Christmas things

It's no secret that I am broke this year.
In the
Sat six months of 2015 I lost a job that a loved, moved out of a home that I loved, and became a single income person supporting myself and Oscar and Lucy and the job I have right now just doesn't cut it.
So needless to say, there were homemade gifts this year.
I also sold quite a few at craft shows and to friends or people who ordered them off of Facebook!
Here are a few ornaments that I did.

Officially official!

In October I did my very first craft show and although I was really reluctant, I was lucky enough to have my bestie, Gioia, by my side and I did really well. 

Here are some pics from the event, as well as my official looking business cards and stamp! 

It's the little things...but they really make me feel like I'm finally getting this thing off the ground and could possibly do so,eating with it besides stack canvases up in the corner of my room!

Aww, thanks Ryan!

Pictures! Yay!

I think that, with a lot of help, I have finally figured out how to post pictures on blogger from my iPad!

It's been a long road to do that and I'm thankful for those who have stuck around and read Facebook posts and supported my business in the mean time!

Since I'm JUST now able to put pics on here, I'm way behind. So hang in there. Eventually I will get back into a routine with posting regularly 😀

Until then. Here are a few things that I had been working on recently! I have sold some of them. Some of them are still hanging around waiting to be sold if anyone is interested!

Merry Christmas and Thank You!

I just wanted to take a quick minute to tell everyone who has supported me in the last year with my painting and dreams to sell my paintings, etc THANK YOU from the bottom of my little heart.
I could never have done any of this without all of the love and support that I have had from my family and dearest friends.
Even when I've been at my worst, you all have always supported me in all that I did and pushed me to get better and move on, and I think in 2015 I really achieved some great things and would not have been able to without the help of my amazing parents, sisters, and best friend.

So this is Painting with Pain, signing off for 2015....thank you all so much and I look forward to see all of you in 2016 with lots of new things and ideas, etc!!!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Very Happy 2016 to everyone!

Custom ornaments

Soooo...I said that I would NEVER do custom work. Well, I lied. Maybe it's the Christmas spirit getting to me!!
my regular ornaments have just been made jut a touch more special with the option to add a NAME, the YEAR, a BIRTHDATE for new Baby or even a *short* phrase or saying!
I can also put the year on the back for no charge!

You can request colors, and I will do the best I possibly can to accommodate, but most of the personalization will be done in black, Unless otherwise indicated.
I can have these ready in 3-5 business days, with free delivery/pickup in Culpeper, Bealeton and Warrenton (or anywhere in between...Remington, Opal, Brandy Station etc.)
These will be $5 with no tax or shipping for local orders and $1 extra for shipping if needed. 

If you are interested in a ONE OF A KIND ornament for yourself, or a loved one, or a new baby in the family, etc etc etc please let me know ASAP because I don't think these will last long! You can Facebook message me, or email me at emilybriner8@gmail.com to order!


Becsuse my iPad is STILL not allowing me to post pics to the blog, you'll need to pop on over to Facebook to see the ornaments up close and personal.
It's www.facebook.com/paintingwithpain 

Amazon wish list

One thing that happens a lot when you have a chronic illness, is that the people who DO love you and care for you, are always asking what they can do to help.
Honestly, unless you can somehow find a cure, the answer is usually no...lol

I was recently asked by a very close friend who lives 1200 miles anyway to post an Amazon wish list so that she would know what I needed and waht she could help with from so far away.

I'll be honest, I'm still a little reluctant. I don't like asking for help. I'm in dire straights here and have been struggling just to keep my head above water for the last few months, so I finally agreed to post it.
In NO WAY am I asking for anything it expecting anything, I'm just posting this because I was asked to.
It has everything from art supplies, to items to make my pain a little more tolerable (heating bad, specialized neck ice packs, etc. to snacks and food, to dog food (which I added becsuse my friend became angry with me when I told her that I sometimes miss meals in order to make sure that my dogs were fed,) to every day, around the house type stuff like TP, paper towels, cleaning supplies, and toiletries.

So, if anyone cares, here we go....again. NO OBLIGATOINS, EXPECTATIONS, ETc!! Just doing this because someone asked me to.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/?ie=UTF8&cid=A3CCE5J1EL40RM

Or you can search by my email address emilybriner8@gmail.com

Thank you for all of your support :)