I am still on a learning curve with this blogging program. I tried uploading a bunch of pictures, but only a few posted. Then I tried anchoring the pictures, but they seem to have a mind of their own. Ugh!

One of the things I like most is painting murals in kids' rooms. Let's face it, most people just don't want me to paint a giraffe in their living room, but I can in a nursery! Of course, I have a client who had me paint French chef's on her kitchen ceiling and a trompe l'oeil rug on the floor with cupcakes and mermaids. She's sooooo much fun! "Conservative" is not in her dictionary!
One day I will blog on the work I did in her house.

So many of my clientelle are repeat clients. I had one lady who would call me about every six months and say "I saved enough money for another project!" I painted in 14 rooms in another client's house. I have become friends with many of my clients. I've had the opportunity to paint over murals I did when kids were toddlers, in order to update them when they became teenagers.

One of the things I committed to when God established this work is to pray for my clients. Some of my clients know I pray for them; others don't. Some will sit and watch me paint, and we talk about our walk with the Lord. Others ask me to pray with them. I not only get to leave a little piece of me when I leave their home, but hopefully I leave a little bit of Holy Spirit anointing too.

Nothings grabs my heart like a child who sees his/her mural on completion. "Wow" has become one of my favorite words! I would do this job for free if I didn't have a mortgage.

I don't know too many people in the business, but those few I do are in agreement about the "free". I was grateful for the time I spent in medicine, but nursing was a job. Painting is a passion. Nursing was a paycheck. Painting is a gift.

Shanna's hot pink bath (that wasn't so hot! LOL)

So, here's my first post on my blog. I will start by showing you the last project I painted.

This is my sister, Shanna's guest bath. Before her children flew the coop, she allowed her daughter, Leah, to pick the color. Shanna is a VERY brave woman! Hot pink. Everyone in the family hated this bathroom, and if you knew my sisters you would know none of us are timid about speaking our mind!

Shanna and David were kind enough to allow Paul and I to stay in their guest room for two months when we first moved back to Louisiana and our house was not yet inhabitable. Every morning I sat on the potty and wondered what the _____ my sister was thinking letting a teenage girl pick hot pink for the bathroom!

So, when they went to their camp in Mississippi recently, I let myself in and toned it down. Then I did a little decorative stuff. I told my sisters what I'd done, and they all said "Thank God!" I think Shanna and David were happy too.