Creative Dawn

Here are two bookmarks that I drew tonight.  I have been enjoying mixing different colored papers lately.  It gives the artwork a little more interest.  Colors and shapes two of my favorite things!  Since they are just paper I may laminate them for more stability.  It would be awful if they got ruined too quickly.  The tassels are handmade as well.  They are made of embroidery floss and took all of five minutes each to make.  

At work recently we started to receive Halloween and fall items and it has inspired me to start making some stuff for this time of year.  The pictures for this pillow are not that good, it looks better if you actually could see it.  I cut out a skull and cross bones from black felt and then stitched it to black felt with red variegated embroidery floss.  The border is a combination of red and orange felt.  Hopefully you get the idea from the pictures. Oh yeah, last night was my class reunion and the games went over very well.  I was so excited that people enjoyed them!  It was a great event and we all had a great time catching up.  We reminisced about the past and created a few new memories!

Let's see, purse, check, phone, check, keys...WTF!  Where are my keys!  My husband makes fun of me all the time because I lose my keys.  They are usually at the bottom of my purse underneath everything or I walk past them sitting on a table and don't even notice.  I cannot be the only one this happens too!  Solution buy a hook at the Goodwill for .25 and paint it with my initial so that my keys have a place to 'hang out' everyday.  OK, in theory this is good, now to test it an see if it works.  You all know how it is.  It's like trying to be organized but things still end up cluttered about and messy.  BTW, I have two updates, one, the post about a week ago, the fall felt decoration, was inspired by Better Homes and Garden Holiday Craft magazine.  The second is that tonight is my class reunion, so I will update you on the success (hopefully) of my games. Have a great Saturday!

Here is yet again a Goodwill find.  He was a less than a dollar and I think he was used to display collectible spoons.  I just thought it was different and fun to paint.  The first thing that I thought of was polka dots for a design.  It just seemed to be a good fit.  The finished fish is actually upside down, but it looked better to me that way.  Since it is made to display something, I got the idea to make some charms or other items to adorn the slots.  Whatever is made to hang on the fish with definitely be another blog post. Just a side note, lately I feel like my inspiration is lagging a bit.  Maybe it's the beautiful weather, it is just too nice to stay inside especially when we haven't a lot of good summer days this year.  It also could be work and coming home too tired to create.  Just because there will no longer be the pressure to do a daily post, my best inspiration will most likely be starting in September....

This weekend is my class reunion.  I am in charge of games and prizes, boy did they pick the right person!  When I told my husband that my blog post today was going to be about the games, he said why.  Well, in response to him, I informed him that not all creativity is always about what you make, you can be creative in many ways.  He still didn't agree but it's my blog not his!  BTW, this picture is of a pillow that I made before graduation that has all of the names of my classmates cross stitched on it and then it was signed by everyone.  It is a great keepsake. What to do for a reunion...bingo was an early thought but making all of the cards seemed like a bit much.  Before the games begin, (LOL) let me tell you that in my graduating class there were 44 people and about 200 total student at the high school.  We pretty much knew everyone so there will also be people from other classes attending.  Everyone always thinks it is weird to have...

I think that jewelry and headbands are fun for me to make because at work I wear a uniform and in this is a small way to add personality to it.  This is a wide cloth headband that I covered in orange, pink, yellow and white felt and then added a bead trim in white, yellow and pink.  It's simple, it's fun and a great little project to work on while watching the movie Secretariat.  A very good movie too!  What a wonderfully relaxing easy evening.

This is what ended up being my post today although originally my plan was for something else.  This seems to be happening a lot lately but that is what being creative is all about.  One idea leads to another and you come up with an unexpected result.  It's like art experimentation, one idea can lead to many many more. This is a great frame that I got at the Goodwill for a few dollars.  It didn't even need to be painted or decorated.