Love Indiana? And art? And crafty people?
Well, do I have a t-shirt for you!
So many designs, beautifully made, and great people behind the product.
Buy them, gift them, clothe your family in them here:
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ps. And check out that rockin' family modeling too... (smile)
Disclaimer: I am not an artist behind the product, and do not receive any profits from sales. All pictures are property of http://sundayafternoonhousewife.com/ who coincidentally makes beautiful jewelry too!
Well, do I have a t-shirt for you!
So many designs, beautifully made, and great people behind the product.
Buy them, gift them, clothe your family in them here:
http://www.sundayafternoonhousewife.bigcartel.com/
ps. And check out that rockin' family modeling too... (smile)
Disclaimer: I am not an artist behind the product, and do not receive any profits from sales. All pictures are property of http://sundayafternoonhousewife.com/ who coincidentally makes beautiful jewelry too!
Once upon a time I had a little girl who was easy to please. She ate whatever was put in front of her and loved trying new foods. Then she got bigger. And I began having troubles pleasing the little girl, who is so cute when she's happy and a tad less cute when she's not. I was going to have to come up with a better plan.
They get all ate up! Not only is she learning to include "variety," "texture," and "color" in her art, but she's also busy while I create some food art of my own by prepping veggies for dinner. Yea for busy little artists! (smile)
So I've begun offering a yogurt parfait bar. Using a muffin tin to hold all the goodies, she's able to add walnuts, strawberries,
blueberries, applesauce, oats & quinoa crunch (see recipe in previous post) to her plain yogurt "all by herself". Interestingly, when Mama gives strawberries they're not eaten. However, when Isia has the choice to give them to herself...
My husband's co-worker passed us this recipe for Quinoa Crunch about four months ago with the proclamation that we were going to love it. I was skeptical. Toasted quinoa? I also had no time between newborn and toddler to experiment in the kitchen. She kept asking, in a nice way, if we'd made it yet. Hubby would say not yet, then she would say, "Well, you're going to love it when you do." Life settled down and I finally got around to a little experimenting in the kitchen- and not just because she graciously gave us all the ingredients for Christmas. She was absolutely right. We do love this, and it's perfect for Isia and Mama to make together. Which is good, because we're needing to make it often!
Quinoa Crunch
1 cup quinoa
1/4 cup flax seeds
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 Tablespoon honey
1. Set oven to 375.
2. Rinse quinoa until water comes clear*
3. Drain well & add flax seeds.
4. Mix olive oil & honey together- pour it over the quinoa/flax seeds mixture and toss well.
5. Spread mixture onto a cookie sheet and cook until mixture is slightly browned, 12-15 minutes.
*I was rinsing mine until I realized that it's pretty Trader's Joe's packaging meant it was pre-washed. When I return to bulk grains again, I'll add this step back in.
I remove it from the baking sheet fairly quickly and scrape it into a container that has a lid. I've found that it dries into a cohesive mass, and breaking it up on the baking sheet results in little explosions of quinoa all over the kitchen. Much easier to let it dry in the open container, put on the lid & shake, shake, shake. And then you're all set to store it as well! Keeps in the cabinet for at least a week, although it rarely even lasts past a couple days around here. Enjoy!
After years of cutting stacks of computer paper into perfect squares, I've been introduced to the wonders of coffee filter snowflakes. They are already the perfect size and shape, and you aren't left with miscellaneous paper trimmings after-wards. They also enable you to paint on them, which is what Isia is doing here:
For paint, I used water tinted with tube watercolor paints, although you could use pan watercolors or food-coloring tinted water or liquid watercolors. She used paintbrushes to paint, as well as a clean nasal aspirator.
I'm thinking, as I write this, I need to mark the aspirator so it's only used with paints from now on, not noses. Just because it's stored with the art supplies doesn't mean that little hands can't uncover it for it's original use! (smile)
And the finished product! Then Mama cut out snowflakes & we adhered them to our front door's windows with contact paper. (I was inspired by this!) Isia didn't mind that Mama did all the cutting (for now), and the snowflakes are a great way to welcome people to our home. Maybe they'll even inspire some real ones...
As I looked upon snow today, I was reminded of the pictures that Isia & I took together last time it snowed. I worked the camera to take pictures of things we both found to be interesting. Looking at them again, I vividly see the elements of art. Next time, I'm thinking it would be fun to go on an "elements of art" scavenger hunt and have her "find" an element of art again- this time on purpose! She might even be old enough to use Mama's camera for herself someday... maybe.
*What are the elements of art? I'm including them at the bottom for easy reference...
Line- A moving point through space.
Shape-An enclosed space, with the outside defined by another element of art (line, value, etc.)
Space- The empty space around and between forms or shapes is negative space (For example, the black space between the branches in the last picture. The branches themselves are positive space, since they are are lines or shapes that stand out to the viewer.)
Value- Lightness or darkness of color. I chose this for the second picture because I liked the values of color in the fence.
Texture- Real texture is felt by touching, implied texture is felt by the eyes. Such as the texture of the snow in the second picture.
Color- Black is not technically a color, but the absence of light. I liked the color of our barrel.
Form- A three-dimensional shape, usually geometric. Had I a picture of a pine-cone to include, that pine-cone would be a great example of form.
*What are the elements of art? I'm including them at the bottom for easy reference...
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| Shape, Form |
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| Value, Texture |
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| Line, Space, Color |
Shape-An enclosed space, with the outside defined by another element of art (line, value, etc.)
Space- The empty space around and between forms or shapes is negative space (For example, the black space between the branches in the last picture. The branches themselves are positive space, since they are are lines or shapes that stand out to the viewer.)
Value- Lightness or darkness of color. I chose this for the second picture because I liked the values of color in the fence.
Texture- Real texture is felt by touching, implied texture is felt by the eyes. Such as the texture of the snow in the second picture.
Color- Black is not technically a color, but the absence of light. I liked the color of our barrel.
Form- A three-dimensional shape, usually geometric. Had I a picture of a pine-cone to include, that pine-cone would be a great example of form.
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| This is not an element of art, but a little girl who's about to realize why Mama asked her to keep her mittens on! |
