Lilly Grace . . .

Well, this is it – the final “order.” And it feels so good! teehee.

I do have a few more gifts to spit out. aaannnddd unfortunately, I didn’t get quite as much as I was hoping to this week! I didn’t tell you, but Lonnie was gone for some time. He had another military school. He seems to spend alot of time in Little Rock. So much so, we ought to just move to Little Rock! I’ve told him so many of my readers live in that direction – he asks every single time he leaves if any of you will cook him some food. He will come and pick it up! ha!

Enough about him!

I don’t know how many of you think about this {I really didn’t till painting,} but some letters are hard to paint! Not that they are difficult, but that they are hard to paint without looking like something ‘familiar.’

You know what I mean??

Okay, take for instance an “L” – basically because that is what I just painted. I’m sooo concerned someone out there is going to think it looks like it belongs on a shirt!! Does Laverne mean anything to you?

I’m saying this to say, I would die if it did! And frankly, almost every single letter in the alphabet reminds me of something! So much so that when I go to paint any capital letter, I always pull up a picture reminder to make sure I stay as far-far-far away as possible!!! This would be the EXACT reason why when I started painting all names were in lower case ONLY!

Now that I’ve got everyone thinking I’m a total freak {and I am about this kind of stuff,} let’s move on to this painting {and the proof it is indeed for Lilly and NOT Laverne!}

Yes, this is a variation of the “Stella” {not last post Stella, another one from quite some time ago!}

Yes, that “L” is my favorite letter on this canvas! Definitely something about the curl. It just sucked me in!

I realized it had been some time since I painted the outer edge a different pattern as the face of the canvas. Fun to go back and do this again {nice surprise on the edge.}

I usually add beads or something extra to this design. But I was specifically asked for no beads due to a picker in the room! I totally understand – I have one of those, too. But it just felt so empty without a little extra on the painting – so I added something that was pick proof! I know this because I asked my picker to pick – and she couldn’t!!!!!

So, see – I gave it test run {free of charge!} and it passed the test. I’m confident the ‘extras’ are safe!

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So, I have a plan for the new orders – let me get through all the festivities tomorrow and I’ll start working on the post. Just know that I’m doing this the most fairest way possible! And I’ll explain why I think it is the fairest way.

{photo credit – the most awesome photographer ever!}

I hate cutting this short, but I’ve got a little girl constantly saying, “We need to go ahead and get this party started.” So, I gotsta go! I got a party to get ready for.