The George sock monkey pattern from Ravelry struck a chord with folks and I am now making several of those. The Izzy comfort dolls are also in a production line as well as three different afghans that I have to put together. All these projects as well as my own have put me into the frame of mind that I should be scheduling the completing dates and strive toward achieving my goal. With that said, my calendar now has dates on it and I will give you progress reports when finished (some are not planned until trailer time in the summer, so don't hold your breath!).
I have been dabbling in acrylic paintings and have discovered that I am not a cloud person, but I really like making the backgrounds!!! The original orange cloud picture has been changed and the trees are gone. It now has grass heads on the bottom of it.
The second cloud picture made it home, but not past the third day...I applied gesso all over it and repainted it with an abstract background. It is waiting for a foreground subject...probably floral. I discovered with the third painting that I like doing flowers. Here is the poppy picture that I painted on March 7
The classes that I have been taking are being taught by a very good friend of mine who is breathtakingly fantastic artist and who is taking the opportunity to teach others how to paint. In order to help her keep her costs down, I made her some aprons for her students.
There was a twofold purpose for this...the first to help her with her costs and the second to use some of the fabric that has been in my basement for a while. The turquoise and blue striped fabric were two fabrics that I couldn't bring myself to cut because I was waiting for the perfect project for them. Guess I found that project!!!
I also had two very special friends' birthdays this month and made a shutter card for each of them. In keeping with my using what I have and trying to use up scrap paper, here is one of the cards that I sent:
With the Cricut Explore and a file created by Narelle Darley (http://www.thenoncraftycrafter.com/p/my-free-cut-files.html, this card was easily created and was fun. Inspiration came from Sandy Allnock (http://sandyallnock.com/?s=trifold+shutter+fold+card).
Last but not least (I did mention it was a productive month), I joined a scrapbooking crop -- for those that know me, please take a deep breath....I am alright in early March and in late April, I will be participating in a card crop. Both are sponsored by the closed Facebook Group Cricut Design Space and if the card crop was as good as the scrapbooking one, it will be a blast. So far I have designed several cards and submitted 8 with more ideas rambling around in my brain. I submitted two scrapbook layouts and snagged almost 100 more from other designers. My Cricut Explore will be humming in the near future.
Thanks for reading! Have a wonderful day and may your crafting find some productivity as well.
