After going through phase one of my unplanned journey, I was ready to start doing creative activities again. My sisters came for a visit and since we like to do creative things every time we get together, I planned a … Continue reading
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I love learning new skills but my tendency is to just try to figure it out on my own. That’s fine much of the time, but I know I am missing out on skills and techniques that others have already … Continue reading
June is not giving us a chance to ease into summer this year. It seems to only have one thermometer setting—HOT! In order to keep the house a little cooler and not have the air running constantly, I keep the … Continue reading
Kids love to cut and paste. Recently Miss Tickles was visiting for the afternoon and wanted to make something. With some old magazines, scissors, paste, and paper, she had a wonderful time creating collages. I didn’t want to be left out … Continue reading
Usually I want to have an image in my mind or a picture or object in front of me before starting a painting or drawing. Sometimes it can be fun to make a background and see where that background leads … Continue reading
If you’ve been reading our posts for a long time, you will know that I have greatly desired to learn to watercolor. The medium of watercolor is fascinating to me. One reason it intrigues me is because when it is done … Continue reading
Daisies are my favorite flowers. My wedding bouquet was filled with daisies and every spring when the wild daisies bloom on our roadsides my heart smiles. Flowers with a similar look to daisies fall into that favored category as well. A couple years ago I took … Continue reading
The wonderful historic city of Savannah, GA is a place my mom,sisters, and I will always remember with fondness. One of many stories we heard about on our visit a few years ago was of “The Waving Girl”. A young lady … Continue reading
In keeping with the theme, Travel Journaling, for the month of June in the Documented Life Project, I used my trip to Kansas as inspiration for the art challenge of “recording memories”. The journal prompt for that week was “taking … Continue reading
The theme for the month of June in the Documented Life Project was “Travel Journaling” and the first art challenge was illustrative art journaling. I had no trips planned in the month of June and figured I would just use … Continue reading