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one of the best days i have ever had.

August 30, 2011 Filed in Uncategorized

our second photo shoot scheduled in utah…….the models never showed.
we were disappointed.
and hot.
and wendy says "let's do it ourselves!"
and we did.

this is 7 photographers getting to have a BLAST while the other 11 practiced their action shots in sunlight.
that was the point.
a COLORFUL shoot….with action and light……ready GO!

(all of these photos were taken by Kelley and Kim….both excellent photographers!)
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this is powder…not paint.
it was a little  hard to breathe but not bad.
it was only bad if it went right in your eyes….but still you could recover….i did….and tyler did too.

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it was the best time.
i LOVED doing it.
i laughed and laughed.
it was soooo fun!

i am so glad the models never showed.
it was so much better this way.

and it all came off in the shower.
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Melody - Looks like so much fun.
Where did you buy the powder?

ginger - I am working with some college students who want to do a photoshoot similar to this… can you tell me where to get the powder or how to make it?

Hailey - The most likely thing I found was Holi powder. Though it’s possible it was simply paint powder. Paint powder can be toxic though…be careful about breathing it in!

sandra - merryheart2 - can you please tell me where you purchased your powder and how much you needed for this photo shoot. i googled and found them, but i was wondering where you found yours.
merryheart2@aol.com

sandra - merryheart2 - what BIG creative, fun! i love all the pictures.

Kristen - Oh my gosh – that is so awesome! Looks so fun!

kasey - Awesome!! What a great time you all had.

TidyMom - I think you may have started a new trend!!! Colored powder shoots!!
I LOVE this Meg!! thanks for making me smile this morning
So I have to ask, like everyone else……where do you get the powder?

Leyla - I’m dying to know what powder you used too. Could you post it in the comments or maybe a new post about the powder? This seems like a very fun shoot…love it!

Chantelle - so funny how everyone sees that you look like an avatar character. this is a tradition in india for the celebration of holi. you look like you had a blast… i couldn’t imagine a bunch of professional models pulling this one off 🙂

Heather G. - Those pictures are amazing!

tami - lol I dont know if I could have done that. I would have participated from a far lol

Marcie - Please, email me how you got the colored powder!
bluaqua@aol.com

sara @ it's good to be queen - those pictures are amazing! so colorful and fun. and you look beautiful!

Leslie - That is THE coolest shoot EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christa aka the BabbyMama - This reminds me of the Indian holiday, Holi!

AmyM - Please, please, please share where you got the powder or how you made it whatever! I would love to let my kiddos do this and take pictures–they boys might actually smile naturally and have fun!! Just love them!!!!

Heather - I really don’t think that using powder like that seems like a wise idea and it freaks me out to think that readers want to do this with their children. What kind of powder is it? Do you know the toxicity when it goes in the lungs?
Artists have many health risks and this seems like one I wouldn’t take with my children. Hope people reconsider.

Kari - Very awesome! It reminds me of the movie Avatar, with all the beautiful colors.

Kristin Hayne - What a crazy looking band of warriors in Utah… ha ha. Would love to know what powder was used. Need to get some of the boys going crazy with it!!!

Lori Bowring Michaud - Very, very cool Meg!! My daughter just started her first photography class in college and has her first assignment – action shots are part of it. I showed her these pictures and she was floored! Especially the picture of the woman flipping her hair!

Rachelle | TinkerLab - Like Ami said, the powders remind me of Holi as well. Here are our pictures from this year’s festival. We LOVED it too. http://tinkerlab.com/2011/04/holi-colors/

Libby Donovan - You look like you could be in Avatar.

Doris - you look great!
really fun photos.

Colleen - That looks like wicked good fun!!!

Gray - I’m wearing the same shirt you’re wearing–today. It’s from Target, right? I LOVE it. I bought four in different colors and wish I’d bought more. I’ve lived in them this summer. Glad to know I have good taste. 🙂

Kristin S - Whoops, I said Kelley above and meant Crystal.
Still love these shots.

Ami - Totally reminds me of Holi festival in India. What a great photo session idea!
Holi image that I think you will like: http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ4T_2oRDhAdHPKU_ASJEdS6xZizCcRDYYcSSKFVCoqYQXmcff8Hg

jennyonthespot - Oh Meg. Meg. Oh Meg… love this.

Sarai - Beautiful pictures!! Looks like this was a blast!!

Tammy @ The Sabourin Family - Like the making of “Avatar 2” LOL Awesome! 🙂

Mary Anne - This is quite possibly the most fun I think I’ve ever seen someone have! Awesome, awesome fun!!! 🙂 Great pictures too! When you said this photoshoot was a ton of fun, I never would have thought it was quite like this! 🙂

Nika M - Looks like SO much fun!

Mrs. Skvortsov - Wow! These photos are incredible. So colorful and fun!
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deb meyers - Ah! “Those we Don’t Speak Of” : )

Carrie - fabulous

Meg - Super cute hair cut too!!!

elz - That looks like so much fun. My favorite is the profile picture of you with the violet and blue powder, THAT should be your profile pic!

Meg Carter - I want to play!!!! Awesome idea and pics. Love.

Katrina - Oh my wow! I have to admit I’m jealous. That looks like SOOO much fun. I bet my girls would have fun with that one. Of course someone else would have to take the pics then because I definitely would have to jump in myself ;-).

Tracey Husted - Ha ha ha ha….you guys look like Avatars. TOO FUN!!

Aneta Kudasik - So awesome!

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crystal b - Are you SURE it all came off? I seem to recall some colored cleavage. 🙂
It was the funnest day ever. Kim got some amazing shots. Love the one of Wendy and Tyler at the end. 🙂

Heather R. - The hand on your face powder pic, the side profile all powdered up…GREAT pics. I love when things work out different then they are supposed to…better. 😉

Kimberly Dial - Amazing … the colors were so beautiful and it looked like lots & lots of fun!

Kimberly Dial - Amazing … the colors were so beautiful and it looked like lots & lots of fun!

Christian @ Modobject at Home - I think you got yourself a new set of headshots!

Carrie - Oh my! Please, please, please let us know what type of powder was used. I would love to do this with my kids. And by the way, you are so pretty 🙂

Cory - That looks like the best time, and you guys were the best models. 😉 The pics are gorgeous!

Kristin S - So fun seeing this on Kelley’s blog too.
I think that fourth to last needs to be your new headshot… forget the cute beads!
Loving your sass-o-rama hair cut right now too.

Michelle - It looks like you’re the love child of Strawberry Shortcake & a Smurf! lol! This is great! Looks like my kind of workshop! ha!

karen - omg…this was made for you!! I would have been shocked if you were one of the photographers practicing!!!

Londen - I have to say….this is Awesome!

sheryl salik - what did u use for the colored powder?

alaina - OMW! It is so beautiful! FUN! Creative! Please tell us about the powder. My son is in college in San Diego and he is really into photography and has a lot of people at his disposal! Can you imagine a bunch of college kids on a photo shoot on the beach with that powder?!!! WOOHOO!
I was giggling thinking of the hikers that stumble upon these neon-colored fields!

Janel - I would love to see photo 16 as the new head shot photo. I love it! A lot! They are all really great though!

DanaD@BoysMyJoys - You look like one of the people in Avatar!
LOVE IT!!!!
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Nichole - I’ve always wanted to participate in Holi, this is definitely cool.

Summer Crosbie - This is so so so awesome!!!!

Angela Storm - The expression on your face post-handprint is priceless. I love it! And these are all amazing pictures, and it looks like such fun!

Rachel B. - Can you say AWESOME?
Those are some amazing shots!

Helen Wall - That powder looks like great fun. You guys may have started a fad!

Alicia - In the first few pics where your face is covered with blue powder, you look a bit like a character from Avatar (not meaning to sound mean at all… I hope you’re not offended by me saying that- I loved the movie!)
I think these are such cool photos! What a great time you must have had doing this! I want to know though- did it get all over the seats in the car?

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - WOWZAS! I went back & forth between thinking “it looks like you’re casting some sort of visible spells on each other” to….”that is so cool!” to “thats a beautiful shot of Meg.” Such a fun day indeed!
Cant wait to meet you in just a few short weeks in Cali!

Jennifer - It looks like Andy Warhol! coolness

tinycandi - this is so very awesome!! what kind of powder is that?

Kate - I love how vibrant those colors are! Where in the world do you find that stuff?!?

Lisa McCracken - What awesome photos! There are some great pics of you!

AShley - i love these photos. it looks like the progression of an avatar 🙂

Mindy Harris - this is so cool and awesome and wonderful and tribal ish that i can’t stand it. love it love it love it!! i love the profile one of you with mostly turquoise on your face…gorgeous. so flippin’ rad!

Carol - I think your new head shot is actually is this round of pictures. Looks like so much fun! What is that stuff, and how do I get my hands on it?

sue - I don’t understand the powder throwing.?

jenni - You looked like an Avatar.
It sounds like you had tons of fun!

Rachelle Terry - Who needs models when you had a bunch of crazy people on hand! They turned out really beautiful!

Heather - These are wonderful perfection! Where in the world can you get colored powder? My kids would love that! We need it before summer ends so we can then hose off.

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - I had no idea you joined the blue man group! Rock on!

ginny - Hee hee, I see why the models didn’t show up. 😉 Cool, nonetheless though.

Leah - I love the color! Amazing photos. I can see why they’re called pros.

Brenis - OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!! 😀 LOVE it! The pics turned out amazing, and ya’ll look like some hidden tribe now! LOL

Robin Canter - I bet you buy this powder for your kids before you even get back home! 🙂

Christy - Oh my I love it! looks like it was a blast

Sharla - these are awesome! Love the colorful closeups.

Sally - Wow! That looks like so much fun!! The pictures you have posted over the past few days have been delightful. What an amazing experience you had. Fun…fun…fun!

Kim - Wow! I feel so honored to have my photos displayed on such an AWESOME blog! Especially because I am super lazy and might not do anything with them myself. Thanks for volunteering to step in for the funnest photo shoot ever. You’re the BEST!

Su@TheIntentionalHome - I LOVE the pic of all of you. . no smile. . love the color!! i want to do this. . please share what powder you used. And did ya’ll have to protect your cameras. . or were the photographers far enough away that no powder got on them?

Rebecca - That was COOL!

tiffany m gardner - brave…this cracked me up too!

Tracy - Reminds me of AVATAR – love it – great pictures! 🙂

Rachel - AH MAZING!!!!

kat - That looks like so much fun!!! I love all the colors and the big smiles!

georgia - Haha u look like a smurf. Love it !

Kori - It looks like everyone had a blast!! And honestly, those pictures are amazing! I love the one of all of you looking at the camera with serious type faces on with the juxtaposition of the color all over you all….it’s great!!!
P.S. Turquoise is definitely your color! 😉

Moriah - Reminds me of Braveheart! Fun!

Michelle Torres - Wow!!!!!! How incredible is this? I know you did have so much fun, I mean come on, who gets to get splattered with colored powder on a given day! How cool, I love the color’s and the awesome pictures of everyone all colored up!!!!!! too cool!

Kerry - meg these are awesome! Thank God for Zoom lenses 🙂 I love the picture of you all with serious faces… spooky huh? looks like a fun fun fun time. xx

Jodi @ The Un-Soccermom Blog - ahhhhh-mazing! love it!

Jen - Ok, this is adorable! What did you use for the colors?

Diana - I think this is my favorite of all your posts so far! LOL! What fun!
I’ve crushed sidewalk chalk (the cheap packs from Dollar Store) and done things like that with it… not people tossing it on people, but things, objects… and then have taken photos of it. Very cool.
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Seriously Sassy Mama - I love the colors. I am so going to do this with my girls!

Diana - I think this is my favorite of all your posts so far! LOL! What fun!
I’ve crushed sidewalk chalk (the cheap packs from Dollar Store) and done things like that with it… not people tossing it on people, but things, objects… and then have taken photos of it. Very cool.
(:-D)

happygirl - These are WONDERFUL. Can I just say, the hair shot is magnificent.

Katie - that looks like so much fun!

Jenna - How fun!!! Where did you get the colored powder? Also, it reminds me of the Hindu festival of Holi! Gorgeous photos!
Jenna
momofmanyhats.blogspot.com

nicole @ deliajude - that looks like the best day ever!

Sandy - How fun! I love the group shots at the end and the one of the girl flipping her hair. Awesome!

