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All of these are some variation on the theme of 3-4 ft wide by 6-7 ft long. Of course each is different. I think this is an ideal #tinyhouse carpet size. Small living spaces call for small carpets, and if your going to put something on the floor in your lovely haven home - it might as well be a original as you are. See something here you like? Drop me a message for more information. ⚜️ Most carpets are in the pumpkin spice family of colors - but other colors do happen! If you are looking for something out of the ordinary - I can help!! ⚜️ #orientalrugs #designer #origional #oneofakind #allnaturalfibers #wool #silk #textile Oh, and my hair is sort of #radientorchid now. It happens. I don’t fight it. #artisthair #artistsofinstagram #pinkhair #purplehair #radientorchidhair #selfexpression Day 18 of #100days of art. 12x24 acrylic on canvas. #carmencreates ⚜️ I added two more painted ladies to my painting from yesterday and @gbhjkh14 was right - it’s better now. One of those adorables is inspired by @auberginetinyhouse ⚜️ I love everything about tiny house communities and I’m so pleased to see them popping up all over the country! @searchtinyhousevillages Has been hard at work putting all that info in one place where people can find it and I think that’s great! Brava Jill! ⚜️ I might have to try my hand at painting a #bus #airstream and maybe even a #sprintervan ! Lol! ⚜️ Say a prayer for my Austrian who will cover many many miles today for a pipe organ emergency. Sometimes a client tries to save money by having us only visit once a year - but then we get the emergency call: “Can you get here before Sunday?” Yeah, then it costs them real money. Maintenance is always cheaper than emergencies! Don’t skimp on caring for things in a proactive way, it’s always cheaper. #sermonoftheday ⚜️ I love it that he does fly off like Superman to go help, but I don’t like it when he is covering long miles where there is snow and ice in the picture. All those miles are exhausting and it had already been an especially long week for him. I will be very happy to see him this evening when we are both finally back home. #paintedladies #painting #artistsofinstagram #acrylic #canvas #pipeorganbuilder #tinyhouses #artistlife #tinyhouselife Oh my gizzard! Thank you @benziedesign for making such gorgeous colors of wool blend felt! 🍆🍇🍓🍑🍊🍋🥝 Thank you @gbhjkh14 for inspiring this new round of colorful delight! ⚜️ And to all of those folks making felt ornaments that I’ve been pinning like a madwoman... well... keep up the good work!!! #pinterest #pinterestaddict #pinterestaddiction ⚜️ I see hand #stitching in my future. #handmade ⚜️ I’ve got a few things on my desk that need my attention and now all I want to do is play with felt and DMC floss! ⚜️ PS, how do I store felt? Flat? Rolled up as a collection? Individually rolled? #halp #procrastination #feltornaments #12daysofchristmas #woolfelt #benzie #rainbow #decolores #allthecolors #beautiful #allthecolorsoftherainbow #rainbow Day 17 of #200days of art started with a killer headache and the weather is doing something, maybe a storm is coming. ⚜️ I got an idea... and the idea turned into a painting. 💕 Here is “The Painted Ladies” 12x24 acrylic on canvas. ⚜️ I enjoyed painting this one, and then my step daughter called and I was able to continue painting while chatting with her - and I could also hear her working on something in the background... so it was an artsy morning for me and evening for her half way around the world in Europe. ⚜️ I have a feeling that if I sort of developed the idea of this painting over the course of a few canvases... I might end up with something I really like. Perhaps. I don’t know. I think that it is perhaps a little too literal for me now. It could really use a lot more personality. I will probably revisit this idea and see what happens. ⚜️ I’m an artist and I love anything #tinyhouse #Skoolie #airstream or #vintagecamper and I am a little surprised that it took me so long to get around to the idea of painting them. I will try again! 💕 ⚜️ No, I don’t consider it finished. There are just a few more things I might add. Or not. Lol! I think it needs a splash of paint somewhere. And maybe a “happy little tree”. #bobross #jacksonpollockinspired #painter #artist #artistsofinstagram #tinyhouseartist I’m not certain if I shared photos of my finished Ombré walls... and if not - here ya go! ⚜️ I really like how they turned out. The gradation of color from the dark color at the bottom to the light color at the top is so subtle that you can walk in the room and not be hit over the head by it. But it’s there if you know to look, so I think this is really a great look for this room. ⚜️ I am looking forward to painting my living room next! Now that I have a brand new job, it might take a little longer to get that project started - but it will happen this year. ⚜️ My Austrian loves his new office so much that he is very happy to get home from work and hang out in there. I’m taking that as a compliment. I like it also, especially now that we’ve got some furniture in there and artwork on the walls. It’s really starting to look good. ⚜️ I am looking forward to the next project — of course. What else is new?! #ombre #ombrewalls #painting #interiordesign #artistsofinstagram Day 16 of #100days of art. I tried my hand at mending in the #sashiko style. Small running stitches that connect two pieces of cloth are somewhat similar to the #quilting of my own Mennonite ancestors, only difference being there is no cushion between the layers. I have another spot on this jacket that needs mending and then maybe I can do a rather large patch on the back. It’s fun to do this while listening to a podcast. I have a series to listen to, so I’m excited to get back to this when I have some quiet time. Quiet contemplative projects like this are a wonderful way to unwind and working while listening seems to make the listening and learning just that much more fun. ⚜️ Generally for me, a project needs to have MUCH more color to hold my interest. So I don’t expect to do tons of this in my life, but I really do want to finish this one. I plan to keep this jacket in these shades of indigo so that it goes with everything I own. Denim really is a basic wardrobe neutral that lends itself to all kinds of personal expression! ⚜️ #mending #patching #reuse #recycle #upcycle #quilting I’ve got a job! I was not looking for a job (at all) but this one came to me. ⚜️ Uncle (not a literal uncle but more a term of endearment) is experiencing some health issues and I’ve come on board in his business to help him out as he explores his treatment options. ⚜️ Yes, this is a bit of a curve ball for the plans I had for this year, but this is also the beauty of living simply. I am able to help out. If I was locked into a big job to make the big mortgage, then helping him wouldn’t even be possible, and that would suck. As an amazing perk, I get to hang out with some incredibly beautiful handcrafted things. 