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string art

January 5, 2012
string art

I woke up Monday morning with a vision… …a vision for a string art installation. I often decorate in my sleep. The wall above the orange couch has been haunting me for years.  The window is off-center. Just a little off-center. Not ENOUGH off-center to be charming. I have tried multiple picture layouts to try [...]

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kid art

September 14, 2011
kid art

Kid art is just the best. I know it tends to pile up over time faster than dirty laundry, but choosing a few hundred of your favorite pieces to display will turn into precious art. kid art pros Kids will use color combinations and compositions that are bright, fearless and unique. Each kid-made picture holds [...]

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potluck of sheer exhaustion…sounds fun!

June 27, 2010
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whew. *Holly collapses on the floor* OK, so I have been organizing toys all day. Oh, and the great thing is that I am not even CLOSE to being done. In fact, I am at the point that if I stop…it is worse than when I started. Lord help me. And now for a little [...]

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sounding it out

May 27, 2010
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In the summer, I put together a little list of daily “school” work that each boy has to complete before any sort of video games or TV watching can ensue. Cruel and unusual punishment, I know. It helps them spread their summer reading assignments throughout the summer so we aren’t scrambling mid-August. I supplement the [...]

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nas – nirvana art series III

May 4, 2010

The Nirvana has a long history of supporting the arts. Art Series interview I can be found here. Art Series interview II can be found here. Today we are going to look at the work of the two older Nirvana artists. The eldest(9) was initially a reluctant artist who shunned the traditional mass marketed media [...]

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innate economics

April 22, 2010
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The other morning I woke up to screaming. Was someone bleeding? Was there a burglar in the house? What WAS the emergency? I rushed out to the kitchen where the boys were still screaming to find that it was over this… After screaming interpretation (I am well versed), I deduced that Ryan(9) had drawn this [...]

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Nirvana Art Series Continues

January 12, 2010

This is the second interview in a series spotlighting the art of Nirvana artist, Rhett. The first interview took a closer look at his sculpture work. Today we are delving deeper into his marker sketches. It is well-known that his marker art has been influenced by his mother who believes that stick figures is the [...]

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Potluck – Supersize me

September 13, 2009
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It is back. I think. It is Monday Potluck… *Try to stay seated in your wildly applaudic state* And now for a little…er, longish story entitled “Do I need to be super sized?” Here is a little background: Blog-Stedman and I have always laughed at the state of rental cars in America after seeing that [...]

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What.When.Where.Why?

March 10, 2009

I believe that life is an information gathering experience. I read a vast variety of books, listen to a wide range of music, have friends from different circles, and will talk to just about anyone about anything. I find joy in random tid-bits. Pockets of knowledge are one of my favorite things. AND nothing is [...]

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