Summer Bucket List: Finger Painting

     Finger painting can get pretty messy, especially with a toddler.  So to eliminate the mess but still keep the fun, I squirted some of the paint into a Ziploc bag then taped the opening shut.  Next, I taped the bag onto the table.  The kiddos got to draw into the paint and have fun.  Clean up was even easier, pulled up the bag from the tape and into the trash it went!   

We will definitely have to do this again, since the kiddos loved it so much!

June Crafternoon

     Last month Elizabeth hosted our June Crafternoon.  For this craft we didn't sew anything or repurposed an old item, this time we painted!  I love to paint.  It's such a fun way to express yourself and I find it very relaxing.  Recently, I've seen these Painting Party businesses popping up EVERYWHERE!  The first one I heard of was actually my bestie's business called the Traveling-Tipsi Artist.  She started this because she loves to paint, teach, and host parties, so what a fun way to do all three!  I actually did a post about her and her business...check it out, My Friend the Traveling-Tipsi Artist.  Well, June's Crafternoon was very similar.  We each brought some yummy cheese/wine trays, some blank canvas, and our creativity.

Look at all that yumminess on one platter!

More CHHHHEEEESSSSEEEEEE!

About to get our paint on!

Blank canvas' turn into.....masterpieces!

Creating their artwork...

Looking good ladies!

Even the kiddos wanted to paint too!

I decided I didn't want to do the same painting the other ladies were doing, 

so I found a picture of a fox then sketched it out on my canvas.

Then painted my picture.

Here's Elizabeth and Jennies beautiful Cherry Blossoms.

And Marissa's too!  

I think my fox turned out pretty cute!

Can't wait to hang it in Kinley's room with the rest of her fox paintings!

This month's Crafternoon's was one of my favorites!  Can't wait till July's, I will be hosting it!

Wreck This Journal: Fruit Stamps

     I know this page says to Make Prints using Ink and Cut Vegetables, but I decided I wanted to use fruit instead.  I think they turned out pretty neat.  I've never stamped using citrus before.  The lemon prints actually look like oranges because of the orange ink I used.  I liked how it turned out, fresh and bright!

Wreck This Journal: Wash, Rinse, Fold, Repeat

     This page in my journal was pretty easy, it says to Tear This Page Out (put it in your pocket, put it through the wash, stick it back in).  So that's exactly what I did.  I was doing a load of Liam's clothes, so I tore my page out, folded it, and stuck it in one of his jeans pockets.  I hoped it didn't get too wet and wouldn't be able to place it back in my journal.  But as it turned out, the folding helped keep it together.  I carefully and slowly unfolded it and taped some of it back together.  Then taped it back into my journal.

Wreck This Journal: Grocery Lists

     I am constantly going to the grocery store, and being a Virgo that I am, I'm never empty handed.  I need my lists, they are on back of envelopes, Post-It Notes, and even in my phone.  I saved a few to put in my journal for this page, A Place for your Grocery Lists.  I added some of the store ads and coupons, because I do price matching and coupon cutting too!

Wreck This Journal: Tongue Painting

     This page for Tongue Painting, was actually quite fun and yummy!  I found these Angry Bird Exploding Candy, kinda like Pop Rocks, at the Dollar Tree.  They were tasty and in different colors.  So I popped some in my mouth and yep, I LICKED the page! I didn't painting with my tongue could be so fun!

Wreck This Journal: Hairball

     For this page I was to Create a Drawing Using a Piece (or several pieces) of Your Hair.  Ok, so grabbed some from my brush wadded it up into a ball and thought.  How can I create a page incorporating this hairball? Hairball...hairball...hairball....I got it! A CAT!  So there ya go!

Wreck This Journal: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6....

     I love doodling, and here are some more on the Numbers Page.

Wreck This Journal: Wingardium Leviosa

     Everyone knows I'm a HP (Harry Potter) fan, so makes since to me to Pick Up the Journal Without Using Your Hands by magic!

Wreck This Journal: What's Your Name?

     If you were to browse through a Wreck This Journal, you would think the Name Page would be one of the first to complete.  But, naw, I didn't finish these pages for awhile.  

I followed all the prompts on how to write my name and then 

doodled around the edges and on the left page.

Wreck This Journal: Stickiness

     Draw with Glue?!  What a fun page!  I found some sparkly glitter glue and drew some hearts on the right page, then folded the left side over.  Then peeled if apart to find some pretty mirrored hearts.  Then I just colored the insides with markers.  Simple but fun, I mean, who doesn't like playing with glitter glue?

Wreck This Journal: Stain It

     If you know me, I have A LOT, I mean A LOT of nail polish colors, this is only one of three bags of nail polish I have!  Crazy, right?!  Well, I like to paint my nails fun funky colors.  So when I saw the journal entry for Stain Log, I thought it would be fun to paint some polish in the boxes.  But of course I had to draw more boxes to accommodate all the polish I have.  

I painted the left page with sparkly glittery polish 

and the right side has the shiny and matte polishes. 

Some of the ones on the right even smell.  Have you seen those?  

The scented nail polish by Revlon.  They've made my journal smell so good.

Wreck This Journal: Taped Up

     Aren't those some pretty colors of tape?  I've never seen paper tape, so I added them to my basket while shopping at Target.  I knew they would come in handy for one of these pages.  And it so happened they did with this Cover This Page in Tape journal entry.

I weaved the paper tape into a basket pattern.  

It was really easy to use and reposition-able, unlike real tape.

Wreck This Journal: Title Page

     This page didn't really have a prompt I just thought like doodling on the inside cover and the title page.  I was feeling a little down the day I drew this, which helps explains the picture.  After I finished the raincloud and sun I found this amazing quote which helped lift my spirits.

     "In moods of discouragements or despair, never forget that the SUNSHINE will ultimately come back, that it's absence is never permanent.  Hand onto your faith, knowing that soon you will rise into the SUNSHINE again."

Wreck This Journal: Lines

     Today's prompt is to Draw Fat Lines and Thin.  I thought I would get a ruler and just start drawing some lines.  As I was drawing them it started to look like circus tents.  So that's how I colored them, alternating colors.

That's a lot of lines, but pretty colorful ones.