I’m Back!

I’m back! I’m back!

…and with lots to share.  First things first. I moved!  I know!  I still can’t believe it myself even though it’s been almost 6 months!  Although I am no longer a resident of the Motor City, I’m still not quite ready to turn in my Tigers hat for a Red’s one.

Yep, you guessed it. I moved to Cincinnati and so far so good! Super hard to leave “The D”, but still excited for this next chapter in Cincy…stay tuned!

And before you go…how awesome is this pic? 

I adore this photo!  How great is it that all my girls came out to send me off!  And what a send off it was let me tell you.  Friends flew in from out of town, we had lunch at my fav place, limo ride thru the city complete with a ”walk down memory lane” (we stopped at all the places with my most cherished memories & took tons of pics.  It was so fun!), boutique shopping, champagne toast, one of my famous speeches ( you don’t want to miss one of these =), lost of tears and then ended the eventful, emotional day with a going away soiree downtown Detroit with the twinkling holiday lights of campus martius dancing in the background.  Still so thankful for all the love my friends poured into my farewell celebration.  Awesome friends are such a blessing!

COLORFUL Beach Weekend

Hope you all enjoyed your Labor Day weekend!

My girlfriends and I spent our time off in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware sunnin’, funnin’, shoppin’ and of course laughing hysterically.  We had such a great time!  We haven’t all been together like that in who knows how long; probably college.  Such an awesome time together.  So fun in fact, we’re going to try to make it an annual event!  Get this…we even worked out!  Twice!  Some of us 3 times!  Now, I must say that was a first, but definitely added to the overall awesomeness of our vacation! We coined that portion our “wellness movement” and yes, that became our weekend long inside joke…one of many ; )

Without further delay, here are some snap shots from our vaycay…enjoy!

We had a blast…can you tell?  LOL

Pics taken by me

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Well, Well, Well…Look who it is!

Oh how I’ve missed you so!!

I know I have some explaining to do…for starters, you’ll be very happy to know that I’ve been very busy painting my tail off.

Secondly, remember when I attended the Design Bloggers Conference last year? Well, at the conference one of the suggestions from a speaker was to not apologize or get into a lengthy explanation for why you haven’t been blogging….basically, no one cares.  Is that true?  Have you guys missed me as much as I’ve missed you? LOL  So anyway, I won’t get into a long drawn out explanation other than to say that if I could figure out how to work a full-time job, paint & market artwork,workout, have a life AND blog I would totally blog on a regular…*HUGE SIGH* I’m working on it!

In the meantime, enjoy these snapshots from an event I hosted with some girlfriends called “Art and Fashion in the Garden” (I think you’ll recognize the “garden” ; ).  This was a merchandising party idea to sell artwork from yours truly, super cute shoes and custom earrings.  We had a blast!  I received 14 custom orders!  So thankful!

I showcased 11 new pieces at this event.  This was the last one I created.

The remaining 10…

Check out Erica’s cute shoes! Want to see more of her stylish collection?  Visit E. Laine Shoes here.

Here’s a close up of her Summer collection.  I love the mustard wedge.  My fav!

 

Iris in the “garden” (how fitting…hee hee).  She makes really pretty earrings!

Here’s a pair I had to have to match my dress the day of the event.

More of Iris’s collection…

My friends Jina and Deanna surprised me with sweet treats to share with guests…yum!

Well, there you have it.  The event was a success!  Erica and Iris both sold lots of shoes, earrings and other accessories.  I look forward to doing this again sometime soon. I will say that I learned a big lesson.  I really need to have someone else taking pictures.  I missed so much.  Like photos of the actual guests and the set up…ahh, the set up!  It was so cute!  LOL I was too busy entertaining ; )

*pics taken by me, Iris and Erica

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New Art- Triplets!

It was so fun to paint these sisters!  I hear their mom talk about them all the time so I felt as if I knew these little dolls already.  Similar, yet very distinct…meet my first trio…

 

 

Posin’…so adorable!

 

It was such a treat to paint for you girls! 

So glad you love them!

*all photos taken by me except for the last (taken by girls’ mom)

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Special Little Girls…

Happy Monday!

I made these little girls for these special little girls…

So glad they loved them!

I’ve been so busy (so thankful!) working on custom orders that I haven’t painted any 8x10s for my Etsy store.  As soon as I get a chance I’ll add some to my site =)

Have a wonderful Monday!

More 8x10s–Meet Sharon!

I am so thankful!

This is a record breaking couple of weeks for me.  I’m sending off another painting today!

 Custom made for my good friend, Sharon.  Whatcha think?

Interested in custom painting for you or little girl you know?!

Email me at raynee{at}yourcolorvision.com so we can get started!

*pics taken by me

*current price for 8x10s- $50-$70

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SOLD: 2 New Paintings!

Happy Friday, hope you are well!

Oh how I’ve missed you guys!

I’ve been a busy little bee here lately, but I wanted to check in today and share some pieces that I painted and sold over the last week!   Very excited and grateful that you enjoy my work.  You have NO IDEA.  I have 3 more orders in now and I CANNOT wait to get started!  If you see something you like let me know!  I can custom make one for you too.

Here are the latest 2.  These are both 8×10.

This one was made for my friend who wanted her piece to reflect her sorority roots.  She belongs to Delta Sigma Theta (see triangle & elephant)

 

 

I’ll be adding more 8x10s to my Etsy Store soon so keep checking back in!

*Pic one taken by me. Pic two taken by Charlene

Have a great Weekend!

Be COLORful!