Karline - Red and yellow, black and white they are precious in His sight!

Terrie - Oh. my. goodness. That looks like a blast! Great pics…loved it! I can see why you had so much fun!! You should have just had a water balloon fight afterwards…they you would have had watercolors! 🙂

lauren - do share how you colored the powder! i so want to let the kids do this with the dog! what fun!

Holly - those photos are awesome! So glad you had a great time!

Southern Gal - Those colors are so vibrant! Beautiful.

Gemma @ Musings of a gem - Wow! With all that colour I bet it was your dream come true!
Very fun : )
Gemma x

Jen - Looks like a LOT of fun. Kids would love that stuff, wouldn’t they? And I think one of those photos should be your new headshot. 😉

Han - That looks like so much fun! Looks like that Indian festival when they have a massive paint fight.

brandi - GREAT COLOR. what fun. 🙂

Jen Brandt - You look like a warrior! How fun!

Dana @ Bungalow'56 - I can only imagine what the vehicles looked like before the shower… What a very cool idea. You all look like warriors! Photography warriors.
Dana

Meaghan Snider - That looks like SO much fun! I would definitely be one of the ones to jump in and get dirty!

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utah was amazeballs.

August 29, 2011 Filed in friends,photography

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out of the 18 of us….there was one PC…everyone else had a MAC.  :)

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auwww….walking to the ski lift.

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my buddy crystal from the workshop in san diego.
pretty hair.
cute shirt! 

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sandy….crazy.  :)

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lisa was my roomie.
she takes rad pictures.

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kelley was also at the san diego workshop!
and she had mirror glasses…my favorite.

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i gave wendy my camera and asked her to take some head shots for me.
you will be seeing these for a year now.
she is goooooood.
i love them. 

HA!
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note to self:
never go to the top of a mountain without cute red beads on…..you never know where your new head shot will be waiting for you.
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the mosquitos were bad.
kim was being smart.
and it was cold.
i was wearing a big puffy red coat that wendy had in her car.
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shooting the couple in the canoe….

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getting ready to take pics of a newborn baby….

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wendy the baby whisperer/disco dancer.
she had her hair twisted the night before & it was a huge afro the next day, which was what she was hoping for.
the coolest hair ever.

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one of my baby shots…..his name was denver.

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more teaching time before we left for our second and third shoots.

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the third shoot had farm animals!

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so much fun.

the second shoot is not shown here yet.
it was the most fun i have had in years.
i can't wait to show you.

i made it home easily…….happy to see my family.
ready to go NUTS on craft weekend prep.
it's ON.

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jennyonthespot - Amazeballs. Do you know how very much I love you?

Kelley - total awesomeness all weekend long. so glad you were there. LOVE your shot of the boy and the goat. wendy rocked your headshots. so perfect!

Kelly - fun about the mac preponderance. now I’m curious about the cameras. My husband and I shoot with Pentax but the Canon and Nikon people definitely seemed to be much more in abundance on our recent trip to Chicago. Kelly

honeybeemama - how fun! i will never be a true photographer, but i’m addicted to the work of others! and now…i need to go find my necklace for the day. who knows who will be taking my picture!!

danielle burkleo - jealous and those headshots are amazeballs too.

happygirl - This looked like a wonderful time. And you learned so much. I love my mac. I can’t go back to pc, no way.

brittany - Wow these are beautiful what kind of camera and lens are you using?

karen - awesome pics meg!! you are getting soooooo good!!

Kimberlee - Any place that has canoes and smoked cheese is fine by me. 😉

cam - cool pics chick. sorry i missed it.
nice (red) balls.
(had to say it)
ciao,
cam

Jess - Glad you had fun Megan! Love the new pictures that Wendy took of you. 🙂

Mindy Harris - meg you are gorgeous in those headshots. i think they really capture the “essence of meg” although i have only come into contact with you 3 times and if i sound like a groupie then i guess i am. they are just cute cute cute pics of you that tell us: “i may be famous but i am approachable. i have normal days too!”xoxxo!

Southern Gal - Is that a lens cap in Sandy’s pocket? I do that all the time.
And Wendy’s hair? I fight my hair everyday so it won’t look fuzzy, curly. Hmm. Maybe I should just let it go? Nah.
Looks like you all had fun.

Jennifer - I LOVE!!!! baby Denver, what a cutie!! and your headshots are AWESOME, of course, NEVER go to the mountains without smoking hot jewelry! note to self!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Oh, great pictures! Those are awesomesauce!

jen @ tatertots and jello - Oh man, if I had known you were in town I totally would have stalked you down LOL. Glad you had a good trip!
xoxo
Jen

Sarah @ Redhead in Ruffled Flats - Awesome photos! It sounds like you had a blast! Can’t wait to see the other photo shoot!

Kerry - oh my WORD meg, those pics are too awesome.. I love the one of the baby being prepped, I always wanted to see how that was done and then the RESULT is just STUNNING! go You! And those beads…. oh man, what an awesome head shot. xx

melissa*320 sycamore - LOVE the new profile pic! Looks like so much fun 🙂

Terrie G - Great pictures!! I can do flowers…not sure how well I would do with people! 🙂

Jen - I LOVE that you have been sharing about your trip! I hope to go to something like this in the future…so much learning. Ohhh, and next time I am hiking in the mountains I will definitely be caring some cool, colorful beads to throw on! 🙂 Fabulous!!

Dee Stephens - WOW! that is amazing! I love Utah!

lorelei - there is nothing better than a baby on a plate. 🙂

emily anderson - man, i’m so jealous about craft weekend. i want to go BAD.

Jenna - What a wonderful trip you had! I’m actually really interested in Wendy’s hair…go figure! Wonderful pics, Meg!
Jenna
momofmanyhats.blogspot.com

Amanda Evans - Very cute Meg 🙂

Jennifer - All the pictures so amazing! I wish I had been the mother of that baby and gotten everyone’s different pictures…so cool!

MichelleB - Looks like an amazing time! I love the pictures of people taking pictures 😉 What a great opportunity! I really should do something like this and learn how to take better pictures! Of course I always think your pictures are amazing 😉

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friday in utah…..

August 27, 2011 Filed in photography

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after a morning of camera talk….good stuff….we went on an adventure.
we rode a ski lift up to the top of the mountain (i think we were in deer valley…) and took pictures.

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hysterical isn't it???

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wendy is rad.

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i call this "meg in the mountains"
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tyler and wendy rented a canoe for our mountain photo session….it was a wild ride up to the lake.
and when we got up there….MOOSE!
whoa.
so cool.
don't see that in kansas!

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this was our destination……….

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anna and dave have been married for three weeks.
they were GREAT sports…13 photographers shouting out "look here!"  "touch his arm!"  "KISS!"

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and just for fun i thought you'd like to see a little behind-the-scenes….
HA.

i am having an AWESOME time.

for real.

surrounded by super sweet photographers who want to learn like me is such a cool place to be. 

and this house is crazy amazing!
i feel spoiled.
big time.

more to come…….

 

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tiffany m gardner - ok…miss meg…where did those red beads come from? I have been looking for some forever! looks like so much fun…i am a photographer and your work inspires me! way to go!!

Melissa - What program do you use for editing? How do you get the dark-ish edges that seem to make your subject “pop”???

AshleyAnn - Meg…these are gorgeous. You inspire me to challenge myself to grow as a photographer…Blue Lily one day?

Gretchen P - Moose are amazing! I had a mother and calf follow me while I was backpacking in the Grand Tetons. Very cool! Sounds like you are having an amazing time!!

Mindy Harris - what a neat opportunity, meg. thanks for helping us feel like we’re there. i like your “meg in utah” pic. you are adorable.

Sally - That is a beautiful place! Thanks so much for sharing such an amazing weekend with us. I can’t wait to see more of your pictures 🙂

Gemma - Yay for being nosey…I love it!
Gemma x

Kerry - wow, it looks like a beautiful place! love the Meg in the mountains shot, your necklace is gorgeous!

Kimberly Dial - Utah sure is a beautiful place! You, my friend, are what my oldest granddaughter calls an “Adventure girl”! … glad you’re having a good time! Enjoy!

Kimberly Dial - Utah sure is a beautiful place! You, my friend, are what my oldest granddaughter calls an “Adventure girl”! … glad you’re having a good time! Enjoy!

lacey - thank you so much for posting pics of Utah. I grew up there. I miss it so much. My family is still there. I haven’t been home for almost two years seeing your pictures made me feel right at home! I needed that thanks.

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Yay! Meg in Utah! So fun!

Valerie - Weird engagement photos is RIGHT! I admire people for stepping outside of the box…but that is a BIG step!
I love your outfits! You always inspire me on things to wear! Great blog!

Nicole Q. - I’m crazy jealous about your location . . . every where you turn in Utah you see a pictureperfect landscape to shoot pics of. Deer Valley is beautiful. How i miss that state!! So glad you are enjoying it.

Leah - So beautiful! I adopted one of those photos as my desktop background photo.

Rachael - I am so jealous but glad you are having a good time!

Katy @ Live Laugh Love Craft - Hello Meg in the mountains. Glad you’re having a great time! 🙂 Beautiful pictures, as alwasy!!

Jamie Smith - I am jealous of you.. had Blue Lily do our photos and just got them back this week. I LOVE THEM. I am saving my pennies to go to a GO PRO in 2012. And from your pics (both times you have hung with them) I am so staying in the party house.

Doris - I’m so glad you’re having a great time!

Ruth H. - Aww, you are making me so homesick! I grew up in the Utah mountains, seeing stuff like that in my backyard, practically. (Moose, elk, deer, coyotes…) Now I am living in the flat midwest. Love the trees, but miss the mountains! Enjoy that cool mountain air for me.

Peggy rice - I do believe team blue Lilly are the coolest people I’ve ever met. Tell them bonjour from the Rice’s in Paris!!!

Tanya H - ah, you’re killin’ me. I live an hour away. LOL!

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - When we did our tour of New England a couple months back, we were on constant lookout for Moose. There are signs on the highways everywhere(so different from New York State where the worst you have to watch out for are deer or cow crossings(or of course snow mobiles, hah!). LOVE that you actually saw some!
Im so glad to hear youre having a wonderful time!

Ali - Mooooooose!

Kirsten P - Great photos of beautiful places! I especially love the birch trees in the ski lift photo – remind me of northern Minnesota and Michigan.

Terrie G - What gorgeous scenery!
I like ‘Meg in the Mountains’!
Moosen! – Have you ever heard Brian Regan’s bit on that? My son do him is even funnier!
Have fun & learn lots!!

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family band?

August 23, 2011 Filed in Uncategorized

sean is about to start band class.
he was discussing which instrument he’d like to play….and i am not sure who got it out….
but craig’s trombone from high school/jr. high came out of the basement.

while i was cooking dinner.

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oh it was funny.
he is always trying to crack me up.

the kids were jumping up and down to have a turn.
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have you ever played a trombone in your kitchen before???
it’s really loud.
i don’t recommend it.

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they were laughing hysterically at the sounds it would make.

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it was one of those funny unexpected moments in our goofy family.
i even did some cheerleading moves to go with craig’s sports songs.
ha ha ha

annie suggested we have a band!
someone on piano….someone on the african drum….lauren on guitar….someone with homemade maracas.
and of course DAD on the trombone.

i am going to get started on our costumes.

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Samantha - Your kids are so adorable!

Courtney Walsh - This is so funny. Adam has a euphonium (sp?) and a trombone and we’ve had similar moments of sheer LOUD horn-blowing bliss in the house. Needless to say, I’ve stashed them both in the garage for now! lol
🙂 Catching up on your blog this morning…you’re so busy!! I hope craft weekend goes well!!!

Carrie K - haahaa…that first picture cracked me up! my first thought…”meg married a band geek!” 🙂 hes a pretty cute geek though so i dont blame you 🙂 i can just IMAGINE the noise in your house…in a happy way 🙂

Valerie @ Chateau A la Mode - I love your family band idea…hey the Partridge Family did it!!

Doris - I have every day at least 1 thing from more than 20 years ago that just comes back to me, some detail. and I think of my grandpa every day, and how I miss him. so I understand this completely.
great family fun 🙂
and song is nice.

janet @ ordinary mom - I had a STRONG reaction to a childhood memory when ironing my polyester sheers. Seriously! Warm polyester will throw you right back into the 70s. Wow!

