Who is Cheryl Paton

I have a favorite teacher from Elementary School. She was the minister's wife of the church I attended. She already knew me, which was a big plus to a very shy person. Having her there as my teacher seemed to help me to blossom. I wish to give th...

I recently joined the Rocket Moms group on Squidoo. Our second weekly assignment was to write about a prized possession; to take a walk around the house and determine what was really valuable to you. I'm glad I took that walk. My first thought of wh...

Discover acrylic painting techniques to help you get your art looking the way that you would like. I've always liked art and color. However, it didn't necessarily come naturally when I wanted to create art myself. I also wanted to create art...

Artwork here is designed for you on wedding invitations and save the date postcards; birthday party invitations, postcards, and stamps; anniversary stamps; rsvp stamps; color in outlines on tee shirts; and more. Your designed artwork can be made to p...

Here you'll find affirmation art on stickers, wedding stamps, peace shirts, color in designs on tshirts and aprons, (The whole family can get in on this.) and more. There is a little something for everyone, and special requests are welcomed. Jus...

Here you'll find a variety of pointillism styles on aprons, bookmarks, bumper stickers, greeting cards, stamps, stickers, shirts, shoes, and ties. Pointillism is an art form that utilizes painting with dots. The dots can be uniform in size or not...

Discover acrylic painting techniques to help you get your art looking the way that you would like. I've always liked art and color. However, it didn't necessarily come naturally when I wanted to create art myself. I also wanted to create art...

Murals can be a fun way to brighten up a room, and/or to get lost in some scenery. They can take up a whole wall or a portion of the wall.

Choose from custom wedding stamps that say, I do, Our Wedding, RSVP, or personalize them with your names or initial. All the stamps here have been designed by artist, Cheryl Paton, and are made in association with Zazzle. Choose from blended backgro...

Flower Girls are so cute in the wedding, they can be cute and comfortable too. I enjoy creating designs for flower girl shoes; these custom Flower Girls shoes are manufactured by Keds, popular maker of sneakers. Have fun browsing at the selections,...

Many of us past brides have worn shoes that squenched our feet and pinched our toes just to be fashionable on our wedding day. Brides of this day and age have learned from our experiences and many have decided to dazzle up the proverbial tennis shoe...

Outline art is now available on Keds shoes to encourage young artists to help design and wear their own art. Designs include animal drawings, flowers and butterflies, food, and manmade things. May you find something that you and your young artist l...

Teens like adding their own creative touch to accessories. Choose from aprons, t-shirts, and shoes. The designs are preprinted outlines that teens can color or paint in with paint pens. Some designs have the teens name on them. Just let me know if yo...

This is the place where you can add a personal touch to your aprons. Color in apron designs include animals, transportation, shapes, and more. You can click on an apron, click customize, and add or change text. Once you have them, you can can have f...

A T-shirts to Color Party offers something for the kids to do that's special, that they can also take home with them, and enjoy for weeks and perhaps years to come. The pre-printed design is already there on the color in shirt. The kids can outl...

Here you'll find pre-printed outline designs on tee shirts, by CherylsArt on Zazzle, that can be colored in. Choose from simple drawing designs to for the beginner, to drawings with more flare for the more advanced. Tips and supplies to color in...

It's nice knowing some vegetable cooking tips. Tips can save time, improve flavor, improve shelf life time, and more. Here you'll find some tips on preparing, storing, and cooking vegetables.

One evening I was making vegetarian lasagna and wanted something more than some onions to mix in with the sauce. I know there are a lot of options available, but I hadn't thought about it ahead of time. So I opened up my refrigerator door to see...

My favorite recipes are now vegetarian recipes. I like the idea of being vegetarian; it a viable way for everyone to have enough food, and makes for happier animals too. We've tried some different vegetarian recipes over the years, and I'll...

Which vegetarian burger recipes are the best, from frozen to homemade? Which restaurants serve vegetarian burgers? Which vegetarian burgers in restaurants are the best? These are the questions that I'm finding answers for. Thanks for yo...

