I planned to do an interactive installation for my sixth Fun A Day project. I got the idea from one of Keri Smith's wonderful books, How To Be An Explorer Of The World. I collected a lot of small items and divided them up into categories: things to look at, things to...
Happy last week of January! I hope this month was fun for you. Don't forget to tell me your top ten things from this month. I'll share mine Friday. As for now, here are some things that have been making me happy this week. PS - today is Inane Answering Machine Day! +...
#97 on my 100 Ways To Be Creative list is to go to a party store with no intention of having a party. I went to the new Party City near my house. You may not know that when I was 18 I worked at a Party City with Matt. I worked there less than a year, but it was...
My fifth project for Fun A Day was based on an image I saw last month. I thought it was absolutely brilliant and fun, so I decided to recreate it in Baltimore. The only thing different I did was use colored bubble wrap and encouraged people to take some of the smaller...
#13 on my 100 Ways To Be Creative list is to change your handwriting for the length of an entire letter. I chose to do this activity on National Handwriting Day, which was this past Wednesday. On Wednesdays I teach a class at work called Promoting Creativity. This...
I guess you guys liked the last time I blogged, so I'll do it again. Although, I must say, that it seems like you guys are laughing more at me. You should know that I have a lot of life experience. While my life may be one of leisure now, I've been around the block....
For the fourth Fun A Day project, I made a sign instructing people to "keep off grass" and stuck it in a very small patch of grass. Just a silly addition to a street in Federal Hill. [I don't follow rules] More Fun A Day installations
Here are some of the things that have made me happy this week. + new dino for my rear view + accidentally finding a community garden + making Matt use the tree yarnbombing as a blanket the night before + pretty blue skies downtown + wearing my kaleidoscope necklace...
For my third Fun A Day project, I took apart a belt that my friend, Suzie, sent me. The parts of the belt reminded me of scales, and scales remind me of mermaids, so I decided to make a mermaid fin. Accompanied with the fin is a Picasso quote: "Everything you can...
Months ago, I did Round One of the Snail Mail Game Show. I got a lot of participation and it was really fun, so I decided to do a second round. For this one I only got three submissions, so this might be it for a while. I'm also sad to say, that the game show it's...