Challenge! Index-Card-A-Day 2012

I am jumping into the water over at DaisyYellow for the 2012 Index-Card-A-Day Challenge! What am I talking about? Here are the details!

The 2012 Index-Card-A-Day challenge runs June 1 to July 31, 2012. Make something on an index card every day for 61 days. If you start after June 1st you do not need to catch up, really, truly, seriously, just start. This is not a fancy schmancy challenge. You don't have to be on twitter or flickr or facebook or have a blog. Just index cards!

61 days, you say? That sounded like quite the commitment... until I realized...

It doesn't have to be the Mona Lisa every day for 61 days!  

Just do something!

Well, that sounds better. All I have to do is SOMETHING. Particularly a 3" x 5" something on an index card - because that's the size I have handy. And, since I am working on practicing more kindness towards myself, there will be no beating up of my self-esteem if I miss a day. (Got that, brain? I'm talking to you.)

I can always catch back up. After all, this is a CHALLENGE! So, yeah, it's sort of going to be a challenge for me to spit out something everyday - especially on days where I can't even lift my own head. 

Plus I am starting late due to my vacation and I absolutely do not feel the need to try to catch up on 7 cards unless the mood strikes me. And that's OK! 

The card pictured above is my card for yesterday - Saturday, June 9, 2012. It was created with watercolor, colored pencils, inks, stamps, stencils, and a bit of gel pen. I like the colors on this one. It had me craving mango smoothies later that night! 

   

My Index-Card-A-Day 2012 for June 8, 2012. Created with watercolor, Pitt pens, and Copic marker. I intended to keep this one simple to start with, but the juicy watercolors were calling me and I painted this with a small waterbrush. Now I am glad I took the extra time on it.  

An amazing number of folks are getting involved! Check out the flickr group! 

I hope you will join us! Get your friends and family involved - even if it's for just one card. You will most certainly have a fun time with them making art!

I am now off for a lazy Sunday with Mr. M and hopefully more mango smoothies!

- Vickie

Vacation!

Just returned from a week away in Georgia. My cousin got married! It was a much needed trip away from home. Mr. M and I had a lot of fun at the lake, seeing my brother, and just hanging out with each other not having a care in the world.

The weather was good. The wedding was beautiful. My niece and nephew are getting big! The lake is still my favorite place in the world. I didn't bring home a fabulous vacation sun tan, but I definitely brought home some new freckles. 

Upon our return, my luggage wasn't on the carousel. It was listed as on the plane, but was gone. I was sad about my missing charm bracelet, but realized I could replace almost everything in about an hour at the mall and the art store. Yep, my travel art kit was in there! Gah! We left the airport not knowing what happened to my luggage.

Schrödinger's Luggage: There is a cat in my bag. It's either dead or alive, but we will never know...  because I'll never see my luggage again!

Turns out someone accidentally brought it home with them rather than their own bag. I would pay to have seen their face when they opened my bag! "This isn't MY stuff!" 

Thankfully, the airport called a few hours later to say that someone returned my bag. He added that he didn't see how a mix-up occured. Their bags looked nothing like mine! A few hours later my bag was delivered to my door. All was intact inside. Nothing missing. Yippee! 

I saved all the bits of paper and ephemera from the trip and the wedding to make a little travel art journal. I'm happy to report we had so much of the lake to enjoy that I didn't get to much art. That's ok. I can do art at home. There's no dock here to while away hours. I have my priorities. 

- Vickie

Some Recent Photos

3/26/2012

I finally jumped on the bandwagon and bought some spray inks. I kinda like 'em! I made this with an alphabet stencil, some masks, scrapbooking borders, punched tags, and rubber bands. 

The colors are very vibrant - some a little too dark for my taste. I bought some extra little spray bottles so I can dilute the inks to make them lighter. I have to keep reminding myself to not spray colors over each other too much or I'll get a muddy mess.

3/26/2012

The moon and Jupiter were really bright in the sky in March!

4/8/2012

Easter: We made sock bunnies!! These turned out waaay cuter than I expected! They are easy enough to make that my 4 and 7 year old nieces made theirs all by themselves.

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Hope you're having a great week! 

- Vickie

Casa Larga Winery Craft Show: 5/3/12

Join me for an excellent craft show TOMORROW, Thursday, May 3rd, at one of the finest wineries in town - Casa Larga! 

"Spring in the Vineyard"

Casa Larga Winery

10:00 AM - 7:00 PM

2287 Turk Hill Road

Fairport, NY 14450

There is more than enough time to get there after your workday. Unwind with a glass of wine with friends!

Our local paper has a nice write up of the show plus more information on Casa Larga's  events for Mother’s Day and Riesling Month. Enjoy the music of Chris Wilson while you decide what handmade goodies to buy from over 50 of the finest artisans around.

Be silly for your Tiny Works of Awesome! Cluck like a chicken at my booth for 10% off! 

- Vickie

First Craft Show of My Season!

It's that time of year again: craft show season is starting! Yippee! I really love getting to meet customers face to face. It's wonderful to get to see my craft show vendor pals as well!

This Saturday, I will be at the Penfield High School Football Booster Club's Spring Fling/Mothers Day Arts & Craft Fair. 

I'm excited about this show! My friend, Greg Geesler, coaches this team! Penfield is one town over from where I went to high school. I had a lot of friends in Penfield way back then - oy - 15 years ago! 

Spring Fling/Mothers Day Arts & Craft Fair

Saturday, April 21, 2012

9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Penfield High School

25 High School Drive, Penfield, NY 14526

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Our local newspaper, the Democrat and Chronicle, had a nice write up of the show. 

Head on over to the Facebook event for the Spring Fling/Mothers Day Arts & Craft Fair and invite your friends! You can also check out the other vendors.   

Stop by my In My Head Studios Facebook page and "Like" me to get a super sekrit discount code for the day of the show! I'll post that sometime on Thursday! 

See you Saturday!!  

- Vickie