two days in a row??
and there are many more to come....
this idea came from a few different ideas
but mostly first from pink and green mama....marylea.
i bought three sizes of doilies.
you can usually find them in the wedding isle at craft stores or walmart...lots of places have heart ones out right now in the valentine's sections...not my thing but maybe it's yours?
we opened them and i just let them paint.
i suggested rainbow patterns but it didn't matter at all.
anything they made looked pretty.
this table was COVERED in paint by the time we were done.
this was just the beginning.
we made A LOT of painted doilies.
it is ok if the colors bleed together....it good even!
after they were dry i took them all up to the craft room and sewed them together.
i love how there is no pattern....only color.
i
love
color
:)
i love the detail of the lace but that it's not girlie or precious.
sean did not participate in this one.
doilies?!
he ran the other way.
not all crafts can have swords or dragons son.
and what easy clean up this is....just wipe up the table and done!
we use crayola watercolors....$4 from target or walmart.....less water makes brighter colors.
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and in other news.....
i decided to watch Steel Magnolias yesterday while sewing.
yeah....because who doesn't love to bawl their eyes out while sewing?
i have seen it at least 20 times.
at least!!
and i cry every time.
it's heartbreaking and deep and lovely and pure.
and funny.
i watched it first at a teenager....with my sister when she was in college i think.
for year and years i identified with julia roberts character....she is young,
independent and trying to break free from her mom. she is sassy.
(and has bad pants and giant hair)
then i didn't see this movie for a quite a few years.
and watched it again probably 2 years ago.
it was like a crazy bizarre twilight zone moment.....like watching a different movie!
i was a different person seeing the same movie 15 years later.
i had completely become the mother....sally field.
i understood every thought she portrayed.
all the feelings that go with loving your child so much....trying to protect them.
the frustration of them not listening.
i had changed. i was different. i saw new things.
it made me love this movie 1000 times more than i already did.
has this ever happened to you?