Kelly - the music teacher in me just loves this post! My sixteen month old will already bring our African drum to one of us and then when he’s satisfied we’ll play with him he goes to the other drums to begin playing. Maybe we’ll have to get out my husband’s trumpet too. Was Waffle scared with all that loud noise? Kelly

Jodi - Thanks for sharing the U2 “Yahweh” song…I had never heard it before and loved it! I can just imagine you running and trying to hold in the “Yahweeeeeh!” part…that would have been so hard! 🙂 I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now, and you are an inpiration to me! Thanks being REAL.

steph - way TOO funny!
i have some norah on some of my running playlists too.
and that duet, “creepin’ in”, i’m guessing that’s the one you listened to,
is such a toe tapper…
it’s perfect for a run! 😉
glad we have the same strange taste in running music.
there are many times when i’m tempted to start singing out loud too…
“i bless the RAINS down in AFFFFFRRRRICAAAAA!”
ha ha!
i love toto!

Lisa - My hubs played the trombone in middle and high school and my 12-year old has been playing it for the past 3 years. They play together sometimes – good family fun! 🙂

Ranee - the trombone photos are hilarious. your craft weekend looks amazing..if only i had a free weekend to spend! I’m sure whoever comes is going to love it.

Mathildasgarden.blogspot.com - Oh man, I run to the strangest assortment of music. And it’s where I have my best thinking and the memories flood–must be the adrenaline. I use the term “run” loosely!!! In fact, I’m laced up and ready to roll, but procrastinating at the computer as we speak!

Karen Gerstenberger - I’d never heard this song before – thank you for sharing. Love it.

Janie Fox - I played the clarinet and cheered. You should really start a band.It is a good excuse to get a rocking multi-colored bus. Doesn’t that Partridge Family bus look like something you would have?! Hells yeah!

Julie - When I saw U2 this summer, I had to walk through a group of picketers holding signs warning us about the “satanic” rock concert we were about to enter. Has that ever happened to you? Clearly, they had to be unfamiliar with the band.
Thank you for posting this beautiful song.

Amy - My 11 year old daughter started playing trombone last year and yeah…it’s pretty rockin! Very loud in the kitchen. Or the living room. Or outside. Or at 7 a.m. when you’re trying to sleep!
And I thought I might be crazy because sometimes I listen to Veggie Tales while I walk/run. You make me feel slightly better about myself. 😉

Laine Chambers - This made me laugh because this has happened in our family! My husband began playing the trombone in junior high and has kept it up all these years. I play the piano and we do duets. Good times. Our kids declare that we should have an “orchestra”…one on the trombone, one on the piano, one on the guitar and one on the violin. Can’t imagine how loud that would be!!

nicki - I’ve TOTALLY listend to that Norah/Dolly song while running! “Creep On In”?

Jenn - I really enjoy reading about your family with your “big kids!” Our family is still young and I SO very often wish and hope for my kids to NOT grow up! You and your family are giving me a little glimpse of the future and I think it looks pretty FUN! Thank you!!!

happygirl - My husband’s nephew played When the Saints Go Marching In for his mom’s memorial service. It was wonderful.

Sarai - Looks like you guys had alot of fun! I love goofy silly family time like this!
By the way I love all the colors and open-ness in your house

Jennifer - Love this post…you guys are too cute!

Jennifer - FYI, you are so NOT the first person to listen to Dolly Parton while working out. Have you heard her Christmas songs? They are always on my workout playlists around the holidays. I’m not gonna lie, one or two of Dolly’s Christmas songs sneak in the rotation during other times of the year. How embarrassing for me.

Kerry - aah man, how fun!! I would love to be able to play a HUGE instrument like that. Off on my first run EVER tomorrow… wish me luck, I will take Dolly with me 🙂 xx

Tina I - I, too, have “Creepin’ In” on my running playlist. Does that make you feel better?;-)

Jemm - That’s cute. My oldest daughter plays trombone. I remember how funny it was when she discovered she could make “tooting” noises with it. Fun times 😉 I played trumpet. I loved it. I still miss it. I have a secret talent of being able to look at people and guess what instrument they played in high school. I’m getting a strong vibe from you though. Were you in band? I’m guessing maybe piano or clarinet.

Kasey @ Little Brick House - Oh that looks like so much fun!
Oh man I can’t imagine running to Dolly. I need the likes of Lady gaga to keep my feet going LOL!

Brook @BeingBrook - So funny! We’ve had a trombone and a french horn player at our house. SO LOUD! Looks fun. I love music when I’m running, distracts me from the fact that I may die or pass out any second.

Ali - Oh my goodness. I played the trombone in high school….marching band, pep band and jazz band. I loved being the only girl on the trombone. It was pretty amazing. Unfortunately I sold my trombone so I can’t relive the memories. That’s hilarious that Craig remembered several songs. I don’t think I could. I bet your kids’ lips were all numb and swollen afterwards.

Jennifer O'Steen - it’s so good to see he is joining band! i was in the band for 9 years, and i loved every second of it! i met some of the best people in my life through band.

se7en - That’s brilliant!!! How fun!!! We are building a band one kid at a time: So far I have a trumpeter a saxophonist and a violinist… with five kids waiting in the wings… I think it is going to be so cool a couple of years from now.

Lisa - What a great moment in your kitchen…..the stuff that a good life is made of!
Thanks for posting this U2 song, I was just thinking I needed some new songs for my pathetic attempts at running and this one is awesome. Don’t know how I haven’t heard it before.

Jana - That is cracking me up! We just did the same thing at our house! Except I sent them outside! I had the trombone out to take pics from Craiglist and they started playing it and laughing hysterically! Good times. 🙂

sue - Can we see pics of your basement ?

Jennifer - If he decides to play the drums, I know a great private lessons teacher!!! 😉
Band is so great! Have fun!

kat - Okay, that’s hilarious. I know y’all were laughing your heads off.L Love it. I so wish I was coming to the craft weekend!!! Those are some very lucky ladies indeed!!! Can’t wait to see the family uniforms.

Holly - I can’t imagine the amount of spit that came out of that thing when they were done! What a fun night! I think I have a kazoo somewhere, I must go look for it right now.

Terrie - We did the same thing at our house (a few years ago…ahem) when my son was going into band. Randy played the trumpet and french horn…so those came out of the basement! Hi-lar-i-ous!! I can’t decide if I’m happy that you didn’t have sound or not… 🙂

Sarah Wolfe - These photos are so very fun. Love impromptu family fun!

Crystal - You should read “Olivia Forms a Band” by Ian Falconer (kids book). She attempts to get her family to make a band. Olivia cracks me up. She’s a crazy character. My daughter loves the Oliva books!

Flower Patch Farmgirl - I have always admired the noble trombonists. HOW do they know exactly where to stop that slide thingy? It’s different than pushing the right button. It’s gotta be.

Seriously Sassy Mama - I love Dolly Parton. Personally, I have to walk/run to music like Beyonce, and Maroon 5 to get me going. I played oboe in school, and was a cheerleader.

Rachel - I’ve never played a trombone in my kitchen, but I have a French Horn that I played in the living room…it literally scared the poop out of one of the dogs and then the other one started barking. Needless to say, I put the horn away.
My daughter and I love Dolly Parton! She knows all the words to “Jolene”; I just know the chorus 😉

blu - love that song. we sing it in church. love u2!! and aren’t you so grateful for the random silly moments? especially right before dinner? me too 🙂

Taryn - So i had no idea Craig played the trombone…..i’m guessing he was sitting somewhere close to Vaughn because we have played out this exact same scene at our house! (without me doing the cheerleading moves:)…although i can see myself trying that out now! ) At least they both had something in their mouths so they couldn’t make up alternative words to the songs they were playing like they did in SNC! Ha! Love ya!

Dina - Ok…Sean should most definitely play trombone in the school band. I taught band before I had babies and looking at his embouchure (mouth placement:-) and the way he holds the slide…pretty sure he would do GREAT! The trombonists get all the chicks, ain’t that right, Craig;-) Loved this post!

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you knew i was going to make one.

August 18, 2011 Filed in crafts & art

they are all over pinterest….
(i still am not signed up for pinterest because i don't have time for one more thing but browsing is fun!)

so we made one.

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i took a box of 64 crayons and took out the blacks and browns.
i used another small box and doubled up on the good colors i liked and hot glued them to the top of our canvas.

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then we turned our blow dryer to hot on high.

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not long after you set the hair dryer by the crayons they get shiny and then the wax starts to melt!
it's practically instant gratification.

and it dries really quickly too.

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seriously.

what could be happier than this??

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GREAT project.

loved it

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today is the first FULL day with ALL my kids in ALL day school.
yeah…i am smiling as i type that.

it's good.

it's quiet.

i am rockin' it.

removing wallpaper…..making code for craft weekend stuff…..doing my hair….going to lunch…..

it's all good.

hooray for school!

🙂

 

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shar - wooshies awesome deff doing one!! rainbow stuff is my favorite. i guess i dont like putting weird colors together. i just like rainbowish stuff! i love ur blog its sooooooo creative!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Susan Adams - Great projects to do with my grandchildren.

Help A Leprechaun! Make a Rainbow for St. Patrick’s Day - […] Melting Rainbows It’s a science experiment and art class all rolled into one. Meg Duerksen and her crew tried their hand at the colorful creation and the results were awesome. With just a little hot glue (to keep the crayons on the canvas) a hair dryer and a steady hand, watch the oozing and goozing turn into amazing. Don’t want to buy a whole new box of Crayola? Downsize and use broken crayon bits instead. Find out why it’s best to leave out brown by paying a visit to Meg Duerksen. […]

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Sian - Wow! this is fabulously colourful. I’m going to safe this idea for some wall art in my daughters bedroom.

Jessy - Can you tell me what colors you used in order? pretty please

Will - Good one, innovative, impressive, thanks for sharing

Jennie - Make sure you use Crayola… I tried using Dollar Store crayons yesterday… an hour later and they STILL handn’t melted!

Vicky - My daughter just showed me the one she did just today. Eof school gifts for the grandkiddo’s teachers. Awesome!

Shannon - It works on a foam poster board:)

Olive Toys - I have everything ready to create such rainbow but in shape of heart!
I hope it will look as good as yours 🙂
Thanks

Angela :3 - no, you can change the # of crayons to fit the canvas (:

Chandler - I will definately remember this project for this summer

Hollyknitter (Sharon) - Thanks for sharing – I will have to try this with my grandchildren as a craft project.

jheristjames - You can also use pieces of crayons on a flat surface, place waxed paper over them, then apply a hot iron. After awhile, you may be able to splash the crayons into interesting patterns as well as just melt them. Also, interesting found items could be added–buttons, colored foil confetti, etc.

Becky Teeters - Did you still use hot gue to adhese the crayons to the canvas? I read that hot glue wont stick to th actual crayon.. ??

Angela - She said hot glue gun

Dorothy - What holds crayons on?

Amanda - You can block off silhouette with painters tape. Another way to make the “rain” is to fill water balloons 1/4 way with desired paint, block off silhouette, and pop balloons. Paint runs down canvas. Either way, it is alot of fun!

Lara - Hi Jessi,
What an awesome idea! That would be a super cute gift for my newly married sister and brother in law. How did you block off the umbrella?
Thanks!

Gina - Oh wow, this looks amazing! I’ll have to try it out when the materials go on sale. Thanks so much for sharing this <33

Heather - What did you block it off with. I was wanting to do the crayon melting and then block off my son’s teahcer first intial of her last name and leave that white. What did you use?

Miranda (: - Does it matter what size canvas you use for it?

Joan Mcleod - Can I use other canvas? I have left in my house the one that I used when I joined one competition before. That is a great canvas to use I know.

Sarah C. - I keep seeing these and just ‘stumbledupon’ your version.. I’ve bought the crayons, the canvas.. and keep putting it off! You’ve just convinced me to have a go at it tomorrow! Thank you!

Kimberly - Thanks for this…reminded of projects when I was a kid, when we did this to Chianti bottles. Then we stuck one big taper candle in the top of the bottle.

Vanessa Rauguth - I totally made my own today. Thanks for the idea! <3

Johan - Can’t wait to try this one out…pretty cool, inexpensive DIY! love it

devin mct - u could try melting the crayons on wax paper and gently peeling it off when u are done. not sure if it would work, but if the wax was really thick it might

Mike - I love how by melting the crayons you get to see all the different shades of colors.

