face painting fun

Well, I had one of those big coupons and invested in a book for damsel to keep busy with the rest of this summer. You know those Klutz books? This one is face painting and she is able to be very artzy and creative with this book and the paints are so much nicer than the cheapies one usually buys at the discount store. Washes off very easy too. She put up signs selling her artwork. Above is her work on my hand! Fun!!

homemade summer fun...

Here, Damsel and I made these jewelry necklaces ourselves..mine has matching earrings. This was way more fun than I ever would have thought. A friend, Maryann, enjoys this hobby regularly and brought her kits over to my house for lunch and this fun..loved it! Do you like them?

USA Girl Camp! We love our local extension service around here. If you have one, run don't walk and get to some of there really cool classes at great prices!
Damsel and some friends went to this day camp revolving around American Girl Dolls, the girls brought their dolls and did crafts and cooked and learned all about a different doll's time period. It was so cute. Here is a sampling of what they made.

Here, girly decided to dress her corn husk doll! Very creative.

Here is a homemade bag and hat my bought from a friend of hers that makes these. Someday I will attempt a bag similar to this, but alas, my sewing machine is dead...:( Good bye my faithful old Singer...we shall miss you...

co-op art class

We have a lovely little informal co-op group filled with some lovely homeschooling ladies that encourage me every time I meet with them. We are doing an art study every other week for the year, thanks to a very sweet mom with three young boys and lots of energy!! (thanks Stephanie) With that, other mom's have stepped forward as they are able and offered other fun learning opportunities. It's even right nearby, which I love. This has really blessed me. I will keep updating our adventures here.
Above is a photo of the art gallery we visited to start off the year.