What Do You Want to Make Today?
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 […]
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 […]
I had really high hopes for this week being a test of how well I could work with the girl at home. I cleared off most of a shelf in my office and filled it with lots of different activities: books, puzzles, projects and fun stuff to try. My idea was that she would want […]
These challenges are all about how to work more creativity into your daily life, and one easy way to do that is to always have something with you that you can work on. I’ve talked about having a travel project before, and that’s a big help, if you are willing to pull it out and […]
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 […]
It’s spring break here at ODC HQ, which means fitting in work and creative time around lots of outings and activities with the girl. Yesterday we visited to local botanical garden, went to a park, took a walk by the lake, bought plants (more about those tomorrow) and took a walk to dinner. We were […]
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 […]