The 'Blossom' Shaker

This is what J and I get into when we have spare time at home. This 'shaker' was made in Aug'08 actually but I never got around to taking any photos until now. It looks a little beaten now from J carting it around whenever it pleases her.

The pink thing in the middle is actually J's drawing of Blossom of Power Puff Girls, her favourite cartoon character for some time now. That black smudge near the midsection is supposed to be the black band around Blossom's waist.J has decorated the shaker frame with drawings of swirls and smudges of Stickles. Also a close-up of the plastic see-through area with various sequins and beads which we sealed in to make the shaker sound. A relatively easy and fun piece to work with when it involves kids, plus all materials are repurposed from items lying around the house.

ATC ~ J's Garden

J made this ATC some months back but it somehow got lost in her stuff and only recently reappeared again. This is done with colour pencils, depicting a butterfly hovering above this strange, err ... I mean, extraordinary flower. This is a 'special' rainbow butterfly - so says J.

Moleskine Entry By J

J got her little artsy hands on my Moleskine 2 days ago and insisted on contributing a page (or two). Of course I relented, I mean, I'm a huge fan of this little artist!

Page 1

So the story goes like this ... J (that's the 'girl' - the human drawing in the middle) with the red hair in pigtails (complete with blue hair clips) is playing with her (imaginary) friend 'Sasa' (with the red & green eyes) on the far left. They are at the playground - as you can see, there is a pink slide on J's right side. Also enjoying the fun is Bubbles, our Miniature Schnauzer (yep, that black drawing with Mickey Mouse ears and tail at the bottom right).

Page 2

Now the story gets complicated ... something to do with Fairytopia ... rainbow-coloured fairy-wings ... and closing doors so that no one gets knocked down by the rainbow-coloured car (at the bottom right) with pink and green wheels. Unfortunately the picture is not clear enough, but somewhere amongst the colourful 'intepretation', it is detailed that the inside of her car is with 3 blue pedals - a clutch, a brake and an accelarator, oh plus a green steering wheel. Somehow, she's got shoes in the car (??). Oh, and she penned her name below her car so that "people will know that this is mine" ... well, no doubt about that!

J's 'Journal'

J's been trying her hand at 'journalling' (if you can call it that) and has written something about herself, Papa and Mummy on this piece. You can sort of make out Ps and Ms around the place.

Here, she's trying to write about Bubbles (our dog). I guess you can vaguely make out some Bs and U along the way, but the rest leaves a lot to the imagination.

So it's not much of a journal, but I guess it has to start somewhere. And her excuse? "But I don't go to school yet!" She always has plenty of excuses on hand, only that this excuse it actually the truth. Yup, sicko Mummy doesn't send J to school ... maybe next year?

Undiscovered Picasso

I'm totally inspired by this colour these days - Cerulean Blue ... according to Nick Bantock, love that ink colour to bits. Finally managed to get off my busy schedule *ahem* (read: lazy butt) to participate in a little challenge ~ using little one's art in a LO. Remember J's artpiece from here? Well, I hope my LO does her piece justice.


Distressed the blue cardstock and the blue splashes of paint on the background is actually J's handprints ~ which by the way, she LOVED doing. I had to submit some kind of torture technique to the piece so I messed up the alphas with some copper ink and copper-embossed them for that kinda-rusty-kinda-dirty look.

J loves butterflies - this one got stickled a teeny bit.

More paint and a little journalling. Ce'st fini!

Sadly though, J asked if this was done for her and when I told her yes, she was disappointed. Apparently it's not "pink" enough ... exact words were "But Mummy, you know I like pink ..." yes, as in THAT shade (fuschia), oh well!



Supplies - Paper: DaisyD's, Fancy Pants, Making Memories, Bazzill Cardstock; Paint: Making Memories; Ink: Nick Bantock Reinker, Tim Holtz Distress Inkpad, Tsukineko Brilliance; Alpha: Heidi Swapp; Embellies: Making Memories, Kaiser Craft, Stickles; Pen: Pigma Micron.

What Can I Say ...

J's definitely been more creatively productive than me, for sure. This was done a few evenings ago, yeah, this is what she gets up to during her less hyper days. In case you're wondering, the 'taller' one with the hair standing is Mummy (and no, I do not have hair like that!) and the the 'smaller' fella on the right is supposed to be J. The overturned-teacup shaped head is her interpretation of what her haircut looks like - a bob!

Notice that both of us are smiling in her picture? I like that ...

Earth Day 2 ~ by J

Here's another little drawing done by J a couple of weeks ago. Not that I set her a theme, but she seems to be drawing lots of 'earth' themed drawings lately.

By the way, that's a pink dolphin on the left and her version of Mummy on the right. However, I don't quite know what that grey blob of shading near 'me' is supposed to be - forgot to ask her for her translation of this piece!

Earth Day ~ by J

This is J's take on Earth Day. She actually drew this on her own early this month so I guess it still qualifies as art by a not-quite 3-year-old.

A tree (on the left) with a bird (the spot of red-brown between the V of the branch) sitting on the branch. Next to the tree is the bird-bath (yup, it's that purple-yellow-red thing). That light green gob at the bottom, next to the tree trunk is a bush.

Sorry for the rather poor quality picture as I had accidentally folded her 'masterpiece' and it kind of shows through via the scan.

My Baby Made This!

Yeah, J did this all by herself. She had refused to follow me to the kitchen to get some stuff done so I left her alone at her changing 'station'. She was awfully quiet for the longest time (which is RARE indeed!) and by the time I reappeared from the kitchen, she presented me with this 'necklace' which she made all by herself, with a length of ribbon and her hair-clips. A simple little gesture which left a huge impression on my heart!



Future scrapbooker or jewellery maker, perhaps?

Oops....

... I had forgotten to post this little card. This was the thank you card made for Aunty Yoonie which J insisted on making to thank Aunty Yoonie for the gorgeous tutu and Wabbit. J did the colourful picture while I just put the card together. And as she constantly sings at home, "What's gonna work? Team-work!!"

Supplies - SEI cardstock, Making Memories Textured Tape, Sakura Glaze Pen.

Toddler Art

Here are my little partner-in-crime J's works of art. This is the interpretation of a not-quite 3-year-old, so I had to pencil in the translation of her works.

A pink footprint, a purple heart and so-called Thomas The Tank (yeah, that little blob at the bottom right of the page)

A bird's feather - judging by the colour, I'm guessing its from a Crow.

J's favourite Coconut Water (straight from the coconut) drink. That 'thing' sticking out is the straw (in case you are wondering).

The face of a cat - see if you can make out the pink ears and eyes!

And I'm a proud Mummy!!