Jump into my time machine and lets skip back to last spring. I wasn’t blogging back then, but I was still creating! I drove up to Northern California to visit a friend last March for a few weeks. We took to playing with pen and paper at her kitchen table one of the days. I was working on ATCs for a “Spring Theme” swap. Here’s a few that I came up with.
These were created using colored pencils + pen. And I did a demo for her showing how to use watercolor pencils also and this little ditty below is the results of that short how-to lesson.
I just love creating watercolor quickies like this. Sun shiny and fun, fun, fun! So easy too. What have you done lately with your watercolor pencils? Anything? Maybe today is a good day to pull them out and play. If you do – share your artworks with me, will ya? I’d enjoy seeing what you’ve been doing in your creative space.
Earthy Washing Cloths
Like me, my dear friend also has a hand in crocheting sometimes. And during my visit we played with cotton yarn, making up some wash cloths using super simple stitches. A few of the ones I put together to match her earthy brown kitchen decor.
When we weren’t crafting up a storm, we were participating in the “Racing Hearts” run/walk. It was a great day for the event and I’m looking forward to the event again this year. It’s on the 26th of March and is for an excellent cause! If any of the Rainbow Elephant readers do this event, let me know. I’d love to meet up with you for a giggle and a photo op together.
Fall – 2016
But before we get ahead of ourselves, and while I’ve got this time machine still revved up, I’d like to skip you from Spring to Fall of 2016. By that time we had moved into our house and still tripping over boxes. But I was also trying to find some time to play with creative things too. Before I broke my sewing machine (for like the 5th time), I managed to get some curtains created and hung. Here’s a couple pictures of how I’m using burlap, lace, and ribbons in my decor. I have a mild shabby chic/farmhouse thing going on. I say mild – because I’m not fully into either of these themes, but I do enjoy a touch of both. 😉 Does that make sense?
Remember how I told you I was into this chalkboard art thing? Well, here’s the chalkboard door design I did for our Thanksgiving celebration:
Thanks for riding along with me in my time machine. I’ll be back again soon with more pix of craftiness going on in and around my place. Hope you have creative time on your hands too!
Cheers!
~Cindy
Beautiful! All of it! I absolutely love the ATC’s in the watercolor also I’ll show my daughter the crochet because she is into that right now while she’s 18 and in college I taught her how to do the dish towels with the topper in crochet but I haven’t seen the entire thing done in crochet she will enjoy doing that and she’s really better at it than I ever was! Also love the turkey and the curtains it must’ve taken you forever to make those roses! I must have signed up just about the time you took a break I’m glad to see you back and your newsletters in my inbox! I had subscribed because I believe you had a lot of Zentangle videos! Oh one more thing I got a 72 set of inktense pencils for Christmas! So I’ve been playing with a bit of watercolor in a coloring book!
Good day to you Dawn. I’m tickled to see you on the inbox mailing list. I hope you find returning here for a visit a regular activity. I always enjoy hearing that folks are passing along their artful knowledge and skills to other peoples. Especially their children. I was so inspired by my mother and it is always happy memories for me (and her too) when we think about times we shared in such things together. Mom, sis, and I try to get together at least once a year for a week of crafty play. We live in 3 different states. Our husbands role their eyes and laugh at us gals over this. But truth be known – they each like seeing us happily playing together. I’m sure your daughter and you will continue to grow those memories of crafting together as well. And crocheting is the perfect way to share in creative time and yapping! Maybe over a hot cuppa too. LOL
AND OOOOHHHH…. I so love the inktense product line. Such juicy colors! They are great for so many projects. I like using them when coloring stamped images. Those Crazy Birds from Tim Holtz always seem to call for inktense brightness for me. And you have 72 of them? Simply marvelousness in all the colors imaginable! You are a lucky gal. 😀
Love your chatty blog, and your ATCs and those washcloths!! Your tie backs are beautiful and a great idea. You’ve made me want to work on an ATC now!! 🙂
Hi Cheryl. Glad to have you stop by for a visit. Thanks for your sweet comments. I do enjoy sharing my artful things with others. Especial when they inspire creativity in your world too. Enjoy making more ATCs. Please share them with us if you can. ~Cindy