens !  I've also done a penquin ! Pictures to come soon !

Special orders no problem !

Basketball players yep I can do them also !

These football player gourd birdhouse & ornaments was a special order for a customer. These football players are very popular I sell alot of this team. I will personalize any player with a name or number ! Just ask ????  If it makes you Happy it makes me HAPPY !!!   Just click on My Etsy Shop & instantly you are there . Just send me a convo /email with any special request .

Does anybody have a challenge for me ?

10 % discount on your purchase from 11/15/2011  until 11/30/2011 use coupon code (football2011) at time of checkout  !

CHERYL

Come With Me To Bell Buckle TN Arts & Craft Show !

Welcome glad to see you wanted to come along ! Join me for one of the biggest Art & Craft Shows in middle tennessee ! It was an estimated attendance of over 10,000 visitors ! The most beautiful fall day with a light breeze cool mornings & bright sunny days with temptures in the 60's couldn't have been better !!!

Webb School  Aera Bell Buckle Tenn.

This is the first time I was a vender here, we had visited here the last 3 years here & I always wanted to be a vender here. Much to my surprise there is a woman at work  Ms. Jones whos nephew has a booth at the Bell Buckle Craft show for over 20 years. One day after work she took me over to his house ( I brought my picture portfolio with me) to meet him & show him my work, so I did & he got me a spot at the show  THANK YOU ! THANK YOU ! I was thrilled ! The last time I did a big 2 day craft show this big was with my sister Diana in Michigan  6 years ago !  It was fun being able to do it with my sister we had a GREAT time !!


Early morning Bell Buckle Tennessee

My son Chace helped me the whole weekend couldn't have done it without him ! We set up Friday afternoon & then came back Saturday morning about  6 a.m. to  finish decorating & put up the finishing touch's , I thought we were a little late getting there at 6 but there were still venders comming in & setting up at 8 a.m. & about that time there were customers starting to pour in ! But we were ready at least as ready as we could be !

Venders setting up

Lots & Lots of Venders

Bell Buckle shuts down the whole town it's actually is called The Webb School Arts & Crafts Show & then the town has it's craft show & then home owners rent out there property to crafters so actually the whole town is full of crafters , venders & well over 10,000 people !

All of these venders were on the Webb School property & on the side streets & driveways !

This is some of my products that I sell in my booth, I had one side of my booth with Halloween & the other side with Christmas it made for alot of color !



These were some of my neighbor venders



Here come the customers  ! This was still early in the morning & they just kept comming ! Yeah !!

This was a music show that they put on every year they set up bales of hay around the stage

This is the inside of my tent

Lunch time !

One of the vender tents down from me  some really GREAT people & nice nice wood & painted items !

Time To go home all of a sudden a few venders started closing up & BAM all the customers vanished as  quick as they appeared  All in all it was a Beautiful weekend in alot of ways the weather was Fantastic they crowd was Huge & I met some Great people both in fellow venders & in customers ! Needles to say I was asked to come back next year & made a definate answer of yes  I will be ! Well I hope you had a nice visit to a Middle Tennessee Craft show . 

Thank You for comming along !

Cheryl