tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80857012024-03-27T19:53:53.287-04:00A Painting MomRandom thoughts and quotes shared by a happily married mother of 3 trying to balance family and a home based business.Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.comBlogger384125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-41233436596911506892014-12-04T10:50:00.000-05:002014-12-04T14:16:44.156-05:00Beauty, Inspiration and Family HeirloomsI was taking a much needed break from all of the orders I have to paint and complete in time for the holiday season and I stumbled upon some beautiful artwork. As I surfed the web I discovered beautiful fine art paintings at a website called Invaluable.com. From landscape paintings to seascape paintings to oil paintings and portraits they have it all. I was inspired beyond words as many of the Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-63540163764552223302014-12-03T11:28:00.000-05:002014-12-03T11:30:43.906-05:00Winter Wonderland ArtAs the holiday season fast approaches I decided I should share some of my holiday and winter themed art pieces. A few of the items I am displaying here have been sold, but I will gladly recreate any design. They won't be exact, but they will be close to the original.Here is one of my smaller winter themed pieces...this little
Winter Wonderland wood burning was burned and then painted.Many of you Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-37861743783112648612014-06-18T12:01:00.000-04:002014-06-18T12:11:43.602-04:00Sharing My 'Sunshine' ArtSummer is here and the sunshine is fantastic! Sunny days have inspired me to share some of my artwork that features the warm beautiful sun...my sunshine art!Here are a few of my creations that celebrate summer...This first creation is actually a mixed media type of collage. I began by painting the sky in a bright blue as well as the water at the bottom of the painting. Next the house, sun, cloudsJane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-84920797772690960352014-04-18T13:37:00.000-04:002014-04-22T08:57:14.217-04:00Buhl Farm Park - The Jewel of Our ValleyAs many of you may know April is "Keep America Beautiful Month" which is a non-profit with a mission to build and sustain vibrant communities. Recently I was contacted by Tiffany Pham, the community manager of Dropcam, which is a cloud-based Wi-Fi video monitoring service which makes it easy to stay connected with places, people and pets, no matter where you are. Tiffany asked me if I'd be Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-63772293552563730692014-01-14T09:03:00.000-05:002014-01-14T09:04:53.966-05:00Today's Yin is Yesterday's YangYesterday we had an early day. Our morning schedules overlapped each other and everyone needed to be ready and out the door by 7:40. Sunday evening we put our heads together and figured out a shower schedule and decided who was getting in the shower and when.Monday morning came and went perfectly. I dropped the kids off at school and as I was pulling back into the driveway my husband was pulling Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-32689985389979335802014-01-07T09:55:00.000-05:002014-01-07T09:57:09.022-05:00Ozeri Rev Digital Bathroom ScaleEvery year in January I get my life back on track and I work hard at focusing on healthy eating and exercise. After taking the last few months off from working out at the gym I am more than ready to get back into my healthy routine. This year I am taking part in a weight loss challenge with a group of friends and it's nice knowing I'll actually have an accurate weight to report. You see, last Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-9039423277848728722013-12-20T08:58:00.000-05:002013-12-20T09:18:31.644-05:00 Ozeri 8" Textured Green Earth PanWe recently got a small 8" fry pan manufactured by Ozeri. As we've only had it for about a month I will admit we haven't had tons of time or experience using it. But so far so good. My husband does most of the cooking in our family--lucky me--and he is very happy with it.I've noticed my teenagers using it to cook their eggs and I've asked them their thoughts on it. They all agree that it's a veryJane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-27982238471109844312013-11-25T09:10:00.000-05:002013-11-25T09:10:30.099-05:00Snowman Door Decoration - Snowman Decoration - Snowman Home DecorI am honored and happy to see one of my wood burnings getting so much attention on Pinterest! My sweet snowman wood burning has a high number of repins and this number is growing daily!
