This time of social distancing and stay home orders has many looking for something to do. Luckily, I have lots of craft and painting supplies in my art room. It’s just a matter of motivating myself to stop reading and get busy crafting. Recently, a friend asked about a wine cork bird house project that … Continue reading
Category Archives: All Things Creative
Well maybe not all things here will show creativity but they will at least show an attempt at creativity. Please share your creative work.
15+ Favorite Holiday Traditions and … a few that we miss…
How Important are Family Traditions? The other day I mentioned to a friend that we aren’t going to have a Christmas tree this year because we’re in between homes. This shouldn’t be a big deal – except it kind of is … Christmas Trees Not putting up a tree (or not decorating for Christmas) will … Continue reading
Southern Cornbread Dressing: Memories of My Grandmother
Please read the special note at the end of the post. My Grandmother Making cornbread always reminds me of my Grandmother. (And make no mistake; we called her Grandmother. Not Grandma, Gramma or Granny. She was Grandmother.) Grandmother made her cornbread in an iron skillet. She believed that cornbread just tasted better if it was … Continue reading
School Awards — Two Perspectives
There’s less than a month of school left for most — my teacher friends can probably give me an exact countdown. Which means it’s also the time for award ceremonies again. As an educator, I always dreaded award time. I knew the awards would make some happy and some sad. And I don’t think that’s what … Continue reading
Rose Petals – Digital Art
This image is a digital art version of my image “Rose Petals”. Along with some other edits, I used the posterize filter in Macphum’s FX Studio. I love the arty look of the results and think it will make a wonderful poster or print to decorate someone’s walls. You can see a more of my digital … Continue reading
Scrapbooking Winter
Normally, I wouldn’t scrapbook snow pictures; but I’m trying to save memories of our everyday life. AND snow was certainly part of our everyday life during the winter of 2014/2015. Our part of Texas doesn’t always get lots of snow at once; however, last winter there were several storms that brought 5 or 6 inches. … Continue reading
The Phone Photography Project 2
It’s a Learning Curve Here are some of my photos from “The Phone Photography Project 2” class I’m taking over at Big Picture Classes. This class is a lot like the photo challenge assignments I gave my students in Photojournalism and Yearbook. I bet my former students would laugh to see me getting assigned some of the … Continue reading
Jacob’s “Bike”
Here’s a photoshop photo that I worked on today. Pops was standing in the back holding onto Jackson. I decided to to cut out everything but the boys and add the background. It took me much longer than what I thought it would. It was such a cute thing because the pedal would fall off … Continue reading
Jacob and Pops
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Jacob’s 1st Week
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