Art Lesson

OK, so on Saturday we have our last art class. I'm glad to have my Saturdays back, but sad that the class is ending. It has been great. I feel like I've learned a TON of stuff from our teacher, Mr. Kasik. He's not only taught us about art, but also about getting and keeping kids interested by using props, jokes, magic tricks, music, sound effects, etc...etc.....things I would have never thought of before! So, anyways, our last class is going to be all of us teaching an art lesson to our fellow classmates. We only have 15 minutes to do this and that frightens me a bit. Art takes time!! At least for me it does. I've decided to do a lesson that mixes culture, compassion, empathy, creativity and community. We're going to be making "Wishes in the Wind Flags"....and we're going to be giving our finished product to our classmate, Heather, who is expecting a little girl in early August. I'll start the lesson by showing and talking about Tibetan Prayer Flags.....we'll talk a little about their meaning and use in the Tibetan culture. Since we only have 15 minutes, I'll have everything ready to go. All the "students" will have to do is draw/write their "wish" for Heather's baby on their piece of fabric, attach it to the background fabric and string it with the others. It might be more like 20-30 minutes, but it'll be fun!!! I found the idea here.....a newly found FAVORITE blog with tons of great crafty ideas. I'll let you know how it turns out. This is what I have so far........

Some stuff I saw today that I have to share......

love love love flowers in jars......

from Queen of Tarte blog



no words for these, except I wish they came in red



and this, titled, "Greener Grass"

is an Alicia Bock photo that I want....badly.....to hang over our tv....
but, I want 3 photos in a row (this one in the middle) and I'm having
a hard time choosing two others to go on either side.




and these might just have to be my 20 yr high school
reunion kicks....hmmmmm.....maybe

Seize the day!

Ok, so I've been wanting to start this blog for a very long time....actually, I DID start this blog a very long time ago, but never actually started it. That's confusing, but what I'm really trying to say is that I've been wanting to start a blog for a long time and have decided that TODAY is the DAY!

Part of my problem with starting a blog was...."what's it going to be about?" A blog for my little side business, "bellybaloo" (www.bellybaloo.etsy.com)? That'd be cool, but it's such a side side business that seems like I'd run out of stuff to talk about. Plus, I shouldn't be talking about it too much, but rather DOING for it. Another thought was to just do a personal blog....posting pictures of me and b and such, of my kind of boring, hohum life....I mean, I love my life, but I think people out there might not find it all that interesting. Especially since I don't have kids...seems like that's what makes a lot of "personal" blogs that I've read, fun, is having kiddos to talk about and post about.....I shouldn't say that I don't have kids at all......well, not normal human kids to blog about....I do have kids of the furry, four-legged variety, which I'm sure you're all dying to read a blog about!! :) Anyways....I've decided to just get this blog started w/ whatever.....some bellybaloo stuff.....some personal, what I'm doing today-eating today-making today-reading today kind of stuff.....maybe some teacherly kind of stuff since that's what I'm going to school for at the moment....and maybe even a few furry, four-legged kind of posts to round it all up. And on that note........

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