We spent the day together being crafty and rearranging my furniture. My mom is the best at that... she is the furniture rearranging queen! It's a talent I'm sure. We then spent some time at the dollar store looking for sticky labels we could print on. I could probably spend hours in the dollar store. It's so huge and has everything...Everything except sticky printable labels :(
When we got home we started working on a couple of crafty projects for an event her work is having. One of the features of the event is this little "candy bar", where the guests grab themselves a cute little gable top box filled with candy. We made 100 fancy little custom cut labels for each box that read "a sweet treat", and then crafted this big bunting banner for the display:
It reads "Candy Bar" and was fun to make, with the help of my little Cricut Expression. I adore that machine and wish it existed when I was still in school. I would have had the best project displays ever!!
I love crafting with my mom. We used to make things together all the time when I was a wee one. I'm just glad she carries the same artistic gene as me :)
Speaking of which, she also brought over my old portfolio, and in it sat this ancient sketchbook that I forgot even existed. It was covered in mod-podged disney clippings and the front was totally stuck to the inside of my portfolio. I had to pry it off and ruin my super classy cover job.
I used to draw Disney characters daily when I was about 11-12 years old. I was obsessed. I'm also taking this opportunity to use the following pics for #6 of the photo challenge, Childhood Memory. These sketches are dated 1996...
Day 6: Childhood Memory
I LOVED anything Disney and had big dreams to be a Disney animator one day. I was able to draw most characters from memory, which actually surprises me because if I were to attempt that now, I would have no idea where to start.
Isn't it funny how we forget things that used to come so easily?
What is something you used to do as a kid that you lost your skill for?
xox Dana
I used to be obsessed with Disney, too! My dad and I had a special thing with Goofy.
ReplyDeleteGlad you got a new vacuum!
And your design are AWESOME. I know that's yesterday's post. But I love them.
Not so much a skill, but I have a hard time with left and right now, and I don't remember having this issue as a kid. Oh well, how important is that anyway.
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are really cute :)
ReplyDeletexx Grace
Dream-Boating
I actually could draw horses REALLY well....I don't think I could draw anything really realistic any more. :( Sadness. Maybe I need to start practicing again! :)
ReplyDeleteI love your drawings! They really look like the real Disney's haha.
ReplyDeleteI used to be able to draw a human better than I do now, weird huh? I also used to be good at sewing but I haven't be able to sew anything lately. Oh how I wish I could do those things again.
I can't believe you drew those from memory as an 11/12 year old! Those sketches are so great! I used to play the clarinet. I was so good at sight reading music and somehow managed to be the middle school kid in honors band (I went to a private school that combined middle and high school at the time). Now, I don't even know if I remember what the different notes are called!
ReplyDeleteThis is great.
ReplyDelete♥ sécia
www.petiteinsanities.blogspot.com
Creating and being creative is so freeing. I love the memories you shared. Fun! I have been thinking about buying different string colors to see if I remember how to make those friendship bracelets. I loved mindlessly knotting them together while watching TV or talking on the phone, then giving them away. I think I might go to the store today! Thanks for the nudge ;)
ReplyDeleteI used to dance ballet and jazz. Don't do it any more. Wish I did. I also LOVED Disney. I actually did an internship there in college. Mickey never gets old....
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Sarah
Get Up & Go
darn. I wish I lived near my mom. So she could buy me presents. and do crafts projects. errr.. I mean. because I miss her so.
ReplyDeleteI love those drawings!!
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking about that the other day, how easily we forget about the activities that could keep us absorbed for hours. Oftentimes, we just seem to slough them off as we grow up, which is rather sad. I do my best to stand against the flow of time.
ReplyDeleteYour drawings are amazing.. I wish I could draw but I just don't have the skill. It all just looks like I drew it with my left hand.
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