ORANGE FLOWERS 20 x 20 inch, oil My favorite summer activity is working in my gardens.  Grooming, watering, weeding, feeding, and fi...

It's wedding season and WEDDING BOUQUET PORTRAITS are keeping me busy these days! A portrait of your wedding bouquet is  a...

ICELANDIC BLUE POPPY  The Icelandic Blue Poppy symbolizes imagination, luxury, and success.  The delicate petals are wrinkled and crep...

PREPARING FOR GARDENING SEASON  WITH  A BOTANICAL COUNTDOWN What do you do while you're waiting to get your hands in the dirt?...

Orange for its emotional warmth and blue for the sky and the sea, these colors are opposite one another on the color wheel.  And what good...

Meet Livia, the latest addition to my Etsy shop, Gillyflower Cottage.   Livia is loosely based on the Ilia Underwing moth.   S...

AT GILLYFLOWER COTTAGE,  THE WHOLE SHOP IS ON SALE! With Christmas right around the corner, now is the time to order a  unique and...

First of all, I'm back to the blogger platform for my blog posts.  While there were a lot of aspects of WIX that I liked, it's jus...

STILL NEED IDEAS FOR THAT SPECIAL  PACKAGE UNDER THE TREE? I'm busy in my workshop creating some  one-of-a-kind gifts and ...

HOME PORTRAITS for  CHRISTMAS Wrap up a Home Portrait for under the tree this year.   Right now my Home Portraits are with 10% o...

On a sunny, summer day I drove past a farmer's field in southeast Wisconsin where a small herd of cows was milling around.  When I wal...

  "The Old Eble Barn" 12x12 inches oil on panel The old Eble Barn was a stately landmark in Wisconsin for many years. ...

It's that time of year again!   Do you want a unique and one-of-a-kind gift for that special someone on your list?  Maybe a home p...

It's time for another craft night with the girls.  This time we're making Halloween Pokes.  Here are just a few from Pinterest we...

Another day, another acorn! I love these things - they just don't have a bad angle! It's not too late to j...

  The colors, the deep grooves, the shape of Cinderella pumpkins are beautiful.  And expensive! So, my group of willing ladies and I are...

INKTOBER DAY 3 Today, a bundle of berries I found on a shrub at the coffee shop.  The colors are so beautiful, it was hard to stick wi...

INKTOBER    " Every October, artists all over the world take on the  Inktober  drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day t...

It's almost here!!! Jack and Lucy  are coming! It's time for some great books, fun snacks, painting,  nature crafts, a...

It's the first day of SPRING, so a good time to make  something to celebrate the end of WINTER! This project was inspired by a...