My Decorative Painting Designs Book published in 1999

[barrybelcher2002]

Very Nice

[fluterific00]

nice music and paintings. :)

[creeingles]

aww at the pic! hehe

your good u! :)

[Southernmom1983]

Thanks :)  I knew you would like that pic, LoL.

[charlee2552]

Shanda your work is wonderful!! I love the snopeople and the colors that you use. Have you done any other books? I recognize your picture with Briana, so I may have seen this in a store or at a friends (most of my friends paint). I love the birdhouse with the handle, the designs and colors are great; and the canvas floor cloth is so neat! Do the snopeople have spruce sprigs for hair? The last pg. you show is beautiful. I love the cookie jar! Your work is so nice! Thanks for putting this up.:)))

[Southernmom1983]

Thanks charlee! This was the only book I did, but I did lots of work for the major painting magazines at that time and I had a lot of individual pattern packets out too that sold in Viking Woodcraft catalogs. Yes, the snowpeople's hair are spruce twigs, LoL. I thought that would be a little different! Do you still paint? I have a few books left. If you'd like one, send me your address & I'll be happy to mail one to you :)

[WaltzMusicVideo]

Such remarkable talent obvously runs in you alls family. Enjoyed this..Rodney W. Nashville

[Southernmom1983]

Thank you Rodney! I always wanted to be musically talented, but I didn't get that talent, LoL. I'm lucky to have been blessed with artistic talent instead though. And then my daughter somehow got the music talent... :) I'm so jealous of her! LoL

[charlambe]

omg your work is breath taking. Love all of it.

[Southernmom1983]

Thanks so much charlambe!!  :)

[davisredhead]

You really need to open your own store!! These are beautiful! ~Donna

[Southernmom1983]

Thanks Donna! At the time I had the book out, my husband and I did have a small store open. We made handmade, handpainted furniture :) We worked together to design the pieces, then he made them and I painted them. It was a lot of fun but a TON of work too!

[skyetiger]

Aww what a cute pic mommy and little B=D Beautiful designs thank you for sharing with us Shanda=D

[Southernmom1983]

Thanks John!  Bri was always such a ham for the camera, LoL. She LOVED having her picture taken, LoL.

[dwljk]

wow - published! nice work!

[Southernmom1983]

Thanks! I'm most proud of some of the magazine projects I did, but I haven't been able to find them since we moved the last time :(  I'm still hoping they'll turn up eventually.

[mizzie37]

Wow you are truly talented Shanda! I wish I had half the talent you did! I cant even draw a straight line tho lol

[Southernmom1983]

Aw, Thanks Mizzie! I really love doing it. I'm sure you're talented in many other ways. I always wanted to be musically talented, but I'm just not, LoL.

[SunnyDazStormyNitz]

That's great Shanda! Looking forward to your video on your artwork.

[Southernmom1983]

Thanks! I put up a little preview of some of my drawings attached to this video. I just can't quite seem to photograph them well.

[MissTruly]

Very creative and homey work! They would make anyone feel welcome and comforted!

[Southernmom1983]

Thanks MissTruly! I did these back in the mid 90's when country decor was really popular. I'm not really sure if it's all that popular now or not, but I really enjoyed doing it at the time! :-)

[MissTruly]

Oh, I think it still is very applicable.