Hi! I am Diane Payne. I have always loved art and crafting. Twenty-one years ago, I sold my flower shop to be a stay at home Mom. As the years went by, I seemed to have some extra time on my hands. So I thought crafting would be a great way to supplement our income. My crafting has changed many times over the years and now for the past seven years or so, my husband, Randy, has joined me in the business.

We love to recycle. We like to find unusual or broken antiques to paint or re-use. Randy likes to decorated birdhouses with his “junk” to create unique and one of a kind pieces. Our son, Jesse, calls them Redneck Birdhouses. Randy often puts birdhouses on old chairs and garden tools to create beautiful garden decorations. I on the other hand, love to paint on antiques. I usually paint houses, or farm scenes on milk cans, irons, toasters, saws, tools, kerosene cans, or anything unusual. Lately, our newest creation is painting on window screens. It is actually a very old art dating back to the 1800’s in Baltimore, Maryland. My most common screens are flowers, but for the winter I love to paint snowmen. We do recycle old windows by taking out the glass and replacing with it screen. When the frames are in bad shape, Randy will salvage what he can and make his own frames.

You can find our artwork at the General Store in Leaskdale, at Country Crafts in Rosedale, and at the Classically Unique Shoppe in Shelburne. Can’t find what you want there? Feel free to call us and find out where our next show will be or come by and visit us at home.