Author: Scarlett

Photography

Photos–“Little Miss Fairfax”

Here is my sweet Little Miss Fairfax.  She is wearing a lovely Regency style dress that I had custom made for her 8th birthday. If you are interested in having a beautiful dress like this made contact Wendy at… http://stores.ebay.com/Wendys-Doll-Closet My daughter made several comments about wanting a dress “like Jane Fairfax wears […]

ATCs, Mixed-Media Art

Artist Trading Cards

I love ATCs !  ATCs are small works of original art that artists make and trade.  When I first saw them they were being made using playing cards.  Here’s one of the very first ATC’s I ever made… I thought you were supposed to keep the general appearance of the […]

Art With Children

Drawing the Roses

After a grueling week of speech preparation and competition, I was ready to get back to quiet activities at home. My daughter was recently given these lovely roses by her grandfather.  We don’t have fresh flowers around the house often, so whenever we do have them, we use them for drawing practice […]

Art With Children, Drawings

A Birthday Menu

   I sat down with my daughter to plan her birthday menu. In our family, getting to eat your favorite things on your birthday is part of the celebration.  She came up with all of her favorite foods (including a trip to Souper Salad with a girl- friend from church) and then I wrote it on […]

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Hatching Day!

Just a quick post to show you that our baby birds on the porch hatched! We happened to check on them at just the right time.  It looks like only 3 out of 5 made it, but it was very exciting for the kids to see them hatching. I know […]