Today we were inspired by a little craftiness.....first came the card making since I get so tired of lamely searching for storebought cards and sentiments. I have a love for paper like some love fabric, so I search out interesting patterns or make them myself. I have collected stamps for years and I'm always thinking of ways to incorporate them into cards for birthdays, thank yous, etc etc. Here are two recent ones. One is made from lemon slice printing with white acrylic paint (great idea for food printing for Leah too).
Our other bits of craftiness took the form of fingerpainting 101. Leah fingerpainted on the easel and mushed the colours together and then painted arms and backs of hands. I don't know if this is an activity we will ever outgrow. I think she loves the feeling of paint mushed between the fingers. Doesn't it look like great fun?
I love this photo of her tiny hands. what fun! great exploration :) your cards are great. love those lemons. very smart!
Posted by: TD wool design | March 18, 2008 at 01:34 PM
At four and a half, we have certainly not outgrown the fingerpainting...though it rarely limits itself to fingers. I typically coat paper the walls of our bathtub and let him go at it. Many a tummy print has emerged from these body print sessions. I'm thrilled when we don't end up with brown. He is very into color mixing now.
The lemons came out awesome. We'll have to try that over here.
Posted by: jen | March 18, 2008 at 02:49 PM
I love your photos as usual. I also love the cards - I also have a great love of paper. I have never printed with a lemon before. It looks beautiful.
I have wanted to try making cards for awhile, but I'm intimidated by them for some reason.
Posted by: Michie | March 18, 2008 at 04:29 PM
Those cards are beautiful! Love the fingerpainting photos too, you can almost feel the cold goopy paint on your hands just looking at those...
Posted by: Amanda | March 18, 2008 at 08:41 PM
oh those little blue hands...priceless :o)
~simply~
Posted by: simply | March 19, 2008 at 09:34 AM
Your cards are beautiful!
My son was not much of a finger painter...or mud pie maker. He always wanted his hands cleaned off!
Posted by: Sara | March 19, 2008 at 02:58 PM
I love the photos of finger painting! They made me think of when I was a child and we used to finger paint all the time. My mother would save the paintings and use them for wrapping paper.
Posted by: Jessica | May 20, 2008 at 11:03 PM