For my budding artist

A portfolio. I bought a piece of story board and cut it in half, so now it measures 10x15. Perfect! It incorperates my new craze, colored duct tape, and a long time, inexplicable obsession, paint swatches. When he gets a little bigger he'll make his own. But for now I am so happy to have a special place for Nash's paintings and stampings and drawings. Though this project wasn't in the book, I have to say a lot of elements come from (again) Kid Made Modern. It's so inspiring. I feel like it would make a special gift, too.

Boons

Thanks to Kid Made Modern, link to the right, I have all sorts of new projects I want to work on. I've taken a little break from obsessively sewing, and this book came at the perfect time for me. In trying to keep a "handmade home" it's been fun to make some new toys. Nash's interest in these spoons has not waned. I picked up the spoons for about 50 cents each at Michaels. I painted them, then did some detail work with black ink pen, then covered them in a triple thick sealant. They look glossy and pretty, but I'm not sure I don't like them better a little dull and rustic. I haven't coated two of them yet and I'm going to leave them and see how they wear. I made a Humpty Dumpty, a flower, a funny critter, and old man, and some funny faces. I'm thinking of doing groups of characters, like Little Red Riding Hood, Grandma, Woolf, etc. Kid Made Modern is the book I've been waiting for. Buy, buy, buy.