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Watercolor Snowflake Craft
Baby, it’s cold outside! Normally that is something you just hear in the northern states, but today it seems to be cold all over the country! Going with that old adage… If life gives you…
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Easel Ornaments Tutorial :: Set 1
Nothing is quite so nostalgic as putting up the annual Christmas tree. Memories are shared, and we meander through the years every time we touch an ornament. I love traditions so my family was quite…
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Watercolor Painted Fabric Tutorial Leaf Embroidery
The kids and I have had fun making our own watercolor painted fabric this week. We took ordinary flour sack towels and turned them into beautiful hand painted fabric squares that we are now been busily…
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Ombre Painted Pinecones Fall Craft
Inspired by Wimzeecal’s Ombre Pinecone Tutorial, which we have link to before, we decided to kick off our fall crafting with some of our own Ombre Painted Pinecones. I complete one ombre painted pinecone myself,…
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A Morning of Painting with Friends
I am beyond thrilled that last year I began painting. I will never be an exceptional painter, but finally picking up a paint brush fulfilled an unrequited dream and the time I’ve spend drawing and painting fills…
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Doodle Art
For many, many, many years… probably more years than some of you have been on this earth, I have yearned to paint. Not fancy, hang in the Lourve paintings, but paintings that would fill my…
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Autumn Candlesticks
Back from our week’s little break. Did I get everything done I wanted to? Ha! Did I rest? Ha! Did I have a wonderful time? Absolutely! So, I didn’t finish organizing the craft room. And, I…
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Oil Pastel & Watercolor Bridge
For those of you who had been following along with our State Studies Unit 1, I wanted to let you know that our State Studies Unit 2 is almost complete. I have been adding everything…
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Rainbow Painted Wooden Candle Sticks
As you may remember, a few weeks ago the kids made hand dipped beeswax candles (you can read about how making the Hand Dipped Beeswax Candles here). They had to cure in the freezer for…
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Watermelon Flower Coloring
In a rather Willy Wonka-ish manner, I turned the basic pattern of our Watermelon Applique Block into a fantasy Watermelon Flower! Here is our newest coloring page. After I watercolored the page, I went back and…
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Bunny Coloring Page
Here is our newest coloring page based on our Bunny Applique Block. Children… or you… can use markers, crayons or paintings. The only requirement is to have fun 🙂 Pattern for Bunny Coloring Page can…
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Inchworm Coloring Page
Here is our newest coloring page based on our Inchworm Applique Block. Children… or you… can use markers, crayons or paintings. The only requirement is to have fun 🙂 Pattern for Inchworm Coloring Page can…
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Butterfly Coloring Page & Watercolor Tutorial
It’s Spring! I have yet to see a butterfly in my gardens, but I’ve got butterflies on my brain. The other day I was playing in my journal, and I painted a picture of…
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Loving the Journal
I am so glad I finally cracked open a journal and started painting last night, because today I wasn't feeling well, and spent most of the day curled up on the couch, surrounded by pups, watching Tim…
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Commence Art Journaling
On January 29, 2014 I posted the following on Wee Folk Art’s Facebook page: “The other day I received a package in the mail from Poland. Seems Tim had purchased a beautiful journal for me…
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Painting Cork Buoys
This is a relatively easy project to complete with your kids. While reading Going Lobstering, my girls made sort of a game out of finding the right buoy in the pictures. The idea that…
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Busy, Busy Hands
Snow, snow, and more snow…. but mostly cold. How to hold off cabin fever… keep your hands (or more importantly your kids’ hands) busy. Fortunately most of my kids’ Christmas gifts were activity based and…
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Whimsical Winter Evergreen
Note: I DO NOT share my watercolors because I think they are perfect. Quite the contrary. I am self-teaching and learning, and I hope I can encourage other would be painters to join me in…
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Watercolors
Although I can’t say I enjoy watercoloring as much I enjoy gardening, it has become a close second. And, as my ability to vigorously garden is diminishing, it couldn’t have come at a better time! Although I haven’t…
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Watercolor Progress Report
Although it may not seem so on Wee Folk Art, our summer was filled with much artistic expression. I've just been really, really selfish with my time, and haven't been sharing all our endeavors online,…
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Diving into Watercolors
I am soooo excited! A few weeks ago I shared an article I wrote oh so long ago for a past blog. It was titled Unrequited Dreams and spoke of my desire the learn how…
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Clay Pot Plant Markers Garden Project
By flipping a small terracotta pot upside down, painting it and adding a knob, you can make these colorful clay pot plant markers. They are practical and add a touch of whimsy to your garden.…
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Winter Tissue Paper Trees
The other day on Facebook I shared a link to a posting for handmade Christmas cards on Back to the Drawing Board. The designer made a landscape using tissue paper trees, had them reduced and photo coped, then used…
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Winter Birch Trees
Have you ever been to Art Projects for Kids? If not, run there, right now, but be prepared to stay for a long, long time. Kathy Barbro is an experienced and gifted art teacher, and she shares over 600 projects on her…
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