Bob sent a gift to “the girls” (Kay, Karen & Kris) for our trip last week. It was very cool! You can order wine with your dog’s picture on it. Great gift idea.
Thanks Bob!
Category Archives: Creative
Photoshop…
In January I will finally take a class in Photoshop. This is a program that alters/fixes pictures. I have been learning “actions” which are many steps in 1 click for us “dumb” people but have one I really like. I would like to redo the pictures in mom’s bedroom and Kevin’s house with this new technique- what do you think?
Normal:
Colorized:
It still has a sepia tone but with a slight hint of color.
Sepia Tone:
Snow Play dough…
1 Cup Flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tbsp oil
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 cup water
food coloring
Heat the oil in a pot. Remove from the heat and add food coloring and water. Stir in all other ingredients. Continue to cook over low heat until mixture is firm, about 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat, and set clay mixture on wax paper to cool. After it was cooled, mix in silver glitter. Store in an airtight container
Creative group…
Last night our creative group met, here is a picture of my “recycled” (recycled the paper) art project. Since the group members all had a part of the past Peace Festivals- a Peace theme seemed appropriate. We also worked on dorodango or mud balls! I hope mine looks like this when I get done.
We had a homemade pizza, peace cake and tartufo (tartufo is an Italian ice cream dessert that is scooped into balls and covered with chocolate), it looked like a mud ball! We also watched 1000 journals, which will be our next project. This is where I got the idea to do our family journal- where is it now?
It was a good night- good food, good fun, good friends!
Get Creative…
I met with some friends last night and we meet regularly to participate in creative activities. This month’s- with no boundaries- make cards for everyone in the group and mail them to each person within the next month. I liked this idea a lot and though maybe we could do it with our family- think how fun to create a card- then think how fun to receive mail! If you want to participate- reply in comments with a “yes” and we can send out to the people who want to do this. Let’s have some fun! Picture above is one I have in my journal where I putz around, can you guess who it is?
A Few Halloweenie Decorations That Won’t Break the Bank
I know Halloween is tomorrow, but people have been asking about the decorations for this year’s Halloween and I thought I would post a few low cost ideas I used this year. Some are Martha ideas and I have included the links.
The bats I have done in previous years, but the idea was renewed when I saw the idea in Martha’s magazine. I used her template (you can find here) and cut them out of black cardstock, then tied fishing line to them. I tied the other end to paper clips and then hung them in places around the house, like in the doorway shown, above my kitchen sink, and on the lights near the bathroom and in the living room. They are just so cute and wave a little in the breeze.
And these curtains are one of my favs and really set the scene… we also put two in David’s office. Again, these were a Target buy a few years back that I got for 50%… I don’t pay full price for anything because you can find almost everything the day after Halloween at 50% off or you can use a coupon! BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN MAKE THESE SO EASY! I have two options for you… one is a Martha Stewart idea using black garbage bags… yes, GARBAGE BAGS (go here)! You can cut them open or leave them as is for a double layer and just cut strips into them… then pull them and you get interesting, scraggly shapes that mimic these curtains. OR, if you are a sewer (and you really don’t even have to be) you can get black fabric, cut a starting point and then rip up so you get the shreds. You can even use a stapler to make the seam to slide onto your rod (no need to be fancy). You can also go the cheesecloth route which look like spiderwebs or just old ratty fabric, which my mom did (go here for Martha tutorial). Martha even has some made out of black paper/cardstock (go here) and crepe paper (go here)! Seriously, get creative and don’t spend a lot of money. I only got these because they were cheap after the season.
And my monsters on the wall were a bigger hit than I even could have imagined. I have three frames that hang in my dining room with tomato prints (usually)… I decided to cover those up with some monster prints in black and white. I found Frankenstein, Dracula, and a Werewolf online, turned them black and white, and printed them on cardstock to hang in the frames. You can go download them in my FlickR.
I have many more ideas posted on my website, including using bedsheets for tablecloths and furniture covers, buying and tearing cheesecloth and more, so if you are interested go check them out…
26 things again…
Farley wants to do “26 things” again. Now that summer is here, hopefully people will have more time and join in. To make it a little easier- I am altering the game and making a list of 12- so go shoot a dozen pics! Then remember to come back and post (or mail to me) and we can compare pictures- that’s the fun of it.
Here is the list:
turn, label, wheels, silence, mess, always,
graffiti, juicy, logo, on the horizon, yawn, bump
Peace Festival Page…
We are doing a scrapbook for our principal as a going away gift- I had the Peace Festival. Here is the page I did (picture not the best).
A scrapbooker is born…
“A moment lasts all of that second, but the memory lives on forever.”
Yes Kay, you have it in you and with a subject like Delaney- you can’t go wrong!
Our PROFESSIONAL Scrapbooker…
Now that she will be working at a scrapbook store- I think we will see many new layouts by Erin.