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/156148312052337490/In actuality this snowman was made last year and sold. But I still have it listed on my website because I am willing to remake most my home decor designs. I've seen Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-50780025430724599072013-10-21T08:18:00.001-04:002013-10-21T08:18:19.127-04:00Wood Burned JewelryA few years ago I began playing around with my wood burning tool and, through my 'playtime', I ended up designing some unique woodburned necklace pendants. While it took some time to get my style worked out, things began to come together for me last Christmas after my sister bought a few of these pendants from me to give to her co-workers as holiday gifts. I was a bit nervous to hear what Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-68860932959816778502013-10-08T10:31:00.001-04:002013-10-08T10:31:57.186-04:00Zebra Print Nursery Room DecorAs I'm sure you're aware animal prints are super popular in home decor styles as well as clothing, jewelry and more. I recently painted a really fun name sign for a customer that had the zebra print pattern on it.Before I get ahead of myself, let me back track...Several years ago I painted a room sign that had a border with zebra print but the design ended up being very small and wasn't very Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-83530942976633643542013-09-24T08:58:00.000-04:002013-09-24T08:58:24.330-04:00"The Dragon King" - Book ReviewI recently read a wonderful children's book called "The Dragon King" by Vivian Slade.In "The Dragon King", Ethan is crowned king at a very young age after the sudden death of his father. Though Ethan is very sad over the loss of his father he still has his mother, Queen Sarah, to console him. Sarah spends time every day with her young son teaching him all the values that are needed to prepare a Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-40720645829827262282013-08-12T11:03:00.001-04:002013-08-12T11:03:31.177-04:00Trying Out the Art Festival SceneYears ago I set up tables at several local arts and crafts shows. The first couple of shows I did very well. But the more often I paid for a space and set up a table the less interest people had in my work. I think the biggest drawback was that my artwork was all custom made--house portraits and personalized signs and plaques. I honestly don't believe the disinterest came from lack of talent or Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-5735043048901936092013-06-27T16:03:00.000-04:002013-06-27T16:05:51.838-04:00Watermelon anyone??We recently had to cut down a very large tree in our back yard. I was really bothered by this decision, but we really didn't have a choice. There was a huge branch on the tree that began to split over the past couple of years and we constantly worried that a bad storm could easily blow it down and our beloved deck would be smashed and power lines would be pulled. Look how bad it was getting...It Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-47002309057451328022013-03-21T12:50:00.001-04:002013-04-24T10:03:59.481-04:00Having Fun With ACEOsI've been taking some fun online art classes and I recently learned from one of my teachers that you can use a deck of playing cards as your canvas. Now being an artist I know that a canvas can be anything...believe me I've painted on so many different surfaces over the years it's crazy! But the idea of using playing cards has never crossed my mind.One big thing I realized--and perhaps the Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-65964673335376152172013-03-13T08:41:00.000-04:002013-04-24T10:05:28.819-04:00Now offering prints of my artwork! Woohoo!I am now offering prints of my original pieces of art! YAY!At this point I'm in the 'trial and error' stage and I can only offer art prints of a small number of my original pieces. Things are moving slowly but surely and more prints are becoming available. The process is slow because I don't make the art prints myself...at least not at this point...but that could change down the road. For now I Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-58091214562849894272013-03-08T12:33:00.001-05:002013-03-08T12:33:15.032-05:00I don't share this area of my work life often...I don't share my portrait work on my blog much. I don't know why...I guess it's because this area of my artwork world is the oldest part of my business and I sort of fried myself on it a few years back.Prior to the housing market decline I was overwhelmingly busy creating house portraits. I sold my renderings to realtors as closing gifts for their clients and to a handful of mortgage companies asJane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-39266045751240221072013-03-04T10:59:00.000-05:002013-04-24T10:06:52.912-04:00My Latest Philosopy...My latest philosophy regarding my art work and art life is to use what I have.I often struggle as an artist when it comes to figuring out what I want to create. At night when I climb into bed and finally get time to relax a deluge of visions flow through my mind as I drift off to sleep. Unfortunately I always seem to forget my ideas by the next morning. Then when I'm awake and getting through Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-65188148999681747012013-03-02T12:00:00.000-05:002013-04-24T10:09:54.715-04:00Breathing Life Back Into My Blog!Goodness! Have I been lost in my own little world or what?!?! I'm sorry to say that I can't blame my lack of posts on being overwhelmingly busy filling orders. Oh, sure, I always have orders to process, but as of late they are trickling in since the holiday season passed. But that's okay...I'm very grateful that my little business is still moving along and not dead in the water.
