A Call to Create

 Flower Power...

When you don't have tulips,

you create flowers out of baby booties??

What are you creating today?

I'm finishing a canvas order for a customer...

A little photo preservation is 

good for the soul.

Chalkpaintin'

 No winter blues here!

tonight the theme was SPRING!

And everyone had fun 

 clipping and sanding...

Gluing and waxing...

Wax On...

        Wax Off...

Aren't these collages

just the cutest???

We'll have another class next week...

Clear your calendar

and get signed up quick!

Happy Chalking!

Memory Frames

Here at The Prairie Preservationist

we come across out-dated items

and try to think of ways to make them useful

and beautiful again...

(Letters & Lace Blog post on Sall's Country Life)

when this over-sized ugly yellow pine frame,

and a pile of tattered and stained linens came in

we supplied a little bit of new Tim Holtz fabric

and some black Old Towne chalk-style paint

and "VOILA!"

A beautiful Vintage Memory Frame

to display old pictures, postcards, letters

jewelry, etc....

A Fun project piece of art.

Now on our 

list of future workshops!

Look for this one of kind piece at our store soon

and listed on our new Website

The Prairie Preservationist.com

Hittin' The Bottle Class Night

 Some glass bottles

are just too pretty

to throw out...

Why DO they put whiskey 

in such pretty bottles anyway??

We had fun

turning empty

glass bottles into 

works of art...

With a little paint,

a new label,

and a little ribbon...

the transformation

is quite 

impressive...

We had a good time

"Hittin' the Bottle"

with our paint, brushes

and

creative minds!

You don't need to be 21

to be artistic!

Great Balls of Wool!

Some sheep have wandered

 into our store...

are there any sheep herders out there?

If not we will put them to good use...

February can be a cold month in South Dakota...

we will make stocking hats

from their wool...

and dryer balls!

I repeat!  "From their WOOL!!"

Let's call them "Dryer Sheeps" 

(don't want to rile the herd!)

Replace those smelly, expensive dryer sheets

with hand made Woolly Balls

made here in South Dakota

by "the Crafty Ewe"

*shorten drying time

*reduce wrinkles

*decrease static

*soften laundry

*save money

*fragrance free

(or naturally scented with a few drops

of essential oils!)

"oh, and they don't go BAAAAAhd!

Check out our new line

of Sheepwares

Soon!

Uniquely Chalked

The first of many classes were held this week...

20 fun gals all showed up

eager to learn about 

CHALK-style painting...

We opened up a few paint jars

and the fun began...

the creativity in the room was 

mind-blowing..

and they all said they

had NO talent???

Come on!

We provided the supplies

and some scraps,

and they each made a masterpiece!

No TWO were exactly alike!!

A fun evening of 

painting and "de-stressing"

it doesn't get much better than that!

Oh, and you get to take home 

a cute new Halloween picture!

Want in on the fun??

Join us Tuesday October 20th

we're having 2 classes...

1:30 in the afternoon

and 6:30 in the evening.

Call or stop in for more details

and to get signed up!

Spirit Of South Dakota

Our first Art Show...

The Spirit of South Dakota Annual Award Banquet

invited The Prairie Preservationist and other local artists

to present their work before the event.

it was a wonderful display of 

PRAIRIE...pure and simple

South Dakota represented in 

oils, acrylics, watercolors and photography...

The Prairie Preservationist was grateful

for the opportunity to showcase the artistic

aspect of our store...

and felt right at home with the beautiful people

nominated for this wonderful award.