Creative Projects
Christmas Owls, Package Toppers
My old gray wool skirt. Style: outdated Size: outgrown I decided to cut it up and make package toppers. I had black and white toile scraps leftover from re-covering a chair, along with some assorted trims and vintage buttons. I cut out simple shapes for the bodies, wings, and front […]
The White Owl in the Belfry
Owls and poetry again! I drew this sketch to go along with Tennyson’s poem “The Owl”. With the holidays upon us, he had to have some festive adornment, of course. The Owl by Alfred Lord Tennyson When cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the […]
Kid’s Autumn Tree Pictures
With a stack of colorful marbled papers from the last post, my young artists were ready to make autumn leaves. Using a simple cardboard stencil we cut out colorful leaves from our papers. I gave them each a large piece of white cardboard and told them to make a background […]
Easy Paper Marbling for Kid’s Fall Foliage Projects
Maybe it’s because of the drought. Or maybe it’s because we didn’t fertilize last spring. Whatever the reason, the trees around our house still haven’t started turning colors yet and it’s almost Thanksgiving! I decided to let my young artist create some fall colors of her own to use in […]
“Cardinals in the Snow” Gift Jars
I’ve been using our left-over grape stems in a lot of projects lately. They make perfect little trees! Here’s one project I finished recently that I thought would make nice Christmas gifts. First, eat up all your grapes and trim the stem into a nice tree shape… Next, wrap brown […]
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 […]
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 […]
Whoo Loves Candy Corn?
I love this picture! My daughter surprised me by drawing this picture for me, featuring two of my favorite fall things: owls and candy corn. She always inspires me! I grabbed my sketch pad and tried to come up with some compositions of my own with owls munching on some […]