It's Sunday and.....

I am home with a sore throat..oh well... I guess that means I get to scrap! I am sitting here in the Library/home art studio, looking out a window at the trees. Some are a beautiful shade of orange, others are brown, light green/yellow, rust, and peach. What strikes me the most is that they are all fluttering in a crazed dance that reminds me of the warped speed of the events of this past week.

Last Sunday we came home from the cities and seeing Meggie and drove through two awful thunder storms. Monday was a holiday so Bob and the boys kept busy getting some stuff done in the garage. They donated a sofa to the thrift store, which is good. I want to park the cars in the garage. It seems that with the veranda restoration, Megan's Grad Party, and the Parade of Homes Tour, that we accumulated a bunch of things in the garage leaving no room for the cars.

Tuesday I started having a tickle in my throat that I just chalked up to eating some popcorn. As the week progressed it got worse and now, here I am on Sunday, home feeling just awful. But that's ok. I had planned on working on my CK HOF entry, but then some interesting events popped up over at Creating Keepsakes that leaves me disappointed, frustrated, and yes, even angry. It will be interesting to see what comes of their policies and rules in the future. I have decided to NOT do HOF this year. I really want to focus on positive aspects of creating and having fun teaching others to tell their stories.

Speaking of teaching, here are a few snippets of what I will be teaching on www.creativityunbound.blogspot.com this next Tuesday....

































These four layouts have a couple things in common. Since I know how smart ya all are I won't insult you by pointing it all out... What I am going to be teaching is the art of graffiti. It's so much fun to just doodle and let go. I love to color outside the lines and do things that aren't expected. Maybe they are expected, but I am not with it enough to know the difference?
I promised a look at "Science" so here it is. I think you all know that we homeschool. It was
while doing a science project that I snapped a few photos of the kids examining an ant farm they put together. It's super cool because it doesn't take dirt, but a jell-like substance. Now we have a mini garden growing in the ant farm and six happy ants that have burrowed holes in the blue stuff. For this layout I purposely chose papers that have a science feel and threw in some vibrant blues and some great reds to pull it all together. I just love the little chirping bird on the "e". Well...thanks for looking and check out www.creativityunbound.blogspot.com for further instructions on how to doodle. Better yet, post some photos of your doodling for us all to admire.
Love ya!
Mary