PatB - It looks like the paper stays in place. There is enough crayon left to hold the shape.

mymumzy@hotmail.com - This is a must try. need more creative things like that for kids

marina - very nice
visit here for more cool ideas about handmade craft free tutorials
http://handmade-craft-free-tutorials.weebly.com/handmade-craft-collection.html

nabila - so how do u remove the the paper surrounding the crayons?

Fiona G. - I read this twice. Ii is amazing idea.I hope you enjoy in this.

Jennifer Hill - Great bonding for families! It also provides education to the kids. This must be another way to play with crayons! Turn your backs from the basic use of the color!

verobeachgal - What a fun project! I love working with colors when I’m creating my doodles. When I was a kid, my brother and I melted crayons on the top of the steam radiator. This is “messy” but way cooler!

Cheryl - Looks like fun!

Hearing Aids Colorado - Lovelovelove this idea! Would look so sweet in a classroom or maybe a playroom. Melted crayon can be fun, as long as it’s not on the carpet from the sun, lol!

cchristine - Taking the paper off was a major chore!!! And the hot glue wouldn’t stick to the crayons. I used elmers haven’t melted them yet…I need to remind do that outside 🙂

Bridget Harrison - My daughter is a kindergarten teacher and one of her parents did this for her as a gift. It looks very nice in her room.

gothchik3975@gmail.com - ABSOLUTELY!!! The very first one I saw finished was with the paper taken off. Have FUN!!! 😀

Jessi - What I did to have it so the crayons would not stay on there was I found an old spoon, and melted portions of the crayons in the spoon and ‘spilled’ it on the canvas. I drew a kissing couple under an umbrella, and blocked that area off so the crayons would look like rain.

ashley - Hey I was just wondering if it would work with the paper taken off of the crayons… have any idea?

Ken Palosi - I will definitely be making one for my granchildren’s art room.

allison - i tried this without the paper on the crayons and my crayons started to slide down the canvas as i was blow drying it (i had the canvas propped up against a wall). help!

Monica - This is amazing and so simple. That’s it I’m going home tonight to dig out all my kids old crayons that they never used!!

Annette Formella - what size should I look for in the artist canvas. I’m excited to make this for my granddaughter’s room. Also. someone mentioned taking the paper off the crayons, which I’m not sure how that would look but if so, would you still hot glue the crayons to the canvas. I kind of prefer the paper showing but just asking. Thanks, Annette

SugarRaisin - Try taking the paper off the crayons before attaching to canvas.
Then melt the entire crayon. It has a nice effect.

Mango - I used a piece of foam board and i worked fine, anything thick, works. trust me.

johanna - How do you do the heart thing?? This awesome single dad I know wants to do this for his adorable daughter

Jen - I wonder what this would like if you took the crayons off the top after they were melted?

Sarah Jackson - WoW this is brilliant idea man 😀
also check out thi Festival of Colors: http://www.zurmat.com/2012/04/04/festival-of-colors/

babydollsville - You obviously don’t have children.

babydollsville - No, you need to use an artist’s canvas. They can be had for a few dollars at any major craft store if you use a coupon. The posterboard would not be strong enough to hold the weight of the wax.

Lomosio - I found this on Pinterest and loved it so much I just had to give it a go. So simple but the pay off is amazing.
Check out my efforts:
http://lomosio.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/crayon-art/

Michelle W - This is an EPIC (as my son would say) project! This has got to be what happens to all of our old crayons this summer. Thank you so much for posting this. 😀

Kerry - I love this! I’ve re-pinned this off Pinterest, as it is something I wasnt to do for my kids (if I have any) when I’m older, so they can have it in there room 🙂

Dorria designs - so brilliant and bright project What an awesome idea!

Kathy - Would this work on a poster board?

Audrey - A friend’s daughter made one of these and I would love to make one for my son’s room. He’s two so I’m not sure how helpful or interested he’d be but I’m sure we’d have fun!
http://www.SpilledMilkStyle.com
A blog for stylish moms despite all the spilled milk!

meganbowling - why would you even touch it or lean on it. once it is dry i would be hanging it up on my wall

S K Sinha - How beautiful and looking very easy to do. Just wondering If you can help us by giving some more tips on how to make different , desired patterns. Thanks !

Judycockrum - I’m writing an article about melting crayons and would love to use a few of these photos. Please respond to judycockrum@gmail.com if I have your permission to link to them and maybe edit one or two to fit photo requirements. I’ll send you the link to the article when finished.

mleeson27@gmail.com - I’ve tried this myself….had great fun! Would suggest doing this on a canvas board though and not on stretched canvas – the dried crayon wax cracks if the canvas is touched or leaned upon.

Galy - cool!!!!! just what i was looking for as an idea how to spend the summer wuth my kid at home all day long. thanz so much 🙂
http://www.galydichterstyling.com

Bess Olson - Me & my 12 year old grandson made one on a matting board about 8″ high by 20″ wide! Then he turned it upside down and put flowers on the tips of the melted crayons! It looks cool with flowers in a field of colored grass!

Jenny - Wow, this is so cool, haven’t seen anything like it before

Jill - Wow, this is so cool, haven’t seen anything like it before!

Habibies - Super Cool Celebration

Kevin DIY Dork - Awesome results from such a simple idea. Love it! Makes you wonder what would happen if you glue the crayons on the canvas in different shapes & then melted them down.

Chalise - this looks like loads of fun….i’m thinking we’re going to try it on a board and a shirt!

echo - wow, it looks wonderful. The first thing I should do is looking for a set of crayons and a big board.

Lisa - Love this! How could you do it so the crayons don’t show when you are finished??

Ady - You did it so very well, my attempt was a complete mess up…

Irene - Love it. Must have a go myself.

bhumi maurya - very nice concept and awesome creativity

Hilary - Totally cool and very inspiring! Can’t wait to try it out myself.

Emerson - I just did this today! It’s so easy, and it looks hard!!

Cathy - This reminds me a lot of when I was a kid and we were melting crayons down the sides of long, slender candles, as to make a sculpture of them.

Emily - I just saw this and really want to make one now. I have an old window that I have been trying to find something to creative to do with it as a frame. Any Idea if this would work on glass?

rachel - i did this and it was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!

Dyll - GREAT Idea!Will definately let the kids try it out.

Tyler - What size canvas is this?

chanae - love the idea

Virginie - Hi
I have blogged your “now famous” melted crayon artwork today and linked back to you from http://thatcutelittlecake.blogspot.co.uk
Thank you for sharing your amazing ideas
Virginie @ That Cute Little Cake

Gunnel Svensson - Looks so great!

A Facebook User - Oh, this looks flippin fun! Gonna have to do this myself! 🙂

victoria - OMGGGGG!!! I just bought a painting that was done like this!! AMAZIING!!!!!!!<3

A Facebook User - can’t wait to make my own! i am already giddy about it!

Sikandar - They turned out great! I tried this over the weeeknd and it was a huge fail. The silicon tray I used started to melt in the oven. Plus when the crayons melted, some of the wax separated from the color and rose to the top. It was all very strange; I’m not sure what we did wrong. Perhaps the wax problem arose because we had some cheap crayons mixed in? Oh, well

alexis - how many inches is that canvas

Kim @justByou - Yep, I’ve seen it on Pinterest and pinned it too. Now I’ve pinned yours. This is something we want to try for sure! SO cool. Looks GREAT!
~Kim

sally hartsfield - I don’t have a hot glue gun. Is there another way to attach the crayons?

Mackenzie - I did this and I put masking tape to make a design on the other side of the board (opposite of the crayons) and it turned out awesome. I would suggest though to peel the crayons I do think that it looks better even though they melt together

Mallory - Somehow I’ve missed these on Pinterest so far, but this is such an easy & fun project! LOVE it!

vlad - very cool ! i love it how they melt together !
make time for pinterest ! 🙂
cheers

alyssa - i have had so much fun with this project!!!! we however had a bunch of random crayons so we had to unwrap them.. so we started out with the blow dryer but it would blast the crayons off after a min. i ended up using a lighter and got some really cool effects.. but my thumbs are raw

Riikka - Oh my! I so NEED to do something in a smaller scale to children’s room!

Theresa - Wow! That is so vibrant. What fun. Thanks for sharing.

S1717 - You’ve just made my day 🙂 just looking at it is satisfying!

natalea - I’m definitely making this and also one for my daughter’s teacher! can you tell me the size of the canvas you used?

Mamali :) - It seems expensive, Isn’t it?

dana - very nice and so much fun, bravo!

Sports Electronics - Great fun and idea! Thank you for sharing! My Grandkids will love it!
http://www.summersweetsports.com

Bonnie - Great project. I’ll be linking back.

Meg Duerksen - 16×20. 🙂

kt - what size canvas did you use?

Amy - Great idea! I used crayons from the dollar store and they didn’t melt very well. I would suggest using Crayola. Going to try it again. 🙂

Sha - Hello,Meg…I am so needing your assistants on what size canvas did you use for the crayon project.Could you possibly help me out on that?I saw that you were asked that and the answer was never never posted.Thank you for your time.

Liv - So cool! I’m going to try doing this with my sister when she comes back from college, it’s such a great project! I made a few already (to test it!) And after making them several times, I still didn’t get bored! I’m goin to sell them at the upcoming art fair in my neighborhood along with some of my other creations, they’re beautiful, and fun to make!

Lisa @ Snappy Gourmet - Can’t wait to try this with my kids this summer!

learn to surf - These kidzz rock!! I am surprised after watching this simple tip making a wall paper background.. Keep rocking kidz, god bless you 🙂

Janissa - I’m thinking of putting a raised area made of cardboard painted the same color as the canvas on mine, and letting the crayons melt around the shape…

Caleigh - While this is a great idea/project, you should know that even though crayons are non-toxic, melting them changes their chemical makeup that releases very harmful fumes into the air. Take caution when doing this around children. Either heat the crayons outdoors or in a very, very well ventilated area. Long exposure to these fumes can cause irreversible damage.

Sara - Hi!
Your ebautiful DIY is on my blog!
http://fioridiflowerland.blogspot.com/2012/03/un-po-di-colore-per-la-tua-casa-touch.html
Thak you so much!
Sara

mylibrarycardworeout.wordpress.com - Wow. That is beautiful. Great pictures by the way. I am going to have to try this one soon. 🙂

Ashleigh Reko - AWESOME! Can’t wait to try this!

Jacqueline Satterfield - This is so cool!!!

Carrie Thibideau - So doing this over spring break with my girls and even having some of their friends too.

Brian - Love it!

justine h - what size canvas is that for the 64 crayons?

Kelli R - I wonder how this would work with birthday candles? Great project!

k - What size canvas did you use?

Chloe - Holy mince! I love it! It reminds me of the time when I was about 5 and my Mum went crazy at me for melting all my crayons on the radiator!

adriana - oh this is super cool!!
too bad that crayons and canvas are SUPER expensive here in Israel, making it just about impossible to make this.
sigh.

Angie Wilson - You really need a dryer that is very hot on low. Mine was only hot on high and we had too many splatters of crayon. It is still cool – but we couldn’t get the effect we wanted.

BusyWorkingMama - I love this! I think this would make an awesome colorful addition to a child’s room…or my living room 🙂

julie - I must try this out.
What an awesome idea!. Thanks for sharing
hugs Julie

Melissa - Wonder if this would work if placed in sun on a hot summer day?

donna - beautiful work. Nice colors 😉 http://www.cigs4girls.com/

Linn - I’m definitely trying this! 😀

katie klatt - any tips on how to incorporate a name into it? I would love to make one for each of my boys’ room and match it to their room colors with their names on it, something they could keep forever!

Darlene S. - This makes my eyes so happy! I LOVE this idea!!! Must try! Thanks for posting!

Daquiri Mascitelli - I am TOTALLY going to do this!! My kids will love it, and it would look great in the playroom 🙂

Rachel - Reminds me of something I used to do what I was a girl: melt the tips of individual crayons and drip them on a piece of paper to form patterns. 🙂 Oh to be a kid again.

Carolyn - a heat gun for scrapbooking would also work. This would look great on a black foamboard.

Tanya Thurnau - What size canvas did you use for this?

Katt - wow!!! this is a good present to give to someone too!!!

Katt - this is the best art that i have been inspired by!!!

Caitlin - This is so cool! Thanks for the idea!

Annie - I did this with cheap dollar store crayons, not the same effect. You need to do it with good quality crayons!

