Wednesday, July 20, 2011

tooth fairy box



I made a little girls tooth fairy box.  I painted a fairy sleeping on the top of the box and glittered her wings.  It's just the right size with two compartments inside.  One to hold the tooth and the other a little letter for the tooth fairy and a place to leave the money.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Creative Junking

Well, have had a sick kid, so not much new created.  Did get a chance to do some junk shopping today.  Found some cool old bottles and thinking could make some neat art projects with them.  Maybe message in a bottle or something with soldered crosses on them.  My mind is in create mode, even if I am sitting on the couch with my sick boy. 

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Garden Chair After Photo

Here it is all painted up.  I put ten lady bugs throughout the chair for the kids to seek and find.  It was a lot of fun painting this chair.  I love it when someone gives  you free liberty to create something.  I cant wait to hear how the kids like it when school starts back up. 

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Garden Chair?

A kindergarten teacher brought me this chair to tranform into a fun art piece for  her room.  She has a garden theme in her classroom.  Here is the chair before the transformation.


Monday, July 11, 2011

Table Grace

When my kids were little we had a big glass jar.  One day we sat down together and I helped them write the names of all the people that were in our life.  Our family, our grandparents, relatives, their friends, teachers, school principle, our minister, youth pastor, sunday school teachers and the president of the United States.  We put all these slips of paper in our jar.  Every night at dinner, we would bring out the jar and whoevers turn it was to say grace got to pick out a name.  They were to include them in their prayer.  Before we started our prayer jar, the kids would usually recite from memory a simple prayer with little thought.  After we introduced the prayer jar, they were actually thinking about what they were saying.  Something else amazing happened.  We all paid more attention to the lives of the people we were praying for.  We became much closer in our relationships with them.  Sometimes a name was drawn two nights in a row.  At first the kids wanted to put it back and redraw.  But then we came to feel like they needed extra prayers.  It was a great way to teach my children to pray for others needs, and to pay attention to those close to us.  My youngest daughter whenever she sees a jar like "our prayer jar", she always says "hey remember our jar"!  I created this box to inspire others to continue the tradition of the family prayer jar.  You can purchase one from my etsy store, or order one with your kitchen colors and theme from me.  I hope I have inspired you.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Encouragement/Affirmation Box

"I am enough".  I designed this box as a simple reminder for my daughter that God loves you just the way you are, not for what you have done or what you will become.  I get so tired of the media telling girls/women, that we need to be perfect.  We need to be a certain way to be loved.  We are all his beautiful and perfect masterpiece, and we are enough just the way we are!

New Adventures, New beginnings!

Hi Everyone,
I have decided to embark on a new adventure!  Writting a blog.  I am a little nervous about starting this relationship, so to speak, as my plate feels pretty full.  Im a single mother of five wonderful kids.  I have two dogs, a desert turtle, my son has an aquarium of fish, and my daughter a guinnea pig.  I am an artist and musician.  Where will I find the time to add one more thing?  But being creative is my passion.  It sustains me when times get tough.  I could not exsist without creating.  I am excited to connect with other artists and creative souls, share stories, share inspiration and encouragement.  Well...... here goes.......