Mixed Media Owl Journals

Inspired by all the owls we decided to do some Mixed Media Art Journals!

I recently inherited a lightbox my Grandy had made for my Nana's Watercolor Hobby and decided to put it to some good use! It makes this project easier but not essential.

Items Needed:

• Composition Books
• Modge Podge (or elmers school glue with a little water)
• Scrapbook paper (variety)
• scissors
• pencils
• template (we did owls, but try horses or dolphins or bears!!)
• lightbox (optional- you can also use a glass table with a light underneath)

• acrylic paint (with a small brush) or sharpies for accents

Owl Template

STEP 1:
Make a template with basic shapes. You don't want to get too complicated here=)
Here is an owl I did in Paint... 

STEP 2:
Decide a color scheme with your paper. Encourage students to layer complimentary colors so each part is visible.












STEP 3:

Place Template on light box and one at a time place scrapbook paper upside and on top and trace the part applying to that paper. For example: I want pink polka dots for the wings so I place my pink polka dot paper upside down and trace out 2 wings from the template.





STEP 4:
Cut out your traced pieces. Organize next to your journal.

STEP 5:

Mixed Media Owl Journal

Glue- start with the background first and then to the big pieces to the smallest.

STEP 6:
Add a layer of glue on top to seal. (Be careful not to glue the journal pages together, opening the books would help)

STEP 7:
Add any final touches you like! Voila! Be free to do this on wood or canvas too!

I did this with ages 5-13. (More help to the 5 year old of course, but they did great!)

Main Street Crawl 2012

This past week 13 stores on Main Street rallied together for the Main Street Crawl.

Art, Funk & Junk, All Party, LLC, Dave’s Comics, Fort Mill Gun Shop, Hanauer Bow Ties, The Knife Shop, Local Dish, Gym on Main, The Painted Parrot, Pucker Butt, Studio on Main, United Artisans of America, and Vintage Wear participated by having refreshments and drawings.
Trish at Art, Funk and Junk and Karen from the Painted Parrot were the instigators for this fun event. 

There were live musicians in 2 locations: Leslie Carpenter, Joshua Fox, Mill Town, Jogust and Company, M3, and Bryan Rudolf. Thank you musicians for coming out!

I have no clue how many people actually came out, but Main Street was bustling. Twas a beautiful site. Reminded me of Cars II, how that little restaurant off Route 66 was restored. I hope the interest remains. We met many new faces and hugged some more familiar ones, what a joy to see so many people discover Main Street in Downtown Fort Mill. If you happen to live close and want updates there are 2 websites that can help: http://HeartofFortMill.com and http://myfortmill.com.

My "main" excitement: At our shop United Artisans of America, we had a drawing for a Crocheted Hat and for a Poly Mesh Wreath. During the day a very sweet woman that is currently losing her hair from chemo and radiation mentioned liking my hats. I asked if she put her name in the drawing, to which she said she had. I was hoping she would win.
We drew 3 names... The 2nd name I called to say she won and she came to pick it up yesterday (Monday)... It was the woman I just mentioned!!! I didn't know her name until she walked in. I was so very excited. She selected a black hat with beads woven in that I had made over a year ago. She was delighted to have it, saying it was definitely a "God-wink" considering she didn't even know about the crawl but just wanted to come on down to Main Street since it had been a long while.

My heart is so grateful. The other winners were Jael (hat) and Penny (wreath). What fun=)

The Scavenger Hunt Winners were the Fantastic 4 Team (Including Digital) and XYZ Babies.

Having fun on Main Street

I have met some wonderful incredible people being here the past month! I just love Fort Mill, SC =) Smiling faces and beautiful places is a great motto for South Carolina=)
We have wonderful and amazing artisans that are filling the store, 2 new ones are coming in this week! Exciting times.
So far, we have a jeweler that does AMAZING bead-work, and she will be hosting a class...
a welder who is very creative and has really fun and reasonable priced items...
a purse-maker who makes every single one different with an excellent quality...
4 photographers with pictures of landscapes, horses, butterflies, buildings, roosters, and the grand canyon in lovely frames...
6 painters from tiny fruits to large flowers and several birds...
Shell crafter that made beautiful candle holders...
Crocheted hats, and if you have been reading my blogs you'll know who makes those=)
We have cards available from some of the painters and photographers....
It has been really inspiring to see the amazing things they are bringing in, wonderful things that are made in the U.S.A! Amazing!
I have been having a great time meeting people and love seeing beautiful things coming in!