WHICH INTRO DO YOU PREFER?

GoGo Daat Wants Your Input?

"Your Vote Matters!"

     "Help us decide with your vote as to which introduction you prefer? Respond with; the Old one or the New one."

     Deciding what your channel intro should look like is no easy task. The Intro number one is O.K. and I have used it for awhile now. It does the job as to what our channel is about. The second intro is more current and as I have added oil painting in the first window box (in the right-hand corner) for emphasis as we have painting and drawing tutorials to share.

In both introductions, the four separate videos play inside their individual window box at the same time. Four videos within one video so to speak. At first I thought this might be too busy, but I think it's doable and not too distracting, It kind of fun, I didn't want it to be boring. I love the logo in front of the sun image because the contrast is dynamic. 

    In case you wanted to know what application I used to make the intro's, I used Keynote by Apple. It's kind of like Powerpoint which I've used in the past, but Keynote has easy to learn animation features, nothing too fancy, just perfect for my needs. I also use CleanPNG to download free images that don't have a background it's very user friendly. I love being able to add video into the animation, the duality is spot on. You can get very creative and the learning curve is not too arduous. 

     Any suggestions or question you'd like to make on my content would be most welcome. I love getting feedback!

Thank You,

Now GoGo Out and Be Creative!

GoGo Daat

Rocket Raccoon?

Alliteration Book Progress

"Letter Rr rallies using a Raccoon, a Rabbit, Two Rockets and a Rat!"

    

I'm Designing One of the Book Pages for...

A to Z 26 Alphabetic Alliterations: Apple Alligator to Zucchini Zebra

    I enjoy drawing and coming up with ideas for pages with funny scenarios pertaining to picture books.  I decided to attach alliterations attuned to art which also included the sing-song sound of silly symmetry. Rock 'N Roll rhetoric! Imagine spending hours of time everyday making up sentences where the first letter of each word must be the same, like this example, which is considered a tongue twister; 

• "A big bug bit the little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back."

• "The timely tugboat was in a terrible tornado!"

or

"Which way did the wallabies wander?"

    I fell in love with the idea of creating an alliterations alphabet book because I wanted to make funny scenarios for each letter of the alphabet. It was almost a game trying to make a sentence using the same beginning letter in each word of the sentence. I didn't know it at the time, but you can have an alliteration using just two words, like for example; "The mellow moon is on the rise." Or, "The mellow moon looks mystic tonight." or "The mellow moon looked like a magnificent marshmallow. Your mind will start thinking in alliterations as you keep making them. It's rather fun. "The moon melted into molten marshmallow would make a magnificent Smore." You could turn it into a family game, where whomever makes the longest alliterated sentence is the winner. You'll have 26 tries starting with the letter "Aa." The letter "Xx" being the most difficult.

    In many ways alliterations make expressing yourself in a more dynamic way. I believe our attention is drawn by hearing the same sounding words. It is captivating for some reason, maybe because it sounds sing-song. The repetitive sound becomes a tongue-twister, and that's alway fun. 

    Try to say the sentence three times fast. An alliteration is mostly based on the repetitive same sound you hear as you're reading it. 

Alliterations have been around for a long time, since the 1600's so they are nothing new. Shakespeare used them in his play Hamlet. Scenes from Act 1, as Claudius speaks to Hamlet...

           'And we beseech you, bend you to remain here, in the cheer and comfort of our eye, our chiefest courtier, cousin, and our son.'

    There are a lot of well know writers who used alliterations; Milton, Tennyson, Langland, Fitzgerald,  Dickinson, Hemingway, Joyce, Melville, etc. Here's one from D. Thurston from her, "Thank You for the Thistle;

                "Gee, Great Aunt Nellie, why aren't any golden goldfinches going to the goodies?" "Oh," said Aunt Nellie, "They thrive on thistle and I thoroughly thought that I threw the thistle out there."

Place Cards are Fun for Dinner and Get Togethers!

