How I Spent St. Paddy's Day...

Well, I've been promising you some pics of the mural I was painting this week... Started and finished it yesterday - not a full wall mural, really just some decorative painting around a doorframe and a picture frame. My client asked me to use the tree and vine found in the print you'll see in some of the photos. The pictures didn't come out as well as I was hoping, because it was in kind of a tight spot, but you get the idea...

This color is more accurate above (her walls are a lovely caramel color),

but I think you can see the vine better in this one...

And around the door...

Here are some closeups so you can see the details better...

So there you have it...

It was lovely to be able to spend the entire day just painting away....

(and yes, I did wear green - the shirt I wore was green, and I had splotches of green paint all over my painter's pants - as well as just about every other color! Happy Belated St. Patrick's Day!)

Today, I'm enjoying a day off.... cleaning my house a little, catching up on here, and maybe in a bit, reading some of my latest 2010 Booking It piece - Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens. Love it.

Hope you're having a lovely day yourself...