Instagram Thankful Project

Its been awhile since I talked about the thankful project. And with all you new friends I figured I would do an update and let y'all know what is up with my daily #KTAthankful.

Back at the beginning of the year I challenged myself to find the importance in the little things.
I wanted to be thankful for all of the blessings in my life, specifically the ones that are forgotten on a daily basis. So what I did was decide to create a "Thankful Project", every day I would do a count down along with 1 thing I was thankful for.

I'm pretty sure sure my count is off but that isn't the important thing. It has been harder than I ever thought to remind myself to be thankful for something everyday. But voicing those little blessing has made my attitude so much better! I've found the beauty in things like my driveway, hot showers, and yes even the hard times of waiting. Being reminded that everything has a purpose and is part of a plan that He has for me is what I hope to make a daily impact on.

Heres the deal, I challenged my friends to do this with me, and we got a little bit but not a ton of interaction. I know its hard to post something everyday, but I know the majority of you check Instagram or Facebook AT-LEAST once a day. So I challenge each of you to find the things that you are thankful for. Don't wait until you get a new car or something pretty and shiny, those things are great but the point of this project is to find it in the EVERYDAY. So for the rest of the day or tomorrow be paying attention to your surroundings and remind yourself that you are surrounded with blessings. Pick one and share it with me! 

Just use the hashtag #KTAthankful and I will be checking it and will share a few each Friday! I keep track of the days that I have been thankful but you don't have to if you don't want :)

Here are some examples of my Thankful posts for those of you that don't follow along on Instagram :)

I hope a few of you, if not all of you, will join me in this project. It is amazing how once you notice your surroundings how much you learn about your life and how blessed you are.

Come find me on Instagram and join in the Thankful Project by using #KTAthankful  :)

Recent Creations!

I've been sharing a lot of ooey gooey stuff lately so I decided to share some projects instead :) 
I haven't done anything to the house or the studio but have some BIG plans that will hopefully start rolling this week. I'll keep ya updated. 

So here are a few projects that I did for my aunt. She commissioned both of them, one for a gift and the other is a donation to a church fundraising auction. 
The sign below is for the church. It's a solid piece of pine shelving with wire on the back for hanging. 

 This is the other project she commissioned. It is a refurbish of an old desk she found and wanted re done for her grand-babies. 



they are Clemson fans too so she let me have free reign on the design. I know Clemsons colors are technically orange and purple but navy is often used in place of purple. So to keep it a cleaner design we went with navy with a white and orange racing stripe. And added little details like tiger eyes peaking over the desk, and a fun font with the paw on the back. 

And I did some other work for a friend on ETSY. She wanted a small portrait of her fur baby for the office. So these are 8x10 canvases for her and a friend. 

Finally I did some other tin signs. The Texas A&M sign I did specifically for Kelley from The Grant Life and the other was for another client on etsy. Both were complete custom commissions both for new friends that I've found through the awesome world of the internet :)

 These are just some of the projects I've been working with lately. I've loved the amount of time I've had to do these kinds of projects and I'm looking forward to adding more to my schedule!!