A little more about me:
I AM A TEACHER. I have been an art teacher since 1993. I taught in a small Wisconsin school district for 12 years before beginning a new adventure- leaving it all behind for Alaska. I've been back and forth between Alaska and Wisconsin a few times now. I currently am back in Alaska, living in a town that has no Art program, and so I teach Art on a volunteer basis in my daughter's kindergarten class. Our family is currently preparing to move back to Wisconsin one more time, and so I am also job hunting. In preparing to be back in the artroom once again, I have become a member of the National Art Education Association as well as the Wisconsin Art Education Association. I am excited at the prospect of connecting with other art educators as well as possibly taking on a board position with WAEA. I also recently found The Art of Education- a great online community for Art Educators.
I AM A TEACHER. I have been an art teacher since 1993. I taught in a small Wisconsin school district for 12 years before beginning a new adventure- leaving it all behind for Alaska. I've been back and forth between Alaska and Wisconsin a few times now. I currently am back in Alaska, living in a town that has no Art program, and so I teach Art on a volunteer basis in my daughter's kindergarten class. Our family is currently preparing to move back to Wisconsin one more time, and so I am also job hunting. In preparing to be back in the artroom once again, I have become a member of the National Art Education Association as well as the Wisconsin Art Education Association. I am excited at the prospect of connecting with other art educators as well as possibly taking on a board position with WAEA. I also recently found The Art of Education- a great online community for Art Educators.
I AM A MOM. I have a small brood of art producing, creative playing, book reading, snack eating, mess making children. They are imaginative, creative, and love taking part in anything I'm doing- crafting, cooking, reading, or anything else. One of my favorite places to find ideas for them is Pinterest. I have found sewing projects, craft recipes, fun (and sometimes actually healthy) snacks and decorating ideas here, all to make my kids smile and feed my own creative soul.
I AM A CREATOR. Among my many hobbies are sewing, painting, scrapbooking, basket-making, gardening, baking, decorating, and now I'm learning to crochet as well. I need to have a project going- always. Here are a few of my latest projects:
Denim storage bin. I got the material at the local thrift store- the denim was free! I found the pattern here. I can see making lots and lots of these for holding random things in a super cute, affordable and earth-friendly kind of way.
This is my first crochet project. There is definitely room for improvement, but to a 3 year old... it was beautiful! I bought the pattern here.
I took a cookie decorating class recently. I learned about royal icing, marbling and flooding, among other things. Considering I got a box of 101 cookie cutters as a Christmas gift, and the cookie decorating was really fun, I will do more!! Some of my teacher's recommended favorite cookie sites are here and here and here.
This is a birdhouse I decorated as part of a fundraiser. I bought a plain wooden birdhouse and then could decorate it any way I liked. The original birdhouse was shaped a little differently than I had anticipated, so I struggled a bit, but it's not too far off of my original vision. My favorite part is the butterfly. All the proceeds go to the local emergency shelter. Prizes were awarded for the top money earning birdhouses, and mine won first prize! Then it was auctioned off and brought in an additional $80. Sweet!!
These are just a few of my personal interests...
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