💕 #squee ⚜️ Here’s where you come in. If you are looking for a magic #carpet or #orientalrug for your #tinyhouse or #Skoolie, and are ready to invest in a #handcrafted carpet with all natural fibers, then I might be able to help you and my adopted uncle at the same time. PM me with details of the sort of rug you are looking for and I will keep an eye out for anything we have that might work for you. Let me know the size and colors that would work best, and you can include your price range in the message if you wish. There is the whole range of prices here from remarkably affordable to the kind that cost arms, legs, plus maybe a nose. ⚜️ Now these are all one-of-a-kind handmade carpets from various parts of the world - so it isn’t like a catalog where you get to pick one out and I just take one off the stack and mail it to you. This isn’t Amazon, it’s much more personal that that. I have absolutely fallen in love with the amazing colors, textures, shapes and designs available in the world of hand made carpets! Let me know if I can shop for you, I am happy to help! ⚜️ Honestly, if you are driving a Skoolie or Tiny House, you can literally visit me and park right outside the shop and we can try various carpets and see what is just the right carpet for your haven home. PS, I have a degree in Interior Design. #igotskills ⚜️ And if you are here in #stauntonva or #crozet #harrisonburg #hotsprings #charlottesville #lexington then it’s worth the drive to visit me and I will help you find just the right artwork for your floor. #magiccarpet Doesn’t it look great? Last evening he moved his computer into his new office. It’s official! It’s an office now. He will add a shelf under the red oak slab for the keyboard and mouse, but at the moment... this works. It’s a happy room. I love it and so does! #newoffice #renovated #movingin #officedesign #redoak #liveedge #desk My dog has finished her dinner. ⚜️ Apparently the miniature corn was found wanting. ⚜️ Everybody’s a critic. ⚜️ #foodcritic #takesaftermom #foodcritic #dogfood #dogfoodreview #tinyhouse #tinycorn 3D printer makes the weirdest noises! I don’t know what he’s making, besides noise. #3dprinter #weirdrobot #noises #noisyneighbors Y'all, this artist uses So. Much. Paint! I picked out a painting for my living room for when I have an extra $12k lying around. Lol! Seriously, the paint on his work is crazy thick! He is painting with a trowel. Yes, really. I have to try this!! (Sometime when paint is on sale). The artist's name is Lynn something. I need to go back and pay attention to his name so I can Google him. I was a little more fascinated by the painting style than the name. Lol! #gorgeous #painter #artist #paletteknifepainting Day 14 of #100days of art continues with me soaking up beauty in an art gallery in West Virginia. The fact that I'm here is a real fluke, but I'm rolling with it. I had no idea what a cute town was hidden over here in Lewisburg, West Virginia. 🌷 I found an art gallery, a bulk food shop where I can bring my own containers and do some #zerowaste shopping. What else could I need? I think I will move here. Hehehehe! (Not really) 🌷 I'm enjoying my visit. And seeing some of the artwork in the gallery really made me want to paint on larger canvas sizes! 🌷 #Art #galleries are amazing #inspiration!! 🌷 #gobigorgohome #boldness #artist #artistsofinstagram Cold, wet, delicious! #stardustcafe My Austrian is pulling out his treasures and I am helping him find places for them. The top one is a photograph of his father as a child - along with the tiny little shoes he is wearing in the photo. ⚜️ The lower one is a watercolor I did a number of years ago that he purchased from one of my art exhibitions back when we were dating. He reminded me that it belongs to him this morning. LOL! I suppose that was in case I didn’t want him to hang it. By why wouldn’t I? It’s really rather special. ⚜️ I painted this watercolor after a piece by Ida Marie Perrault that I absolutely fell in love with. The piece was a part of the Grover collection. Unfortunately, the original had some water damage so it had some distracting discoloration. There was no way I ever could have afforded the original even if it was for sale, and so I got permission to study it and paint it. ⚜️ It’s called “girl with apple” but to me she looks like a little Mennonite girl, and in photos of me when I was little - that’s what little bitty me looked like. I used to be cute. LOL! ⚜️ It’s really cool to see these pieces come out of storage and go in the wall. It’s nice to see him moving into his new design studio surrounded by things that matter to him. ⚜️ #girl #mennonite #girlwithapple #babyshoes #treasures Sunday snowed-in roast. #yum #delicious #hitsthespot My Austrian pipe organ builder just hung the glass organ pipe in the window and it looks spectacular there! I love his office as he moves in. It’s starting to be an interesting room. ⚜️ That is literally the first glass organ pipe in the world (the blue one hanging in the window). The second one is the clear glass one with the red mouth in the video. The third one - with the colors arranged by his daughter - is the third one in the world. It’s the one on the left of the gothic window display (swipe to see the video). ⚜️ He created all of these on his dining room table shortly after the events of September 11th. He was inspired to make pipes from glass as a way of giving those fallen a voice - when theirs had been stolen. This idea still moves me. ⚜️ I love this man and his remarkable mind and his equally remarkable heart. #soblessed ⚜️ #pipeorgan #pipeorganbuilder #glassorganpipes #firstintheworld #innovation #inspiration #september11 #worldtradecenter #worldtradecentermemorial Noes and toes. Always my favorite. I love watching her sleep! So stinking cute!! #dogsofinstagram #dawg #sleepingdog #sweetgirl #rescuedog

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