Starting with a cardboard box, my young artist began to create a scene to illustrate one of the well-known poems we’ve read this week: “The Road Less Taken” by Robert Frost. She collected some twigs from outside and using some glue, added Flower-Soft to some of the small branches. She […]
Author: Scarlett
Starting A Memory Album
I love Knox so much. Losing him doesn’t seem possible… He had his first ear infection last week but he’s feeling better now. His intake went critically low, but he managed to stay hydrated and has managed to take in almost 11 ounces of Pediasure today on his own. I […]
More Wooden Spool Toys
These little spool toys are so much fun to make! And they are much easier now that I bought my first power tool–a Dremmel, along with an EZ544 cutting blade….zip!, right through the spool! Just like the first one I made, I used copyright free clip-art images to make match-up […]
String Pumpkins
Around this time of year, the young crafters I know are eager to make just about anything that resembles a pumpkin. We gathered orange embroidery thread, balloons, brushes, and whipped up a batch of paper mache paste (flour and water). They covered the balloons in paste and started wrapping string […]
Stamping With Celery
Have you ever stamped with celery? It’s an old trick, but in case you’ve never tried it, carefully cut off the stalks from a bunch of celery and you are left with a pretty rose stamp. Celery roses make pretty stationery. I stamped on vintage notebook paper and added […]
Knox turns 15 months
My little angel, Knox, turned 15 months last week. Yep, his hair is still as crazy as ever! We celebrated by driving to Morgan’s Wonderland in San Antonio. While we were there, we had the opportunity to meet an adorable little girl named Grace. Aren’t they sweet? They aren’t related, […]
Super Art Friday –Painting Sunflowers Like Van Gogh
My young artist and I have been learning about Vincent Van Gogh for the past 2 weeks. We used these books: Visiting Van Gogh from the Adventures in Art series by Prestel. I like it because it has large, full page pictures of his paintings. Camille and the Sunflowers by […]
Owls and Feathers ATCs
Owl stamp from Tattered Angels.
An Invitation to My New Blog!
The final switch-over is done! Unfortunately, I’ve been unable to carry over those of you who were following my blog through wordpress.com Hopefully, you’ve been re-directed here and I invite you to please sign up again if you would still like to follow my blog. It’s pretty cool having the […]