Peace

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Picture taken by my daughter, Melinda Shay  

Happy Easter, Spring Equinox, Passover or however you celebrate this time of year.  Hoping everyone has a peaceful day, that we may start to spread peace and love ALL days.  Pray, practice and work toward a rebirth of peace in our vast world and the world right outside your door.   

Namaste, God Bless, Merry Meet, Shalom, Salam

Quilts for the floor?

I wish the photos were better, but this is a floor cloth I created sometime ago.  It is with one of my customers now, but it's one of my favorites.  I designed this one shortly after a dear family friend gave me a few of her quilts she collected before she passed away.  I always thought I would create a floor cloth quilt line in her honor and I still may do so.
I would love to know what you think.....feedback is oh so good.

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Spring items

Bunny Makes a Wish Welcome Banner

17” X 30” hanging banner is perfect for inside or outside decorating.  Its painted surfaces are protected with polyurethane and floor wax to insure weather resistance.   Hang it by its wire in your patio or covered entry way. 

All of my work is created on raw heavy weight canvas.   I prepare the canvas for paint by preshrinking the fabric and then machine sewing a generous hem with mitered corners.  The decorated side will have two to three coats of the base color before the designing process even begins. Sanding is done between coats and finally the design is painted. After paint cures I apply several coats of polyurethane to both sides. This will protect from daily use and moisture. The finishing touch is rubbing on and buffing off some Johnson's floor wax for extra protection.

This is a hand painted design by Willow Hollow Creations by Susie Krichbaum

SOLD

$45.00 plus $15.00 Shipping

Contact me at  Susiewhc@gmail.com

Dragonfly candle mat

6”X 6” canvas candle mat is all hand painted and a fun piece to dress up a table.

 Created by Susie Krichbaum of Willow Hollow Creations

$10.00 plus $8.00 shipping SOLD

Contact me at  Susiewhc@gmail.com

Lilac Floor Cloth

22” X 27” Color popping floor cloth is all hand painted and designed by me

Floor cloths are very durable, easy to clean and pet friendly. They are a wonderful way to add more art to your home....art you can walk on. I personally use floor cloths in most rooms of my home, including under the kitchen table. They all still look great! All of my work is created on raw heavy weight canvas.   I prepare the canvas for paint by preshrinking the fabric and then machine sewing a generous hem with mitered corners. The decorated side will have two to three coats of the base color before the designing process even begins. Sanding is done between coats and finally the design is painted. After paint cures I apply several coats of polyurethane to both sides. This will protect from daily use and moisture. The finishing touch is rubbing on and buffing off some Johnson's floor wax for extra protection.

$55.00 plus $15.00 Shipping

Please contact me at Susiewhc@gmail.com

What's your angle?

"Yes" to off center and to an angle

"No" to centered and straight 

I decided to put my sunflower floor cloth on the table to show it's versatility.   Just because I sell it as a "floor cloth" doesn't mean you can't use it as a table topper.  My problem was that I couldn't decide how to display it.  For me personally it has to be on an angle.  Come to think of it, many things in my home are arranged on an angle.  Even at work, if you come in my office and straighten my visitor chair I will get up and move it back to its happy angle as soon as you leave.  Maybe I have a disorder???

Sunflower, my spirit flower

I couldn't resist buying the sunflower yesterday, she just spoke to me.  Her petals were are closed and covering her face.  So shy.  Took her home and gave her a fresh cut and a drink and she just opened up.   Beautiful spirit flower.

Spring Forward

Springing forward sounds nice, but I miss my hour!   I dread tomorrow morning's alarm going off at 4:30 knowing in my sleepy head that would be 3:30 just last week.  Oh well, give me a week of jet lag type of excuses and I'll get over it.  

Happy Sunday everyone.   

TGIF from Sunny HOT Florida

I'll start out by saying I'm sorry to all the people to the north that are buried in the snow.  We here in Florida have our air conditioners on and are not happy about it.  I miss the windows open with a cool breeze.   But we live in Florida and summer is already here.

This is a hand painted floor cloth.  Big bold sunflower to bring some Florida sunshine your way.

22" X 27"   Ready to ship
 $45.00 plus shipping.

contact me at Susiewhc@gmail.com for invoicing or questions.

Pink Tree Welcome Banner

SOLD

I was inspired by a friend who is fighting breast cancer.  She is strong and beautiful and fighting the fight.

Welcome banner is weather resistant and could be hung outside in a patio area.
17" X 30"

$30.00 plus ship  SOLD

Susiewhc@gmail.com for invoicing

Easter Welcome Banner

SOLD

I made this little Welcome Banner for a show I was in last week.  It's at 17" X 30" banner that hangs by a wire.  It is weather resistant and goes well in a covered entry way.
      $30.00 plus ship  SOLD
susiewhc@gmail.com for invoicing

Post art show blues

Post art show and my studio area is a mess and so is my house.  Going to take a break from painting to get things back in order.  I'll be back on track by Thursday.

Here's one of my sunflower floorcloths that I sold at The Taste of the Cape this past weekend.

What's happening at Willow Hollow Creations???

Sorry all.  I've seemed to just drop off the face of the earth at times.  I think about blogging all the time, and then know that I really need to spend that time painting and creating.  I've just had a boost of energy and creative sparks.....new paintings in the very near future to show you.  In the meantime here are a couple of pieces that I painted while trying to figure out what to paint.....kinda ironic, don't ya think?

$45.00 plus shipping

This 22" X 27"  Floor cloth is all hand painted with a unique crackle background and pretty little flowers stretching their stems.  There is so much texture in this piece and fits with earthy tones just perfectly. (Note: The name of the business and artist are a watermark and will not be present on your floor cloth)

Floor cloths are very durable, easy to clean and pet friendly.  They are a wonderful way to add more art to your home....art you can walk on. I personally use floor cloths in most rooms of my home, including under the kitchen table.  They all still look great!

I use a heavy weight canvas that I prepare for paint by preshrinking the fabric and hemming with mitered corners.  These floor cloths lay flat.  

I prime both sides of floor cloth and add two coats of base color to decorated side.  Sanding is done between coats and finally the design is painted.  After paint cures I apply several coats of polyurethane to both sides.  This will protect from moisture and traffic.  

Please contact me at Susiewhc@gmail.com for questions or invoicing.  I prefer the versatility of Paypal so buyers can use credit cards, echecks or their Paypal accounts.

Designed and created by Susie of Willow Hollow Creations

Spring Chicken Make do

10.00 plus travel fare

     Contact me at Susiewhc@gmail.com  

This little Spring Chicken MaKe-Do is made from osnaburg fabric and painted with a mix Yellow Orchard paint and a slightly grungy recipe. She bounces on a spring and will look so cute with your other prim Spring decor. She is approximately 8" tall from tip of her head to the bottom of her spring. Handcrafted original design by Susie of Willow Hollow Creations.

She is approximately 8" tall from tip of her head to the bottom of her spring.

Handcrafted original design by Susie of Willow Hollow Creations.