I have a going out for business campaign on right now. As I have stated before my cookie jars/lids are my number one sellers, I have over 60 lids at this time to choose from and I am adding new lids all the time, I have been painting for about 25 or more years and I still love  to paint. My cookie jars and lid bundles are in my opinion the best gift you can give to someone. I make up a gift bag that includes a large glass cookie jar filled with goodies set inside a cellophane bag that has shredded paper in the bag the jar comes with one lid and then I add around the jar 3 different lids, I tie the bag with appropriate ribbon and then I give it as a wedding present for family and friends. This costs around $90.00, however it makes a fantastic gift, and it looks very impressive. You can check out the bundles I have on my web site that I do the same way as the wedding gifts, they run $38.99 with just one lid they also make great gifts. Then on a smaller
scale I also offer the same way Small glass candy jars with one lid and they run $18.99. Check us out at www.jusbcuzdezins.com click on the gifts button for the candy jars and the cookie jars button for the large cookie jar bundles. All of these gifts are great for teachers, christmas, birthdays ect

3/4″ wood cookie jar lid

white and grey bunny with bright pink nose

bright green patches

check out my website

www.jusbcuzdezins.com

These are some of the wood cookie jar lids I have. I have  them for each month and some months there are different choices. You can have cows, pigs, chickens,frogs,bids and more

The lids fit on a large glass cookie jar which I also sell, and they make very nice gifts for weddings, birthdays, christmas ect. I have country, hand painted, original, folkart,woodsy, cutsie, cowboy and more themes.

Check out all my original designs on my website at www.jusbcuzdezins.com

This is a wood plate I have painted with pastel acrylic paints.

Mushroom birdhouse and bright pink flowers

It is done for my daughter in law, but can also be ordered from my website

www.jusbcuzdezins.com

Check Out all of my New Projects

click on the new catagory on my website to see all the fun new projects

Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked,
“How old was your husband?” “98,” she replied.

“Two years older than me”
“So you’re 96,” the undertaker commented.

She responded, “Hardly worth going home, is it?

Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman:
“And what do you think is the best thing
about being 104?” the reporter asked.

She simply replied, “No peer pressure.

“

I’ve sure gotten old!
I’ve had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,
new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes
I’m half blind,
can’t hear anything quieter than a jet engine,
take 40 different medications that
make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.

Have bouts with dementia.

Have poor circulation;
hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.

Can’t remember if I’m 85 or 92.

Have lost all my friends.

But, thank God,
I still have my driver’s license.

I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape,
so I got my doctor’s permission to
join a fitness club and start exercising.

I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.

I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour.

But,
by the time I got my leotards on,
the class was over.

An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and
told her preacher she had two final requests.

First, she wanted to be cremated, and second,
she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart.

“Wal-Mart?” the preacher exclaimed.

“Why Wal-Mart?”
“Then I’ll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week”

My memory’s not as sharp as it used to be.

Also, my memory’s not as sharp as it used to be.

Know how to prevent sagging?
Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.

It’s scary when you start making the same noises
as your coffee maker.

These days about half the stuff
in my shopping cart says,
“For fast relief.

“

THE SENILITY PRAYER :
Grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and
the eyesight to tell the difference.

Wow here it is December 1st already… Christmas is in the air, the hustle and bustle has officially begun…Does any of you ever get tired of all the hype that is now associated with Christmas ?

I know I do, the believe that retail has taken over Christmas, there is so much pressure on what to buy, from holiday decorations, food, gifts, party’s, etc that the true meaning of Christmas is completely lost…

Wouldn’t it be nice if the world could get back to focusing on that true meaning and stop allowing all of the commercialism to control the holiday…

When our children were small we still did the Christmas thing with Santa and all of the hype, but we didn’t go over board, for two reasons we didn’t have the money and it isn’t about how much you get it’s about Jesus.

We made our children’s birthdays more special than Christmas focusing on one child at a time.

Christmas should come from the heart not the stores…Everyone should be teaching the spirit of giving…It is a very special thing to teach to give something handmade from the heart….

Our world is to focused on all of the material things out there. Did you ever stop any think about how many homeless and depressed people there are in this world, and the numbers always increase around the holidays…

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas !

When you tole/decorative paint start with the right mediums for the surface you have choose to paint on, If you are painting on wood, use Delta Ceramcoat All Purpose Sealer. Follow the directions on the bottle. Then when you base paint if you sand between each coat of base color with a piece of brown paper bag, you will have a very smooth surface to paint on when adding your detail work. Then if you use Color Float Medium and or Gel Blending Medium  by Delta Ceramcoat, then your detail will also be smoother and easier to apply.

If you paint on other surface such as tinware, metal, old recycled products, you will want to use Surface Conditioner before you paint.

Happy Painting to You All

As you might know if you read one of my other blogs, I hate anti depressant drugs. But what I want to say today, is that In my opinion the drug companys are getting away with being “Legal Drug Pushers” on national television.

Thats right DRUG PUSHERS because they can go on tv and say tell your doctor you need this drug or that drug for all of these sickness’s that they invent to get everyone taking drugs. Granted it’s all about the money for them, so they don’t really care wether the drugs are safe or not, they just want to sell drugs, and they are using the power of television to do that pushing for them.

Think about it the power of suggestion, people are watching that saying to themselves OMG  I have that I better go and ask for a perscription from my doctor.

Come on people we aren’t stupid don’t let the “Legal Drug Pushers” get you hooked on perscritpions. I’m not saying all perscriptions are bad, I am just saying that should not be allowed to advertise. It’s my opinion that we will benefit more by reaserching and using natural remedys, than if we use man made drugs of any kind.

Have you ever gone an looked around in an antique store, or thrift store to find items to paint on ?

You can find some really cool things to paint on by just looking around.

I found an old case, I don’t know what the case was used for, however it makes a cute decoration for my home after I painted on it.

I choose to paint a Farming Blue Bird on the case…

Remember when painting on different mediums you need to use the right painting mediums, such as surface conditioner, or if painting on metal, use a metal primer ect.

I always use Delta Ceramcoat products, they have a great line of products.

I just want to say “Happy Halloween” …..Be safe…..