Party Pieces
It’s all been a bit hectic here recently, so I didn’t get a chance to post last week. What with sickness (mine), injury (husband’s), life in general, and the fact that I’m in the process of trying to complete a major project at the moment (watch this space as hopefully all will be revealed shortly) [...]
Creative Gifts
My kids have finished for a longer than usual half-term because of the Queen’s Jubilee, so once more I am short of time as I devote myself to their needs. So, just a short post this week, to share some more of the latest creative projects produced in our home. One of the things my [...]
Early Artwork
My Mum and Dad gave me an old box from their attic the other day, full of some of the things I’d hoarded as a child – in there were some small craft projects I’d made (mostly taken from the tutorials which appeared in Woman’s Weekly magazine, which my Mum subscribed to). Each week there [...]
The Art of Travel
There is a long history of artwork created while out and about. From the truly inspirational sketchbooks of JMW Turner to the ‘plein air’ art of the impressionists, art produced ‘on the spot’ often has something which art created later from notes, photographs, memory etc. lacks. Travelling or going away on holiday is also no [...]
Pin ItPinterest Love
Have I told you about my Pinterest addiction? I discovered Pinterest when I was purposely searching for an online pinboard and I’ve been on there almost a full year now. The addiction was instant and it still hasn’t worn off, though I have perhaps got a little more fussy in what I pin now. The other [...]
It’s a Boy Thing
As I’ve mentioned before, much of my boys’ creative activity is increasingly being carried out independently from me these days. They’ll find the stuff they want and get on with it, often without my knowledge. Once finished, they’ll sometimes bring the completed work to me, and explain at length exactly what’s going on. Other times [...]
Colourful Castle
It’s the Easter holidays, the kids are off school, and time for blogging is short again, so I’m a little late posting this week. We’re currently in Scotland on a rather cloudy and damp break, so I thought I’d share some photos from a visit we made to Kelburn Castle. Graffiti Art and ancient castles [...]
Pin ItFour More Ways to Display Children’s Artwork
I’m always on the look out for new ideas for displaying and making the most of children’s artwork, and I’ve been hard at work since Christmas sourcing some new products for the Artful Kids store. I’ve added some of these to the store recently, with more to come, but my favourite is this colourful portable Children’s [...]
Quality Counts
I recently had to buy some new supplies of tempera paint. I couldn’t find the Reeves brand I had used before, so I bought some own-brand paint from a large store. It was a little cheaper, but turned out to be a false economy. It got me thinking about the art materials we give our [...]
Pin ItIncey Winsey Spider…..
It’s half-term and with the kids being off school, time for blog writing is in short supply, so as it’s almost Halloween, it seemed like an opportune moment for a quick post to show off my hand-painted children’s spider T-shirts. I’ve been spending quite a bit of time making them recently to fulfill a little [...]
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