More completed Styrofoam heart fun!

Many of you might remember my instagram pic of the top one.  Maddy got in on the fun and helped with the second, and she made some of her own too.  They are really fun, and if you are beginning to figure me out, I love using landfill in every way possible.

All you do here, is take a piece of cardboard for your base.  Yay!  Then gesso, and paint as you wish.  From a large cup, we cut out heart shapes.  Glue down, and then weigh down with heavy books until dry.  Styrofoam likes to pop back up!  Then, tear or cut, little shapes from left over pieces of styrofoam, and glue down again.  Then pour in your gel medium, or mod podge works great, and paint and glitter to your hearts content!  I stamped the board and edged with watercolor crayons and water!

So, if you must get styrofoam, and it does seem to happen more than I care to admit, then make some fun stuff out of it.  Remember those ice cream cones.  I made them in the same way.  You can see them HERE!!!  Happy creating!!!

Mini Photo Shoot Failure

The funny thing about working with three kids (your own three kids), one of which is really young, one of which is really not wanting to take pictures, and one perfect model is that no matter what, you're not going to get what you want.  So I had this brilliant idea to do an impromptu shoot after school, before sun down, and being that is was a nice wintery day, not freezing!!! ...I thought we could pull it off.  Ha!  So, the little old abandoned barn I eye almost daily on a quiet street was suddenly a speedway during traffic time!  The barn was crazy close to a street with no side walks, the kids weary, I finally said heck no, this is not worth the risk.  Ok, we will find some brick wall really quick.  Moan...groan... "Ugh, Mama, I am totally coming off a candy rush.  I am crashing!!!" Oh geez!  Well, too bad because all I want for Valentine's Day is a little foto shoot!  "Ok, Ok.  Maddy, I need some of your candy to wake up!"  "I want CANDY!!!" screams toddler.  UGH...

After too much of this, and finding nowhere possible, we drive home.  URG.  So the threesome sit on the ugly step in front of our ugly door, and... I got one picture.  Ha, I am not really content with this in many ways, but I'll take it.  It was starting to get way too cold to bother.  As the kids run in I yell, You know we're totally doing this again!  ...we know we know is all I hear as they slam the garage door.  Ah me.

Heart and Stuff

This is today.  Pretty simple.  A bit tiring.  Paige needs something more to do. I am going to bribe the girls this evening for a mini photo shoot.  It may happen, and if it does, I will be happy with today.  If not, it is just another day and that's ok with me too.  Hubs works all day, and work is a blessing at this point.  I really have never cared for the big V day, but little treats here and there are a fun too!

I yes, I have officially blown my awesome eating for the day.  Hubs did bring me my fav treat and I ate three!  Oopsy!

Two Girls, Two Journals, One Week!

 

 Do you remember this phone shot? I posted it not too long back.  I had a date with myself at Barnes and Noble and got my fav soy latte and grabbed Artful Journaling and I was very happy.  I posted this pic and that Darling Kristin, you know her... Kristin aka Twinkle Twinkle was like oh my goodness, I went on an alone date that same day to Barnes and Noble and got a drink that looked just like yours and grabbed the same magazine.  Well, of course you did!  So we decided to give artful journaling a try.  Given our busy lives, we agreed on a one week art journal that we would do at the same time, and then see come together one week later and share what we came up with. Fun, right?  ...here is my One Week of artful journaling!

and now you must go visit Kristin to see her gorgeous journal.  You know hers is gorgeous right.  She is very gorgeous, and I am very very messy indeed!  Isn't fun to see what two people did with one concept, we both wrote a lot about parenting and love, and what totally different books we made!

oh, and my book was made from a J Crew catalogue.  Pages glued together, gessoed, and then loved!

I wish I were here today.

Everyone was so happy.  What is it about the beach, the ocean, messy sand? I need to have a day that feels like this soon.  This is what life is all about! Feeling this much joy.

This week in art!

I am working on a very special little, or rather huge (size is all relative isn't it?), project this week.  I am getting closer to its completion and cannot wait to share the specifics.  But for now... some peaks!!!

Happy Sunday!

oh, one more. A full spread.  I love how the layers are peaking out from underneath.

Some cardboard, cups, glue, and paint!

oh, and some ink too!!!