And The Award Goes To....

So the other day my awesome Gammie(Grandma) accepted an award for being Docent of the year at the Yellowstone Art Museum (its the only art museum in Montana!!! all the others are centers or galleries) It was a very exciting and looooong day! My mom and I spent around eight hours driving that day. How we didn't kill each other I do not know.... Especially because my idea of driving is not exactly her idea of safe driving... hehe I am my fathers daughter!

So we made it to Billings alive! And on the way there I made art! Last year my Gammie and Mike-Mike(Grandpa) took me to France for a graduation gift! It was amazing, and has helped me a lot in my art classes!!! So I did a sketch of the Notre Dame with pen and pastel chalk. 

Here are some pictures of my amazing Gammie getting her award! She totally deserves it! She not only texts me all the time to let me know when they are getting french impressionist paintings into the museum, but has always supported my creativity and artsy fartsy side! When I was maybe around five or six she got posters for my brother and I. He got mighty ducks, and I got Degas's Ballerina in Red! I still cherish it! You can tell she really loves being a docent, she is always bragging about the museum and all the cool stuff she learns. She makes me want to be a docent!!! They could not have picked anyone better, although I am a tad bit biased... 

Wheat Packs!

As I was flying through Pintrest land the other day I stumbled upon how to make your own rice packs. Well I figured I could make some with wheat.
That is the nice thing about growing up on a wheat farm, is the fact you are always in abundance of wheat! But I wasn't getting the full on creative kick. I did not want to do any sewing. I absolutely detest my mothers sewing machine. That is why I mainly hand sew, I don't like that operated monster machine that much!

And so I pondered and prodded my mind for a way to make one of these suckers without sewing! Lightbulb! I remembered I had bought some wine bottle bag things from Michaels for $1! I don't drink but I loved the bags they were so pretty I had to get some! Boy, am I sure glad I did! They made this project a stitch! So here are the instructions to make a very simple wheat heating pad/pack!

All you need for supplies are...

6 cups of wheat or rice

Twist Tie

Wine bag

-And some ribbon or string if you need some! My bag from Michaels came with one!

So just add the wheat to the bag and uses the twist tie to secure it. Finally use the string to cover up the twist tie to make a very pretty and very quick and easy heat pack!

Just some extra tips, you may want to rinse your wheat so it smells better and just in case if you are allergic to the dust. It has also been suggested to put a cup of water in the microwave when you heat it up since the wheat can dry out and catch on fire... yikes! Also you may want to change your wheat out after awhile it can start to smell kinda musty. 

Sparkly Shoes!

Whats better than shoes? SPARKLY SHOES!!! and even better...???? DIY sparkly shoes!
I had a pair of shoes that I loved they fit perfect except they were outdated and covered in camo. I wanted to hide the excess amount of camo on my shoes. I once again depended upon the help of mod podge to help sparklify my shoes!

Its an easy project just paint on some mod podge and sprinkle on some glitter and repeat!

And then you have some very pretty shoes!

Wacky Wednesdays!

Since being home i have been volunteering at our local arts center! When I was younger they used to have a program for young kids to do art activities. They had not done the program in years so when I asked about it, they asked me to run it!

I had not exactly been planning on running anything over my summer break, but I have enjoyed immensely! The kids are really great, they always work really hard and have been making some wonderful art!

Its been great being able to teach the kids about some art history and different types of art.