Alley Finds!

 

Our favorite rescued chair has a mate! 

My very creative friend found this in the alley ready for scrapping. 

She gave it to us to match the first one we did! 

Hooray for alley finds! 

Watercolor Morning....

My three year old and I had a delightful watercolor morning. We experimented a little with tape too!
I started by taping off a framed edge for her first painting. She tried putting the tape on in a different direction for the next one. I love arty experiments!

Scarecrows!

 The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum has a creative and fun display of scarecrows right now! We had perfect weather last weekend with sunshine and a cool breeze to explore the arboretum and get inspired for some outdoor art at our house!
Here are just a few.....

Rescued Chair

This chair was sitting in a yard down the road from us for days. Every time I drove by it I wanted to pick it up and turn it into something amazing! One day I drove by and there it was with a "free" sign on it right on the curb. I screeched to a stop and rescued it!
With a little "team work" we brought it back to life! Here are the before an afters-

Arty Nature Address

Carelessly frolicking in the yard bare foot has been difficult lately because it is full of acorns!
We decided to embrace nature and create an arty address for the tree house!

Mobile Art Box

We have a very sweet and creative friend leaving for college soon and this is the fun little "art on the go box" we put together for her journey. I slipped a harmonica in for musical inspiration!

Dandelion Fun

I learned that these are called "wishing lions" today. When you blow on them you make a wish!
We had a fun day today creating our wishing lions and talking about even and odd numbers of flowers to include in the project. It was nice to get back to making a bit of mess :) after working on a very special Mother's day project the past few weeks.
Hope everyone is enjoying the longer days and wonderful season change! Summer is just around the corner!