How well do you remember the places you used to live? It turns out I don’t all that well. I can remember generally where different rooms were, but it turns out when I tried to draw the house I grew up in, I, for one, did a really bad job with the things I could […]
Map Your Route {Craft Challenge, Day 95}
On my long list of creative ideas I came up with before this challenge started, there were several ideas that had to do with maps, so I decided to declare this map week. The first one is pretty simple, but also pretty fun: map your route to work or school or anywhere you go on […]
Draw on Grid Paper {Craft Challenge, Day 94}
As a knitter, I sometimes chart patterns on graph paper, but I thought it might be fun to draw on grid paper without having a knitting project in mind. Drawing on girds makes everything square, of course. It’s kind of fun to try to draw a circle. I’ve done a hundred hearts on graph paper, […]
Make a Monogram {Craft Challenge, Day 88}
Whenever I’m stumped for ideas, I like to play with fonts and writing in different ways. A while back I did a post with writing your name in different ways, and today I decided to play with my initials. How to Make a Monogram Traditionally monograms are a graphic representation of your initials, with the […]
Make a Repeating Pattern {Craft Challenge, Day 87}
Today, the last day of spring break, I am finally getting my wish of the girl creating and playing in my office while I work. And naturally, I had no inspiration for today’s craft challenge. Some days are like that. It’s been a very long week with very little alone time, which I really need […]
Remake a Masterpiece {Craft Challenge, Day 84}
Our chock-full spring break continued yesterday with a full day trip to a local art museum. It was a beautiful day, and while we don’t actually look at a lot of art while we’re there, there are some sculptures we always see — and I did take her to see Rosie the Riveter even though […]
Drawing with Dots {Craft Challenge, Day 82}
Once I was reviewing a book about doodling and one of the prompts I tried was drawing a tree doodle with dots. It was a fun way to think about a drawing because it’s not quite the same as drawing with lines. I feel like you have to think a bit more about where your […]