Auntie's Workshop

The New Wine :  16 x 20 Acrylic on Canvas. Interested in purchasing?  Send an e-mail to auntiesworkshop@outlook.com  The inspiration:   Matthew 9:17  - Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. (KJV)   I recently heard Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church  teach a message on how to be lead by the Spirit of God.  One of his points was that in order to start hearing from God, one must stop focusing on both the inner and outer voices that would lead one astray.  One of the loudest voices is current culture. Though oxymoronic, current culture is often an "old bottle."  Ecclesiastes 1:9 in the New Living Translation says, "History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new."  Styles and attitudes are based on what was befor...

Red Hat Society :  11 x 14 (framed and matted size) Watercolors on Paper.  Interested in purchasing?  Send an e-mail to auntiesworkshop@outlook.com    Titus 2:3-5 - Guide older women into lives of reverence so they end up as neither gossips nor drunks, but models of goodness. By looking at them, the younger women will know how to love their husbands and children, be virtuous and pure, keep a good house, be good wives. We don’t want anyone looking down on God’s Message because of their behavior. (MSG)   We all need mentors, but we all should also be available to be a mentor.  There seems to be no shortage of mentoring opportunities for men.  In fact, I read where one self-described "virtual mentor" is selling tickets to his inner circle for $30,000 !    Good luck with that one.    Ladies have had to get creative when it comes to mentoring opportunities.  Enter the Red Hat Society .  This organ...

  Window Garden :  16 x 20 Acrylic on canvas.  Interested in purchasing?  Send an e-mail auntiesworkshop@outlook.com Isaiah 40:8 - The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.  (KJV) Each season, God provides beautiful flora and fauna for us to enjoy.  Spring bursts with azalea and dogwood blooms.  Summer is a symphony of color from huge yellow sunflowers to tiny pink dianthus.  Autumn is filled with the changing colors of leaves and pots of mums.  Winter rounds out the year with violas and pansies.  With each season is the reminder that though the beauty of last season is gone, there's more to come. Our walk with God is like that. Each season of struggle against satan's attacks is replete with stunning bouquets of God's grace that make us "more than a conqueror" (Romans 8:37).  Song of Solomon 2:1 calls Jesus the "Rose of Sharon" and "The Lilly of the Valley."  H...

Why do we love handmade cards?  From the crayon-scribbled cards we made for our parents as children, to a store bought card with a genuine handmade, handwritten message, cards show caring and creativity. When I took painting back in the 90's, painting books full of card patterns intrigued me, but not enough to try it.  Years later, I saw a Pinterest pin of an embossed card to paint. Unfortunately, I couldn't afford the embossing machine or the paper to make these cards.  So, I tried an economical version. Nope, not as pretty.  Plus, since I used glue to try to get the embossed look, it made for a very sticky card. Since then, I've thought about cutting watercolor paper to the size of card I want and painting them one at a time.  But, what if I want to make a set of 12 for someone?  That would take way too long.  So it hit me. Why don't I paint something.  Scan it into the computer.  Use a program to create the car...

8x10 Acrylic on Canvas $35.00 unframed,  $50.00 framed + shipping (Frame styles vary by availability)   Late summer blooms and butterflies enjoying the reflection of sunshine.  Keep summer in those corners during the cooler months with this piece.   A replica of this painting is being donated to the Jacksonville Senior Citizen's Center as a door prize for their monthly dance. Interested in purchasing? Contact me at auntiesworkshop@outlook.com

Quilting has always fascinated me.  Taking tiny cuts of cloth and stitching them together to make functional art has been a staple of American society.  From  the intricate quilts of the Native Americans , to First Lady Martha Washington to the freedom quilts of Gee's Bend , quilts have warmed bodies and souls, told stories, and become family heirlooms.  I have longed to make fabric art of this magnitude.  My first foray into sewing was in 7th grade when I took Home Economics (which, sadly, isn't taught in many schools now--but that's a rant for another day).  Between high pitched insults and rants about how much she hated kids, the teacher (name withheld to protect the guilty) at least taught us how to thread the machine and to always backtack at the ends of a stitch.  After a semester of sewing C-grade items, I was glad to move on to something else...like 8th grade!  On of my best diaper bags After not touching a sew...

$50.00 + shipping This 11x14 watercolor painting welcomes spring with a fresh bouquet.     Interested in purchasing? Contact me at auntiesworkshop@outlook.com