our love story

today i am sharing our love story.

a story about my husband,

me,

our daughter,

and how God is in control.

a new bread recipe

 in my opinion...

there is nothing more homey

than the smell of fresh bread baking.

  i found this recipe on pinterest.

i just changed it by using 1 cup of better for bread flour,

instead of using all whole wheat flour.

the first time i made it...the bread was pretty dense.

and i like my bread a bit more fluffy.

can you have fluffy bread?

anyway...

this recipe was easy peasy.

and smelled sooo good!

plus wasn't a bad addition to potato soup!

today i am thankful for-

~a wonderful surprise this morning

~my daughter's sense of humor.  she can make me laugh so hard that i have tears running down my checks

~herbs and spices

~laughter with my husband

~rest

from beginning to end

 good morning friends!

i want to thank all my new followers and the 

sweet comments you have left on the last few posts!

i truly appreciate all of you!

i want to make it over to all of your blogs...

maybe since it is only 5 out this morning,

today will be a good day for that! 

anyway...

i have had a few people ask me about my process

of my paintings here and

on my facebook page.

so today i thought i would share one of my paintings.

i have a few different styles and  this is just one...

this one i am doing on 100% cotton 140 lb water color paper.

first i draw out the scene... 

i just use a 4b pencil.

i then started to add some vintage papers...

i love using vintage wallpaper, music sheets, dictionary pages, etc.

i do find a lot of these at thrift stores.

next i add color to the background.

i use golden fluid acrylics, pan pastels, and soft pastels.

 just keep building color on the background using acrylics.

for the face i use shiva oil paintstiks.

love how smooth they are...so much easier to use than regular oils...

in my opinion anyway!

for the details i use a white gel pen to doodle around the face

and other places....like the halo here.

i use a black and white stabilo pencil to do the scene ...

this pencil will write on anything.

and it is water soluble so i can add a wet brush to 

it to make it look like a watercolor.

and here is the finished painting.

if any of you have more questions...please ask!

i will try to get them answered.

i'm linking up to 

studio jru in the studio sneak peek

and

paint party friday

you can join us by linking up as well as check out other creative souls...
i hope you do!

hope everyone has a great weekend!