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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...

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat. ~Henry David Thoreau One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is. ~Erma Bombeck You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul. ~Charles de Gaulle If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat. ~George Bernard Shaw My eldest knitted this hat for one of her friends, then embellished it with rosettes made out of felt and buttons. It looked really cute.  Check out her other creations here .

My daughter custom-made something for a friend name whose name begins with the letter "C" who happens to love to play the guitar.  We emulated the "C" chord on a t-shirt. Materials: lace, buttons, beads This is how I play my "C" chord with 3 & 4 "fingers" (But mistakenly reversed here. Oh well.)   "C" is for creative, cute, chatty, competent Christine.

Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example...in what you say, in the way you live, in your LOVE , your faith, and your purity. ~1 Timothy 4:12 My girls made these shaved-crayon-ironed-between-wax-paper hearts when they were much younger and I'm finally doing something with them.  I've been saving it for much too long.   Delia Creates '  recent post just gave me the brilliant idea.  They are now "floating" in our living room.  And I intend to keep it up for a long time.  It "warms" up the place, and my heart, as I remember when my girls made them---a big mess. On Sunday afternoon, my son started making give-aways for his class of 28 for Valentine's Day which is the following day. He was going to make paper cranes but it was a little complicated and time-consuming.  After browsing through his Origami Kit, we decided to make these little boxes.   Of course, I helped him, and got into it.  I always loved folding ...

A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb This is such an easy and eco-friendly project.  The only thing that takes time is the cutting out of the hearts. I used old magazines, scraps of scrapbooking paper, junk mail, anything that's not too flimsy.  Make a heart template out of cereal box, trace and cut away.  No need to be perfect.  I had my kids do it.  Then sew them altogether.  Use the widest stitch.  And hang it up.  That's it.  Done!  OR you can do it  this way. Lunar New Year usually comes around the same time as Valentine's Day so I brought out the good ol' red lantern.  This was actually last year's decor.  So simple yet festive enough. This year, I finally strung together the origami cranes my kids made from way back when.  I'll post those later...  In the meantime, "MAKE A HEART" =.) I love thee for a heart that's kind. Not for the knowledge in thy mind. ~W.H. Davies, 1870