We had
a great Creative Fun Day on Saturday.
Rachel and I started the creative juices flowing early by attending Find
Art in the Park – a great local art exhibit.
It is an indoor and outdoor event with a lot of interesting artists
(many which are personal friends) and a variety of artwork from painting to
ceramics to sculpture to woodwork to edibles.
Rachel and I each made some fun purchases including several loaves of
artisan bread which we shared for lunch with some soup.
For our
creative endeavors, I had a list of things that I wanted to work on . I started by making a mini mummy. I created a wire base by twisting the wire
into a body form and then I wrapped it with some tiny strips off off white
fabric. So he is a mini mummy that I can
bend into several positions. I
eventually added a magnet to his back and he became the day’s magnet for A Month of Days. (This month conveniently
being “magnet month”.)
I worked
on a few other magnets that I will finish and share on A Month of Days sometime
within the next week. I also twisted
some heavier wire to spell out the word BOO and then wrapped it with some black
ribbon. I planned to make a ghost
garland for my office door with the BOO in the center of the garland to hang on
my office door, but I ran out of time.
Rachel
spent time reviewing some creative web opportunities including “Wordal” for her
blog which was really fun. I may even try
it on this blog someday. She also
researched sites where she could sell her photographs and other projects online
and got several good ideas. I learned a
lot while she was doing her research She
also twisted wire into the words STOP and GO, but didn’t have a chance to add
fabric yet. (Though I like them “bare”
too.)
Laura
joined us with her project which was her Halloween costume. She has an awesome idea and so we all worked
together to help her get started. I can’t
tell you what the idea is because it is a secret, but I can show you a picture of
what we accomplished.
Maybe
you can guess what it is! - If not check
the blog after Halloween. Laura has
promised to send pictures of the finished project!
We also had an unexpected visitor while we were working on Laura's costume.
This is Rascal, my friend from next door . She visited until Scout decided that she was no longer welcome.
This is Scout saying -"You need to leave NOW."
It was
another great Creative Fun Day. Hope
you can join us in November.
PS – I finished
my ghost garland on Sunday and will be taking it to work on Monday. Here is a photo. I think I will make a few extra cute little
ghosts to hang on the front door of my home.
UPDATE - Here is Laura's finished costume. She is an autograph book!
