Because with these, that’s all I did. I really like them, but that’s all I did.
Red Cross
October 12, 2011 By
But more like blue cross.
Clubs are starting their meetings this time of year. I went to a Red Cross Club meeting two weeks ago and got a registration sheet handed to me, but I wasn’t there to be in the club, so I started doodling. I had been in the club for freshmen and sophomore year and every time, I had to quit the club once softball conditioning or practice took up my afterschool hours. And I wasn’t very involved, and it was a new club, so we didn’t do much.
But I was there to vote for my friend, who was running for VP. So I took the registration sheet and started working on it during the transition time.
I quickly started with the red cross shape on the back of the sheet. I filled it first with band aids, and then medicine. Medicine was fun to draw and I kept adding different types of pills, but it got to be a challenge to come up with different shapes. And as the cross started filling up I decided to turn it into a medicine bottle, it has the measurements going down the side, the lid, and the label, which decoratively shows a bunch of crosses. I really like it, it was fun because normally when I doodle, it’s a scratch in the margins of my paper, but with this I actually thought about what I was doing and created something presentable. But having to wait 15 minutes for the bus afterwards helps that thinking process work it’s way through.
Flat.
October 5, 2011 By
It’s the beginning of the rainy season. I love it. Last weekend when it was pouring, Mary and I went out and picked flowers to press. It was very festive, we wore rain boots, coats, and carried an umbrella. We were one of the few people out, and we walked around the neighborhood picking flowers. We had sneaky picking down. When we saw a bush that had lots of flowers on it, we would smell the flowers, or admire them, while plucking a stem casually. Or we would walk by, pretending not to notice the flowers, and stick our hand out to grab one.
Aren’t they gorgeous?
We lay them out of paper towels to they could dry and so we could pull any extra leaves off.
Then we loaded them into tissue paper pages.
And pressed them a little before we but them into big books.
Alice and Wonderland, and a craft book were sufficient. Then we put them under a big heavy basket on the bookshelf and tried to forget about them.
Here are some old pressed flowers, these ones above are a year are more old. It’s amazing to hold up the biggest flower and look at it full on. It looks 3D, but when you turn it 90 degrees it’s almost gone. Reminds me of Flat Stanley.
But these I did this summer, and they still smell good. I cant wait to open these new flowers in a couple of months, it’s the best part!
Lady Cheekbones
October 1, 2011 By
Despite it’s slightly eerie feeling, I really like this drawing.
Yes I do.
But it’s perfect for the kickoff of October. The eerie month.
Nailed it.
September 28, 2011 By
Striped nail polish! I did my nails and then Mary wanted to do it. So I helped her and took pictures along the way.
WARNING: Give yourself lots of time to get this done, I did one layer and then did the others later in the day so I wasn’t stuck with the nail polish stink for so long.
Step 0: Clean nails… obviously, so it’s not going to count as a step.
Step 1: Bottom layer painted.
Step 2: Give the first layer plenty extra time to dry. Not wet, or tacky at all. Tape a line up to a third of your nails.
Step 3: Paint above the tape with the second color.
Step 4: Wait for a minute or so and peel off the tape slowly and downwards.
Step 5: Clear coat
Step 6: Again let dry. Give them lots of time. Then tape again and paint with the third.
Step 7: Pull the tape off again after a minute or so.
Step 8: Clear coat.
And you’re done! There is so many different combinations of colors. And they’ll all look good!
I think mine looks like sherbet but I’ve heard that they’re Easter colors too. I can’t wait for Halloween, I’m going to try candy corn colors; orange, yellow, white!
For even crazier nail art visit The Dainty Squid and search nails on her site. She comes up with wacky designs regularly. And they’re so fun and colorful!
