Painted Saguaro Art and Decor

07/12/2025

I finally installed my Leonides moulded Door Knocker on my front door. I had been shopping for a door knocker for over a year when this mould came out, without ever finding exactly what I wanted, to go with my Spanish/Mission style front door and home. At least, nothing that cost less than $80 - and for that price I would’ve been settling. I used the Capital Craft black resin from Paint Couture and a drawer pull I had from an old revamped dresser, some Paint Couture Paint in Baltic Black and Decorative Metallic Paint in Walnut, and that was it! I am so over the moon happy with the new look of my entry way. I attached it to the door with 3M Velcro all weather strips - so it’s totally removable if I ever decide (trust me I won’t) to take it down.

07/07/2025

Chalk It Up by Mary Chouinard there may be an inspo or two for you here, my rock hound friend.

Lovely Stone Craft Ideas!
Turks loveeee coffee and ıt means ıf you drink coffee with someone you must be good friends. Because ıt is important who drink coffee with you

07/07/2025

PLEASE NOTE - these photos are NOT my work - these are the “Before” photos…

Sometimes, inspite of swearing you’ll NEVER take on a piece someone else has painted for a client… you do it simply because you need that client to know, most of us truly do care about the quality of our work. This Dixie French Provincial was not prepped or painted and decoupaged properly. In removing the rice paper design that was literally peeling off, I found the previous “artist” applied the print directly on the factory finish with no prep at all. The dove tail drawers are in sad need of cleaning and gluing. And don’t even get me started on the techniques used.

I don’t know who worked on this dresser before me - but I’m not surprised she only wanted $150 for this piece (which was theft on a closer inspection). The rice paper alone is $40.

I will make this old dresser sing again and last another 50-75 years. Stay tuned.

07/04/2025

Have a beautiful and safe day celebrating the birth of our Great America.

06/29/2025

Oh my goodness. These dogs come from an amazing lineage of service dog parents. They are offspring of dogs that have acted as some of the best of the best companions providing much needed aid and service to many, many military veterans and other special needs people. If you are able to adopt these two together OR know someone who may be able to, please share this post. These are incredible dogs who were bred with the specific intent to help those in need of service dogs and yet, they also make the best family pets.

Hi Wonderful Island Goldendoodle Family,

I need your help. Meet Shorsey (Goldendoodle) and Ernesto (Brittnedoodle)
So difficult times have hit their paw-rents, and their humans feel like they cannot give them the kind of home anymore that they deserve. Shorsey’s Dad & Mom are Odin & Asteria. Ernesto’s Dad & Mom are Shilo & Poseidon. So obviously these are phenomenal dogs as they both have a lot of siblings that are Service Dogs. They will amaze you at their acquity and become your best friend.
Shoresy, the goldendoodle (gray) is 5 he is about 65 lbs, very laid back and lazy and has very calm demeanor. He likes to get a scratch and then lay near by. He can do nature walks off leash no problem very old sole kind of dog. Slightly over weight after getting fixed.
Ernesto is 4. He's a Brittany-doodle, and around 45 lbs. He’s fit and active walks good on a leash. He's higher energy than Shoresy likes his toys. He wants to be in contact with a hand or foot all the time. Very snuggley. They both behave well in the house. They are both neutered, and they both have their shots. They also have been house and crate trained.
Here's the deal They are best friends- so we need to find a place where they are adopted TOGETHER.
Please message me if interested….. I will be fostering them soon. (Currently they are with their human dad in Granite Falls.)

06/27/2025

I created this “slot machine stand” for the family slot machine I delivered to my son’s home. That slot machine was purchased by my parents over 35 years ago, as an antique that once lived in the Nevada Club Casino, later renamed the Cal Neva Casino in Reno Nevada. I created the Lucky 88 (‘88 is my son’s birth year and was his cart number when he raced go carts) image using my Cricut machine and all the products used are Paint Couture Paint products. The base color is Baltic Black Acrylic Mineral Paint over our Premium Plus 2 in 1 Primer. I used some of our Antique Silver Heavy Metal Metallic Paint mixed with an equal part of our Embossing Medium, to create the raised lettering on the upper drawer. The colors I used for the Lucky 88 Stencil includes Arctic White, Barn Door, more of the Antique Silver Heavy Metallic mixed with a hint of the Baltic Black and some Green Liquid Pigment blended into Basil (all colors are from the Mineral Paint line). I used more of that Antique Silver to add details to the trim and then sealed everything with our Extreme Guard Topcoat. For the top of this piece, for extra durability, I did a paint wash of the Baltic Black mixed 1 to 4 with purified water, and sealed it with two applications of our H**p Oil.

06/05/2025

When you are leaving town for a couple weeks and need to make sure “dad” has enough food prepped for the princess Cassie - since he will be responsible for her while I’m away. 😳

06/04/2025

When you decide to wrap your stainless steel dishwasher to match your newish white glass front oven. It was a bit of work, but I love it. Now I just need to make the handle copper.

05/29/2025

Industrial Bloom - where Steampunk meets girly grunge. This decoupage design by Whimsykel Designs combined with the paint magic of Paint Couture Paints create a dreamlike combo of mystical steampunk fantasy. From the textured surface of the Swedish MCM piece, by using ™️ mixed with paint, to the metallic paints and glazes of Paint Couture, this design comes to life on this armoire with drippy delicious details - right down to the cog wheels made with Capital Craft’s black resin and painted with Paint Couture metallic paints, used as backing plates for the drawer pulls. Every detail was considered.

05/28/2025

🌸Day 10
🤍I have been honored to be nominated by my sweet friend, the amazing and talented Calle's ReDesigns to showcase a piece of work for 10 days with the nomination of another artist every day to do the same.
🤍10 days, 10 images, 10 nominations, no explanation!
🤍This to promote creativity, passion, and the love of design - all while supporting other artists.
🤍Today I nominate my very dear soul sister/friend/IOD Supplier and fellow artist Ella Bella Vintage Finds & Gray Day Relics to share her artistic talents.
🤍Kindly consider giving her and all of these amazing artists over the past 10 days a follow and like to support their beautiful work. And a sincere thank you for your ongoing support to my page. I sure do appreciate you all. 🫶🏻✌🏼

05/28/2025

🌸Day 9
🤍I am honored to be nominated by my sweet friend and amazing and talented Calle's ReDesigns to showcase a piece of work for 10 days with the nomination of another artist every day to do the same.
🤍10 days, 10 images, 10 nominations, no explanation!
🤍This to promote creativity, passion, and the love of design - all while supporting other artists.
🤍Today I nominate the talented Andrea's Reliques/Artist to share her artistic talents.
🤍Kindly consider giving her and all of these amazing artists in the following days a Follow and like to support their beautiful work. And Thank you for your ongoing support to my page. I sure do appreciate you all. 🫶🏻✌🏼

05/26/2025

🌸Day 8
🤍I am honored to be nominated by my sweet friend and amazing and talented Calle's ReDesigns to showcase a piece of work for 10 days with the nomination of another artist every day to do the same.
🤍10 days, 10 images, 10 nominations, no explanation!
🤍This to promote creativity, passion, and the love of design - all while supporting other artists.
🤍Today I nominate the very talented Metamorfoza Furniture Barbara Hansen to share her artistic talents.
🤍Kindly consider giving her and all of these amazing artists in the following days a Follow and like to support their beautiful work. And Thank you for your ongoing support to my page. I sure do appreciate you all. 🫶🏻✌🏼