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June 26th, 2011
Those of you who have known me a long time, know that I love roses! As soon as we bought our new home, I was scouting out a spot for my rose garden, I began researching and buying roses. I became very partial to Old Garden Roses, and English Roses (which are modern roses bred with Old Garden Roses). I’ve entered lots of roses shows and won ribbons and trophy’s.
So it seems a bit strange that I have waited so long to feature roses in one of my paintings. I think the problem has been...
Welcome - A Gift for my first TEN Customers
June 17th, 2011
Hello World! In celebration of opening my new website, I am offering a 20% discount on all prints, framed prints, canvas prints and notecards! But only the first 10 customers will get this discount. The offer ends after the first 10 have placed their order using the code or Sept.14, 2011 - whichever comes first!
What's the code? Just use code XUUTHP and you will get 20% off your order as a big thank you from me! Enjoy!!
Enchanted Forest - A Gift in the Midst of Illness
June 15th, 2011
What a unique experience of creating I had. It's changed my outlook on when and how I paint!
I hope my experience of painting "Enchanted Forest" will be inspiring and insightful to my friends, my fellow artists, art collectors and fellow ME/CFS sufferers. Here is what I wrote in March 2010, right after creating this painting.
"I’ve been having a difficult time with my illness since last August. However, since January, I have been experiencing one of the worst, and longest...
June 12th, 2011
I am a Christian – a follower of Jesus Christ. I have had a personal relationship with Jesus for many years and try hard to keep my life focused on 2 main things – Loving God, and Loving Others. I am a published author in several magazines, including an article on helping children deal with fear in Discipleship Journal published by NavPress, and I am a part of a collection of authors in a book published for Pastor’s wives by Jill Briscoe.
Before I got sick, I spoke at Women’s...
June 12th, 2011
Hi! I’m so glad you wanted to take a bit of time to get to know me!
My name is Melanie – and I have always loved my name, and loved my namesake – Miss Mellie from Gone With The Wind. I would like to be as sweet and innocent and kind and accepting as she was, but I’m afraid I’m a little more human than that.
Here’s a quick bullet list I use to describe myself on my Squidoo page:
I am…
A wife
A Mother
An Artist
M.E./CFS and Dysautonomia...