i'm feeling so blue and sluggy today. the weather is so miserable out and i'm trying to keep myself motivated. today i decided to make a mess on my recently cleaned dining room table. just 30 mintues of color really can make a difference in the day.
21 November 2006
13 November 2006
art day
my nieces (ages 8 and 6) came over on saturday for a few hours. all three of us sat around the table and rubber stamped, made fun-mail, and then wrote in our journals. honestly, it was the most "funnest" day i have had in a while! jazz had some really great ideas for her rubber stamped postcards. it was amazing to watch her work. there was no stressing over what would fit on a page or how things should be laid out. she just looked at what items were on the table and then worked on her project as the ideas came. what resulted was something funny, spontaneous, and so imaginative!
i had made them each their own journals by decorating the covers of a composition notebook and presented them to the girls with 2 colored acid free pens and a pencil. they were so happy. it made me feel great to share the love of artfulness with another generation. before they left jazz said to me: when i grow up, i want to be an artist- just like you.
i remember thinking the same thing about my favorite auntie when i was little.
memories if that saturday will keep me going for a while...
i had made them each their own journals by decorating the covers of a composition notebook and presented them to the girls with 2 colored acid free pens and a pencil. they were so happy. it made me feel great to share the love of artfulness with another generation. before they left jazz said to me: when i grow up, i want to be an artist- just like you.
i remember thinking the same thing about my favorite auntie when i was little.
memories if that saturday will keep me going for a while...
03 November 2006
Simple Pleasures
I spent the afternoon eating all I could stuff down Sushi and iced Green Tea with my sister. It was a great way to re-connect with the things I love the most. Afterwards we went to Rubber Soul and I got out the door only spending $20. It was very hard to do. I have gone back to the simple pleasure of stamping.... (just about everything) and I remembered what it was I enjoyed about it. No two pieces come out the same. It's so uniquely handmade even though it would seem to have the opposite outcome using the same images in multiple ways. Now comes the next step- to actually carve a few of my own. I've never done that before...
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