Creative Chaos

Sometimes we get a second chance.........

 

Look who flew in the other day and made our terra cotta planter home.  After the "Hummingbird Tragedy of 2011" that happened a few months ago, I was surprised that any bird would fly through our backyard much less take up residence. Apparently, the word on the street and in the air is not as bad as I thought.  Or, this little feathered friend is deaf.  Either way, she chose our backyard as a landing spot to nest.  I'm so excited to be redeemed in the eyes of the bird community.  

 

In order to accomodate her every need, we have instituted a strict "no soccer playing" policy.  I  have also decided there will be no running, laughing, talking or general silliness to be had within 20 yards of the new nest.   Carlos is to be on call 24 hours a day to handle any requests she may have for worms, sticks and turn down service.  

 
 
It's all up to me to make it right this time.   I won't let her down! 

Talk to you soon!  Karin

Back from bit of a blogging break.......

 

Don't ask me what I've been doing because I really have no idea other than I haven't made time for blogging. 

 

I feel like I've been super busy...but at what, I have no clue.  I have, however, worked on an order of little cupcake boxes....

 

I've finally finished Carlos' class auction project .....

 

I'm really happy with how it turned out......

 

Glued some floral ribbon onto a journal.......

 

 A pair of my earrings made it into May's issue of Bead Trend magazine.......

 

I love how they photographed it.......

 

I'm also in this issue too......

 

 
Aren't the little felt projects adorable?  I don't have a picture of mine because I forgot to bring the magazine home with me from Paper Tales.  It's of the little peat pots with the floral ribbon. 

Talk to you soon!  Karin

I'm still here......

Just busy with non blogging life.  Such as two separate field trips to the zoo.  We got to meet this chap over in the tortoise section.  Despite the glare he's giving.....

he was very friendly.  I kind of wanted to take him home.

Then you know how there's always one mom in the group who makes the kids jump off a tortoise statue for fifteen minutes until the perfect jump is captured?  Well, that would be me....

 
This picture below is more representational of the trip with the kindergarteners.  I was just like that mama duck trying to get her gaggle of ducklings to go in the right direction.  However, instead of quacking, I would just have a running loop of "keep moving along....stop running....no, we are not stopping for pizza....."  Although, I'm sure what they heard was "quack, quack, quack."  

I thought this was the coolest picture.  One of the boys in Carlos' group took it.  What a great shot....

 

I'm still substitute teaching and also working on the class project for the Gala Auction event in June......

 

I pretty excited about it.  It's a Claudine Hellmuth inspired piece where I took pictures of the kid's heads and then let them draw the bodies and the background.  

I'm putting it on a 24x30 canvas......

 

I'll share some more pictures when I'm done. 

Ok...I've got to run.  Talk to you soon....Karin