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DIY Printable Tattoos
YOU GUYS!! Did you know you could make your own temporary tattoos from doodles you already HAD?!? …Okay, well I didn’t. But I experimented with them, and here’s how it went down. First off, I’ll...
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Happy Heart Day, Sucka!
I’ll be honest with you, here. Shhhhhhh—-lean in a little bit; I’ll whisper it to you: ….I don’t really like Valentine’s day. Not even a little bit. Maybe it’s because I was always the “new kid”...
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I love BUGS.
Yes, I love bugs. Insects. Beetles. Whatever. Well, mainly, I really love the IDEA of bugs, and I love LOOKING at bugs. (It’s a whole other story when they’re actually touching me.) I don’t like...
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Playing with Mermaids
Inspiration comes in strange places. With the excitement of Austin Wizard Con looming, I have been playing with all kinds of ideas for the table display and the idea of little knick-knacks to show....
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Monster Kittens
In my ongoing experiments with sculpting, molding, and resin casting (like this one), I wanted to try out a more functional use for resin casts….Could I maybe make some kind of doll with a resin-cast...
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Valentines, Shmalentines.
I think about this time last year, I mentioned my distaste for Valentines Day. But having a kid always gives you a chance to find a new appreciation for things you might not have even liked before. I...
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Playing With Dolls
It all started with a Blythe doll…. Not too long ago, I was introduced to the crazy world of dolls when a friend traded me a Blythe doll in exchange for some artwork. She had warned me I may become...
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The Super Builders
One rainy day, after watching a few too many episodes of the Amazon show “Annedroids” , Myla said, “I want to build something! I want to be an inventor. Hey mom, can we build stuff out of other...
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The Obscure Backpack
Last year, before the beginning of preschool, we performed the ritual of Gathering New School Supplies. I know getting new school supplies is fun, but the most fun (probably for me) is getting a new...
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Inkin’ it Up Together
Kid time is the BEST time for messes… And putting pink in your hair if you want to (like Myla asked to do when she was 3 or 4). And drawing on yourself! Sadly, Myla’s school doesn’t allow for crazy...
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This Is Halloween
It’s nearly Halloween! If you’re like me, and you’re horrible at decorating for anything but Christmas (I mean if you put a bunch of stuff UP, you have to take it DOWN, right??), I thought I’d share...
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Dad’s Garden Train Hogwarts
My sister and I grew up in a pretty artistic family. My mom and dad both paint and have always been very creative. So today, I thought I’d share a little project of my dad’s…. I learned to paint and...
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Crazy Doll Lady
It’s been awhile since I posted about playing with dolls… Back then, I was customizing a Blythe and some Monster High dolls, along with “tattooing” some blank bodies that my friend Aletta (from...
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Bird Nests and Trust
When our daughter was a baby, she had a lovely little mess of curls on top of her head that I lovingly referred to as her bird’s nest. I drew pictures of it. I made photo collages of it (complete...
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Thimbletack!
Last week, Myla’s school celebrated reading week. Myla never misses an opportunity to wear any kind of costume to school, and when the day came to “dress as your favorite book character,” she...
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Art and Audiobooks
This past week, the daughter and I visited family for Spring Break, part of which included an 8-hour drive. Myla’s a great traveler, though, and can entertain herself for hours with a sketchbook,...
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Awesome Art Day!
We’re at a countdown in school to the last day–and at our school, they’re doing an alphabet a day all the way until Z for Zip up and go home! The countdown started this past Wednesday with Awesome...
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Fun Little Nature Project
It’s been a busy week, trying to keep up with the world…sometimes it’s nice to just step away and do an easy, fun little thing with the kid. My mother’s day weekend was spent with a large group of...
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How to Draw for Real
Most of the time, our 6-year old is very happy with her art style. She draws as well as builds 3D sculpture creature things out of paper and tape. But the other day, she said, “I want to draw for...
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Patch it Up
Remember in our summer post, how I said Myla and I were collecting patches to put on our patch jackets? Well, we decided to make our own larger patches for the back! It’s easy: We took some off-white...
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