August Silly Holiday Calendar

Here is the August calendar of silly and fun holidays.  I wrote about using it on my Month of Days blog here and thought I would post it here if anyone else wanted to celebrate these unique and interesting days.   You can click on if for a larger view or download it as a jpg to print a copy of your own.   Enjoy

August Creative Fun Day

We had a great time at July's Creative Fun Day.  The third Saturday this month is August 18.  So put that on your calendars for the next Creative Fun Day.   Bring whatever creative project, art, craft, writing or similar activity that you would like to work on.  And if you don't have a particular project, come anyway and we will find something that you will enjoy doing.

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

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July Creative Fun Day Update

We had a great time at this month's Creative Fun Day!   A total of seven people participated this month and a variety of fun things were created - and at least started. 

Here is a picture of what the living room floor looked like at one point in the afternoon as we were all working from a similar pile of tools and materials.

What a happy creative mess.  :)

Everyone participated in an outdoor creative project called Art Bombs mixing paint, vinegar and baking soda in plastic bags that were supposed to explode on the paper.  Planned explosions were minimal, but a good stomping from a willing foot, created some wild patterns and colors.  Here are a couple of pictures of our finished project.  (Note that Scout is doing some art appreciation - or investigation in the second photo.)

With help from Laura and Jess we got this picture into the garage so that it didn't get caught in last nights rainfall.  Even with the rain, my driveway is still quite colorful and that makes me smile.

Other projects included a beautiful butterfly book by Elizabeth.

A colorful and creative butterfly bookmark by Caroline

A perfect fabric scrap rosette by Jess

A really cool re-purposed t-shirt by Laura

An unfinished "word-bird" by Jil (who will hopefully finish it soon)

Some to-be-added- to prayer flags by Rachel

Rachel also has a fun post with other pictures about July's Creative Fun Day at her blog Umbrellis .
Check out her post and photos and the professional glamor shot of Scout.

I hope that this post inspires you to join us for our next Creative Fun Day - August 18!!

July Creative Fun Day

JULY'S

CREATIVE FUN DAY

Saturday, July 21

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile.  I have been so busy posting on my daily blog A Month of Days that I have somewhat neglected this one.   

It is time to prepare for and set your schedules for July's Creative Fun Day which will be on Saturday, July 21.  So bring a creative project you want to work on - or if you don't have one of those, we will have creative projects available that you might want to try.   So join us (and feel free to bring a friend) anytime between 12:30 and 5:30 on the 21st.  More information can be found  HERE   or if you have questions or need directions, let me know in the comments section.

Hope to see you there!

June Creative Fun Day Recap

Rachel was the only other participant for Creative Fun Day and that actually worked well since it allowed us time to focus on our plans for our new project - the Kindness Co-op.   We are planning to create a craft / art booth where we can make items that we can sell to raise money for local organizations.  We hope to be able to set it up so that people can choose what they want to pay and where they want us to donate the money.  We can give a range of price options to help them decide what to pay and then give a choice of three local agencies and programs that their money can go toward.  We are calling it a “co-op” because we hope some other art and craft makers may want to join us and be part of the fun.

Rachel and I discussed different things we could make and came up with a good list and we will be trying to make a few of each item during the next couple of weeks.  We are looking at having our first booth at the Johnson City Farmer’s Market at the end of July or beginning of August.

After Rachel left to head off to the mountains, I still had a little creative time left and so I worked on some alcohol ink tiles.  I tried different techniques and some regular patterns.  I hope to seal these and then shatter some of them to turn into mosaic tile pieces.

Here are some pictures of my creations:

 (I think this last one is my favorite.)

 Hope you can join us for July’s Creative Fun Day which will be Saturday, July 21.

June's Creative Fun Day

CREATIVE FUN DAY

Saturday, June 16

Our next Creative Fun Day is coming up and since it is four days before my birthday - and I love my birthday - we can make it a joint creative projects day and a celebration.  We will have tasty treats to eat and I will have some fun projects available for those that may not currently have a project of their own to work on.  So join us if you can anytime between 12:30 and 5:30 on Saturday, June 16.  Guaranteed fun.   Click here If you have any questions, you can send an email or leave the question in the comment section.  Hope to see you there.

Something New

For the last two months, I have been trying to do something specific for 30 days in a row (starting with the first day of each month.)  In April, I worked on a new habit a day or (enhancing a current habit).  In May, I complied, meditated and wrote up basic belief statements.  I like the 30 Day concept. So I am going to continue the process with something new each month. Starting this month, I am also going to be putting it on a blog called A Month of Days. 

This month I am making an Artist Trading Card (ATC) each day.  If you are interested in following my creative adventures in 30 Day projects, join me at A Month of Days.