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A blog I recently discovered :  Talking to Volcano Another big favorite blog of mine:  Grrlscrap I’m having another giveaway of a book I no longer look through.  The book is:  Kaleidoscope: Ideas & Projects to Spark Your Creativity   If you are interested, post a comment here and then I will randomly choose a winner on Tuesday.  Sign up by MONDAY! Also a link to the blog that has linked to me and has given me the most traffic this … Read more… →

In honor of reaching 100 followers on this blog, which in my opinion is really darn cool, I’m going to do a series of giveaways.  In the spirit of sharing, decluttering and passing things on to good homes, please participate if you are interested in the giveaway offered.  As an art teacher, subscribing to magazines, purchasing books, receiving other people’s art books and always being on the look out for good sales, I end up with way more things than … Read more… →

I’m making a blank scrapbook for a gift.  This person is having twins, so I’m actually making two books.  It’s not for someone I know, but it is something my sister-in-law wants me to make for her to give as a gift.  Does that make sense?  Anyways, I’ve made these before as gifts and they are just the scrapbook pages without the photos.  Anywhere you see “pic” is where the pic would go.  I need to assemble them all in … Read more… →

Merry Christmas to you!!  I hope you all have a relaxing and laughter filled day.  Here is a picture of my two favorite people in the world… my husband Andrew and baby Daria.  We had a great, busy Christmas and now we are going to relax for a few days!  Three family parties, church, presents and lots of food. 

Yay, I love Christmas.  I’m not someone who likes to celebrate Christmas for two months with lights, decorations and music since Thanksgiving.  But on the actual party days with families, I have a lot of fun. I’m also very excited because I have 2 weeks off of teaching to spend time with my darling baby girl and also to spend some time making art.  Daria (who is 1 year and 2 months old) has started to become interested in coloring … Read more… →

I thought this shirt was so cute!!

These are some winter murals that we made this week.  I was inspired by the murals on Mr. E’s blog.

I saw this on someone else’s blog.  I will give a few shout outs.  First, to the blog that has given me the most traffic this week: Mary Making! Next, a shout out to a blog I really really love to read: Little Imperfections And finally, a fun photograph.  Here is my baby Daria and my dog Linus.  A photo captured at the perfect moment.