Heather's Senior Prom

The big day finally arrived...Heather's Senior Prom! She looked stunning in the dress she fell in love with we found while on a recent trip to Missouri.

The makeup:

The dress:

The hair:

The flower:

The Shoes:

The friends:

The girls:

The fellas:

Her date:

The besties:

The looooong wait for the very late limo:

Helping her bestie Ryan:

At long last, the limo:

And the Winner Is....

A random number generator was used to determine the winner of a painting in my recent "700th Post Celebration."




 

The Winning Prize is this 11x14 painting:

And the winner was Denise, my 27th commenter. So, Miss Denise, contact me asap with your mailing address via email so I can ship your new painting to you! Thank you all for playing along and keep watching! You never know when I may do this again!



For the rest of you who did not win, if you'd like to order another rendition of the painting (on canvas),  I'll paint an 11x14 for $50 plus shipping or a 16x20 for $75 plus shipping. Contact me if you'd like to order one.

I ♥ Faces: Collages

This week's challenge at I ♥ Faces is Collages. Here's my entry of a collage of photos I took of my friends' son Joseph:

Head over to I ♥ Faces and check out the other amazing collages:

Don't forget to check out this link for the contest I have going on that ends TOMORROW (Wed., April 21 at 11 pm Central Time)

700th Post Celebration!!!!!

It's my 700th Blog Post and in Celebration I'm giving away this 11x14 canvas painting I created just for this occasion!!!!

If you'd like a chance to win this painting, simply leave a comment (one comment please) on this post. Want to increase your chances to win??? Post a link to this blog post on facebook and come back and leave another comment letting me know you did so. Still another chance? Tweet a link on your twitter account and come back and leave me a comment letting me know you did so. For another chance, grab this button and post it on your blog and leave me a comment with a link to your blog. (Be sure to leave separate comments for each entry).










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Here are a few of my other latest painting projects. I have an etsy website where I display paintings that are for sale. Often as soon as I post photos of  a completed painting on my facebook page it sells and/or I get more orders to paint a similar scene again for another customer. Check out my etsy site by clicking here or go to http://www.paintedbytammy.etsy.com/

Although I do paint canvases from time to time, currently the most popular items are my painted antique windows, of which some are shown here:

Whether you are a loyal reader/follower of my blog or stopping by for the first time, welcome to my site and good luck with the giveaway! I'll be using a random number generator to choose one lucky commenter. Deadline to comment is Wednesday night, April 21 at 11:00 pm. Winner will be announced no later than Friday, April 23. Good luck!!!

A Day at the Park

My sister Lacey wanted to spend an afternoon at Mammoth Springs, Arkansas while I was home for the weekend. The plan was to go the afternoon we arrived and take a picnic lunch. That day turned out to be too windy to take the baby out so we didn't go. Saturday turned out much nicer so after I delivered some paintings I had sold we decided it would be a great afternoon for an outing.

All the gals posed for a photo below the dam. From left to right, my sister in law Lis, my niece's friend Rachel, my sister Regina, my niece Danielle, my sister Lacey, my niece (the baby) Nicole, my mom, my niece CeCe, me, and my daughter Heather.

Mom said someone needs to have their photo taken with the water in the background so I obliged!

Regina and Lacey getting Nicole settled into her stroller for her day in the park

While all the girls enjoyed walking around the park the boys all went downstream and went fishing! My husband Marty:

My brother Levi:

My brother in law Greg:

My hunny and me!

Levi and me

what a couple of goofballs!

Only ONE MORE POST until the giveaway! Be watching for it!!!

 

Mini Me

Meet CeCe:

CeCe is one of my nieces in Missouri. Her biological father is my baby brother Levi. I think it was 2007 the first time I met CeCe, and it wasn't much time before that I even knew of her existence. As soon as we met there was a connection. Mom told me then that CeCe doesn't often have much to do with people she doesn't know. The first time I met her a bunch of us took one of our family road trips to go exploring and taking photos. She came along and even hiked next to me for much of the way.

Easter weekend my family spent one afternoon at Mammoth Springs, Arkansas.

Levi and CeCe:

I loved that Levi spent the WHOLE day with us! He was so much fun and what a goofball!

Some of my family tell me CeCe is a mini me, only with red hair. I tend to agree with them!

My mom and CeCe:

CeCe absolutely adores my mom! Who can blame her??!!!!

And of course this "mini-me" likes to borrow Mema's camera!!!

I am sure enjoying getting to know this little girl bit by bit on my visits back home!

PS, only 2 more posts until the big giveaway!!!