My daughter who is 5 decided she wanted to do a show on Mondays and Wednesdays at 12pmEST until school starts. I set up my Ustream Channel for her and let her do her own thing. My only rule was she needed to teach or learn something. I found an awesome idea on Pinterest from … Continue reading
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TAP Dress Shoes (this makes me giddy!)
We have a party at the end of the month that is semi-formal (sigh) meaning up until this weekend I had nothing to wear that fit me. I have lost quite a bit of weight over the past 2 years (between diet and exercise) it is close to 75 pounds. My wardrobe is ummm… on … Continue reading
Monster on the Soles of Her Shoes – Adventures in TAP
First I want to apologize to Paul Simon, I thought it was pretty clever. I received a pack of Lesley Riley’s TAP (Transfer Artist Paper) a couple months ago. Between my health and lack of color ink my printer it literally has stay in the package (Lisa Fulmer is cringing as she reads this) but … Continue reading
Mixed Media – Monochromatic Inuit Style String Prints
Growing up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan I grew up attending Pow-Wows and learning about the Potawantomi People. My high school Mascot was an Eskimo we were the Escanaba Eskimos and honestly up until I did this lesson plan – every time I heard Eskimos I thought of Mo (the Mascot) not the Inuit … Continue reading
Part 7: Removing the Post Atom, Home and Older Post
This took much searching I knew it had to be possible but finding information on how to do this took some time. I finally found a post on a Google help forum with someone who did a blog post about it. Tweak My Blogger has an excellent how to on how to do this by … Continue reading
Monet Waterlilies Teaching Impressionism
I love Impressionism Monet is one of my favorite artist (I named my dog Monet Picasso). Monet Picasso – December 2007 I watched the In the Zone Episode on June 20 and decided I needed to incorporate Impressionism into a children’s project for my show In the Paint Box. I started doing some research and … Continue reading
Blog to Web 101 Page
I am overwhelmed by the responses I have gotten on this series. I thought the easiest way to keep everything in one place would be to do a Blog to Web 101 Page. I plan on adding more stuff I have a couple really good ones coming up. I hope y’all enjoy it and continue … Continue reading
Homemade Gift Box
Many of you who read my blog at any great length know of my hate for origami. I really needed to make boxes for the Teacher’s Gifts. I Googled – how to make gift boxes and found an amazing website Printable Favors and Seals. They have an amazing printable PDF – my mom made the … Continue reading
Book Binding 101: Accordion Book
I demonstrated how to make this on In the Paint Box on Thursday. The original idea came from Ann Butler’s calender post on The Hive. I didn’t have one of those binding things but I thought the use of coasters was brilliant! I decided a tutorial would be in order so I typed up a … Continue reading
Homemade Extreme Glitter Paint (B-Bip © Glitter Paint)
I admit I am distracted by shiny objects in the Craft aisle and the PLAID Extreme Glitter Paint was no exception. I bought four colors and love each and everyone of them. I however wish there was more colors. I don’t have a lot of glitter in my craft supply section actually I have only … Continue reading
Who Are You Calling Crafty? 