For clarity, this egg nutrition lens is about chicken eggs, the egg that most people eat. Is the egg a good vegetarian choice? Is the egg nutritional? How do you poach and egg? How do you make deviled eggs? These questions and more will be cover...

Affirmations are a way that many people use to help change their thinking. Proverbs is a chapter in the Bible that has lots of good instructions, however I decided that I'd like to have it said in a kinder and gentler way. My first attempt was Af...

Hi and welcome to Introduction to Affirmations. Using affirmations is something I've done to help me improve my own outlook and I share with you tips and ideas that I've found useful. Blessings. It's great seeing more people smile. :) H...

I have been using positive affirmations for years now, and share with you some tips that have helped me to become more positive. One might be thinking, why call them positive affirmations. Aren't affirmations suppose to be positive. Yes, the bes...

Here you'll find affirmations on various products, including tshirts, ties, postage stamps, magnets, buttons, mousepads, aprons, and more. You can browse around and click on any product of your choice to see more details, or visit www.zazzle.com/...

With friendly bumper stickers you can brighten someone's day, one car at a time. When sitting behind a car at the light, or when strolling through the parking lot at the mall, or wherever, it is nice to to read a friendly bumper sticker. Choose from...

I had built this cat climbing toy for our cats. We had wanted some cat furniture that was as high as the window that the cats could climb on, etc. We checked around for a climbing toy and most were either too high, or not quite stury/steady enough,...

Owning gerbils is fun, if you like fun, cute, and furry. Gerbils have little odor, are easy to take care of, and require little space. Our local pet store only sells male gerbils, to avoid accidental breeding. Both of our gerbils are boys. It's b...

I've always liked having pets and enourage pet friendly options. This is a place that supports and gives listings for pet/animal friendly products like clothes made in friendly ways, products that are tested without the use of animals, and places...

We've gotten various cat toys over the years, but by far, the Swat Track and Scratcher is the best. It's a winner for the cat and for her people! Sugar gets to bat the ball, we can bat it back if we want to play too, and no one has to go get...

I got my first cat and pet when I was two years old. I named her Sandy after my favorite cousin, whose name was Sandra. One of the funny things I remember about Sandy is when she ate a whole hot dog. She did that only once. Sandy was my friend and co...

Walking is one of the easiest exercises to do for getting into shape. With a few modifications; some kneee lifts, kicks, and side steps, and it also becomes more interesting, and the core of the walking routines by Leslie Sansone. I've tried var...

Yoga is a stretch for the body that also stretches the mind. Yoga movements, a series of postures that are usually held or done very slow, are coordinated with the breath. For example, as you inhale you slowly raise your arms, on the exhale you slow...

Literacy and phonetics go together. Although many words cannot be decoded using phonics alone, most words can. Knowing some common rules for letter sounds and common letter combinations is a big plus in sounding out new words, which is a big plus in...

Bookmarks are so neat, they help to say something about who you are, what you like to look at, the colors you identify with, in addition to keeping your place in your current read. Bookmarks can be bright and bold, delicate and intricate, subtle and...

One of the ways I taught my daughter to read, was to write down her own words; I took dictation. It's a fun way to make reading books; using family photos and such, and writing down our children's words. I started this whe...

Doing word puzzles can be a fun pastime and is also an enjoyable way to reinforce learning. Here you'll find some free word search puzzles, word jumble puzzles, and also some different types of word puzzles to purchase. May you have fun while y...

I've been off of HRT's (hormone replacement therapy) for over six years now; this is my story, I prefer to tell it in story form: A woman had a hysterectomy in her early 30's and had been on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for 12 plus...

I see better now than I have in years, and I did it naturally. I had wanted to improve my vision naturally and saw an ad in the local newspaper for improving one's vision with eye exercises, not with surgery or bi-focals. I was sold. It was just...

