Back To School... Pre-school That Is!

Once again what I have been ready to create has lined up with not one but several art challenges.  Sis sent me the cutest photos of Little Bird and Little Hoss leaving for their first day of pre-school.  (It’s Bird’s second year and Hoss’ very first). 

 

Wanting to show case the photos, I was inspired by Crafting for All Seasons (back to school), Shopping Our Stash (school), Inspiration Avenue (what brings you joy), and Our Creative Corner (forgotten things).  My forgotten stash in this case was a pile of rulers and yardsticks I found while working in the shed.

 

And with a bit of gluing, I now have a display that I can easily change out year after year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

 

http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/

And Now a Multi-Talented Fish!

 

I really enjoy the challenge of combing prompts from the various creative blogs I follow.  This week there was "fish" from "Take A Word" and "Words" from Inspiration Avenue and the color prompt of "Candy Apple Red and Yellow" at Summer of Colors. 

 

 

 

http://twinkletwinklelikeastar.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-summer-of-color-week-five.html

 

 

http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/2013/07/weekly-challenge-july-8-words.html

 

 

http://takeaword.blogspot.com/2013/07/take-word-challenge-fish.html

 

Counting My Blessings

In doing my project for today, I had the fun of combining two challenges – “blessings” from Inspiration Avenue and “numbers” from Opus Gluei. 

 

 

Counting My Blessings

 

I started with a wooden box and used a decoupage mix to adhere various numbers I clipped from some scrapbook paper out of my stash.  I inserted a piece of Styrofoam into the box, coming about halfway up.  I then topped it off with some coffee beans from our trip to Tanzania.

 

The picture holders are hand-coiled from some 20g steel wire… except for the red heart; that was from the bouquet Himself sent me for Valentines.

 

The photos are the largest blessings in my life.  The top one represents Himself and my faith in Jesus.  Lower and encircling that are three photos of my family.  Then my home is on the left.  To the far right is a photo that represents the travel I’ve been blessed to do (that photo was taken on St Andrews golf course in Scotland).  And the final photo is me with the babies… becoming an Auntie is a wonderful blessing.

 

 

 

 

http://creativeeveryday.com/creativeeveryday/2012/11/art-every-day-month-check-in-day-10-3.html

 

 

http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/

 

 

http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/

Mandala #1

I’ve always liked mandalas but I’ve never tried to draw one.  So the mandala challenge at Inspiration Avenue was just the push I needed to give it a try.  It’s been a very busy week and I have company arriving in a few MINUTES… so I haven’t had time to actually study them and if there is a ‘proper’ way to make one. 

 

So…here is my first attempt!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://creativeeveryday.com/

 

http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/2012/10/meditation-and-mandalas.html