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Eye Chart Art • For the Boyfriend

9/11/2011

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UPDATE: It was suggested that I  work up a graphic that you can purchase here for $1.00. I did. 
Thanks Kathy for the idea.

Made this little eye chart over at EyeChartMaker, for the Boyfriend. I've been thinking about him a lot. 
Eye chart art shannonsstudio.com
What would you put on one?
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Create a Kit: RTG (Ready To Go) Date Kit • EZ Breezy

9/5/2011

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Create a kit. A date kit. Ready to go, when you're on the go. Sometimes fun can't wait. So don't make it. Be ready. Everything you need for a date (or a group date, or to entertain kids) is in the kit. RTG. Ready to go.
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This is the EZ Breezy Kit • When it's a beautiful day, take it outside.
Kit includes: blanket, napkins, drinks, appetizer, main course, dessert, and an activity of playing big ball volleyball.
We tried this out with a youth group and it was a hit. (And we actually did it inside a gym.)
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Pinterest & My Umbrella Project • Life is Art

9/1/2011

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Image from design.sva.edu • designer Leen Sadder
I saw this image on Pinterest in my explorations. It's an umbrella with the Mary Poppin's song, 
A Spoonful of Sugar, lettered all over it. I thought Leen Sadder did a clever job with it. 
Then I said to myself, "Self, I want to do one." So I am. 
ShannonsStudio.com umbrella project

Thought the spoonful of sugar song is delightful but I decided on quotes and sayings about art.
I designed the lettering in InDesign, printed it, and placed it under the umbrella.
ShannonsStudio.com umbrella project
I traced over it with a black sharpie®, fine tip and regular. Then filled it in.
ShannonsStudio.com umbrella project
I've designed all the panels and have finished three of them so far. Here is the first panel.
It rained the day before yesterday so I was able to test run it. And there were no smears or runs. Yay.

One artist tip. If you try this (which is really a lot of fun) decide if you want to write on the inside or outside of the umbrella. Leen did it on the inside, see below, so you can see the writing when looking at the person under the umbrella. I wanted my writing to be seen from the outside, so people could read it from a distance. I don't know how easy, or not, it was for Leen but for me doing doing the lettering near the top is a little tricky. Some of it I have to do standing up with the open umbrella in a chair just because it's awkward for me. 
design.sva.edu leen sadder
image from design.sva.edu • designer Leen Sadder • marketing for Spoonful of Sugar
I'll show you the finished project when it's done. What quotes would you put on an umbrella?
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