Myra - Oh, thank you, thank you!! Now I know what I’m gonna put up on my living room wall! I am so tired of the poster I have up now, so I wanted something with lots of color!!! This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in quite some time!!

Julie H. - This is amazing! Found you on Pinterest! Way to go!

Gel - How clever! I don’t know how you even thought to think of this. I envy you creative types =) Great job!

nancy - anyone know if you have to use hot glue or if elmers will work?

nancy - Love this project. Will pass it on to my daughter for preschool… and then I’ll do it myself! Love lots of colors. Not sure where I’ll put it yet, but my daughters just moved out which opened up some rooms for me to redecorate (no more music posters all over the walls!)

Jen - LOVE it – I better not show my daughter or she will want to make one!!!

ATS - I wanna say to try tilting the canvas at time intervals, but I think you’d have to be able to heat all the crayons at the same time.

Stephatto - On my to-do list *now*!

Sherry - I love new craft ideas. I really would like to try this project. I hope mine turns out as good as yours.

estarnike - it is cool

kaitlyn - my friend and i tried this but it didnt drip a solid line. so we tried it again but it still didnt drip right, any suggestions?
I loved doing this project, i just wish i could get the solid line out of it more.

john1989 - awesome combination of colours.
great post

nicole - I love my crayons too much to do this… 🙁 I have 2 towers of 150 crayons.. I’d rather try using crappy Rose Art and peel off the label hehe 😀 but I do love this. Great job!

Pamela Walker - I just love your art… amazing…

Alexandra - Amazing craft!I made one yesterday and it turned out really nice!
I love the way the wax crayons melt and leave a watercolor effect on the canvas.I definitely recommend doing it!The only problem I had was managing to place the crayons in a straight line but it turned out amazing.My only tip would be to point the nozzle of the hairdryer downwards from the top of the crayons and reduce the speed of the dryer after they’ve melted a bit so the color doesn’t splatter.

maddie - did you glue on the crayons??

Clipping path service - So Cute I Love this Art

Clipping path service - So Cute I Love this Art

Greta Zarro - This is a great project but you should warn people that, at least when I did it, the wax flew everywhere! On to me and the carpet! I put newspapers down underneath the canvas but didn’t expect it to fly so far! The wax easily came off my hand without pain but I’m not sure it will come off the carpet. Also, I didn’t have hot glue so I used scotch tape to attach the crayons and that works just fine too.

Emily - This is soooo COOL!!!!

Debbie - Love it, my student’s enter a huge art show in the spring. It’s for high school and I always thought the crayons category was odd and no one ever enters it at that level but this is great!

emily - This is such a cool idea. Looks like tons of fun! Love how you can use whatever colors you want.

Janeris - This probably looks sooo cool upside down

Veronica - Love this piece of art for the kids playroom! Are you suppose to remove the crayons when you are done and do you melt the entire crayon?

Free India Classifieds - Really this was amazing, but how much time did it take for the crayons to melt completely ??

Heath - I made one as well but placed cut out letters on the canvas and then removed them when it dried.

Joanna - This is so neat! Would love to make one myself as well 🙂

Elizabeth - Love this..I think I might have the kids make it for their toy room…thanks for sharing such a fun idea!!

Rachel - This is incredible!!!! My daughter and I have decided we are going to make one of these for her school teacher!!! 😀
Question…for my own personal piece I’m going to make for my house…how would you suggest possibly doing this so that the actual crayons weren’t apart of the final product? 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing your amazing creativity! 🙂

August - One of my best friends is gay so I’m going to get the colors of the rainbow and put her first letter of her name in the middle, wait for it to dry and peel it off so it looks real neat. Then put that in one of those hollow picture frames and give it to her as a decoration for her apartment!

Lina - That is great. I LOVE IT!! It is so cool. I am so going to try that!!:)

Expo - great and simple 😉
i think 90% of the people who commented on this, did it too
P.S. i will try it, tommorow 😉

Brianna - What size canvas did you use?

Debbie Deller - My kids made this for my 48th birthday today, they had fun and I have a treasure.

jaycee - making one right now. thanks for the idea

Selena Thomas - So cute and fun! My girls will love this. Such an easy/fun craft to let them help me with.

Caitlin M - I just did this with my friend Brit! I can’t believe how easy and fun it was! And it looks so awesome! I saw something similar online for sale for $100!! I can’t wait to do this again with different colors. Any suggestions on how to do this without having the crayons glued to the canvas?

simone tessitore - Tried it. Low setting on my blow drier wasn’t hot enough to melt. High setting melted immediately but splattered too much. Set in the oven to melt but 300 was too high. Good thing I was only using a 5 x 7 canvas for starters
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Schan - How big it the canvas you used?

Tara @ Baby Lifestyles - In love with this idea! Would you mind if we repost it in our nursery section under “Fun DIY Ideas”? Let me know!

My Made Up Story - Cool project! I’ll have to try this!

Colortude - This is so cool! Very origianl idea.

jennifer hunter - I love it! So the hair dryer does not melt the hot glue that you glued the crayons on with, right?

Sarah - Such an awesome diy! I really wanna try it! It looks so beautiful and colorful!
Have a nice day!

Victoria Christine Bingham - Wowowowow. I can see this being color specific to your space.!
Bring on the grays and the browns and the oxide yellows!
!CRAYOLA~! You ROCK! Victoria Bingham http://www.bfresco.com

Erin - Absolutely beautiful & such happy colors! I am so trying this! Thanks for sharing!!☺

liz - amazing! how cool is that!
i know what we are doing this weekend 🙂
thanks for sharing your inspiraiton!

Eveline van Heijst - I LOVE THIS!
Eveline.

Kerri#1017 - I’ve seen someone try this on tv & i thought AWESOME ! but i must add glue gun to my list of must haves,cos even on a mini canvas this would be great & bright…imagine if with chunky crayons !!

Amber - what is a good way to display this? you leave on the crayon at the top, right?

Lisa - love this, great inspiration for my rainbow nursery. May just have to have a go sometime soon.

amy - This is AMAZING!!! P.S. So funny to hear the other side, because those of us who are teachers feel like summer is our time for peace and quiet, so it’s just the opposite. Ha! 🙂

Aubrianne - Thanks for the inspiration! I decided to go from a different angle and used blue crayons at the top. I painted the silhouette of a girl with an umbrella and melted the “rain” all around her 🙂 using the “flying splotches” of crayon to my benefit. Thank you for sharing the creativity and inspiring mine 🙂

Su@TheIntentionalHome - just posted about our Family Canvas Night. . .and how this was our latest project. Linked to your blog. Here is the post:
http://theintentionalhome.blogspot.com/2011/09/5-for-friday_16.html
We had fun!!

Gabriel @ Cool Finder - Modern art… interesting!

Krista - That is so COOL! I love this!! Beautiful photos.

Vanderbilt Wife - Love it. I think my daughter would really enjoy making this. Maybe my sister could hang it in her first-grade classroom. 🙂

Daniel Mihai Popescu - This is such a wonderful activity, and more than that, stimulating. Congratulations! The possibilities seems infinite, 🙂

Rodolfo Grimaldi - So simple and so artistic. As you say, “instant gratification”.

Fiona - Just awesome… my 2yr old grandie did one this weekend… thanks…. so awesome…
Hugz

sam - nice

SlightlySamie - I saw this today on Tutorializer and knew i had to make it. my hair dryer was a little stronger than yours i guess, instead of all the colors being in lines they formed big sections of each color group. very pretty. love it,

Karlene - Beautimous!! I love it!!

Bbakeca Grosseto - 🙂 Great project…I’ll try this with my kids…think they’ll love it!

Rachel - Aha! I saw these pictures all over tumblr with people wondering who to credit – now I know!

Angie - I’m going to give this to my artist sister for her art room/neices play room! Ohhh and for my sons room…

Kristen - Oh my gosh – that is too cool!

daisyjay - I LOVE this idea and the blowdryer is such a nice touch! Does it do anything to the hot glue, or does that stay solid??

Justin - if you set the canvas outside in the hot sun the colors will cover more of the canvas when they melt 😉

Jayne - Fantastic – love it and am going to do this with my little one! 🙂

White Suit - That’s what you called abstract art and it is really amazing.

Jennifer - Do you leave the crayons glued on at the top?

Tracie - I love this project idea!
I’m going to have to make one with my daughter.

Natalie - Just made two of these!! My daughter (3rd grade) is going to take one to her art teacher! VERY COOL!!!

damsellefly - When my son was two he put crayons on the radiator pipe. The vibrant colours of the melted crayons brightened up my otherwise dull living room so much I couldn’t bring myself to clean them off!

Whitney - You completely inspired me to make one! Loved it, and blogged about it and your post: http://www.vintymom.com/2011/08/crayon-art.html Thanks again! I adore your blog!

Lisa - Very cool idea!

Lisa - Wow! I am really excited about this one. It would work great with kids and adults. The organization of the crayons is key. If the message was fire, for example, where would you place your reds, yellows and oranges? Where could the blue go? After the reds and yellows and oranges dried. I would turn the canvas 90 degrees to the right and work with my blues. It might even be neat to then get into the fire colours and blow them to the right to show the effect of water on fire.
Thanks for the great ideas. This was awesome!

Maria Benedicto - made one with my 3 kids & we all had a blast! thanks for sharing…i love your blog, your photos & your style…most of all i love how you enjoy your kids…good luck!!!

Frau Haselmayer - This is so so so AWESOME!

Multi-Testing Mommy - Ok – how much fun is that?!
Did you glue the crayons on? What kind of glue did you use?

Billie - I can’t wait my Grandkids start on the 7 of Sept. I love them but will enjoy the time to do other projects.

kristine - Very lovely and inexpensive piece of art, fun for the kiddos too!

Apron Appeal - Hey! I already have art projects like this. They are on the carpet near the heater vents in my car.

Melissa Blake - WOW!! this is so amazing!

zill.y - This is really intense, wow! I’ll keep it in mind for next year, when the kids come home with all the left over crayons from school 🙂
Thanks for sharing, zill.y

CakeStory - Wow. Just wow. I am trying to decorate my new apartment and have found nothing inspiring to put on the walls. Until now. I can’t wait to try this!!

Nardina DeLeon - I’m going to do this one day this fall! its amazing!!

Karpouzaki - Really awesome!! I love crayons and rainbows on a whole new level 😉 Nice!!!

Mikki - i LOVE THIS <3 YOU ARE AMAZING!!

sandra - WOW! Love this, will have to try with my 9 year old niece.

... ...M... ... - love this idea — thanks for the awesome tutorial…there are so many ideas inspired by this craft!
we just created one for my niece for her 5th birthday…now she can have her very own rainbow! :o)
i also Pinned it on http://pinterest.com/o0omo0o/kiddo-crafts
All the Best,
…M… @ RequireLife

Karen - Are you kidding me?!?!? This is all my childhood dreams coming true!!! So awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Nancy Ward - Wanted you to know I posted a link to this tutorial today.
Nancy Ward
PaperFriendly
http://www.nancywardcrafts.com

Carrie Thompson - I made one for my preschool art room, but it didnt come out near as good as yours. mine was way more drippy. I didnt get the nice spread of color like you did. Very fun to make though.

Melissa - This is so cool! I am going to do this! No choice but to do it!

anita kouwenberg - what a great project you made…it’s awesome!
yes kids at school right after the hollidays that’s always a day to remember!
greetings
Anita
http://www.alle-mooie-dingen.blogspot.com

Andrea - Fun! Fun! Fun! I will definitely have to try this!

Sundeep @ Designwali - wow…i have to do it with my kids!!

Cat - This looks like *a lot* of fun – think I might give it a go too!

ludid - with this heat, i bet we could just leave outside and let the sun melt them away. fun project.

Nancy - Christine Young pointed me over here because I was lamenting on my blog about not having the 64 pack of crayons as a kid. I think this made me feel a whole lot better! 🙂

Jen Eskridge - Ok, I absolutely love that!

kelly Booth - OH…..I gotta try this!!!! LOVE it!!!!

Tracey - This is one of the cutest, happiest pieces of art I have ever seen! TFS

image masking service - Good good and fantastic idea.

michelle - wow

C.B. Grace - I wonder if I could just hot glue the crayons onto the canvas and put it outside…it has been over 100 degrees for over 70 days here in Texas. 😀 Cute project. I am going to try it.

Judy - This is totally cool!!

Tracy Romero - My daughter and I just did this! So fun!

