Valentine's day gifts still available!

 Updates from my sculptresslink etsy shop..
New items for valentines day

Set of handmade ACEO  "I Love Ewe"
Valentine's complete with little white paper envelopes for you to personalize..

 My heart has wings polymer clay pendant. Hand painted and hand carved in a silver tone setting with silver toned ball chain necklace.

And just for you blog followers here are some preview items that are only currently up on my sculptresslink facebook fan page...page.. hint. hint, you can follow that too.

mixed media collage in red denim table top frame

Rainbow key to your heart

rainbow heart swirl earrings

Projects we did for Ground hog's day

 so forthe after school program..  We do a lot of holiday themes projects. I came up with this ground hog casting its shadow drawing...We used white copy paper, pencils and colored pencils...

I drew out the steps for the kids to follow then let them work on their own.

The other project-- commonly used amoungst elementary teachers via copy sheet- the popping ground hog puppet. Use a paper cup and a popsicle stick. Glue your paper ground hog to the stick then pierce it through the cup. Kids can now let the ground hog pop out of the cup. We added some extra's  We cut green construction paper and fringe cut the ends  then added shading and textural lines on on the  paper. tthen wrapped it and glue sticked in onto the cup. This part was a bit of the challenge for my young prek kids because the cup is slanted and the paper natrually wants to wrap straight so i had to assist with the wrapping step a bit. Kids loved  their finsihed product!

Happy Chiense New Year Have a great Year of The Dragon!

I love learning about this holiday with students...This year is the year of the dragon which makes it even better.

Chinese new year is a lunar holiday and is one week long this year it is Jan 20-27th.


I gave my  after school care students a packet on coloring sheets that I have compiled over the years on the topic of Chinese New Year and of dragons. We have also completed several projects about the theme.

Students made paper fortune cookies.. with circles of paper that we pinched and folded and adhered with a little bite of glue.

 We also created a drawing of paper lanterns lite up at night . I borrowed this idea from a blog I follow called
 Art Projects For Kids written by another art teacher. For her variation of this project she used oil pastels since we do not have those avialble at the after school program we used crayons and copy paper.
 

 

We also created red money envelopes that are used for Chinese New Year called om Pei. I gave the students xerox copies of Chinese coins to cut and put in to envelopes. Students started with a template for second grade students a gave them the option to either trace the template onto red construction paper  or use the xerox copy template I gave them directly. I also gave the students copies of  terms in Chinese calligraphy to let them  copy or cut an paste onto their envelopes.

template

step one draw picture on envelope front

step two flap under large flap then fold side flaps adhere with a glue stick

Other projects include a large collaborative parade dragon. I made this first in 2006 when I was a preschool teacher at a daycare studying this them with my students. I used a brown paper bag for the head of the dragon and used old manilla folders, a Styrofoam ball and tape for the nose and the mouth. Each year students add to the dragon gluing on extra scales and adding glitter, string of other shiny embellishments. Then on the Friday we will parade  it around the schools hallways.

 

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We also used two xerox copy templates to make our own parade puppets and dragon masks. The Crayola webpage has an excellent template that you can print and make copies of.

Etsy treasury More "Happy Hearts"

 This is only the second time I ever made an etsy treasury. I am looking at valentine's day and wedding themes items as this them really is big in my brain for some reason this year.. I have so many ideas.. so many projects floating in there... I am also looking for items to make or give to friends and family for their upcoming weddings.

More "Happy Hearts"

My "Tribaltrends" etsy shop reviewed on women preneurers. and giveaway!

http://women-prenuergalore.blogspot.com/2012/01/tribal-trends-shop-review-and-giveaway.html#more

This hair clip is a giveaway go to the link above and find out how to enter

Valentine's day it coming

 So I have been working on some new valentines day merchandise.

I have been decorating around my house... with Valentines day themed items. I admit in the past I called it "Hallmark holiday" I still think it exists largely as a commerical plea but if we make and give handmade items for valentines day this year then love wins and not companies who make in mass. C'mon,Who does not like the pleasing pallettes of pinks, reds, lace and hearts?



wooden valetnine

 So this Valentine's day don't give your money to Hallmark give it to me and know that your gift was made by hand with love by a person whose name is Susan!

I have been working on  seriesof wooden valentines. these are flat wooden shapes with mixed media art work on them and ribbon or cord to hang them.

I have also been working on a series of hanging paper heart decorations made with misprinted repurposed papers.

Photos from SoulSELFSpirit

 So last Friday  was the opening of the show at Stella art gallery and studio. This is a group a show which had a open call to artists in the Rochester area.This show currently features work by Adrien Stiles, Dennis Furioso,
Kat( Lanza) Baldwin,Myself (Susan Link) and Krystal Petito.

                                                        artwork by Krystal Petito

Artwork by Adrien Stiles and Katusica Lanza Baldwin

Wool needle felted wall hanging by me, Susan Link

Artwork by Susan Link(left, center)Kat Lanza Baldwin right center and Krystal Petitio

Kathy's Copenhagen's sock monsters available at the gallery's gift counter