Each glass ornament is carefully hand painted in fine detail, signed and dated by the artist, Sheila Hull
I have always loved to draw and paint. From the time I was three years old, I would draw and paint on everything. My daddy always said that when he got ready to work on a construction project, he could never find a piece of wood or other building materials that had not been decorated by my drawing or painting. I would get in his shop and mix food coloring with house paint and start painting. My parents learned to look in my daddy's shop or in a corner when they couldn't find me and there I'd be with my paints or pencils or crayons.
It seemed that after I graduated and married that I no longer had time to draw or paint for many years. Shortly after my mother's death, my Baptist Young Women's group was raising money for the Lottie Moon Christmas offering and I was asked to provide an item for a silent auction. I dug out my paints, sat down on the floor in my garage and started painting a snowman on a clear glass ornament. I lost all track of time and felt like I had been on a mini refreshing vacation.
I donated the ornament and it seemed that everyone there wanted one...and so the ornament painting began. The next year others called interested in my handpainted ornaments. I prayed about starting a business. God spoke to me through a speaker at at Christian women's retreat giving me my answer loud and clear. And, six years later, He continues to reconfirm that answer.
Not only is my painting a pleasure, it is also a God given talent and blessing. Painting kept me sane after my mother's death and during my daddy's long illness and death. God has continued to bless me with new ideas and new business. I feel as though He has brought me full circle. This is my Gilgal!
