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Our little Crafty Weekend, New Art & Family Fun Ideas!
This weekend we were feeling pretty crafty again and being that it was so nice and breezy outdoors, we decided to spend our Saturday evening creating art in our patio with the family. We thought it would be fun to take a break and do some art together, so we all sat outside, painted and laughed our little hearts out. There is just something so admirable about watching your family create art, we love sharing the beauty and joy of it. Below are the photos of the little art fest we had going on here—yes, this is how we love to spend our weekends. We think this is a great way to share some quality time with the family, it’s also very fun! You should try it with your family and friends!
By the way, are you going to be creating any crafty decorations or projects for Easter?
I am anxious to create some new paintings inspired by P A S T E L colors!
If you want to get crafty with the family or kids this weekend, here is a list we created of some fun Easter Decorating Ideas that we absolutely love! If you decide to try any of these ideas or any others, please share a photo with us on our Facebook! We’d love to see your art.
- Beautiful Easter Egg Dyeing Techniques via Martha Stewart
- Super fun & easy Easter Egg Garden via Parents Magazine
- Sweet Peeps Bouquets & S’mores via Your Home Based Mom (This one is too cute, I might just try this one myself)
- Make a Chicky Piñata via Better Homes and Garden
Hope you enjoy these ideas and don’t forget to share your art with us!
- Daniel’s new bonsai tree
- Our artfest: the family and Daniel painting
- Ravishing Oleanders — by Cindy
- Close-up of texture — *(My favorite pattern!)
- Peacock Bizarre — by Cindy *(I think this one is totally weird!)
- Paint in the Lines — by Daniel
Tonight, I’m inspired to do some creative art with my hands! Yes, HANDMADE ART! As a Graphic Designer, I spend most of my time in front of my Mac dealing with fonts, computer design software, email and printers. When we deal with the digital world 24/7 it is easy to forget to reunite with our artistic roots. That is, the basics of a pencil, paper and paintbrushes. The digital world has made it so easy for us to create “Graphic Art”, and believe me I LOVE that, but I think it’s time to finally take a break from the computer. Usually, my only time off to do fun Kardia things like this is when I’m NOT busy with a current project late at night—so now I’m taking advantage of this quiet time. As much as I LOVE art, it is hard to actually make time to create art for myself. So tonight, I shall paint my canvas turquoise.
Lately, I have been shopping at Michael’s Arts&Craft store, gathering cool crafting supplies here and there to start making some cool art for the shop! I have all these creative and dreamy ideas flying in my head and they need to reach the paper already. I truly enjoy making handmade art, it helps me relax and it is also very fun! I think any designer or artist can relate to that statement.
I took a few shots over the weekend that I’d like to share with you all. Below is a shot I took of my latest art haul, Daniel creating some art and my work in progress—just a little sneak peak behind the scenes at the design studio.
That’s all for tonight, STAY INSPIRED AND STAY+ !
xCindy
Art Haul pictured below:
• New paintbrushes: I like to buy the value packs because I do a lot of texture work in my backgrounds, so I tend to destroy them easily.
• Butterflies and Cupcake 3D stickers: I’m thinking of using these pretty pieces in my mixed media paintings.
• Watercolor Pencils: I love painting with watercolors, it’s my favorite! But, I’ve never used the Watercolor pencils, thought I’d experiment.
• Chocolate Bunny and Animal Print Scrap-booking Paper: I just loved these patterns, could come in handy during my crafting session.
• Paper Flowers, Flowers bunch, Colorful feathers, Glitter and Metallic Beads: I’ll use these to add a little pop to my acrylic paintings!
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