Muse Services: October Creative Fun Day Recap

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.