Very Special Guests

I had a couple of very special guests in my studio today...first ones in a VERY long time.

Sam's girlfriend Kelly brought her niece Eli over for some art play...and we had a wonderful time. Eli wore the perfect shirt for the occasion. 

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With Kelly's help, Eli was the one who made a very special card for Margie shortly after her fall. 

Eli's first project was a wreath similar to the snippet wreath I made a week or so ago.

She started with a 6 inch circle base cut from watercolor paper. Kelly put a few drops of liquid watercolor down...and Eli smooshed it around with a piece of plastic to fill in the background. She used a pink/orange/yellow color scheme.

Then Eli shopped from my snippet bin and found several watercolor doodle flowers and other bits of this and that to decorate her wreath. 

She colored in a few of the doodles with markers.

It was soft and pretty wreath and felt like spring and I forgot to take a photo of the finished product.

We went on to some basic gelli printing using stencils....and that was fun too. I think these very special guests will be back for more art play and I'm already thinking about what we can make next.