"beautiful girl" SOMETHING every girl needs to hear!

"beautiful girl
         you can do amazing things"

Isn't this JUST the message you want your daughters to hear? Or your own heart to hear?

We simply must encourage our girls from day one!

Building our girls up takes compliments, encouragements, and once in a while a little push, right?

There's never a need to put your girl down.  NO NEED.  Don't let those negative words out of your mouth, instead, think of a POSITIVE way to give your message to her!   And start with, "beautiful girl..."

Don't forget to always include, "I love you!".

Blessings,
   ~Heidi

FARMERS MARKET Signs and More!

These signs are all 6" wide by 48" long!

All are available in my Etsy store:

"Everyday Cookies".

I love to paint custom signs, too! Just ask!

(This one resides in a beautiful home in Washington state.)

FARMERS MARKET sign

(This is our "Sweet Woodruff Acres" home sign!)

SWEET WOODRUFF ACRES sign (custom)

(This one hangs in our little "Sweet Woodruff Cove" cabin, where our canoe resides for summer. This one is shown in RED, but I can paint it in any color.)

CANOE RENTALS sign

(This one is sold via my Etsy shop, as well in a couple local home and decor/gift shops:  Truffles, Coos Bay and The Chicken Coup, Florence.)

FARMERS MARKET sign

(You can find the "Truffles" Facebook page here.)

(You can find Brenda's Facebook page here, she sells as
"The Olde Harbour Saltbox"https://www.facebook.com/Olde-Harbour-Saltbox-127721290586398/ in The Chicken Coup store.

(This is a buyer's home photo.)

FARMERS MARKET sign

(This one was finished in a grayish tone.)

FARMERS MARKET sign

(This is a buyer's home photo.)

FARMERS MARKET sign

(This "PLAYROOM" sign color is Navy Blue. 

It is in my Etsy shop here.)

PLAYROOM sign

(This one is sold via my Etsy shop, as well in a couple local home and decor/gift shops:  Truffles, Coos Bay and The Chicken Coup, Florence.)

MERCANTILE sign

(This one is sold via my Etsy shop, as well in a couple local home and decor/gift shops:  Truffles, Coos Bay and The Chicken Coup, Florence.)

COTTAGE BY THE SEA sign

(Have you named your home yet?  It's a wonderful thing to do! Then ask me to paint a sign for you!)

SWEET WOORDRUFF ACRES sign

(This one is sold via my Etsy shop, as well in a couple local home and decor/gift shops:  Truffles, Coos Bay and The Chicken Coup, Florence.)

FARM FRESH sign

(This one is sold via my Etsy shop, as well in a couple local home and decor/gift shops:  Truffles, Coos Bay and The Chicken Coup, Florence.)

PLAYROOM sign

(This was a custom sign for a buyer.)

KLOUD NINE sign 

(This "FARMERS MARKET" sign is sold here in my Etsy shop.)

Thanks for visiting me today!  

Blessings,

~Heidi

Featured Artist of the Week on CAST Blog

What a delight to be the Featured Artist on the "Christian Artist Street Team" blog today!  (You can find this member's of this group of artist on Etsy by searching for CAST.)

They interview various artist from the group weekly, and these are then featured on Wednesdays. 

As a thank you to the readers and friends, I will be giving a way a FREE sign (your choice of any of my signs) from my Etsy store.  To enter this drawing you MUST do two things:
1) Go "LIKE" my Everyday Cookies FACEBOOK page
AND
2) Leave a comment on that page (so I can find you!).

Everyday Cookies Custom and Handpainted Signs Facebook page

Hope to see you there!

Blessings,

~Heidi

PS You can find my Etsy shop here; go ahead look for a sign now in case you win!

Paper Dresses

What to do with a pile of brown bags, scraps of wallpaper, scrapbooking paper, old sheet music and more?
        Make dresses!

Cut out a dress pattern, (or use the one from my Dress Pattern Kit here):

Pile up some stuff to use:

Sew, cut, glue, stain, etc:

Hang on a line with miniature clothes pins:

These make wonderful birthday cards, if attached to a blank card.  They also are sweet in journals, write about what's on your heart.

Here's one I made for Halloween last year:

When I was a little girl we always wore dresses.  When we lived where it snowed we STILL wore dresses to school.  Does this tell you my age?

Have a beautiful dress-y day!  Hugs, Heidi

(linked with 107th Metamorphosis Monday-Naps on the Porch
    and Tutorial Tuesday at Hope Studios)