My hand painted Maine Lobster Buoys, from the beginning

At the beginning of this year, when I made my goal of blogging more often and consistantly, I wasn't sure what that was going to look like.  I still don't.  Once a month feels positive.    

sold oct 8 2011

I've been wanting to have a visual history of all the buoys I've painted since I sold my first one as a Christmas Ornament back on October 8, 2011.

sold April 9, 2012

Then I sold my first set of three.

May 1, 2012

And then another.

May 28, 2012

Then came my first custom Wedding.  It was exciting & rewarding.  I still connect and paint custom work for this bride.  It was the beginning of many amazing connections with my customers.

July 17, 2012

Aug 12,2012

Aug 2,2012

Then came my first Maine Wedding and I was able to hand deliver the bride's buoys and meet her in person.

Oct 1, 2012

These buoys were a super fun, fast paces custom project.  The bride gave me a lot of creative space for color choices.  She wanted bright and bold.  I love them!

April 15,2013

Elegant & Classy.

May 16, 2013

Pink Lobsters!   Look closely and you will see I painted a pink lobster on each buoy. My most unusual custom request so far, one of the many reasons I love my customers, they help me think and paint outside the box.

May 30, 2013

Navy, white and Brilliant Pink - busy, busy spring for me

June 2, 2013

My first key ring wedding favor order.

June 10, 2013

A sweet and pretty little custom order.

June 21, 2013

Sept  2, 2013

Navy and white is very popular right now.

Sept 3,2013

I started work with this bride last Fall to design this super classy buoys for her Summer 2014 Wedding!

Nov 27 , 2013

Jan 22,2014

 Time to wrap up this post with what I was painting earlier today...Feb 1, 2014

Blizzard 2013

 What a day!  This was about 8:30am this morning, from inside my home.  We're guessing we ended up with over two feet of snow today and boy did the wind blow!  I thought surely we would loose power.

But we were fortunate, we did not, so I was able to spend some quality time in my studio for a good part of the day, waiting and waiting for the storm to subside.

Finally, late in the afternoon, with the wind still blowing, I decided it was time to spend some quality time with our shovel...

I am going to be soooo sore in the morning...

Just added these hand painted wine glasses to my Esty shop this afternoon and already got 9 views! That is huge for me. That is the most positive response to anything I've put in my shop. While I've accumulated lots of views on other items, none quite to quick as this. They were very satifying and fun to paint hope they make their way to someone's home in the near future. http://www.bethscraftroom.etsy.com/