Something inside me hearkening back to my childhood with an artistic mother, yearns for summer afternoon art projects. After we had done all the weeding and swam a good half day, mom would lay out her watercolors on the dining room table (protected with a faded red table cloth), give us each a piece of quality watercolor paper and turn on some classical music. The next few hours we’d sit, drawing, mixing colors, and learning how to make the paint sop into a stroke of water on the paper or brush across a dry surface. My end results were rarely pretty, but it felt good to make time to create.
I still feel that desire on a warm, lazy day so yesterday I took advantage of the 20 minutes before my kids woke up to do a simple project. If you don’t already have a stamp that you love, you should get one. I found this little crown stamp at a Seattle book store and I use it on EVERYTHING. I think next I want to find a bird, but I haven’t seen the perfect one yet.
Instant letterhead. I'm a letter writer and I go through stationary like crazy so I always need some around.
Instantly cuter paper for the next time I need to leave a memo or scratch down a phone number for someone.
Yay for a creative mess! This year the biggest so far in crafting has been our tie dying.
I’ve also taught Matt to do pen and ink sketch with a future in scrimshaw and Taite is doing some clean creative stuff- writing poetry.
I have big plans before the summer is over that include chalk paint and street signs. I am hoping Taite will be my detail gal for that venture while Matt is away at snare drum school in Couer D’Alene.
I think I saw that stamp on some granola (?) that you gave Rachel! Super cute, I love it!
You got it, Sarah, everything gets stamped, it’s like my signet ring or branding iron. Speaking of that granola…. I’ve been meaning to post the recipe.
I was just going to say…. can you post that recipe? :) I’ve been trying to find a good granola recipe!