Missy K - This is so cool. Never would have thought to do this. The dryer doesn’t melt the glue gun glue?

Denine - Making one today!!

Janelle Shultz - i am so making this for my daughters 1st grade teacher 🙂

Tina Hutton - Love this project!
Love that you did it.
Love that you are boycotting Pinterest (though I’m an addict)
Love that I found you through Pinterest (love the irony of that)
Love your blog!
Consider yourself added to my favourite destinations.
Tina.x
http://www.nooshkids.blogspot.com

jcase@usd448.com - Sharing this with my Preschool PLC chicks! Fascination is all I can say!

Lorie - I have been thinking about making one for the girls room. I think you have inspired me to go ahead and do it! Does it smell too crayon-y?

Liette - fantastic…….

sarah - this is too awesome.

Artsnark - fantastic piece & post! School starts tomorrow here & i am so ready. Enjoy your freedom 😀

Erin Ward - Whaaaat?? this is the coolest thing EVER.

crystal beutler - This is about as cool as it gets. I can’t to make on of these for myself! You always have the best ideas.

Heather - Love the crayon art. We tried yesterday and it was awesome! The kids loved it. But I have a bone to pick with you about those happy chalk paint pictures! Didn’t work out so happy over here. LOL Alas, I will try again. (This time with paint brushes) sheesh!

kim smart - just wanted to let you know…..i made one!!!yeahhh!! it was so much fun, thanks for the idea. i’m hanging it in my scraproom!!!

Laura @ Family Spice - So cool and love all the gorgeous colors! We’ll definitely make this and maybe hang it in our playroom?!!

Cathy~As the World Flops - This is so cool…

Cindy - All kinds of love for this!

RellyAB - I saw someone had pinned this on pinterest, so I checked out your post and then made my own with one of my boys today. Here in the UK it’s pretty hard to get hold of the 64 pack of crayolas so I got three packs of 24 and just put them together in colour batches.
It came out really well, here’s a picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fizzkitten/6063434794/in/photostream/
Thanks for sharing. I’d have never attempted it without your reassurance it was simple and I *love* it.

Rachel - I love your craft ideas!!!! I always feel so inspired to craft with my 3 older kids. They think this is the coolest craft ever:)

leonieke - boy o boy, dit we try our best, we dryblowed for about 40 minutes and only a few crayons did what we hoped they would do….
zo frustrating! after seeing 100 of those paintings on pinterest..
can’t believe we are the only people who didn’t end up with someting beautifull :-((
but yours turned out great!

Ali - Meg, what size canvas did you use?

Kathy - Now I want to make one too!!! It would be cool to have it hanging in the hallway outside of my art classroom.

Nat - This is so awesome. Officially in my list of projects

Charla Liedahl - I made this yesterday mere hours after your post. I must have one heck of a powerful blow dryer because the colors did not run nicely the way yours did. They blew in every direction and splattered…but it still looks really cool!

Marjorie - This is the favorite of the day for me, for sure! Love this. Should be great experimenting with different color arrangements. This is definitely on my list of thing WE HAVE TO DO!

ViVOchic - Totally in love with this….now to decide how big I want it and how many cranyons I’m gonna have to steal from my kiddos to make it…tough!

Melissa - You have some awesome ideas! I tried the sidewalk paint with my daughter the other day and had a blast. This looks so cool!

Missy - This is so awesome. My daughter is moving into her “big girl” room and wants it to have rainbows but I’m not one for the “obvious” – this art will be a must for her new room.

Lizabeth - Are you going to hang it? I so would!!!

Nicole G - Love that idea!!! We will be doing that the next weekend I am off work! So pretty!!! The kids will adore that! Yes, I have been really enjoying these first few days of school too!

Nicole Q. - OH my goodness that is amazing!!! I want to make one too. How fun! I haven’t seen it before – just haven’t browsed pinterest yet. No time. Happy QUIET day at your house day.

Janet Nordfors - Hello – I am a first time visitor, do you ring a bell or clap for me now? I love the artwork and since I am a teacher (4th grade) I feel very appreciated! I will definitely be doing this with my class. Thanks for the inspiration and the appreciation.

ann - I recently tried this and I think it is the simplest craft ever and the results are just fabulous!

Bernice - LOVE how that looks!

Trexxann - Fantastic! I really think I’m gonna do this!!

Heidi Jo the Artist - Super cool project! I just saw something like this the other day and thought I’m going to have to try that, and I was thinking it would be fun to tweak it, like all purple hues, that says Heidi!! Even cool hues or warm hues would be pretty cool. And then I saw your cool close-up photos of crayons yesterday and thought of the project again. Need to get some new crayons first though…and make the time.
It is weird to hear all the kids going back to school when you homeschool. I wonder what I’d do with the free time, guess I’ll find out in 20+ years from now, eh!?! 😉

se7en - That is top if my interest list too – and you did it!!! Wonderfully awesomely COOL!!!

Sara @ Happy Brown House - It’s funny, because I saw this on Pinterest and thought of you. It’s on my “to do” list…which, thanks to Pinterest, is getting longer by the second!

Kacey - Love, love, LOVE this! I think I might actually try this.
Yay for all day school and free time for you! My 3 year-old just started preschool and my 5 year-old started kindergarten. I’m having a hard time with it!

Regina - Oh. My. Word! I’m *so* doing this with my kiddos. They will LOVE it! Thanks for sharing!

Sara W - Oh my, that is SO fabulous! love it.

Annie - Such an awesome idea! I love how much you love color (did that make sense?) 🙂 It’s nice to see someone who acutally uses color in their house and daily life. I’m sick of all this white stuff!!! Thanks for the little pick-me-up today!

melissa*320 sycamore - MEG! I absolutely love it. I was still in love with the crayon pics from yesterday…I’m on Pinterest. I don’t do FB or Twitter, but I was already kind of doing Pinterest (saving pics or ideas I loved on a folder on my computer) and it just made it easier to put it all in one place and I love that I can access it anywhere. You could join under a secret name and just be an in the closet pinner..:)

MaryAnn Kohl, art book auhor - By the way, you can soak off the paper easily overnight. Place crayons in a plastic tub, cover with water overnight, and tomorrow, the papers slide off easily!!!

MaryAnn Kohl, art book auhor - I have melted crayons in many ways, but never this. I can’t wait to try it. Thank you so much for sharing the pictures… amazing and totally fun!!! It might also be fun to place crayon stubs on a canvas, glue them in place, and do the same, for a more mix-y random kind of thing. Can’t wait!!!!
~ MaryAnn Kohl
art book author
http://www.brightring.com
maryannfkohl.typepad.com/blog/

Sarah D - You have convinced me to make one. 🙂

Sarah - A quiet day? Heavenly.

Jenna - I saw this on Pinterest and thought of you!
Jenna
momofmanyhats.blogspot.com

Emily - This is the most amazing thing ever – I’m totally doin’ it!!!!!!!!!

Amy @ dwell in the season - This is amazing! (Well, both the project and the fact all your kids are in school!) I’m super inspired/tempted to do this project for my classroom! I love all your art projects – so full of color! 🙂 Hope you had a lovely day kid-free!

shannon b - this is awesome. But, how do I find YOU on pinterest so I can follow your boards?

gboll - Love it. I hadn’t even seen it yet. Pinterest really isn’t time consuming “to do.” If you’re already browsing all you would do is click “pin.” Just let us know because you know we’ll want to follow you. 😉

Leeanne A - So cool – I see a project coming on!!

Sarah - I thought about you EVERY single time this popped up on pinterest as new people would repin it. So glad you made one, it’s fantastic!

Valerie @ Chateau A la Mode - Are you serious? Crayons have been around FOREVER and someone finally thought of this idea? How fun is that and it looks amazing, like a melting rainbow. You’re such a colorful mom and I think school rocks too!

Mindy Harris - isn’t that the coolest art!? you are so productive with your time. how do you do it?

Amy Hill - Meg! You just need to know that I DROOLE over all your creations! I just started Pinterest this week and YOUR image of your rainbow books was my very virst PIN! I’m doing my own version of the books and posting on my blog tonight! You’ve inspired me to start posting MORE than just photography! Anyway, I always will link your site and give you credit! You’re amazing. Keep up the WOW work!

Mommyof2Girlz/Steph - Love it! I am on Pinterest and haven’t seen this…very cool my girls will totally want to do this. Guess what…i’m pinned this post…lol

got2havefaith - So freakin cool! I am thinking of putting a great “artistic” quote at the bottom of the canvas, then it can hang in my daughters room. Thanks for the inspiration!

Rachel - My daughter made one of these last week! She’s going to put it up in her dorm room when she goes to university in 2 weeks! Hers is a bit more splattery than yours – she’s into abstract art 🙂
I kind of figured this would be your style of artwork too!

Annie - I was desperatly looking for cute art for the play room and thanks to you I will have some!! Love this idea and thanks for sharing!!

Amy - I have seen this before and now seeing yours gives me encouragement to do one this weekend! I also saw this on a blog and thought of you! It’s a crayon wreath!! Such a fun gift idea for teachers!
http://messyjofu.blogspot.com/2011/07/have-you-ever-really-smelled-crayons.html

jennie - best craft thursday ever!

Jill - August 24th is our first day and the FIRST time I will have all five in ALL DAY school. OH MY! I am giddy with anticipation! The sad thing IS…I will be sad too! GAH!

Andrea - I just bought a clearenced canvas this week to do this, Im so excited. Yours is beautiful. Where did you hang it?

MaryLea @ pink and green mama - O_M_RAINBOW_GOODNESS!!!!!!
SQUEEEEEEEE!, I’m not starting dinner and I’m totally making one. RIGHT. Now.
When my children complain they’re hungry in an hour I’ll blame you. ; )
xoxo MaryLea

Emily B - I am dying over how wonderful this is. So simple, but incredible! Thanks for sharing! Crayola’s stock is rising as I type. 🙂

A future Mrs - everytime i see something rainbow on pinterest i think of you. i’ve repinned a few of them and said to myself you should share this with meg. but then i forget. i’ll get around to sharing them with you soon.
glad to see you made this. i’ve been thinking about doing it but just staying in one color. like blues & greens for my bedroom.

Melinda - So excited about this picture. LOVE IT
THanks for sharing

jennibell - The kids and I were just playing the game “Skippity” and thought of you — a rainbow-colored game!!! Check it out. . .your Annie would LOVE it. (And listen to me. . .I talk like I “know” you and your kids — ha! Gotta love the internet.)

Tracy Sheehy - I love this project! I homeschool my kiddos and I am always looking for new art projects! Thanks for sharing!!

shannon - What a fun project and so beautiful with all those colors!
Yay, for back to school except I still have a little one at home but it’s nice for just one on one time 😉

Loni - Oooohhhhh…I am so jealous. I didn’t even finish our summer list and I am back to work. I teach, so I am doing the work thing again. However, the idea of having the kids go back to school and me not, sounds great. Too bad it’s not in our budget.

alicia @ la famille - NO WAY!! I LOVE THIS!! I sorta AM all over pinterest…why have i never seen this?! I may just have to do this too. Thanks for the SUPER idea!!
xo,
alicia

Carol - I did not realize how simple! this project would be. It will be perfect for the craft area of our playroom – thanks for the inspiration!

shannon - SERIOUSLY! That has got to be the BEST artwork ever! We are sooooo gonna do that! 😀

Ashley - I definitely want to give that little art project a try. I pink puffy heart crayons. Yours looks great!

Kristin Hayne - I am ALLLLLL over this this weekend!!

Jodi @ The Un-Soccermom Blog - my 17yr old will love this craft! seriously!! 🙂

lauren - it was only a matter of time before you made one yourself – you’re so right 🙂 i’ve been making mini ones on 12×12 canvas like crazy….they’re great decor for any age but make super fun baby gifts!
take care!

Kori - Every time I see that on Pinterest I think of you. It’s cool to see that it seems to be as easy as it looks! Hafta try it now…

Katie - It came out fantastically! xo

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Oh, soooo fun!! I am going to have to do it ! Have a wonderful first day of you, Meg!

Meredith Salmon - Going to do this weekend. Love it!!!

tinycandi - I was going to do this with my kids…we were going to try to just set it outside on one of those 110+ degree weather days and see how long it took them to melt…but 1) we didn’t get the supplies around and 2) I live in an apartment complex and didn’t want anyone messing with it. 😛
But it looks like your project turned out great! Looks good!

