Reproduction

If you've ever had a baby, you've probably looked at yourself, looked at the other parent-to-./[be and thought, "Who is this baby going to look like?!?!".  Even with 3D ultrasounds, you still never really know until you see the finished product.  

Thanks to the suggestion of a customer, we get to see what it looks like when canvases...ahem...reproduce.

This painting....

is the product of this...

and this...

It was fun to take the best parts of each and see what happened.  

And just so you know, God works miracles every day.  Here's proof:

From these two weirdos...

came these guys.  

Thank you, Lord.

Hygiene

Do you ever forget to wash?  Brush?  Or flush?  Hopefully not.  But if you struggle, here's a gentle reminder.

From monkeys.

Everyone loves monkeys.

I really love how these monkeys are peering out at you as if they're saying....

The fun font...

I loved that painting.  

Bathrooms seem to be a popular room to decorate these days.  

Here are some other ideas if you're on the prowl...

Less can be More

It's easy to get carried away with details sometimes.  Adding a few more dots or colors here and there can make a painting sometimes.  But other times, you step back, take a look, and decide it's just right the way it is.  That's how it was with "Jacob"!

The stripes and border were clean and very.....boy!  Jacob's mom requested Carolina blue stripes, so you know it had to be awesome.

The navy mixed with the Carolina blue was great.  I got excited thinking about other color combinations that would look good together....Light green/Navy, Red/Navy, Pink/Light green, Brown/Any color:)

Hope you love this in your nursery, Jacob!  It was so cool to paint with the perfect shade of blue for a future Tarheel!  

Revamped

Remember THIS PAINTING?  You may not.  I had to go back over six months to find it myself.  But I was excited when a friend wanted to use it as her inspiration for this painting....

It's an "established" painting with a little less seriousness...and a little more funkiness.  It was so much fun to paint this.  I love the bird, the flowers and the colors.  Thank you again to the graphic designer who created the wedding invitation that these are based from.  You do amazing work.  

And the "established" painting wasn't all my friend wanted!  She took the bird and flowers and shared the love with her sons!

She wondered if the pink and flowers would be over the top for boys....but we decided the answer was a 'no'.  Because these are not for her boys.  These are for her.  For her space.  And I love that!

And to top it off....the colors matched her wedding flowers.  (Insert "Awwww" here)

And this is why I love doing custom paintings.  They are WHAT YOU WANT!  It just so happens that this time, I would have wanted the same thing.  (If I had my own space:)

Just a lil' look of the pillow that the colors were pulled from.  The walls are a pale green.  Perfecto!

"Established" 12x24"  $60

"Square Bird"  12" $40

Georgia Rose

When I had my first son, we registered for all of the baby loot.  Seriously, all of it.  Everything.  And we got most of it aside from all of the warming machines (bottle warmer and wipe warmer)..which ended up being a good thing.  Our kids didn't balk at cold milk or hineys.  Even though we had a ton of awesome baby products for our boys, they've made serious improvements to the style of baby goods since then.  Cooler strollers, fashion friendly bibs, pacifiers with bling, etc...

My feelings on this were confirmed when a customer sent this bedding image to me:

I think that bedding is the coolest.  It's beautiful and feminine, but it's not screaming baby at you when you walk in the room.  So, painting something with this as the inspiration was a blast.

Here's Georgia Rose...

That bedding mixed with the name Georgia....does it get any better?

Happy Wednesday everyone!

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Switcheroo

Remember THESE?   They were such a hit, that they needed a little revamping.  Just enough to allow them on your walls year round.  It's hard enough saying farewell to candy canes and Christmas lights January through November, so why should we have to say goodbye to these?  Now, we don't have to!

Kiss thumb tacks goodbye and say hello to....Photo Holders!

This is an 8x24" canvas with 12 metal clips ready to hold pictures, postcards, baby announcements, birthday invites, artwork, reminders, etc.  These can be made in any size, color and with the number of clips you need.

Not only did I did I perform a switcheroo with the Christmas card holder, I threw the ultimate curve ball by painting something for one of my kids!  As I've mentioned before, Jack and Finn are the recipients of artwork leftovers.  The things that don't sell, or the practice pieces that I try before doing the 'real' one for someone else.  Not yesterday.  I cranked out a crab for my youngest!

The graffiti-esque font for his name is very much like him:  wild, colorful and all over the place!

It will match his bedding and his attitude:  CRABBY!  : )  Just kidding.  He's just very much TWO!

The colors up close...

So, it's Jack's turn.  And since he's 4, I'm going to let him choose (within well defined parameters of course:)!

Happy Wednesday, Y'all!

www.thepeanutpaintshop.com

I Want to be British

Or at least have the accent.  Or just the right to call the bathroom the "loo" every now and again without being looked at like a weirdo.  It just sounds better than bathroom, restroom, and even ladies room.  Oh, well....at least I got to use the word in this painting!  Here's a remake from a previous painting.  The colors were changed to match the hand towel shown here.  Love the green and teal together.  And the fretful looking monkey.  It's like he knows how scary it can get when kids and 'loos' are mixed.  If you've never potty trained anyone, then you just wait.

Another look...

Zoo in the Loo is a 6x18" $30

More "BabyStats"!!!

These are a great way to give a shout out to the hours (potentially) of labor you went through to bring your baby into the world.  (And a great way to remember the info that we soon forget once motherhood takes over and we lose our minds.)

Below is another shot...this time I didn't play with the color.  It's been so freezing outside lately (even in the winter-free area of the country we live in) that I've rushed through my picture taking, sometimes forgetting altogether!  Here's another reason:  When I paint, I look like a hobo.  My hair is a mess, my clothes are paint splattered and makeup is rarely involved.  So to avoid adding to the growing collection of evidence that, indeed, we are the WEIRD family on our street...I try to take the pictures quickly.  Sometimes at the sake of the quality of the photos.  Here it was nearly dark.  Scary though to see what even a tiny bit of photo editing will do (above).  I seriously clicked one button that said "enhance."  And it lightened the photo that much!  Now, I have NO IDEA about photo editing.  But I do wish that the "enhance" button would do more than change the color if you know what I mean.

10" square $30

Sometimes I'm darting around so quickly I neglect to see the 85 pound hairy beast that is charging at me. By beast I'm referring to our golden retriever, Scout, and when I say charging, it's more of a lazy gallop. So, meet Scout and "Alexia"!

The instructions for Alexia were simple:  Make it girly.

I think we reached the goal.

6x18" custom, $30

(the picture below is also without "enhancement" and is true to the actual color)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!!!