Just a little history about Amanda. She started out with the name Ashley. And there is probably a bear out in the world today named...

In 1996 I was I was honored to be asked to create the theme bears for a bear convention produced by ABC Productions, a company that...

Last weekend Hub and I decided it was time to open the trunks that held most of my supplies from my bear making days. From approximately...

You can click on my "Freebies" page and then click the link that says, "place cards". Then print out your Thanksgiving place cards onto...

Halloween is less than a week away as I write this post. Hub and I have been working on the calendars, and they are almost ready. He is...

I've always thought of Proverbs 31 as a seasonal proverb. I see it the most on Mother's Day. The writer of this proverb describes the...

It all started a couple days ago when I realized I had never offered the pink lily as an individual print on Etsy after I finished the...

The surgeon said it would take a year before everything returns back to normal with my leg. Now that I'm able to be a little more...

I think I can safely say I have a long road of physical therapy ahead of me. A brief summary of the neurosurgeon's visit is that I could...

This is the most painful thing I have ever done. I woke up in the hospital after total knee replacement surgery with a horrible burning...

Where In the world is Mary and why is Etsy on pause again? I'm home preparing for knee replacement surgery which is scheduled for April...

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...

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...

I was chatting with Nancy, from Doodle Graphics this week. We were sharing some of our thoughts about selling our art on the Etsy...

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...

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....

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...

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...

This little #poinsettia was created in December, 2017. My Christmas cards were in the shops and it was between Christmas and New Years. ...

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...