IF: Adrift

I haven’t participated in Illustration Friday for quite sometime, and I don’t know if I’ll have time to submit something completely new, so for now, I’ll just post a several oldies that fit the topic.

Have a good weekend!

nessa dee

Super heroes eat Fruit Loops

And sometimes…with a little bit of patience… their furry sidekicks do, too.

xo

nessa dee

Rotten

I’d say someone’s gotten quite comfortable around here. Maybe a little too comfortable.

Spoiled? Yes.Rotten? Of Course.In need of a little eyebrow plucking? Most definitely.

xo

nessa dee

Crafty Friday: Valentine’s Day Crafts

Project 1: Heart Placemats

Here’s what you need:

-red, pink, or white paper
-red, pink, and white paint
-sponges
-paintbrushes
-scissors
-clear contact paper

Step 1: Cut a large heart shape out of construction paper or scrapbook paper. I used the 12x12 scrapbook paper which allowed for more surface space for the placemat.

Step 2: Let your child decorate the placemat with paint. I cut several heart shapes out of an old sponge and let the kids stamp hearts onto their placemats. Once their done, let the paint dry completely before moving on to the next step.

Step 3: Cut two pieces of clear contact paper large enough to cover each side of the heart. Sandwich the placemat between the two pieces of contact paper making sure there is enough excess around the edges to stick the pieces of contact paper together. This will seal the placemat in place and make it waterproof.

Step 4: Use the placemat at mealtime!

Step 5: Play with your food. [Is it wrong that I took pictures of this, therefore condoning bad table manners?]

***The second project is not quite finished yet, but it will be posted as soon as it’s done.***

Happy Crafting!

nessa dee

Be Green

Audrie wrote a persuasive paragraph on why people should recycle, and she convinced one member of our family to enact an effort towards being environmentally friendly. This was Finn’s idea of recycling [just ignore the messy counters in the foreground]:

This was the second time he created this recycling project. It had already been picked up, but when Jonathan came home, Finn had to “show Dad how he can recycle.”

We have to work on the concept a little more. :)

xo

nessa dee

I got nothin’

I’m just posting for posting’s sake. The last few days have been kind of lazy around here thanks to the rainy forecast, and several cases of the sniffles. We’re just taking it slow, and keeping things easy, setting up forts, and defending castles.

I’ll be back to blogging interesting things soon, but right now I have to go help the army guy, firefighter and lego pirates storm the castle walls.

xo

nessa dee

Stress Relief

I finally got my paints out the other day…the first time since we started to get our house ready to put on the market. It was 5:30PM, and the light was getting dim, but I just needed a bit of stress relief and to feel like I’d accomplished something other than cleaning my house for the forty-fifth time that week. A great way for me to relieve stress is to make something free of any form, detail, or lines. That’s what I like about mixed media abstracts, you can be loose with paint. It’s very freeing just to start slapping some paint on a canvas. Of course, there is some thought as to color combinations, and where to arrange the collaged papers, but without having to worry about specific details. I have perfectionist tendencies in some areas of my life [not in housework], and I always say that the artist in me who embraces loose paint strokes and asymmetry is at constant war with the perfectionist who prefers smooth blends and balance. Abstracts really let me explore my “artistic” side.

These still have a ways to go, but it really felt good to get my hands messy again.

xo

nessa dee