All year Christina (aka Snister – my sister) has been encouraging me to paint rocks. Esmann Island, where my family has cabins on the Mississippi River in Guttenberg, Iowa, has a rock hiding group and she and her kids and our mom were super into it.

But I’m stubborn and not as artistic as my sister and mom so I kept telling her I wouldn’t enjoy it and it would just frustrate me and blah blah blah.

And here we are – I’ve spent all my free time after work this week painting rocks. Ha. It’s addictive and I’ve cut way back on my reading and productive habits (er… cleaning…).

So Christina was right!

A few things!

  1. I hid my first rock yesterday and posted it in the local Facebook rock hiding group. One person went to the rock drop location twice to try to find it and I felt bad they didn’t! But then I felt so much joy this morning when I saw this posted. It makes me so happy someone liked it enough to take home and keep! And I plan to paint more like this so maybe that other person will have another chance.
  2. My acrylic paint pens arrived and they’re AMAZING for detailed work! Yay yay yay!
  3. Using the pens, I was able to fix the snowman whose arms and hat disappeared when I covered him in glossy sealant (and this penguin just happens to be in the picture with him. I used regular paint for his body, and paint pens for his eyes, nose, and feet).
  4. I hid another rock this am and am doing a huge rock drop tomorrow with friends. Excite!!!
  5. All my designs are copied… er, inspired, by ones I see on the internet.