Here are a few sketches from today & yesterday. I am also working on a new ‘paper mosaic’ project, but I hate for people to see things unfinished.  I will show you that one tomorrow hopefully. These are sketches a friend asked me to do   Kids & dogs are always favorites. later – Tatum

Well, with the Christmas deadlines getting nearer, I have neglected the blog. I am giving a few paintings as gifts that I haven’t shown you yet. Of course I still have to finish all that caramel making, ugh. Some things are fun at first but do them a dozen times or so & it is [...]

I know we are all looking for ways to save money this year without looking, well, cheap. My husband has a very large extended family.  Last year I made a batch of homemade caramels for each household & found a cute but inexpensive container for them.  They loved it, so that is what they are [...]

I hate to admit it, but the holidays are breathing right down our necks once again.  Oh how I miss those childhood days of stress free holidays.  You would try to guess, maybe snoop around the house… Tonight I am going show some low cost gift ideas, as well as introduce you to a few [...]

At our house, we LOVE Halloween.  We also love to make stuff, or at least Mady & I do.  Here is a garland we made with dyed coffee filters, styrofoam balls & embroidery floss.   We wanted something gross for the kitchen, so we gathered some creatures together in mason jars.     Here are [...]

There isn’t much time left to get a custom painting for Christmas gifts.  Send me photos of pet, kids, hometown, etc.  We can talk about the project together. The painting above is one example. It is a 16″ x 20″ stretched canvas.   The next one is of my husband & I on the back [...]

           RevampedArt.com just got revamped.  For my first blog entry, I wanted to show off my new favorite piece.  It is a skyline of Cleveland, a custom project for my friend and web designer. If you would like to have your hometown to hang on your wall, get with me.   [...]