After I gave my BFF a pretty picture in a frame for her daughter’s room (you can find that here), she requested that I put my craftiness to work making art for each girl’s room as their Christmas presents. Naturally, I hated this suggestion, and couldn’t believe she’d ask such a favor…..yeah, right. The eldest of her angels is three, with the new bug being only six months… Continue Reading
Playing with Paint #2: Getting Suess-y
Here’s a dumb question: anyone NOT like Dr. Suess?? Yeah, didn’t think so. EVERYONE loves Dr. Suess, and why wouldn’t you? Theodore Suess Geisel is probably one of the greatest writers, thinkers, and men who ever lived – I adore him. So it’s not really any surprise that a haphazard painting experiment would turn into a Suess-a-bration. I painted a few times in high school, when I seriously considered myself… Continue Reading
Modgie Podgie Project #2: Canvas Shel Silverstein Poem Art
I am writing these blogs from inside a lion…. Okay, that might be a wee stretch of the truth…but no more ridiculous than the many wacky poems of one of my favorite children’s authors, Shel Silverstein! As a kid, I had most of these poems memorized….heck, I had most of his BOOKS memorized, cover to cover. I used to amuse my baby brother by reading them… Continue Reading
