I needed a break from my serious portrait study and decided to draw something fun! My daughter loved Angelina Ballerina when she was younger and we still have all the books. Helen Craig’s illustrations are so whimsical and full of detail. I got my small sketch pad and pencil and drew […]
Creative Projects
Learning to Draw Faces (that look human)
When I first started this blog almost a year ago, one of my main purposes was to keep track of my ongoing efforts to learn how to draw. If you’ve kept up with my posting much, you know there hasn’t been much drawing practice. Drawing takes so much effort! Taking pictures […]
Valentine’s Cards With Hand Drawn Birds
Hand-drawn Bird Valentine
I sketched 4 little birds in pencil, using a field guide for reference. Then I cut them out using an arch shape stencil I had. I cut one out as a heart since the arch didn’t fit around it. I decided to make the heart-shaped card first. Using […]
Wall Art with State Farm Logo
Isn’t this a cute truck? My 2 year old son would absolutely love this in his bedroom! Alas, it was intended for a loftier location. My father-in-law is a State Farm agent in Austin, TX and is in the process of updating his office decor. Here he is with his wonderful […]
Christmas Tags with Quilling
I made these two Christmas tags and added quilled strips to accent the stamped images. They have a really sophisticated look, but didn’t take much time. Looks like I need to glue that corner down a bit better! Two days until Christmas. Wow, this month has flown by. Happy Christmas Eve Eve, everyone!
Yellow Leaves
No, I don’t think we’ll be having a white Christmas. It may be a yellow one, though. Our ornamental pear trees have just now begun to turn bright yellow. They usually turn red in October and are completely bare by this time, but for some reason they have not changed […]
Die-Cut French Fry Boxes
I needed some pretty little treats to give to my lady friends who meet at the park every week, so I got out my die cut machine and made these. I wanted to show you some pics of how cute these little things turned out. I used my BigShot die cut […]
Chrismon Ornaments
I wanted this project to be very kid friendly, so I decided on salt dough for our chrismon ornaments. We whipped up a simple batch of salt dough using this recipe: 1 cup salt 1 cup water 2 cups flour (add a little more flour if it’s sticky) Just roll it out and […]