Greetings! This past Monday we made cards, wreaths and Christmas ornaments. See the cute picture of Santa inside an ornament! Isn't this cute?

Here someone is assembling a card from a card kit created on a Cricut machine.











S put together a wreath and added several delightful bows! She did such a good job --








B created a white wreath with sparkly decorations on it for the front desk. He's a giver!

Well, that's about all for this week. Next Monday we are making more cards, ornaments and we're going to be messy!

With love,

LauraRose

WREATHS!

Who knew these wreaths would be such a hit! Everyone liked making them and enjoyed themselves today, imagining, creating, playing -- but first, a turkey on the wall with "feather" thanksgivings!

Here are the wreaths that people made -- some in progress, some complete - I missed a couple -- people were so proud of their wreaths they left before I could snap a pic. Enjoy looking at these creations!

Next week, ornaments and Christmas cards. Today, we had 13 guests creating!

Have a good week,

LauraRose

Lots of Chatter today!

Lots of excitement and activity -- several creations in progress -- some finished pencil holders, two worked on art journals, others made paper turkeys! We all had great fun! Take a look:

 Turkey "feathers" made from acc
ordian papers.

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This is a turkey Kicked Up A Notch! Real feathers added!

Other folks enjoyed working on their art journals:

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

LauraRose

Busy, busy, Monday!

Pencil holders, Thanksgiving decorations, on-going art journal . . .

Here are the pencil holders made from fabric, felt, cans -- oh, and glue!

Another guest today continue sto work on her art-journal/photo/memory book in which she will add pics of her childen and herself. Her table looks like my workroom at home! This is exactly the way to work - stuff all around to look at it all at one time.

Next, several folks made Thanksgiving decorations -- here is one: this is several layers of paper cuts -- the top layer the most delicate. Looks lovely, eh? Big enough to hang on a door. I love it!

Last but not least -- one of our guests this morning told us he is going to the Timberwolves tonight and showed us his suit! I've seen him dressed up -- he looks so dapper! Here's his suit in a suit-bag. Oh, and he regaled us with laughter and jokes, too!

We had two visitors today, just checking out what we're doing -- maybe they'll be back. That's about it for today! Happy crafting, everyone!

LauraRose

Frames and paper crafting

Greetings! This week we provided the group with cut-out cardstock to make frames for picture or to add interest and dimension to an art journal. Here are two pictures of a finished frame -- B put this together -- several layers and dimension (one is a close up so the layers can be seen):

Some of the other folks assembled more pages for their art jounals -- one created pages that had assembled frames in the center of the page to create interest. Great idea! Another person who had been with us only a short time got right down to work and created almost an entire art journal that made her look like a pro! Thank you E.

Masks and jars!

Greetings! Yesterday at Higher Ground we finished the masks that were started last week. If you remember (or read previous blog post) people got messy with balloons, flour and water, and newspapers to make paper mache masks.

 This Monday the decorating began!

B painted a mask to create a clown:











Then he held up paper mache mask! He makes people laugh!

Here is another mask, this time, by D:

A pirate!!

She combined paper mache, paint, fabric and -- look at those red teeth! this is a great example of multi-media art work!

Here is a mask in progress by S! It's coming along really well -- good job! She is combining fabric, trims, gold and other fun stuff!

Some folks opted to decorate jars to add to their rooms. They decorated the outside and then added a battery operated light to allow the glow to permeate through the decorations.

So, that's the fun we had this week - hope you can join us next week! Mary, John and I had a great time, enjoyed the activities and enjoyed working with clients. Lots of fun and great environment and energy! Positive and uplifting!

Be blessed, be happy,

LauraRose

Greetings crafters!

Today, for your viewing pleasure we have pictures of mini pumpkins that B decorated -- grown in my

garden and brought to craft group on Monday at Higher Ground -- he looked at them and had an image in his head and added felt! Then brought them out to the desk for all clients and staff to enjoy.

We also made paper mache over balloons -- we got really messy -- using flour and water as the paste, cutting up newspaper squares and applied them to blown up balloons. Next week we are using these paper mache shapes to decorate masks for Halloween! Should be great fun -- we'll have extra "masks" to paint or add stuff so that it is the artist's own creation. I can't wait!!!

Be blessed, be happy!

LauraRose