Today I just did some sketches of Tiki heads in my new sketchbook. The first one, in the upper left is based on a souvenir from our honeymoon in Hawaii. I might do color versions of some of these guys later. The octopus on the previous page was a Valentine card for my charges at the after school program. I never got around to posting it until now. Our classroom is called “the Octagon.”
I was out all day until 9 pm, so I didn’t get started on my thing until late. I thought an owl would be appropriate for this late night.
It’s a jackalope! He’s very tiny, and I think it would have been better with finer glitter. I’m going to work on it some more tomorrow — maybe cover the edges with satin ribbon.
Yesterday I made chocolate fondue, but we ate it so there are no pictures.
Today I felt like trying out some new origami models. I found the instructions on this site. It’s all in Japanese, so it was a little harder to follow along. There are a ton of models and the diagrams are clear enough. I made a Valentine heart and some cute little blossoms. I think the blossoms would make good earrings.
I made this illustration for Illustration Friday. Their theme this week is “Choose”. I could only think of standardized tests, which start creating anxiety in kids around this time every year.
Today I made sand candles with the kids in my after school program. I put some sand in a big tray, and each kid made a hole in the sand. We put wicks in the holes, then I poured in some hot wax. The kids really liked this project and the candles came out pretty funky looking. The sand formed a skin around each candle, and the wax flowed out of the holes, forming irregular shapes. The finished candles resemble chunks of deep-fried food more than anything else. I left the candles at the school, so I don’t have a picture tonight, but I’ll try to post one soon.
This was a craft project I did with the kids I work with. We decorated plain wooden hearts with paper, pipe cleaners, ribbon, glitter and markers. I liked mine so I took it home and hung it up.
I’ve had these paper flowers for a while now, and had the idea to make them into jewelry. It took me a while to figure out, but I wound up attaching each blossom to a wire pin and stringing them all together with some clear glass beads in between. I like how it turned out. 
This guy was built last week, but I didn’t get a chance to post him until today. I work with second and third graders in an after school program, and we built these robots entirely from cardboard boxes and other recycled materials. The larger one is VERY tall. Here is a picture of him with the kids for some perspective. 
This was just a little experiment using glitter and some other odds and ends I had lying around. I’m not sure what I think of it.
I’ve been working on this scarf for a while, and I finally finished knitting it just a few minutes ago. I still need to block it, and I’m going to add a row of buttons at one end. I used this pattern.
I had some trouble with my first post, so I’ve been putting it off for the last few days. Here’s what I’ve been working on in the meantime: a bead necklace, a hand bound journal, and five little paper cranes.
I got a late start today, but I had some glitter lying around and some tiny little canvases. I think he looks like a cross between Bigfoot and an alien. I had to move the image to my blog.
