In the cover of my Nostalgia Art Journal, I’ve incorporated some burnt book pages. Burning is an interesting way to add an aged, weathered look to art projects. I like the unpredictable results I get from burning paper. The scheduled brownouts in my hometown...
Zentangles is simply doodling with more intention, more focus. It’s meant to be fun and relaxing. The girls are always wired so I thought I’d get them in a hypnotic mode with this activity. They both did a great job although Rinoa gave up coloring in the...
This is the culmination of Rinoa’s yearlong dance lessons – her very first dance recital. I’m so proud of her. She did really well. And she was smiling the whole time. (It’s funny, you know how you watch kids perform and you see them mess up...
There’s this movie, Fairy Tale: A True Story, loosely based on an event that happened in England during World War I where two cousins discovered fairies in their garden and took pictures to prove they exist. After watching it with my family, I was inspired to...
“What would you do if you knew you wouldn’t fail?” That’s the question given to us in Kelly Rae’s Flying Lessons. For me, the specific question I struggled with for years was “What would I do if money was not a concern?”...