Making Stuff -

Welcome to February, 21017. 

Personal Challenge? 
Make/Finish Stuff
Be Accountable

Doing #1:
An Hour Making Hearts

The Christmas/Holiday Season goes by in a blur. It is filled with too much of everything except time. 
January is most taken over by re-cleaning and re-organizing and re-hoping that things will be different next January.

And then there is Valentine's Day.
Important to me since first grade, red construction paper, crepe paper, and glue. Seriously. I LOVED making Valentines, and I still do.

So the past few years I have asked friends if anybody would like one. Well, yes, a goodly bunch would! 

It's Fun to have a real reason to create a little something.

Here is glimpse at the messy start - as you can see there aren't many "rules":

About 7 A.M. I made another cup of hot tea, headed to Studio B, put an old Stan Getz jazz album on to the turntable, and set the iPone timer for one hour.
Nothing mattered except making stuff out of paper and paint. We have LOTS of acrylic paints and LOTS of paper. Often what we need is a little more Fun. Jazz music helps. Me, at least. You are free to work to the music of your choice. Or in peaceful quiet.

Throughout the year I often save the dried acrylic paint that globs up on the little plastic covers I use as palettes. These colorful pieces are peeled off and put into a small container. Thus, the paint does not go down a sink drain, nor get tossed out on the lawn. It helps add quirky colors and shapes to a particular Valentine. Not all of the hearts sport these little scraps, but many do.  Yes glue is used to press the paint onto the paper. It seems to work the best, although I  have used other adhesives depending on situation.

The plan is to finish at least twenty-five heart-themed somethings this month. No, not all will be mailed by February 14th, but a number will be. And why not keep the Love going throughout the month, and maybe into Spring?

Tomorrow is coming soon. Another morning. Another making. Another heart.

Fare-thee-well,

Sue

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