Jeanie Rhoades - OMYGOSH! Love it!!!

Cassi - I knew when I saw that on Pinterest you were going to try it. It’s perfect for you.

Michelle B - LOVE! Where are you going to hang it?

Kim - hahah. of course we knew! i think of your blog everytime i see that thing pinned.
glad to see its actually EASY.
i’m SO doing this.
the loft space in my apartment is all about color.
THIS would be perfect.
your report back sealed the deal. 🙂
off to buy some crayons!

Charla Liedahl - I am making that TODAY for my kids playroom! LOVE it!

Terrie G - LoVe this!! I had not seen it before. It’s been so hot here this summer…couldn’t we just put it outside in the sun? 🙂

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - Funny, I hadnt seen anything like this until last night on Pinterest. The pin I saw used a hot glue gun and you just run the crayon through the gun as if it were a glue stick. Different results but this looks alot faster!
And Im dying here…where are you taking down wallpaper? Fill me in,fellow old home owner:)

casey - WOW WOW WOW!!!! This just totally made my day! Can’t wait to try it out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sue Linse - Isn’t school just the best use of our tax dollars?

Sarah - That is AMAZING! That totally made my day.

Linda - I think we will have to try that!

happygirl - LOVE the crayon rainbow. LOVE back to school. (just never loved it for my son. School was not a respite. in any way. teachers calling, blah blah blah) 🙂

Kelly - We have the same hair dryer! 🙂 I have this on my list of things to make when my baby boy is bigger. What could be more fun? love it! Kelly

Sarah B - I’m not crafty….but I can do this and I AM doing this. It screams HAPPY HAPPY FUN!!!

Southern Gal - Yes! I was wondering when you would get to this project. It should be named the Meg Project with all those colors.

Darcie L. - Have you heard of CraftGawker too? They’re all over that site as well. And there’s an iPhone app. That’s deadly. But very useful when feeding a newborn in the middle of the night – I catch up on all my crafts! Instantly thought of you on this one, and every time I see a rainbow-anything!

Mary Beth - Yes.
Hooray for School!

Kerry - How flipping clever! And so awesome! I’m going to try and ‘Pin It’ Im new to Pinterest too… could get totally addictive. Where did you put the canvas when finished? xx

meg schmidt - this is the first time i’ve seen this and it is amazing! really, really love it. Where did you hang it?!

Ashley Wilson - What I think would make this just one step better is to put crayons on the other side too, and let the two ends melt into each other. If you did it in reverse colors, then you could get some beautiful secondary colors in the middle.

Cindy - What size canvas did you use?

Lora - LOVE IT!!

Cindy - Oh, how my girlies are going to LOVE this!!!

Sara - this looks like a great project for my advisory…thanks for sharing!!! 🙂

Holly - I did think of you when I saw that on pinterest! Glad you got to make it! It is a very cool project!

Bobbie - Totally cool but not my style. Have you signed up for twitter yet? I think we should all email bomb you with pinterest invites until you start using it more.

alaina - OMW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am absolutely making this with my son this week! LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe we’ll invite his little friends over to make one, too! Thanks Meg.
and enjoy your quiet house! *sigh* Mine doesn’t start until Sept. 8th!

Leah - Can’t wait to try that one! Where will you hang it?

Gemma @ Musings of a gem - Enjoy your quiet time : )
Gemma x

Melissa - I’ve been wanting to do this but was afraid of a mess. Now that I see how easy it is I’m going to try it!!!

Whitney - SO funny! I made one of these a few weeks ago and was thinking “I should make one for Whatever Blog (what I call you so my husband knows who I am talking about!)” Glad you made one, it looks great!

Andrea @ Big Creek Cottage - You crack me up….I am so excited for you…..free time!!!! Enjoy it. I always look forward to the beginning of school also, but we have a new puppy….so I am continuing on with the puppy training……
The crayon projects is so pretty….and how easy….I might just have to try that while crayons are so cheap.

Staci - Sooooo coool!!! My boys would love it! And I think I have that same skirt you have on…Old Navy??!!!! I lovvve it!!!! Our first day of ALL day for everyone starts tomorrow…getting my gray covered…been wearing a hat for 2 weeks…having lunch with some great friends and then going for a rowing lesson!!!! CANNNOT wait!!!!! Gonna be a GREAT year!!!!!

Jen - I am totally making one too!

Cas - SWWWWWWWWWWOOOON! This is on my “must do” pinterest board…and now it’s top priority. I was thinking we could rely on our AZ sun to melt, but the hairdyer seems even better! BEAUTIFUL!

Gretchen - love the crayon project! it looks awesome! enjoy the quiet and the “me” time!!!

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c o l o r

August 17, 2011 Filed in creativity,photography

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school supplies ROCK.

🙂

 

which color is your favorite?

mine is yellow green and wild strawberry.

 

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Heidi Jo the Artist - It is so hard to pick one favorite, isn’t it!?! I lean towards the purples and blues, and like the Wisteria a lot until you get it on paper, too light! And then I would probably go for violet, indigo, or turquoise blue if I was going to color something. I gravitate towards the cool colors.
When I was a kid, the sea green always stuck out to me for some reason. I really love the whole rainbow of crayons and once I get my hands on some fresh ones, I don’t think I’ll be able to resist taking pictures of them either!!

Lisa - I love these pictures…oh how I love crayons! I think it’s something we never outgrow! Orchid, Green Yellow, Carnation Pink….I could go on and on!

April M - Cerulian, Indigo, and Pacific Blue 🙂 Love the colors – made me smile!

Kelly - NICELY DONE! Kelly

Kerry - Meg, just read through all the comments… PUH-LEASE could you put as a print in your Etsy Shop? 🙂 xx

Laurie - Never mind my favourite colour; I could SMELL those crayons just looking at your pictures! Its been a while since my kids used crayons and your photos just brought my sense of smell to life remembering the days they did!
Anyone else?

Su@TheIntentionalHome - you gotta check out these 2 canvases made with crayons and a glue gun. . I just pinned them on my pinterest page. . .but this post with your pictures of crayons reminded me of them.
http://pinterest.com/pin/121800970/
AND
http://pinterest.com/pin/115564337/
I think they will make you smile. .perhaps an idea for craft Thursday

Emily - Spring Green!

Gina in Louisville - cornflower blue and melon green….I love that I knew that without looking or thinking.

Denise - orchid & magenta 🙂

Lynne @ Our Happy Home - Macaroni and Cheese
Tickle Me Pink

John - A+ on the ROYGBIV

Life with Kaishon - I just love new crayons. This year my son didn’t even need them : ( Middle school. I got some any way though. I mean, that smell is divine. And those fresh points…what is not to love.
I think my favorite color is basic green. I love reading all of their names. I LOVE your pictures of the colors. So pretty.

Barbara - This is definitely a post that made me smile.

robin - love your pics…. 🙂
i haven’t gotten a huge box of crayons since i was little (like 25 years ago!)…. but back then, my favorites, together, were spring green and midnight blue! 🙂
hey Meg…can you and Annie (and your other kids, too, if they want :)) sing that birthday song and post it? it’s the one that goes something along the lines of “when you were born the angels sang………..” or something like that? i see posts about it and am really dying to hear the tune 🙂 pleaseeee???? 🙂

Jeanie Rhoades - These are GREAT photographs! Smile-bringers!

Kristin - orange and robin’s egg blue! fun photos. 🙂

Stacy - I used to organize my crayons when I was little. Wait I still do! LOL

Jen Brandt - Cornflower!

Lori Austin - All those beautiful colors make me smile.
Have loved periwinkle since I was a kid.
Magenta is a favorite also. I have many, but those are at the top
of the list. 🙂

Niki - Soory put my blog name in wrong. Opps

Niki - sea green & cornflower.
Drop in and “see” me sometime if ya want, I can tell ya, I know what it is to have 15-16 year old in the house with little ones also *wink*
It is all kinds a fun. Ha.
Love your blog & your kids, Niki

Juli - For me, it’s always been Periwinkle and Seafoam Green.

Elizabeth Gleason - Periwinkle all the way

Laura Phelps - losing my mind magenta
ok
i made that one up

se7en - Oh you can’t beat a freshly cracked box of crayola’s. Hmmm forest green, red plum … oh so many I could go on!!! Lovely post!!!!

Carly Winborne - i need prints of these pics for my sewing/craft/homeschool room. these are amazing!!! i don’t know who would like them more, my children or me!

Wendy - I love it! When I smell a box of crayon, I can remember back to that first day of school. Granted, those were the days when your school supply list consisted of a pencil, a box of crayons and a cardboard pencil box ( I dread getting that list these days). I still to this day love to color and I’m ashamed to say I have my very own box of 64 that my kids can’t touch. Bad mommy! 🙂

Kerry - you guys get Macaroni & Cheese Crayola???!!! My life is complete!! MUST FIND SOME. I like Robin Egg Blue & Mauvelous too. OH I love that they all have names!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Katie - Nothing is better than new crayons!!

erlfisher - Who doesn’t love new crayons? (oh, the perfect-pointy ends!) And as I tell my kids – please don’t make me choose a color – they are all so beautiful!

lala - cerulean. love, love, love those photos! there is nothing better than a new box of crayola crayons!

alicia @ la famille - school supplies are the best. i could look at ’em and smell ’em all day long.
and turquoise blue and dandelion…they should get married. they’re perfect for each other.

Tam - right now my favorites are turqouise blue and dandelion. I just posted last night about loving the rainbow in every crayola box and the perfectly sharpened tips 🙂 We still have 3 weeks of summer before school starts.

Jill - I’m going to go with Orange and Wisteria today…loving the names of some of the others.

Holly - Spring Green and Mac and Cheese! I love the smell of a newly opened box of crayons.

kat - Oooooooooooh, I love school supplies! I have an entire board dedicated to school supplies on Pinterest.

carolyn - I just have to tell you how much this post made me smile. What is it that’s so magical about a box of crayons? My youngest is heading off to college in 3 weeks so no new crayons in this house … unless I just happen to pick some up for MYSELF! Oh, and I’ll take the turquoise blue please.

Mindy Harris - wow that is a long picture. howd you do that? my fave remains cerluean.

Lori Danelle - Robin’s Egg blue & Dandelion 🙂

Maria - Dandelion and periwinkle….Those were the days!

Carrie K - out of all your gorgeous photos…this one made me SWOON…wow…really really amazing…i keep just scrolling through this happy picture 🙂
i cant pick a favorite…the other ones will be mad at me 🙂

Chantelle - Today? Orchid and Robin’s Egg Blue. Tomorrow? Who knows. 🙂

MaryLea @ pink and green mama - Turqoise Blue and Yellow Green all the way….but really it’s RAINBOW! : )

Brenda - I Love Dandelion! Also love new boxes of crayons! My kiddos know not to touch my crayon box!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Periwinkle and Salmon ~ Love!

Laura - Wild Strawberry is great! Good choice! I also like dandelion and sky blue.

Danielle H. - I love wild strawberry and robin’s egg blue! I also LOVE the smell of crayons – reminds me of school starting and new beginnings. I also have to keep my crayon tips sharp – no yucky peeled back wrappers for me!

Elizabeth - Palo de rose. LOVE THOSE SHOTS MEG.

julia - not olive green

Kimberlee - Well, how fun are you today?!
I’ll take Turquoise Blue.
🙂

Lisa Currie-Gurney - THOUGHT OF YOU THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS TALKING TO HIM… WHAT A GOOD MOM YOU ARE. HOW BLESSED YOUR CHILDREN ARE TO HAVE YOU, AND YOU THEM. THE GENUINE, DEEP LOVE YOU HAVE FOR YOUR HUSBAND, GOD, AND YOUR FAMILY.
THE ENCOURAGEMENT YOU ARE FOR THOSE WHO READ YOUR BLOG.
THANKS FOR BEING YOU MEG.
YOU ARE PRAYED FOR GIRL.
HUGS FROM MY HEART

Lisa McCracken - Hi Meg! New to your blog and I found you through Matthew Mead’s “Summer with Maatthew Mead”. I love your blog and I love your pics even more:) Can you tell me…what lens do you use/favorite lens for your camera?

happygirl - LOVE the photo. And my favorite color is RED.

lorel - i love all the colors but scarlet and lavendar are looking good right now. Happy back to school – its our first day back with the kids (writing on lunch break) and all is going well so far! Yay!

