Nurturing Creativity

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Comment by Theresa on July 31, 2011 at 1:00pm

I am looking back at earlier posts here... just in case anyone still follows, I am thrilled to share with you that my daughter (she is not so little anymore... almost 16!) won a scholarship to attend an art program this summer, here in New England.  She has been gone for 5 weeks enjoying drawing, painting, jewelry making, glass and more.  

Comment by Theresa on July 31, 2011 at 12:48pm

Hello All... My apologies, I have been away from this site for so very long and I suppose it is mostly because life has taken over (in a good way) and I have just been so busy.  As summer is coming to an end, I am increasingly looking to make time for myself and fuel my creativity.  So where do i end up?  Here!  You all have such wonderful work that is a blessing to see.  Keep creating my friends and that you for sharing!!!

Comment by Lorena Angulo on March 23, 2010 at 3:14pm

wow ! Theresa your daughter has an amazing natural talent and is very lucky to have a mom that supports her passion for art.
You are incredible my friend!

Comment by Theresa on March 23, 2010 at 2:37pm

Welcome Miranda and Cindy,
Looking forward to your input and ideas on how we all can help nurture creativity.

Cindy, you mention beading... always a great activity to have these on hand for the young ones!!!

For a little bit older (maybe the girl scouts?) pendants can be fun too. It requires only small amounts of clay or self hardening clay and they can be carved, sculpted or kept simple for more elaborate paint later. The beading can be used to enhance the pendant and the work is customized all their own.

Thank you for sharing your experience with the girl scouts, I look forward to hearing about more of what you do.

Comment by cindy gutierrez on March 23, 2010 at 10:55am

I volunteer for the girl scouts and teach jewelry making. It is such a great experience to see them with a finished project that they are so proud of. I also have a six year old daughter who has taken on the love of beading like me. ;)

Comment by Theresa on February 16, 2010 at 6:26am

Welcome Irma.
How wonderful to have all those grandchildren! That is terrific about how you are sharing your love of music with the girls. Have you thought of setting up a video camera to record them while singing? Sounds like it is a special relationship you have developed with these girls. :)

I have one daughter and two boys of my own...your comment about having the girls come over and work with you (being creative) reminded me of a couple of years ago when I bought my daughter an inexpensive pair of canvas shoes and a set of sharpie markers.

This cost me about 25 dollars (for the shoes and markers) and she was designing and decorating for days.

You get the idea from the photos, she absolutely loved making those shoes! When she wore them to school, her girlfriends all wanted her to make some for them... soon she was making bags and embellishing on clothes. :)

Comment by Irma Paez Montelongo on February 15, 2010 at 3:58pm

I have eight grand children (two more coming one in Feb.16th and another in April) Making ten soon. Well three girls are 9, 8, 7. When they come over they love to paint and play with clay. I teach them how to make things bird houses, angles. But pretty much I let them use their own imagination. I also play bass and sing. So my grand daughters are making up their own songs and they sing them to me. We have lots of fun.

Comment by Lorena Angulo on January 23, 2010 at 8:12pm

Sorry!!!! I am a little late in joing the group.
Thanks for the invitation.
I love the concept of the group.

Comment by Julieanna Trejo on January 22, 2010 at 10:24am

Hola, Theresa sorry took a while to respond. Yes I too loved puff paint. But the Third Demensional Paint I was speaking of is so much greater :) It has a claylike surface and when it dries it looks like cake frosting. If different tools are used to etched the surface before it dries it can make for some very beautiful pieces. I will check out the video and I am so happy to be back on. I only have once a week to actually respond and relax...Hope your weekend is wonderful and productive as for me I will be enjoying the familia time....Julieanna

Comment by Theresa on January 20, 2010 at 11:02am

Maya you just keep writing!!! When you are caught up with your editing you can tell us all about it!!! :)

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