Even Pink Elephants Love A Good Chai Tea...Coloring Pages!

Hello Saturday!  We have a rainy morning going on here, so it's really the perfect day to break out the colors and play with new coloring pages.  (I've also been informed that they also would make great stitching patterns for any embroidery enthusiasts out there).  Here's a very special Morning and Night rendition of Color Your Saturday for you today, featuring some pretty pretty and FREE background papers made by my very talented friend Kristin Dudish.  She offers free collage papers every Friday for anyone to grab and play with, and it was super fun adding her textures and designs to my digitally colored version of the coloring pages for this week.  See how they adds extra cuteness to the elephant's bow, spots, and toenails and  created a soft mosaic feel to the sky in the background.

I like to think that these two meet for a Saturday morning brunch each week to catch up on all the jungle gossip.

 

In the second one, I used a star pattern from Kristin's stash and created a sweet nighttime scene my little koala bears.  I think its obvious the little one doesnt want to go to bed and is trying to hide from Mama.  It wont work little guy,  Mama always wins in the end.

So those are my versions, and it's time for you to create your own! Just click on the images below to view it in a larger size and save to your desktop.  Then you can either color digitally, or print out the images to color with whatever medium suits your fancy today.  Dont forget to pop by Kristin's page and grab a few fun papers to play with as well.  Remember these are only for your own personal use, you are welcome to share them online, just please link back to my site.

I'd love to see what you created with these latest pages! Share links on this thread, if you post them up somewhere, and if you missed any of the past pages, check out the PRINT tab at the top of this page.   Happy Coloring Everyone!

XO, HARMONY

Even A Three Year Old Can Do It: Painted Fabric Video

The weekend has begun! I hope that you are safe and sound and enjoying your favorite morning cup of whatever getting lots of creative inspiration for your days off.  I wanted to offer you a bit of fun, energy, and lots and lots of color today! (oh and a bit of rock and roll)  So for your viewing pleasure, here's my latest episode of Creative Play with my 3 year old son.

I needed to design some fabric for a project I will be showing you later next week, and it seemed like a perfect mommy and son art-tivity.  We taped a piece of white muslin to a plastic table, grabbed a couple of sharpies (BTW: Under 5yrs + permanent markers typically demands being outside to avoid the "accidental" inspiration on your walls).

Then when our fabric was entirely covered in our creations, we watered down cheap-o craft paint and did a watercolor play over the design.  The effect was gorgeous, lots of pretty mixing of color.  There was seriously no way to screw it up, which made it PERFECT for little helping hands.  When it was finished we hung it up to dry and Voila, ready to use fabric for lots of projects.

 There it is drying with the sunshine coming through, so pretty.  While it was drying, I started gathering up laundry to start a wash since we were already playing outside, and my son starts yelling "Mommy!" "MOMMY!" like something was wrong (but honestly right now, every bit of information he has to share is urgent to him, regardless of the reality).  I poked my head out and asked what he needed.  "Mommy! (still yelling like it's very serious) It's PRETTY! I LIKE IT!" pointing at our creation.  Sometimes he totally kills me with cuteness.

(FYI: This fabric is NOT washable, so you cant use it in wearable art.  To make it washable use fabric markers and watered fabric paint and then heat set).  I hope I've inspired you to try to try this project by yourself or with a little helper the next time you need interesting fabric for a project.

BTW: If you didnt see my post yesterday, right now I am on the hunt for some artsy/crafty/creative bloggin people that I can team up with, more information HERE.  Have a wonderful Saturday!

XO, HARMONY

A Sketchy Moment

Today has been a busy day of playground visits, swimming lessons (not for me, thank you), bike rides, crafty errands, and then hours upon hours of computer work editing, listing, and writing all in the name of being a good momma and trying to promote my art world a bit.  So as I was scanning things, I popped in my ideas sketchbook and scanned the last page I was writing in.  Mostly filled with doodle fun, inspirational word ideas for the embroidery hoops, changes I want to make to my blog (in the process as you can see), and for some reason the phone numbers to the local city pools (setting up those aforementioned lessons).  It is a truly funny compilation of ideas, brainless moments, and work stuff, so for some reason I thought I would share it.

What sorts of stuff do you fill your ideas sketch pad with?

*FYI: The Newsletter is up and ready to view.  If you didnt receive on, you can find a link to it HERE.  Dont miss out on the Sale!

XO, Harmony