July 19, 2010
Art day with Kelvie
She made a tote out of a old rag rug and it was so much fun. She saw a picture of a recycled bag and loved the idea that everything was found our reused. We went through old scrapes of fabric old buttons and yarn, what a fun project.
The 1st project she made was mixed media art. She wanted to use butterflies and the colors she liked were the greens and blues so that was our start. Look what she made!!! What a great job.
My nieces are so much fun. I love all kinds of art and sewing projects with all of them.
December 1, 2009
On Friday after Thanksgiving Taylor ask me to help her make a collage for her Dad for Christmas. They had been to the Paul McCartney concert and she thought it would be fun to make him something with all the memorabilia she had collected. Laina thught it would be fun, as long as her cousin was making one she would too. We all had a lot of fun and I think both projects turned out great. The girls did a wonderful job.
June 23, 2009
I made a mixed media collage for my Daddy for Fathers Day.
The 1st picture is after I had put together what Iwas going to use and had it ready for paint. I used a stretched canvas for this project.
I used a letter my Father had mailed to his family when in the navy, a news paper clipping from 1954 about the Kearsage ( the ship he was on) and some post marks from letters he had mailed home ( one from the Kearsage). Then I painted and decorated the canvas. After I finished I rapped some leather around one end and did some lacing or knots on the leather. I am very happy with the results, I wish the photos would have turned out better but you can get an idea of what it looks like.
The girls each made there own art on our project day. They both did a great job.
April 23, 2009
KU / K -State Honor Banquet Photos
first: Laina and second: Laina with her Mom and Dad. I took some other pictures but they didn’t turn out. So you don’t get to see Steven and I with Laina or the other kids in Laina’s class. We are proud of her! We are proud of all our nieces and nephew. Nico will graduate from high school on May 9th and Taylor from College on May 16th. It’ a big year!
A new bracelet I made last night. I really like the ruby quartz, they are a pretty red color and reds are so hard to find.
