Well trying to anyway ... the rainy season is upon us so this means regular electricity shortages as electricity and water just don't mix and Eskom (our 1 and only rip off artists oops! I mean power suppliers just don't seem to know how to get it all 'werking' right eeeeh!!)
I kinda forgot to mention (on purpose in case it didn't work out) that I am teaching Scrapbooking & Papercrafts at the school as 1 of the after school clubs (or did I mention it before ??? sorry the dementia monster is playing up at the moment ... the medication just not working !!! pmsl) Well courtesy of Dyan (Art from the Heart) and a couple of other bloggers we have been playing with newspaper and gesso ... trying to get the kids to start art journals ... I mean after all I don't exactly have a hands on sample to show them cos I keep waffling on about getting one started but as usual and lots of 'procrastination' later and I've still not got started ... but the idea of playing with gloppy paint and colours really appealed to the kids ... so you never know I may just one of these days etc. etc. etc.
So to help us along I thought I'd prep a few pages for the kids ... and bam! the lights went out ... 31/2 hours later I'm still slapping gesso on newspaper but now by candlelight ... hey when it's time to play it's time to play ...
I'll try to remember to take some photos of the kids tomorrow ... oh! I think I forgot to say I have 24 kids taking in the class !!! so maybe it wasn't such a bad idea after all (not too shabby for someone who loves kids but couldn't eat a whole one eh?)
This is my sample for their 1st 8x8 page ... the title being of course 'All About me!' They had to complete their page with as minimal embellishments as possible ... and as cheap as possible ... The idea behind this class was to prove to them that they did not need lots of money to do Scrapbooking (unfortunately that seems to be the consensus here so hence the reason so few people take it up as a hobby and so few mums encourage their kids ... hopefully I'll be able to help change that a little)
(I used 1 8x8 sheet cardboard, 1 6x6 piece of scrapbooking paper and pieces of white card to add my journaling ... a decent black pen and I hand wrote and decorated all the tabs)
Now I'd like to introduce you to the latest in June's house ... Daisy Dog ... when June knew we were moving out she did'nt want to leave Shadow all on his own ... he needed a baby sister and as luck would have it June happened to find young Daisy on Friday ... she's 10 weeks old ... a Boerbul x Bullmastiff and she is sooooo cute !!!
I took these 2 photos of her as we were packing the last of our bits and pieces ... she was in awe of all that was going on around her ... Indi just took 1 look at her, sniffed and walked away ... Shadow on the other hand was fascinated by his baby sister and would not leave her alone at all ... but she soon put him in his place by giving hima nasty nip and a growl to say "back off bud" I'm still confused here !!! hen she hid herself under the table out of harms way ... I'm sure there will be plenty more photos in the near future ...
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