AEDM #30

While I've enjoyed Art Every Day Month, I'm so glad that today is the last day. I've got a horrible cold and just really haven't felt well this past week.

Today, I finished the bulletin board that I was working on earlier in the week. The tree is made up of hands which each has a name of someone who attended Sunday School. There's also red and silver glitter where the fingernails would be, The ornaments around the tree are from a website called Bible Story Printables  -click here to go there. They have the names of Jesus on them. I printed them at half size. They were originally going on the tree, but that would have left big open spaces to either side of the tree, so I went with this. I may end up doing one more row of hands for the bottom row for anyone who didn't attend this week (and because I don't like the blank space at the bottom). Or I may just put a brown trunk at the bottom if there's no new names that need to go on there.

AEDM #29

It may not look like much at the moment, but I've been working on my Christmas cards. I'll post a picture when they're finished.

AEDM #28

Here is something I've been working on for a bulletin board at my church. Every one that attends Sunday School will put their name on a hand and they will go on the bulletin board in a Christmas tree shape (with fingers pointing down). I'll probably post a picture of the completed board on Sunday.

AEDM # 27

Happy Thanksgiving! Today for Art Every Day Month, my nephew and I made this Christmas ornament together. We also made a couple for him to take home.

AEDM #26

Today I put together some kits I got at the Dollar Tree. I'm still not feeling well so this is the most creative I can be today. The tree and gingerbread man are felt and the penguin is foam.

AEDM # 25

I'm a bit under the weather, so I'm cheating a bit for today's Art Every Day Month post. I did this art journal background a while back.

AEDM #24

I had a rather busy day today, so today's art is a quick doodle of a rose.

AEDM #23

For today's Art Every Day Month, here is an art journal page I worked on. I started this on Day 9. I'm not sure if it's finished yet. The right page is a bit bare, but I kind of like it as it is. The words on the right page say "Feel Extraordinary".

AEDM #22

Today's art is a wreath. It's from a kit I bought. I can't seem to pass up craft kits that are on clearance.

AEDM #21

Day 21 of Art Every Day Month! Here is today's art: it's this week's Documented Life Project. The prompt was to add a map. The background is a layer of torn up map pages, covered with gesso, and sprinkled with spray ink. The card on the right is from ICAD (Index Card a Day) a few years ago. It's a map with marks in all the cities I've lived in over the years. I thought it fit well with the prompt.

AEDM #20

I had a crazy busy day today. The only art I managed was a doodle on a styrofoam cup at my church's Thanksgiving dinner tonight. Unfortunately, I turned around and someone had thrown it away. So instead, here is a picture of a paper wreath I started last week. It's made on a cardboard wreath shape, covered in green paper, and it has 60 or 70 circles that are folded (in a way that's hard to describe), to make it fluffy looking. It's not quite done. I intend to add a red paper bow when I get around to it. Who knows when that will be!

AEDM #19

For day 19 of Art Every Day Month, I've made a Rudolph head. It's a flat Christmas decoration to hang on the wall. To be honest, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it, but I think it's cute. It's not a great picture, but the head is gold and the nose is very sparkly.

AEDM #18

For today, I have a variety of Rainbow Loom charms that I've made.They weren't all made today, but I haven't posted any of them before.

Clockwise from top left: treble clef, cherries, butterfly, Mickey Mouse, wreath, candy cane, and a turtle in the middle.

AEDM #17

I guess you could consider this a Christmas card, or at least a card front. That's not exactly why I made it - I do some "behind the scenes" volunteer work at Christmas in a room with plain boring walls. Several years ago I started making little Christmas art to hang up. Some of them (like this one) are just free printables that are printed at 1/4 size. I glued this one to a red background and went crazy with the metallic gel pens. The printable I used can be found here.

AEDM #16

Day 16 of Art Every Day Month! Today I've made an Artist Trading Card. It's not my favorite thing I've every made, but oh well!

AEDM #15

Today for Art Every Day Month, I made a Thanksgiving card. I really need to get working on my Christmas cards, but I just haven't felt motivated.

AEDM # 14

Art Every Day Month day 14! Today, I worked in my Documented Life Project journal. It's a sort of combination art journal and planner with weekly prompts. I'm not using mine as a planner, but I am following the prompts. The prompt for this week was to use fabric. The pants were cut from an old pair of flannel pajama pants.

AEDM #13

Today for Art Every Day Month, I have a Fall wreath made of clothespins. I came up with this for the Women's Ministry group I belong to, and we made them today. I know I saw something similar on Pinterest, but I don't know who or where the idea came from.

I don't know if I like the raffia bow, but I didn't like any of the ribbon I tried, and it looked very bare without it. I think a burlap ribbon would look good, but I didn't have any on hand.

AEDM #12

Another busy day! Today's art is another doodle that I did rather quickly.

AEDM #11

Day 11 of Art Every Day Month! For today, I've made a greeting card. The flower is a rubber stamp image I was sent in a swap a while back. I colored it with watercolors. You can't tell in the picture but I used a clear star gelly roll glitter pen to accent certain places. I really like how it turned out.