Jodie Cord

This is a pic of a thrifted wool sweater I felted (washed in hot water so it would shrink up)

And these are the cute little slippers I made for Scarlet out of parts of it.  I also made some arm warmers but it turns out that it is difficult to take photographs of your own arms.  Hopefully i’ll get them in a future post;)

She loves to BREAK them, and then meticulously peel off their little paper sweaters. What to do with boxes full of broken peeled crayons? Make bigger+better crayons!

We grouped them in like-colors(ish) and baked them at 225.

Tah Dah! Brand new fist size crayons that are SUPER fun to stack or to pretend they are cupcakes and cookies and feed to mom and dad.

P.S. It’s easier to get them out of the muffin tin if you put them in the freezer for a bit–the wax will shrink slightly and they will pop right out. Don’t hand them straight to the kid though–When they are cold they will break easier. (Scarlet cried when she broke one of her new crayon/cookies.)

When I was pregnant a friend told me that her mother kept track

of her first 100 words and how she really treasured it and I decided

to try to do it. Of course deciding to do something and actually doing

it are totally different–but I pulled through on this one!  Here are the

results.

Here’s a link to the YCMA Classes I’m teaching this Spring:)

YMCA Y-Arts Classes

They are also listed on my website.

I needed to obscure the view through a window in my house (cause I live in the hood and I don’t want anybody to steal my stuff!) So I made 4X4″ window “tiles” out of Crayola window decal paint that I purchased at Fred Meyer.

I decided on 4X4 so that when I butted them up against eachother they would fill my particular window, and also because the plastic sheet (provided with the paint) you use to squeeze the paint onto is just a little bit bigger than that. Here’s a pic of a few of them:

To make your own:

-buy some decal paint (crayola is easy to find but there are also different brands at art supply stores)

- Draw your image on a sheet of paper (make it simple and consider the size of the plastic sheet provided)

-place the plastic sheet over your drawing for a guide and paint away.

Let them dry for twenty four hours before peeling them off the plastic sheet (like a fruit roll up!) , put it on your window, and repeat until you’ve filled it up (I’m still working on that part).

Have fun!