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I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for. ~Georgia O'Keeffe Last year, I posted an old calendar I turned into a scrapbook .  Prior to that, TC was already using another old desktop calendar from 2003 as her art journal.  Here's just some of her entries. This is a page from the calendar itself.  Gorgeous work by Monet. Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~Twyla Tharp  But why would she want to run away from home? Maybe from her sometimes annoying sibs? =.) Painting is silent poetry. ~Plutarch, Moralia  Collage: Found objects from her desk  She saved some of her Giants tickets from her dates with her Daddy.  Collage: What she learned in church  Pastel (such a messy medium) Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat de...

“Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.” ~Earl Nightingale Here's a real flouncy addition using wild scraps from my daughter's 2 year-old (now 11) Jungle Party.  This pair is a hit at her school.  She wears it practically every other day. The fabric scraps from the pillow covers (see behind pants) and to cover another sofa did just fine for this pair of jeans. My eldest daughter embroidered this when she was 10 years old, but she outgrew the jeans.  Solution: cut it off and sew it in as an extension to another pair.  Works great! I'll post more later.   For now, have fun extending your creativity...

A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase.   - Mark  Twain One of my favorite things to do is chain stitching. It's so easy and so portable. I can bring this project anywhere. I don't do it as much since I got into knitting (scarves--that's all I can do) but embroidery on baby onesies are even easier. I've recently just pick it up again. Here, I chain stitched the baby's initial. Done in less than half an hour if you're not distracted.   My 13 year-old artist drew me an owl that I resized and printed on iron-on transfer paper and it looked even sweeter on the shirt than on paper. They make perfect gifts.  Later when they outgrow the shirts, you can cut the images and use them as appliqué for a bigger shirt. Another set of baby onesies: J & Heart This one is for a little baby boy named Valentino. Because Valentine's Day was around the corner, I had a play of image with his name. What do you think? So, so simple and so fun. So go a...