Sketchbook

As I have mentioned in a previous post I signed up for the Art House Co op Sketchbook Project this year. My theme was " a record year for rainfall". This sketchbook traveled with me to Seattle and back but mostly I used this book for testing out collage ideas and playing with pattern. These images above and below are a selection of some of the pages.

The sketchbooks will go on a tour and I think that that is the coolest part of the whole project. The fact that my sketchbook gets to see places and meet people I may never get the chance to see or meet!

Pee Wee HERMAN

Growing up I was so in love with Pee Wee's Playhouse. I had the toy Playhouse, the talking Pee Wee doll and even today I still love the show and all the characters. So when my Man got tickets to the musical I was super excited to go. I was not disappointed, it was hilarious and so imaginative! Don't worry if you missed it though, rumor is there making it into a TV special! It is a definite must see!

EARMUFFS

A friend and I made these cute animal earmuffs, which is such a fun and easy project to do and is perfect for this time of year! I decided to do the flamingo because I was inspired by the Hot pink color ear muffs I found (my niece loves pink).

The Supplies:
Fuzzy ear muffs (there is a wide range of price, variety and color and any fuzz ones will do)
Fabric glue
Kids craft foam sheets
Felt (all colors)
Googly eyes
An assortment of ribbons, jewels, pom poms, feathers (whatever you might want to use to decorate your creature)

The Process:
It's really as simple as deciding what creature/animal you would like to do, cutting out the various features in foam or felt, gluing it on and decorating with googly eyes, ribbons, etc.
My flamingo is a very simple design. I cut a beak and eye shapes out of craft foam sheets. Then I glued a googly eyes on top of each of the eye shaped foam pieces,and glued my beak pieces together. Then all the pieces were glued on each ear muff and voila, the cutest tropical earmuffs ever!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Above are photos of our (newly painted) chalkboard bathroom walls done up in a festive New Year's Eve theme me and my beau came up with! I still have some touch ups to do seeing as I hastily painted the walls the night before a family Christmas get together. Nothing like having family come over to get you to finish jobs you have been putting off ;). I am so looking forward to using these walls, decking them out for every future event!