May you have pleasant sleep. We have been sleeping on an air mattress for over ten years now. By far, it is the best consistent mattress that we have slept on. We have one with dual controls, so each side is easily filled to individual choice. It off...

Looking for some comfortable shoes for narrow feet? Perhaps I'll save you some steps. : ) My new favorite shoes are pictured on the left. The closest style I found on Amazon for them is: Women's Merrell Chameleon Arc Stretch I do wear mine...

Many of us past brides have worn shoes that squenched our feet and pinched our toes just to be fashionable on our wedding day. Brides of this day and age have learned from our experiences and many have decided to dazzle up the proverbial tennis shoe...

I went shopping with my husband and he came across some bamboo towels. Wow, we thought, bamboo in towels. They felt soft and were absorbant too; we decided to buy some. We tried them out and loved them so much, we went back for more. Bamboo is a tree...

Clothes should feel good and look good, including maternity clothes. Willie Udagawa, founder of the Lauren Kiyomi maternity clothing line, wanted to fulfill both cute and practical for moms to be. Her knit tops and dresses can also serve as breast fe...

This is a photo of my daughter when she was younger, joining in with the flowers. I've created this Enviro kids lens is to help promote environmentally friendly ideas, so that our kids shall have a better world and future generations too.

I like to be animal friendly as much as possible. I know that there are vegan shoes and vegan purses, so I figured that there should also be vegan footballs. Low and behold, there are. I found out that there is a place on the web called The Vegan Sto...

My criteria for movies, is that they leave me feeling good and/or has given me great moments of laughter.  My latest entertaining feel good movie is Whip It, directed by Drew Barrymore. Many good feelings and laughter to you! My Big Fat Greek...

Here you'll find canvas bags of different shapes and sizes with various fun designs on them, and some just plain. Using canvas bags cuts down on using plastic bags, which helps our oceans to be more habitable for ocean life. They're also more...

Peace and blessings to you. I love you. Peace begins with me. Peace begins with you. Peace begins within each and everyone of us, whether it's just choosing to feel more peaceful towards ourselves, our neighbors, our friends and relatives, or the...

Apples, one of my favorite fruits, comes in shades of green, yellow, and red, and sometimes a mix of orange, and is especially good with peanut butter or in an apple crumb pie. Beautiful and versatile. And yet, sometimes an apple is not an apple. : )...

I didn't really know what to call them, or how to explain them, but I read another fellow Rocket Mom's lens, and she referred to such as mystic experiences. I still wasn't quite sure if that term fit for me, so I looked it up in a diction...

Can you imagine turkeys having a Thanksgiving? What would they say? "Ha! I made it through another year!" "No, no, no, not on anyone's plate! I won't do that for love!" What would you have them say? Come join in the fu...

It's fun receiving and giving Thinking of you cards. Here you'll find whimsical Thinking of you cards to serious ones, with matching postage stamps too!

The picture to the left is of our cat Susie giving Sugar a kiss. Nothing says love like a kiss from a person or animal that is spontaneous and unconditional; that says, I love you. Below are Kiss videos that I could feel the love in; may you feel th...

I recently joined the Rocket Moms group on Squidoo. Our second weekly assignment was to write about a prized possession; to take a walk around the house and determine what was really valuable to you. I'm glad I took that walk. My first thought of wh...

Have you ever used a rhyme or a short saying to help improve your mood, or even to find something? I have. Sometimes I use rhymes, they can make it more fun to say. They are also known as jingles, and don't always have to rhyme. Sometimes I use...

Have you seen CherylsArt on the web? The positive feel good art showcased on many Squidoo lenses and purchased online at Zazzle. Would you like to write some captions for CherylsArt? Just come on in, and caption away. Funny or serious; both are wel...

Yes, you can sell designs from Zazzle, on Squidoo, without having to be an artist yourself. Whoever's artwork you sell, will receive their commission, and you can receive the referral fee(s) when they follow your link. To begin with you will nee...