Five good things!

my window boxes on our poetry shed

Time for five good things today - celebrations are always in order, why not on a Tuesday? Here's my top five for today ... what are yours?

1. I have brilliant and amazing friends: 
More than I can count on one hand ..all of whom I am thankful for!

2. We created an Art {retreat} Camp which is a deeply unique and absolutely fantastic. Check it out!

3. My students continue to amaze me and inspire me!

4. I am writing my fourth book and deeply grateful for the opportunity to do so - with such great kids!

5,  My first book: Art Lab for Kids continues to be a best seller and sold in five languages - after two years in the world!

Five things to celebrate today!

What she said

selfie in Brooklyn (last week) feeling 35

We always laughed with my mother when she said "Age, it's only a number" She was right though - the older I get the more I feel the same. Does the number correlate to what's inside? Not always... rarely and sometimes. What do you think?

May Basket tutorial

Cut a circle of any size out of wallpaper or other heavyweight paper. Use straight or wavy edged scissors. Create scallops if you want to get fancier! You may also start with a half circle and skip the next step.

Cut a wedge out of the circle

Wrap the circle into a cone shape

Staple the cone at the seam

Admire your cone!

Cut a second circle to cone shape for a liner.  I used vellum, but any paper works! Doilies are wonderful additions!

From the remaining paper or another coordinating paper cut a hanfle.

Staple the handle on to the cone.

Voila! You can tie a ribbon on the basket or punch holes around the edge and thread ribbon through.

Fill with flowers, candy, pussy willows and hang on a friend's door knob, ring the bell, and run! 

May Day!

Happy happy May Day! My favorite day in Spring! When we were little my mother would take us to the hardware store and get a wallpaper sample book. Then we would buy candy and pick flowers such as violets from our yard and the occasional daffodil and assemble our "May Baskets". We would then take them to friend's houses and hang them on their doorknobs, ring the bell and RUN like mad. It was a great tradition - one that I would like to revive at least here at the blog. Later today I will post a May Basket with directions so you can celebrate May Day with me. They can even be delivered on May 2nd without any negative effects.... Happy Spring!