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Greeting cards & art prints made from original watercolor paintings by Mary Braz of Chico, CA.

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    BIRTH FLOWER BOUQUETS
    Mary Braz
    • Feb 24
    • 1 min

    BIRTH FLOWER BOUQUETS

    Do you have children with birthdays in different months and would you want a bouquet with their birth flowers on one print? Let me know ...
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    MY FAVORITE PAINTING IS ON SALE
    Mary Braz
    • Feb 16
    • 1 min

    MY FAVORITE PAINTING IS ON SALE

    I remember the day I found this arrangement at The Plant Barn in Durham, CA. I remember that day vividly, even more than the day I paint...
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    MOCKING UP
    Mary Braz
    • Feb 6
    • 1 min

    MOCKING UP

    I was chatting with Nancy, from Doodle Graphics this week. We were sharing some of our thoughts about selling our art on the Etsy platfor...
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    THE REST OF THE STORY
    Mary Braz
    • Jan 25
    • 2 min

    THE REST OF THE STORY

    I promised in my last post I would write more about the changes I made at my Etsy site between Christmas and New Years. When I decided t...
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    Happy New Year?
    Mary Braz
    • Jan 9
    • 1 min

    Happy New Year?

    Impossible as it may seem, we will get through this time of uncertainty. I believe it with all my heart and that we will do it together....
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    SCRIPTURE CALENDAR IS IN.
    Mary Braz
    • Oct 18, 2020
    • 1 min

    SCRIPTURE CALENDAR IS IN.

    The calendars for 2021 are finished! After I publish this blog page I will go over to Etsy and place them among the listings. It's so n...
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    IT'S HERE!
    Mary Braz
    • Oct 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    IT'S HERE!

    YAY! I'm doing a happy dance. A year's worth of work has all been brought into our yearly calendar. I know that some of you prefer scr...
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    MY CHARLIE BROWN POINSETTIA
    Mary Braz
    • Oct 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    MY CHARLIE BROWN POINSETTIA

    This little #poinsettia was created in December, 2017. My Christmas cards were in the shops and it was between Christmas and New Years. ...
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    MY SECOND TRY PAINTING A CHRYSANTHEMUM
    Mary Braz
    • Oct 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    MY SECOND TRY PAINTING A CHRYSANTHEMUM

    I’m showing my process as I paint through this mass of petals that make up the head of the November birth flower. I’m adding my updates ...
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    A PDF FOR MY FREEBIES PAGE
    Mary Braz
    • Sep 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    A PDF FOR MY FREEBIES PAGE

    A while back, a friend mentioned how fun it would be to use my black and white images for an adult coloring book. The more I thought abo...
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    A MARIGOLD FOR OCTOBER
    Mary Braz
    • Sep 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    A MARIGOLD FOR OCTOBER

    Even though I feel a sense of accomplishment, I am actually behind on my birth flowers. Nevertheless, I am happy to post this painting of...
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    WE INTERRUPT THIS SERIES OF MONTHLY  BIRTH FLOWERS...
    Mary Braz
    • Sep 8, 2020
    • 1 min

    WE INTERRUPT THIS SERIES OF MONTHLY BIRTH FLOWERS...

    ....to paint these zinnias who have been sitting on my kitchen window sill in a jar all summer and fall. They are the flowers that just ...
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    ASTERS TO GREET SEPTEMBER
    Mary Braz
    • Aug 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    ASTERS TO GREET SEPTEMBER

    Hello to September! These pretty wild asters were photographed by my son, Michael, almost a year ago in Colorado. We 3 (Michael, Cari...
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    WILDFLOWER VIDEO
    Mary Braz
    • Aug 26, 2020
    • 1 min

    WILDFLOWER VIDEO

    On Pinterest, a photo of my California wildflowers has been getting lots of interest. So, when Etsy asked for a video to promote the lis...
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    AUGUST BIRTH FLOWER
    Mary Braz
    • Jul 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    AUGUST BIRTH FLOWER

    It's nice to be caught up with the birth flowers, and next will come the purple aster. But, before I file the paintings and drawings awa...
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    WHY DO I DO IT?
    Mary Braz
    • Jul 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    WHY DO I DO IT?

    A practice painting of a Gladiolus spike using Adelene Fletcher's book "The Watercolor Flower Painter's A to Z" . It's the time of year w...
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    I'M HAPPY TO SAY...
    Mary Braz
    • Jul 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    I'M HAPPY TO SAY...

    ...that my little online business through Etsy has grown since the California shut down due to COVID19. It's one of the many silver lini...
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    WHERE IS MAY AND THE LILY OF THE VALLY?
    Mary Braz
    • Jun 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    WHERE IS MAY AND THE LILY OF THE VALLY?

    MONDAY. Finally! The original painting was completed on Saturday morning. It was painted onto a 11X14 inch watercolor paper, the same ...
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    BIRTHDAY ROSE WITH DELPHINIUMS
    Mary Braz
    • May 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    BIRTHDAY ROSE WITH DELPHINIUMS

    After 6 years of faithful, good service my Canon PixmaPro9000 Mark II finally quit. I ordered another through Amazon; a new one. It too...
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    A DIFFERENT KIND OF EASTER
    Mary Braz
    • Apr 11, 2020
    • 1 min

    A DIFFERENT KIND OF EASTER

    We will be attending church on our lap top as our pastor delivers his Easter sermon on Facebook Live. Later we will gather with Hub's fa...
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