So, I'm slowly preparing myself mentally for the summer to be over and for school to start again.  I love school, but I really hate to see my lazy days go away.  The thought that I want to share today is a quote from Maya Angelou:

             "You can't use up creativity.  The more you use, the more you have."

I hope to instill that in my students this year.

Tart Tins

Greetings on this hot June day.  After toiling in my yard for several hours, I came in, cleaned up, and decided that I needed to do something crafty.  I wish I could take credit for this cute thing, but I can't.  Someone at Jenni Bowlin Studios came up with this idea, and I modified it.
I used one of Jenni's Tart Tin sets, an old tart tin for the bottom, two spools, and one of my toy pegs from when I was little. I glued everything together with 1/2 inch dimensional Zots by Thermoweb, and then used some Prima flowers.  They don't make these flowers anymore, but you could use any that you liked or none at all. The ones of the bottom tier aren't glued in, but the top two are.  I don't know what I will do with this...set it on my desk, I suppose.

I thought about hanging my french hook feather earrings from the tins...I might...I don't know.

Anyway, happy crafting with whatever you craft!

This is too funny!  And Ich liebe Deutsch auch , but I think it's funny. 

Isn't this amazing?  It was taken this morning by Bill Hanna in Ft. Smith, AR. The glory of God is revealed all around us if we're just ready to take it in.

I suppose this is one of my favorite pictures of me.  It is so whimsical.  It was made in a children's sculpture park in St. Louis in 2006.
I don't know what it is about me that loves the whimsical...part of my on-going quest to not take myself too seriously, I suppose.

My first mobile blog post!

Creativity

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately (like for the past 9 or 10 months) about art journaling and book making...you know, not betting, but making handmade books:).  I'm thinking that if I do a couple of things every day that I will stay sane and feel more fulfilled somehow.  I don't mean that I don't feel fulfilled now, but I need outlets...creative, intellectual, spiritual.

So, here are my resolutions for each day:
1.  Pray and devote time to God
2.  Read
3.  Do something artsy: scrapbook, paint, artjournal, etc.

Did you notice that house cleaning didn't seem to make it to the list? :)