This week’s theme over at I Heart Faces is “Yellow”. Each photo entered must have a face and the color yellow somewhere in the photo. I think this one fits the guidelines pretty well. I took this shot of my daughter last Fall when all of our ornamental pear trees […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Photo of the Week–“Drawing Practice”
Here’s a photo I took last week when my daughter was drawing the roses. I didn’t include it in the post because I wanted to spend a little time editing it. It was my personal favorite of the bunch. I was trying to follow the Rule of Thirds for this one: […]
The Met’s “Museum” Books for Children
Here are some more art books that our family has enjoyed together. The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers some great art appreciation books for young children. My daughters loved them from about ages 3-6. The Met offers one called “Museum Colors” now, as well. You can see more info on the […]
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 […]
“How Artists See…”-Art Appreciation for Young Children
If you love sharing art with your children like I do, you’ll love the “How Artists See…” series by Colleen Carroll. I started going through “How Artists See Animals” this Spring with my 2nd grader. The layout is simple and easy to follow: picture of a piece of art […]
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 […]
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 […]