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I Seuss-ified my dog. How? With a circle stencil and doggie colored hair spray. So far, Chewie has been the only other polka dotted dog we’ve seen at the park. I know you’re shocked…
This is the spray I used and it was a gift. No idea where they got it but I did find some other brands on-line. This one had the best best best photos of how to decorate your dog.
Even if you don’t have a dog…take a look at the photos of what they did to their dogs!
Doing this was just like spray inking anything, except that the dog will wiggle and move…so the hubby held him still in his arms. I held the Bubbles stencil in place with my hand and sprayed just in the middle of the stencil. Then moved the stencil and sprayed again. And again.
The dog didn’t mind being sprayed but I think it did feel a bit strange to him. As soon as we let him down, he rolled in the grass. I assume he was trying to remove his purple-ness but the color stayed!
It will wash out so after his next bath he’ll be back to his normal brown and white….But until then I have a Seuss-fied little doggie!
My kids bonded with the dog in a new way since they have another area of common ground. Now the dog knows how they felt as kids when they would be dressed up in holiday finery for the endless family photos.
I think the dog thought this was a pretty good deal since he ended up with more than one doggie treat for being so patient with me and my purple polka dot idea….Thanks Chewie!
Would I like to play with Totem Poppets they asked. The name alone sounded fun to me! When the goodies arrived in my mailbox, I realized how customizable these animals are…which means freedom! I can make them whatever I want. Wish these were around when my kids were little, oh the possibilities. Since my kids are almost grown, I will just step up to be the kid and play.
But I wondered about my limited attention span and patience about putting the animals together. Not an issue with the new-to-me cool eyelet setter. It was easy, fast, and most importantly, entertaining with the lift and let go way of setting eyelets. I was more easily entertained than I want to admit…
Check out the video and see how this art journal page came together. There are plenty of Oops moments in there. It felt like every time I had a direction I was going, I changed my mind. This is just an art journal so I can change my mind. Over and over. And over again.
I might have changed my mind, a lot, while creating this art journal page but this unicorn and my muse reminded me of the magic of play (and how useful it is to keep scraps of Gelli printed paper around….).
Whatever inspires me ends up my art journal, one way or another. The Scripps National Spelling Bee, which was last week, is a family tradition here since we are an entire family of proud word nerds. Perhaps that is why the word on the scrap of dictionary paper called to me.
And then that word met with an unfortunate Oops…but that was just an outstanding opportunity presenting suddenly. Check out the video to see what happened!
I am forever in awe of the amazing abilities of these kids. I was on the edge of my seat, holding my breath as each finalist spelled. I can’t spell to save my soul but I do enjoy a good bee! Even the helpful hints of the language of origin are of little help to me… but knowing the origin was Asian to French derived from French to Italian seemed to be quite useful to a speller in this year’s competition.
Here’s the tense last word…down to the wire!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdLzHBOsl98
Watch feuilleton on YouTube.
But bees are aren’t all tension and nerves…there are some very funny moments. Here are some of my favorite moments from past years….
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This is the spray I used and it was a gift. No idea where they got it but I did find some other brands on-line. This one had the best best best photos of how to decorate your dog.
