Review for Into the Woods at GCCP!

Into The Woods Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James LaPineThe Greater Cleburne Carnegie PlayersDirector – Becki Esch Music Director – Dr. Tim Studsill Producer – Dr. Hazel R. Bell Assistant Director – Jason Reed Assistant Music Director/Sound Tech – Kevin Belt Lighting Design – Cameron Barrus Sound Effects – Aaron Siler Set…

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I’ve emptied a pot of lentils into the ashes for you!

Into the Woods at Carnegie

A quick update just in time for Mother’s Day! I’m back on stage!  In my first pseudo-villainous role, I get to play Cinderella’s Stepmother and maim my daughters in Carnegie’s production of Into the Woods this summer!  Runs June 17 – July 3, 2016! Mark your calendars!

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Do you need a reason to paint a flamingo?

Flamingo painting by Stacey Greenawalt

I’ve had the blue background painted for nearly a year, it moved from the last house to this one, stayed in the garage for months. Gathered dust and whatnot. Today, for no real reason at all, I decided to paint a flamingo on it. So I did.  Acrylic on canvas, 11×14.

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Rocking Chair Makeover

Rocking Chair Makeover

This was a much more long-term project than I’d originally intended. I rescued this rocking chair from the curb more than a year ago. The seat was ripped out and it had a broken support rung. I wasn’t quite sure how to fix it, so it sat in the garage for months. We moved from…

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Sewing table makeover

A few months ago, I rescued a sewing table and machine from the curb. The machine itself worked fine, but someone once upon a time had the brilliant idea to cover the wood with three different designs of wood-grained contact paper. Contact. Paper. Over the whole thing. I dove into peeling contact paper before I thought to…

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Game of Cthulhu

Hand-painted cthulhu cornhole

Latest project: some [non-regulation] cornhole boards that turned out way better than I’d hoped. My honey sketched the cthulhu outlines on the primed pieces, and I did the painting. Still need to seal them with several coats of heavy-duty polyurethane, but they will get some good use as the weather cools.

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