 Cat & Dog Display Name For Seating Arrangement

A Good Design For a Kids Gathering

    If you are having a get togethers, a fun way to spruce up the table is by using place-cards. Sometimes, especially when it's mixed company, people feel more comfortable knowing ahead of time where they are going to sit. Of course you may find people rearranging your cards, unbeknownst to you. If you are chill, you'll just let it happen, if anything it lets you know that so and so wants to be near so and so for future planned gatherings. 

    Although this design I'm sharing with you is more attune for kids and a small kids gathering, who says you can't create some sort of theme card for adults, ie; Pumpkins for Halloween, Turkeys for Thanksgiving, Stacked coin image for Poker night, Books for Book Club, Tea cups for a Tea Party, you get the idea.

    In this video, I show you how I went about crafting the image and place card. Below is the actual pattern that you can print out.

    The other thing that is nice about a place-card for kids is that they can take them home along with their goodie bag. They will be eager to use them at their own table at home. They may even want to make one for each member of their own family.

    Here are some of the items I used to create the place-cards: Enjoy!

Pattern for dog and cat

Needed:

Firm white paper, scissors, pencil, markers, printed pattern

• I used a Bristol board paper
• I used Prisma Color Pens
  
  
  

Lady Bug Costume Craft Idea - Cool Wings DIY!

Antenna's Out Of Pom Pom's?

Halloween Fun!

    I had to come up with an idea for a costume that allowed me to be functional with my job as a preschool teacher. I wanted to stay in character all day, because the kids love that sort of thing. 

    I love ladybugs so... there you go. I had to figure out how to make a wing that might me used over and over. If your going to spend the time you might as well make it something that will be long lasting. 

    Watch the video and see what you think; Allow for 2 days in the making of this costume.

Lady Bug Wings DIY and Antennas

    I had the red material which I believe is felt, but needed more thickness with strength and flexibility. I used some mylar because it is very durable. It's not hard to find if you look online. You could also use a stiff pellon found at sewing stores, they use it to stiffen collars on shirts, etc. It comes in iron on as well, I think, which means no sewing!

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Mylar Link

Pellon Link

Free Pattern

Stool Cover Made from Forgotten Skirt - Easy Up-Cycle DIY!

One-of-a-Kind Idea Turned Out Great!      

Nothing into Something!

    In this project, I used a soft cotton jersey skirt that I purchased for a dollar at the thrift store. It was a long skirt cutting in length it gave me about 10 yards of material to use to weave. Here is a creative stool cover re-cycling a forgotten skirt into a tactile and useful project. Be inspired, you can do it, it's easy and fun. A unique project, for furniture decor and comfort.

    I was rather surprised at how this project turned out, and very happy with it. It was one of those "let's see how it looks finished," kind of work ideas. The first thing when I started, I told myself well it could be a rug, but then I didn't have enough material, and when I saw my stool sitting right there, the idea, stool cover came to me. Then as it kept sliding off the stool, I followed with the underbelly and fashioned the drawstring and cord. It turned out so well that now I think I want to make some more for the bar in the dining room.

Hair Clip Designing!

Be Inspired!

Clip'n it! Make With Fuzzy-Balls! Use Various Colors!

Time to Get Creative!

    I had some extra brown fuzzy pompoms in my odds and ends collectibles along with some silky 1/2" wide ornate blue #ribbon. I took an old clip and one by one glue-gunned 6 or 7 balls onto the top part of the hair-clip making sure the glue didn't get on the opposite side inhibiting closure. They went on easy and it was fun to see the clip transform so quickly into something useful and creative. 

    Sometimes in order for ideas to present themselves, you need to put all your supplies in front of you. This works for me as I pair and imagine pieces of this and that together. Color combination has a great part in deciding what looks good, also size and shape and balance. As you pick up and move items around the mind starts creating, there's no right or wrong, it's just what feels right to you. I always ask myself, is this something I'd wear? Or does this make me feel good when I look at it? If not, start again.

    Most of these clips are for the young, age 5-10. My niece is 13 but I think she would enjoy these regardless. I plan on giving them to her as a gift. 

    Fashion ones hair with homemade clips and barrettes, it adds to your presence and gives a conversation starter for admirers. Make some clips! Do your hair differently! Jazz it up!