Art & Craft

A black belt love-bug for Valentine’s day!

By Annie Holland / February 12, 2010

Ok, so most of you know my kid takes Tae Kwon Do classes but for those who don’t know- he is really into all kinds of martial arts. He earned his 3rd belt for the past 2 months yesterday and I am so proud of him that I had to make him a Valentine’s day…

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Valentine’s day cards for school!

By Annie Holland / February 8, 2010

I have mentioned in my previous post about the Valentine’s Day cards that my son and I are making cards for the whole  class + his friends ( all in all 40+ cards) and it started as a good idea, but that many cards are not easy to make when you have only couple of…

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Valentine’s day mailbox from tissue box

By Annie Holland / February 5, 2010

You all probably have a list of the school projects that you’ve helped your kids with. Well, I’m just starting and many things that people who went through the school system in the US know by definition, I  haven’t heard of. So when my son came back home with a “ Valentine’s day mailbox” I…

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Thank you for the inspiration!

By Annie Holland / February 4, 2010

I don’t usually do awards.  I am grateful for receiving them of course, but I’ve always felt uneasy to give awards away because I find it restricting in a sense that I cannot simply say, yes- these are the best and the rest doesn’t count.  But, I have received this particular award almost 7 times…

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A second card for the blue-pink challenge

By Annie Holland / February 3, 2010

For a person who doesn’t like the blue and pink color combination, I’m pretty productive today! 🙂 Here is the second card for the challenge: 1. The card 2. The picture ( I drew over the paper and glued pearls on it) 3.  The ribbon flower 4. The embellishments This is the first card that…

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Pink and blue Valentine’s day card for a challenge

By Annie Holland / February 3, 2010

This is the first card challenge I am going to make something for.  I don’t know why I decided to make exactly this card, since it is with the color combination I dislike the most- blue and pink. But..yesterday when I saw the challenge, I had this awesome idea about how I am going to…

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Where geometry meets art- white on black mandala

By Annie Holland / February 2, 2010

Although I don’t use a ruler and such, I like geometric shapes. I think geometry is half of the story behind these drawings white on black. I just love it how I see that my straight lines are getting better! Practice makes perfect, people say and I completely agree! You can notice the difference between…

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2 cute round boxes!

By Annie Holland / February 1, 2010

Being sick never stopped me before, I must have been really ill, because I couldn’t get myself together to post during the weekend, and I ALWAYS do that.However, I hope you would forgive me easily when I appease you with 2 quite boxes that I did at the time I was working on the large…

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White on black – more Mandala drawings

By Annie Holland / January 29, 2010

Most of you know that being sick sucks. What you don’t know is that sometimes it helps too.  For example since I ‘ve been sick and frustrated that I am sick and can’t work, I made one of the most beautiful mandala drawings I’ve ever made. Why is that, I have no idea, but it’s…

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Valentine’s Day cards 2009

By Annie Holland / January 28, 2010

With all the other work that I have on my hands, I just couldn’t manage to get to the cards. However, my son asked me to make some for his school…and I went a little overboard and made 26 cards in one night.! Granted they are small, (5.5″/4.5″) and not complicated designs, but still, they…

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