Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Paint Yourself Polka Dotted

One of the fun things we did during Maddy's 
Christmas break was to visit a Lincoln
institution called "Paint Yourself Si!!y."

It was one of those Christmas break days when nearly every parent 
had the same thought  -- what can we do today??  The place was packed!
The big question -- what to paint?


On previous visites, we've painted little critters, a piggy bank,
a goldfish (that looks just like the Goldfish crackers goldfish) and
probably some other undefinable objects that
were put in the circular file once they sat at home for a while.
When Maddy was young, paint colors would occasionally get
mixed together and result in a not-quite-so-attractive brown color.

This time we decided to pick something that we hoped we'd actually
keep and use!  Maddy worked on a cup/mug
and I did a bowl.
We saw some samples of a polka dotted bowl, so
we attempted to be big copycats.
We are like that -- so don't show us anything
creative or original unless you don't mind us copying!


We're waiting to pick up our creations
and will share a photo of how they turned out later!

It was loads of fun!
The best news is that
the Nothing-Bundt cake shop is in the same
strip mall and it wouldn't be
fair to visit one store (Paint Yourself Si!!y)
without visiting the bundt cake store too, and
you know, we are all about playing fair!

Old photo -- we actually bought a mini-bundt cake but wished we had a big one!

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Painting by Numbers??

Not only did Mr. Miata have a birthday in July,
I did too!



For a birthday gift, Connor gave me a gift certificate
to The Corky Canvas for Maddy and me to do some painting
and he joined us!


Oh my word -- I thought it was paint by numbers
or fill in the lines!
No, it was more like a demonstration of 
how to do the painting and instructions to follow along!
We mixed colors, painted fancy swirls, dots and
filled the canvas with the most adorable little owl!



Obviously, some people are 
better at following directions and drawing
a straight or curvy line than others!


Bonus -- wine was served!!

It was such a fun afternoon!
We will definitely try to find our artsy side again!