leaf me

The tree has been 'leafed'.

It was fun too.

I picked up these little 1/2 pints of color from the local

Home Depot

and was a bit worried if they would be good colors or not.

They were GREAT colors!

I tell ya. That was lucky.

The dark green was glossy

(ugh-didn't even look for that on the can)

but it turned out all right in the end.

It actually added a bit of texture and variation...yeah...

I'm an artist imposter. But I keep trying.
(My camera is having issues so please stop by if you are able, and check it out in person. It's pretty good if I do say so myself.)
There will eventually be a little birdie perching on the upper empty branch. I just have to get brave again....tweet.

Fun Stuff.

finally, a tree

I wanted so badly to paint a mural or something fun on Erin's wall before we moved in here.

I was dissuaded by the few that had input and so I didn't.

But now...I did!

And I guess it's not really a mural...

it is

a tree.

I have yet to do leaves...but I was excited that I got this far so I thought I'd share.

books

K- post edit: I'm reading the Spiderwick Chronicles with my kids and I KNOW it's all fantasy, but I take enjoy the fact that I can throw myself into a new 'world' and thoroughly take part in a book or movie...and if I get nervous after looking at a picture of the deep woods because of whatever reason...that's all right. right?
Those books are cool and a little spooky. We're on book four. They just got their sister back from the dwarves. Eeeek.
Still a pretty picture. Prefect place for Morgarath. Eeeek.
(I found the picture on Etsy by DflyBri - so many talented/adventurous people out there.... She's been there. She took the picture. Brave girl.)