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A little shelf action in my re-designed art studio. I have some colorful flowers and feathers going on over here but I need some living breathing greenery on these walls too. • What type of plant should this non-green thumb girl start with? 🌿 • Did you know today is #AmazonPrimeDay? I shared all of my favorite art tools and resources on the blog and you can find them ALL over on Amazon. Click the link in my bio and check them out 😉
Being born and raised in the South, driving anywhere amongst the back roads or highways it was impossible not to see fields with rows of cotton. Cotton fields evoke such strong feelings for me because so many of my good memories involve this scenery as the backdrop. • We used to go visit my great grandmother in Missouri and I remember helping to pick the cotton. Afterwards we went back to her house and ate warm homemade biscuits smothered with chocolate gravy. • Cotton fields to me means home. #melissalewisart #lifeinthesouth
Doing some decorative wall painting this week. Y’all my arm is about to fall off, no lie! • BUT... I cannot wait to have some time with my artist brushes. I’ve got 2 commissions waiting on me to finish by the end of this month. • Check out my IG stories for glimpses on what cool finish we are painting on these bathroom walls 💕
In Asia, giving someone pink hydrangeas symbolizes that you are the beat to their heart.💗 • Tag someone who needs some hydrangea love today! • Also, she’s available for purchase!😉 #artforsalebyartist #melissalewisart
My son’s birthday was yesterday and it’s impossible for it not to remind me of God’s ways. Anyone who has every struggled with infertility knows the true desperation for God to provide a miracle. • God used Isa 55 as my promise that he would give me and my husband children. But here’s the thing... after getting this promise the years of waiting still continued. I had no clue HOW God would give us children but I prayed and even begged that He would make me pregnant. • Year after year, month after month...nothing happened. Bart told me several times but I really only got it once (because I didn’t want to hear it) “Melissa, God promised you a miracle. God never fails. BUT his version of a miracle may not be your version of a miracle.” But I really REALLY wanted this miracle to be me getting pregnant. • About 5 years after waiting... I had a moment where God told me... being a Mom isn’t about you. Being a Mom is about loving a child the way I love you and showing him My love through you. • 2 years later we were connected with a girl who was pregnant and looking for someone to adopt her baby. She agreed it would be us. Weeks before baby girl was due she up and left. We lost our girl. The grief was real. • 1 week later we met a young girl who was 6 months pregnant. She was looking for a family to adopt her baby. 2 and a half months later I was on my way to pick her up for a doctor appt and within hours we were at the hospital because she was in labor. I was the first to hold Brennan. Bart cut his cord. We took him home the next day. And God’s promised miracle finally happened in His way! And I wouldn’t want it any other way! • “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts and my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine...Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up. These events will bring great honor to the Lord’s name; they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.” #GodNEVERfails