DAY 100-CREATING A HOME EVERYDAY

My computer's fixed and here are some houses I finished up so I could make at least 100. I started out with two sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 inch card stock and cut them to make square cards and got 3 cards out of each sheet. The smallest are about 1 inch square. My grandchildren love the "baby" house cards.

I'M BACK!

Hurrah! My computer is finally fixed, hopefully for the long term. Sorry I haven't posted lately. My computer has been the problem, not me.

After making more than 100 houses, I decided I needed to populate my houses. So I made it a goal to make a doll a day. I have made 60 so far so I am actually ahead. I just need to download them onto my computer and post them here on my blog. So keep watching. I hope by tomorrow I will be able to post the first five dolls. I decided to post five a a time so you don't have to look at all sixty at once. It can be a little overwhelming. I am going to give away my dolls at Artfest for my trades. I am so glad I decided to attend since this is going to be the last one! The funny thing is that when I was deciding whether or not I should go I had a feeling that Artfest 2012 would be my last opportunity. Lucky me! (Hey it you are lucky I may have time later today to post one or more of my dolls--stay tuned!)

DAYS 85-99 CREATING A HOME EVERYDAY

Day 94-99 A house of cards. Okay, lots of houses made from old greeting cards I've been saving. I am trying to get caught up and these are easy and fun. I now have an entire village!
Day 91-93 I made houses cut out of watercolor paintings my two year old granddaughter and I painted. She's pretty good at painting and she had a lot of fun. So did grandma!

Day 90-I spent the afternoon with three of my granddaughters and my daughter and son-in-law at our local splash park. It's free! I took this picture accidentally and decided to post it as a home for the day.

Day 87-89 I found some Amish quilt postcards that I have been saving for years and decided they would be good materials to make houses from.

Day 86-I was playing around with the word house and came up with this design. Very rough I know, but it's hard doing something everyday!

Day 85-Another house in my collection. This one is a box from stationery designed by Warren Kimble. I have a copy of this painting hanging in my hallway.

DAYS 79-84 CREATING A HOME A DAY

Day 84-I got ambitious today and created wacky quilt block number 7.
Day 83 and 82-I have been frustrated the past couple of days and decided to close my eyes and see what my hand created. The first house is called "Letting Off Steam" and the second one is just "Angry House." It was amazing how my subconscous mind drew exactly what has been bothering me.

Day 81-Another scribble drawing. I love these. I close my eyes and draw what I am feeling. I was in more of a peaceful frame of mind when I drew this one.

Day 80-I was playing around with color in my journal. This is just the start. I have now changed the colors and ripped out the left part of the page. At some later date I will finish it and post it.

Day 79-A seashell house.

DAYS 70-78 CREATING A HOME EVERYDAY

Day 78-A house in a hand is worth two in a bush!

Day 77-A cuckoo clock house that I have worn on my charm bracelet since 1977.
Day 76-A mini house.
Day 75-A pasta house.
Day 74-Another house from my collection. I bought this one at the Museum of American Folk Art in New York City in 1989.

Day 73-A faiytale house.Day 72-Another house card.

Day 71-Another house card.

Day 70-A monster house.

DAYS 66-69 CREATING A HOME A DAY

Day 69-I didn't create this house. It's a photo of one from my collection of houses. I've been collecting houses for years. I love houses!
Day 68-Sunday drawing-This one got a little confusing with the leaves and the checkerboard on the roof.

Day 67-I love this one! It's a collage made from pages of a home decorating magazine. I put it in the journal I made at Artfest last April.

Day 66-I made another house card from our granddaughter Chalee's name. Her birthday is coming up.

DAYS 56-65 CREATING A HOME EVERYDAY

Sorry I haven't posted for awhile. After our son and his family left to go home we had two more house guests arrive for a visit and then our daughter came a few days later with her two kids. So we have a house full and I have gotten behind on creating houses but last night I stayed up late and made seven house cards to get caught up. So technically I should label my houses by numbers instead of days because I'm not actually doing them on the actual day. Oh well, for consistency I will continue to label them the same way that I have been doing.

I found my missing house for Day 37! Here's a house picture made from the letters of the name of one of my granddaughters.

Here's my creation for Day 65. It's my husband's observatory in our backyard.
Day 64-I love the shadows on this one!

Day 63-This wacky house just looks happy! I like it.

Day 62-A wacky windmill.

Day 61-A round house.

Day 60-Take a look inside this house.

Day 59-Townhouses!

This is a creature I made from plant material to inhabit the house for Day 58.

Day 58-A flower house created from vegetation growing in our yard. I can't really call it a garden because stuff just grows everywhere-not just where we plant it. It's kind of pretty though and although I would like a beautifully landscaped yard my husband likes the "natural look" and it's much more fun for the grandkids (and easier!) so for now the "natural look" is okay!

Day 57-My favorite time of the year where we live is the last two weeks of July and the month of August because all of the college kids go home and we start harvesting from our garden. Day 57's house is made from snow peas and raspberries from our garden. The tree is made from what happens when we let our carrots go to seed. Pretty seed flowers though, they remind me of Queen Anne's Lace. I might have to pick some and make an arrangement!

Day 56-Here's a house made from junk mail from an advertisement for the Museum of Women's Art.