Happy New Year Friends! Do you come up with 'one little word' for the new year, instead of a bunch of goals too? I have a hard time letting go of my word for the year, when it is time for a new one. This one little tradition of coming up with a word for the year has been woven into my life for years. I can look back on each year and see that year's word woven through that year’s events as a theme. It's fun to see how the years build on one another in such a big scoop way. Going into 2018, Continue Reading
DIY Paper Butterflies- Spring decor for cheap
Do you have spring fever? The sun has shown its face in Warsaw, Indiana this week. It's making us want to pull out the flip flops and replace all the winter decor with spring and colorful creations. As a kid, I think I might have wanted to be a teacher just so I could make the fun bulletin boards. Now, I have my chance at our art studio. I love changing out the mantel. After the sun this week, I took the winter trees down and needed a fun, inexpensive, spring idea to replace them. I came Continue Reading
Kid Made Class Valentines
Are you making Valentines with your kids for a class party this week? Our kids' school does their class party on Friday, so maybe you have a few days still to get ready. If you are finding stores picked over or want something kind of handmade, try making these fun paper valentine's with your kids! My daughter is really creative. I gave her some paper, heart stickers, pipe cleaners and a hot glue gun and she ran with the supplies and made these all on her own. I stood back and watched her Continue Reading
Colorful Desk Lamp Tutorial
Want to add a pop of color in your house without purchasing anything new? This is a project you can do! In our last house, we had this small desk lamp in our boys' bedroom. We haven't used it in our new house, so its just been sitting in a closet. I loved the shape and it worked so we have just held on to it. If you have boys who occasionally turn the living room into a football field, you know it's important to keep a few items on the sideline should a picture frame or lamp take a direct Continue Reading
Large Abstract Painting- enjoy the process
Do you ever have natural instincts towards something, but you can't always fully explain it until you keep learning in towards it!? Whew. That's a bit confusing. Let me explain. I have always loved helping people to create. I let my kids paint before they could really talk. I always viewed it as a sensory, exploratory time in letting their imaginations go. Now, that we started and run an art studio in our town it has had me lean further into my philosophy of how we run our classes and Continue Reading
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