Heidi’s Blog
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3 BIG Things You Need to Know Before Teaching Paint Parties!
https://youtu.be/qzHJRBDcMB8
How to Paint Truck and Tree
https://youtu.be/6FjVR_q2guk
Texas Meets Alabama! “Traveling Paint Parties!”
Tonight I held my first ever.... Creative in Writing and Storytelling Workshop to a group of wonderful Teachers, Parents and a few students! I was greeted with gifts, pizza, cupcakes, cookies, and lots of southern hospitality!!! Â Gadsden, AL! Â What a cool place!...
How to Make a Mermaid Wreath!
Have you ever made a wreath????  Last year was the first time in my life I had a wreath on my door.  I’m 39 years old I didn’t really understand the appeal.  Then my cousin gave me an old Christmas wreath she was getting rid of.  Her house looks like a Hallmark...
Everyone has a story.... And here's mine. Click here to watch
Do you feel alone?
Post It Notes galore and no makeup! However I did select a filter to make me look tan! ????. Sometimes working for yourself can feel really alone. Most days you are isolated... knowing you are on the cusp of something REALLY GREAT, but it feels decades away! Talking...
Instagram Fail
Why do people assume when you're an Artist you are automatically a Designer? Today I painted ALL day! It was fantastic. I listened to music and just painted.... in my own little world. Then I thought... hmmmm.... let me take pics of my artwork like all those Instagram...
Traveling Paint Parties
Traveling Paint Parties from the Wanderlust Artist…. 3000 miles 200 Paint Brushes 100 Pieces of wood 22 Skinny Vanilla Latte’s 13 days 9 Springs 4 Paint Parties 2 Butterbeers 1 Sweet Road trip buddy AKA Pixie….                   …. and a partridge...
Easy – 5 Clever Tips for Creating Murals!
I always learn something new when I do paint parties and mural projects so I wanted to share a few things that will help you on your next mural project! 1. Â Always bring a level! Â The GIANT eagle took me about 5 minutes to draw with white paint. Â The writing......
Space Camp Drop Off
Space Camp Drop Off It all started when Pixie found her daddy’s Space Camp suit from when he went to Space camp almost 30 years ago! Wearing it to a Nerds VS. Jocks day at school… and then not taking it off for several weeks. So on Feb 14th,...
I didn’t like my baby
Yes, I said it.... I didn’t like my baby. But before you get all crazy... read the whole story. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Happy birthday to my sweet 12 year old! I can’t believe Pixie is about to be a teenager! It seems like yesterday she was crying non-stop as a colicky baby... who I...
Wanderlust
Wanderlust means a strong desire to travel. I’m pretty sure someone made that word up for me. Most of my days are spent thinking of my next painting adventure or a place my family can go explore. We are always up for some fun and the Junk-O-Rama...
My Dad…
My dad... As I sit and write this my dad is on an incubator. His heartbeat is irregular and they are changing medicines as I type. The last 24 hours has been a series of ups and downs and feelings that I can only try to express through this post. After 13 months on...
We renewed our Wedding Vows and Pixie Officiated!
We RENEWED OUR WEDDING VOWS!!! And Pixie officiated!!! She was by far the cutest little officiator I've ever seen! We just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary and our (my) goal was to renew our wedding vows in Hawaii...
Bankruptcy Sucks! It REALLY Sucks! It sucks SO BAD!!!
Bankruptcy Sucks! It REALLY Sucks! It sucks SO BAD!!!  Almost a decade behind me, I can still remember those feelings of guilt, shame, hopelessness, and embarrassment like it was yesterday. The feeling of being totally done, totally broken, the feeling of not being...
My Dad got a NEW HEART!!!
It’s Sunday, March 12th and I have over 25 kids plus another 7 or so grandparents ready to paint. All the kids are seated and excited to get started. As I am about to begin my phone rings. It’s one of my brothers so I send it to...
Sometimes you starve your child…
Recently we were at Olive Garden and my daughter finished most of her food and then said “Whew, I was hungry!” I asked… what did you pack for lunch today.  She says “A yogurt and a pixy stick!”  I quickly look at my husband and he says…. “Did any adults see that...
Pixie and I went dress shopping FOR FREE!!!
Since Pixie was a little girl I always tried to show her how to have fun without spending any money. She didn’t know what I was doing at the time. For example: The little mini carousels in the mall… I would never put quarters in the machine… I...
I danced with Pink and The Transporter!
Hope your new year is off to a great start! A few weeks after my surgery I went to my little cousins wedding! When he was a little boy his family went on part of our honeymoon so I only saw it fitting to make sure we attended his nuptials and...
My Heart is Whole
I’m being wheeled in for a minor heart procedure.   They say.  I’m only supposed to be in there for about 30 minutes.   They say.  I should get to go home that evening.   They say. As I’m fully awake and the only one at the party with no pants on. I’m beyond freaked...
New Art
Hope you're having a great day!  This past week after finding out I need surgery for the hole in my heart I just wanted to create something meaningful for me.   Tam Laporte from Willowing.org was giving a lesson away from her Life Book class so I decided to jump...