Sarai - I like orchid and salmon 😉

valerie - oohhh, Sea Grean and Periwinkle were always my favorites when I was little. And bronze, of course. 🙂

Meg Carter - I wish my screen had a scratch and sniff… nothing says the start of school like the smell of crayons.

Michelle Webster - Wild Strawberry has been my favorite has been my favorite since I was a kid!! =)

Tammy - Magenta.
Which, for years as a child I pronounced: “Magneta” 😉

Patricia - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the photos! Awesomeness!!
My favorites are Robin’s Egg Blue and Tickle Me Pink.
But truth be told, I love all crayons!

Terrie G - Is there anything better than a new box of crayons?! I haven’t had one of those in years…yellow green & plum…favorites! I just got off the phone with the teacher I work with. I get to go to school on Friday to meet the new kids and write their names on all their brand new crayons! 🙂

Natalie - I love new crayons!! :0)

Nikki - Robin’s Egg Blue and Melon!!!!!!! Great pics!!!!! (I’m riding a caffeine high right now, can you tell?)

Jenni Bailey - Sea Green all the way. Followed somewhere down the line by Salmon.

Leah - You should sell that as a print on Etsy! So pretty! I could see framing it and putting it in our arts supply area.

Linda - Oh and i love robin egg’s blue!

Linda - Oh My gosh! I Love that photo. You need to make a print because I have to get it for my sister!

katie phillips - I was practically drooling! :D—
I LOVE Yellow Green, Wisteria, & Dandelion.
<3

Molly Pearce - Oh these pictures made my day! My two fave colors are sea green and orchid! Even though I don’t have children yet me and my husband always get a few new *office* supplies this time of year. New Sharpies, high lighters, pens, pencils and construction paper for me 🙂 Happy Wednesday Meg!
~Molly

Chantelle - cerulean. hands down. and school supplies TOTALLY ROCK!!! I hyperventilate whenever i walk into the department stores this time of year…

Wendy C. - Wisteria and Goldenrod are my favorites and Yes, I’m that Mom smelling the new boxes of Crayons in the school supply aisle. Nothing better!

Gemma @ Musings of a gem - I love apricot!
Gemma x

Jen - NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING, better than a box of fresh Crayolas! Enjoy your peace and quiet! My kids don’t start until after Labor Day!!
Oh-and I am totally a periwinkle girl!

Holly - I totally opened my kids crayons and took pictures the other day!

Jen - love school supplies. even though I am not a teacher and don’t have any school age children. it is what makes my Target bills so high half the time. 🙂 Turquoise blue is prob my fave. THEY HAVE A MAC & CHEESE COLOR NOW??? wow.

Erin - love the photos! I have an obsession with crayons. My favorites are: Cerulean, Wild Strawberry, jungle green (used to be a bright green) and Purple Mountains Majesty.

Michelle - melon. I love the melon crayon. 😉

bonnie - oh brand new crayons make me so happy… i dont comment often but i love reading your blog and seeing your beautiful photos. happy back to school days.

Jessi - Blue green, for certain.

deb meyers - cornflower … i always check for the cornflower.
Also…a fresh sharp new black.

Jodi L - A brand new box of crayons……LOVE IT!!! The smell of new crayons too just SCREAMS back to school!!
I will have to go with Robin’s Egg Blue as my fav!
Fun post! 🙂

Alice H - very neat photos! I like Orchid, Sea Green, and Melon!!

Dawn - Is there anything better than a brand new box of crayons to start off the school year? I think not! Sometimes I buy a brand new box just for me, and keep it hidden so my kids can’t use them.

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August 16, 2011 Filed in school,traditions

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these kids have a lot of nerve growing up so quick.
it's kind of mean.
they just grow and grow….taller and taller….wearing man and woman shoe sizes and think it's fine!
rude.

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first grade.                                                                    eighth grade.
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fifth grade.                                                                    fourth grade.
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we started at a new school this year.
smaller.
more like what craig and i grew up in…..yeah…..S.M.A.L.L…..so happy about it.
and they were too.
they were nervous but they each fought it…..they were brave……they are BRAVE.
no tears.
and actually not even one "goodbye Mom"  they were just gone….never looking back.

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snapped this out my window as i drove home.

it's going to be a great year.
thank you Lord.
amen.

(ps….lauren starts on thursday….she was at volleyball practice when we left this morning)

 

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Doris - so sweet 🙂
great pics!

kristin - what school?!?!?!?

Melanie - Aw, man…I don’t even personally know your kids but just seeing how much they’ve grown and seeing them go off to school almost makes ME cry!

Shannon - Please share where you got Annie’s dress. It’s ADORABLE!! Hope they are having a great week. My oldest stated Kindergarten this week and he HATES going!!! And that makes it hard on Mama too.

Casey - Your photos make me miss Kansas. Such an understated, beautiful place to live!

Cassie - Great first day of school pictures! I love Waffle’s little face peaking through the window in the first picture of the group. You’ve been shopping at The Children’s Place…haven’t you? Love it 😉

Jen Brandt - My 1st grade daughter picked out that same adorable owl lunch bag!

Sara - Love the photo of Kansas…sigh…I miss…

kim smart - you really have a beautiful little family!! i love seeing your photos of them and all the crafts you do together!! i rarely post a comment but wanted to say just how much i enjoy reading your blog! and yes, i too love that waffles is peeking out the window, lol

Lindsey - Beautiful kids… you are a lucky woman. I hope God blesses me with children someday. And I love the first photo with Waffle in the window. So sweet it makes me want to cry.

Libby - So sweet!! I am loving your dog photo bombing the first group pic!! Enjoy your day!!

freckled hen - First day of school pics are always so sweet. You have a beautiful family! I’m so happy to see your 8th grader wearing those black socks as my 9th grader has been wearing them all summer. I’m glad it’s a “style” and not just his style!

Adrienne S - Enjoy your day! I still have about three more weeks before my kids go back to school. I felt your pain about sneaker shopping though. Love the kid prices…not so much adult prices!

Shaina - Miss Talby does not look like a fourth grader, what a beautiful young lady. Annie’s dress is adorbs and the boys look like good ‘ol pre/teenage boys and I love it! Congrats on your first day back to Mom time! Enjoy!

Juli - Oh, poor Waffle looking all forlorn in the background…Waffle wants to go to school too! (or maybe just be in the photos!)

Leslie Davison - Boy your kids are beautiful! Bummer such and early start of school.
I won the prints you offered and I emailed you.
Maybe you didn’t get it.
My email address is sixbeachbums@yahoo.com

Kerry - aaah man, hope they have had an awesome first day in their new school. I LOVE it that you guys can wear ‘normal’ clothes to school, my poor kids are confined to uniform and they hate it! Here’s to a great year 🙂 xx

SaraG - We love the dress Annie has on – where did you get it??
Hope your first day was happy – ours was all new too and all is going well so far!

kasey - thanks for the p.s. at the end.
I was wondering if Lauren up and left home….

shauna - it’s really so amazing.
this job we have.
starting with these little tiny babies and
then turning around and seeing these…people.
awesome, funny, rude, thinking, feeling, living people.
people that you have loved and raised and labored over every step of the way.
i know, it’s not even close to over (thankgoodness), but you are doing a good job, meg.
you are fighting for your family.
you are the real deal.
i have been working on your banner, and using that time to remember the few things i know about you and your children and praying for them as i put each part together.
just wanted you to know that.
now go put your feet up sister!

amy jupin - big day.
big kids.
no lauren?
you made it mom, you made it.
you deserve some sonic.
with vodka.
🙂

colleen from alabama - We’ve been back since last Wednesday! My oldest started middle school! Don’t Blink huh?

Rach - No more bike riding to school?

Rebecca W - what a bunch of good lookin’ kids! glad to hear you survived the summer!!

happygirl - Wow, school already. I can’t believe how fast summer went. Did you finish your chalkboard list?

Kate S. - Love Talby’s expression in that last group shot–she’s such a cutie!

Lisa - LOL – before I got to the end of your post I was thinking “Where’s Lauren?” 🙂 Our kids do have some nerve growing up on us…

Jenna - This made me tear up! How do we stop them from growing??
Jenna
momofmanyhats.blogspot.com

Jen - My daughter wore the same dress today for her back to school outfit as Annie has on!!! Gotta love the ruffles!
Hope you have a great(quiet) day!

Tiffany - I’m a recent follower. Got hooked with your summer fun list idea. We created one of our own this year. I have two kids 3 1/2 years and 4 months. I’m a teacher, but had a fun summer staying home with them and doing stuff on the list. Have you ever done a Fall or Winter fun list? I’m working on one now because I realized I needed some fun things written down to look forward to. I need to remember that just because summer is ending, it doesn’t mean our fun has to!

Debra - I can’t believe those girls aren’t wearing something bright coloured and happy! They look great though.

Courtney - I LOVE Annie’s outfit!!
After following your blog for two… three? years now I can’t belive how big they all have gotten (I’m in denial of my own!) or that sweet little Annie is old enough for 1st grade! Tell them to stop growing, because if your sweet annie can be old enough for 1st grade, that means my daughter really is in her last year of preschool this year, and I don’t want to admit that ONE bit!

Melisaa Barber - Don’t high black nike socks just kill you?! That’s all my teen-age son will wear too! And smaller schools are better. There are less than 100 kids per grade here.

Sandy - I LOVE Annie’s first day of school outfit. ADORABLE!

Ali - Such great back to school pics of their bags and lunches and of course your beautiful kids! 🙂 How did you decide to change schools? Are they all at one school? Did you choose private school? I’m so curious about how you found a small school! I’d love to my kids to go to a smaller school!
~ Ali

the whyte house - my oldest starts kindergarten this week. wichita has ALL DAY kindergarten. GOD BLESS THEM. only 365 days til the next child can go, too. hahaha. 🙂
way to tackle the new school like champs!!

Ali - My child NEEDS Annie’s Dress!! Where, please? So totally cute;)

casey - I agree, I don’t even know you or your kids but I so much enjoyed seeing pics of their first day of school! I was sadden yet excited for them! I can’t wait to hear about how their first day went!
Oh and how as your day?????? (c;

elisa - Love the one with Waffle looking out the window.

Marie Smith - Wow, they let kids wear flip flops to school. Not here….

beth - Can’t get over how much Talby looks like you 🙂 Hope their day is great!

lynne - Seriously adorable kids. Now I have another blog to read! So excited!! Found you from Being Happy. I get mad too when my kids get old. How DARE they!!!

tiffany m gardner - Beautiful children. I know…growing up is bitter sweet. My kids are at a small school now…but when jr. high comes it a different story in okc. Maybe the Lord will change our directions by then and if not…I will depend on his grace. Enjoy your day!

alicia @ la famille - yeah for mama time….BOOOO for kids growing up TOO FAST!! i agree. RUDE! have a good day though 🙂

Pamela Gordon - You have such beautiful children! I’m sure they’ll love there new ‘smaller’ school. Lord Bless you and them!

Katie - Beautiful kids! You did it, you made it through summer. Pray for me because I have 2 more weeks!

kat - Sweet back to school pictures! Enjoy your much deserved time to yourself!!!

Holly - so cute! I hope they all have a great day!

Zoet en Zo - Hope they’ll have a great year. Here three weeks left of ‘summer’ vacatio: lots of rainy days!

Rachel - Back to school already! Wow – it seems like summer just started. I have two weeks left of summer “vacation”. Yeah, I put that in quotation marks because I’m a teacher and, contrary to popular belief, we do not get the summer off. I’ve been working the whole time.
Love Annie’s first day of school outfit. So cute! Your kids are adorable.

Melissa - Talby is looking like such a young woman here lately. Just beautiful!

christine - That Annie is just precious. They all are, but the nervous/happy look on her face is just so sweet. I will be praying for them today. 🙂

robin - I don’t even know your kids, but from seeing their pics almost everyday and hearing their stories, this post brought tears to my eyes at work {thanks a lot}. Our kids all grow up too fast, and whether I see it on your blog or in my own house, their quick growth is joyful and teary-eyed all at the same time.

Terrie G - I M.I.S.S. those days! How dare our kids grow up…and start having their OWN kids…I mean REALLY…sighhhhhh

Maya - They do grow fast and it looks like whatever you’re doing, you’re doing a great job raising them. Congrats to you and your family!! You WILL have a great year!

Helen Wall - Looks like east of town. Good that they can go out there. My kids did not, but it seems like a great school.

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