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Cranberry Apple Pie Recipe

pick your own apples

cranberry apple pie dessert recipe

cranberry apple pie recipe

If you’re in need of a last minute pie recipe for your Thanksgiving festivities tomorrow, I can vouch for the tastiness of this recipe: Cranberry Apple Crumble Pie. (I cheated & used store bought pie crust – but it was still a crowdpleaser.)  :-)


Week End highlights

Last week I…..
Cut a bazillion sheets of wall decals…
sheets of wall decals
And shipped them all out:
wall decal orders

Bought some new tubes of watercolor paint. (I’m currently getting reacquainted):
watercolor painting close up

Was the recipient of a pretty bouquet of flowers:
bouquet of flowers

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Also, I didn’t take photos but, I visited the open studios event at the Salmon Falls mill in Rollinsford, NH. I covet the artist spaces in these buildings – large windows, paint splatter floors – it reminds me of art school. There were many talented artists exhibiting this weekend & the building holds open studio events twice a year, more info at their website: millartists.com


Morning Coffee

morning coffee watercolor painting
Watercolor on coldpress paper. 6″x9″ish


Amazing Signs from New Orleans

new orleans french quarter handpainted signs
A few more photos from my trip to New Orleans last week. The signage in the French Quarter is amazing – lots of neon and flashy slogans, but there’s also lots of interesting little shops sprinkled throughout this area that have hand painted signs. Something about having a hand stenciled sign just really adds to the ambiance of a shop selling voodoo dolls.
new orleans french quarter neon signs


Detour – New Orleans

bourbon street french quarter new orleans louisiana

I took a quick, last minute trip with my sister to New Orleans last week. The trip was rushed & we missed a connector flight out of D.C (which was what I would call.. a character building experience). Although I wasn’t there long & only really experienced a bit of the French Quarter – I was able to snap off a fair amount of photos.

After seeing Bourbon Street (where most of the Mardi Gras celebration centers around) on a Monday night, I can confirm that you could visit this area at any time of year & on any day of the week and still get your fill of the party atmosphere.

bourbon street new orleans watercolor cityscape painting
This set is a quick watercolor study inspired by a photo I snapped on Bourbon St during the day. The first photo was taken early evening (8pm-ish?) on Bourbon St.


Fall in Watercolors

NH Fall Leaf Watercolor painting
New England Fall Leaf Watercolor painting
Red Fall Leaves New Hampshire Fall Foliage

I’ve been working on a few watercolor paintings inspired by the leaves changing here in New Hampshire. I’m working from photos that I’ve taken over the past few weeks – mostly from walking trails around the Seacoast area in NH. I’m planning on posting a few more photos from these trips in the next couple of days.

The leaf study painting above is watercolor on 7″x9″ cold press paper.


New England Fall Photos

North Conway White Mountains Fall Hiking

Dianas Bath North Conway New Hampshire

A few photos from a day trip to the North Conway NH area. The leaves were just starting to turn at the beginning of October when we were visiting. The photos are from a little walking trail that leads up to a place called Diana’s Bath. It was a nice area with small waterfalls and lots of little wading pools tucked in between the rocks.


Customer Photos – Gallery Update

Curve Wall Decal By Michelle Christina14 amazing new customer submitted photos have been added to the gallery. If you have a photo you’d like to add, please feel free to send it along!