However, since Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-73758597767528108202013-03-01T12:01:00.001-05:002013-03-04T12:08:38.493-05:00"Shortcut to Prosperity"I recently read a book called 'Shortcut to Prosperity - 10 Entrepreneurial Habits and a Roadmap For an Exceptional Career' by Mark Hopkins.
I began reading this book from the perspective of a small business owner. Since the subtitle has the words 'entrepreneurial habits' I made a general assumption. While I believed that it was written for business owners and business creators I soon realizedJane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-48600470222925817122012-11-06T07:23:00.001-05:002012-11-06T07:28:47.912-05:00BAM 10,000 Facebook Fan AuctionI have one of my wood burnings listed in an auction that's being held on the Business Among Moms Facebook Page...
Click on over to see all the wonderful items that are up for bidding!Business Among Moms 10,000 Fan AuctionMy wood burned angel is included among all of the wonderful items. It has a retail value of $36.00 and the bidding starts at $1.00!!Make sure to click on over and join in on the Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-19734048652538749462012-11-02T08:17:00.000-04:002012-11-02T08:17:02.585-04:00Gold and Silver FeverThe men in my family are fans of those reality TV shows that chronicle a group of men spending thousands upon thousands of dollars digging for gold. I have to say that every once in a while I sit down and watch these shows with them. While I find the idea of digging for gold in these freezing cold climates insane, I have to admit that some of the men are true characters and I find their stories Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-24589139148611239902012-10-28T10:27:00.000-04:002013-04-24T10:18:17.102-04:00Wearable Art Jewelry and PendantsOctober is always a slow month for me so the last week or so I've been spending time making wearable art pendants. Creating things that are outide of my normal work--i.e. the items I sell from Creative Name Signs and Images of Home--is fun for me because I can just let myself go and see what my imagination comes up with.My art pendants are made of a variety of craft supplies most of which I have Jane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-52206146791720300412012-10-17T14:23:00.000-04:002012-10-17T14:23:37.517-04:00My 'Sugar Skull' ArtI just learned how out of it I am. Up until about a week or so ago I had never heard the term 'sugar skull'. I had the TV on for background noise...as usual. I overheard the term sugar skull and I wondered what it was. The term floated around in my brain for a few days and finally I decided to look it up. This is what I learned:"The Sugar Skull is one of the main symbols or images seen during theJane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-90454535221787757362012-10-09T08:04:00.000-04:002012-10-09T08:06:16.403-04:00Interesting Rock Festival StatisticsHave you ever attended a rock festival? I've never been to one but I've heard about them my entire life. Who, like me at the ripe old age of 47, hasn't heard of 'Woodstock'?? I'm the youngest of 5 kids so this infamous rock festival was something I learned about years ago.Then several years ago I was a fan of the hit TV show on MTV 'The Ozbournes'. Watching that I learned about 'Ozzfest' which isJane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085701.post-44363697316458105232012-10-07T09:35:00.000-04:002013-10-15T07:02:33.958-04:00Artificial Christmas TreesWhen I was very young...around 3 or 4 years old...I had a serious allergic reaction to our family's real Christmas tree. I have a very vague recollection of waking in the middle of the night struggling to breath. The next thing I recall I was sitting in the emergency room with my parents. I remember being very scared. Thankfully my parents got me to the hospital in time, the allergy shots quicklyJane Loedding, Artist & Ownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998554795271970493noreply@blogger.com0