Karen Alma
What I think about. Things that happen to me. Stuff I like. And other things.
Category: Books, Art, Creativity
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On this 6th (or 7th) day of Christmas I’m celebrating homemade Christmas tree ornaments. Our tree is full of ornaments from my childhood, my husband’s childhood, gifts to the kids from our extended family, things collected over the 20 years of our marriage, and the artistic efforts of the kids. I love it. Having it in our living…
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Here’s the latest installment of craftiness in the Arnold household. This creature is presumably some kind of dinosaur. It’s made with mostly construction paper, has toilet paper roll legs, and has the cutest little T-Rexish arms. Bonus feature: it pukes pom poms. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Karen (Kuster) Arnold (@iamkarenalma) Bonus bonus…
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My 14 year old came up with this craft. Pom poms, construction paper, and some ingenuity. Look at the detail on the wing. Isn’t that cute? And of course no craft is complete without hot glue madness.
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As mentioned, the kiddos are hard at work crafting. The youngest made Yoga Man, a super hero for the modern day. My third child made Chef Stew and Assistant Chef Ookie. “He’s not a super hero, he’s just a chef,” he says. As you can see, they are having a ton of fun with…
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Every Christmas we put out a table stocked with craft supplies in hopes the kids will make a holiday themed craft or two. We live in a small house so other times of the year when we do crafts we put our supplies away after the project is done. At Christmas time the table stays out…
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I’ve been thinking about my work space lately. When not at my coworking space, I’ve been working from a craft desk in my garage. While my main desk is in my bedroom, I discovered that my craft desk is just exactly the perfect height for me to stand at. And since standing desks are all the rage, I figure…
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I find this piece so great to listen to. For many reasons. Why? Oh, I’m glad you asked. Here’s why: It’s familiar and predictable so I can work to it without being distracted by new sounds. It reminds me of youth music camp back when I was a wee one, either we played it? Or…
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I’ve talked about my husband’s great great aunt before. I got back into her poetry today and found this: Closet Poet Hide! Hide! Let nobody see Rebellious, eccentric, irreverent Me. I do not, I cannot, I will not conform. I dwell on the outskirts of civilized norm; And sometimes in nightmares I hear a voice…
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My husband’s great great aunt, Emma Safley, was a poet. She lived in small town Iowa and was a stay at home mom to 4 children. Quite honestly, this is probably why I like her work so much. Having been a stay at home mom myself for the first 10 or so years of motherhood and a work…
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Today I was digging through drafts I’ve written and left sit unpublished. I thought it’d be fun to tidy one up and post it. This one was a post I wrote during a #postaday challenge. I think the prompt was: Express Yourself! Do you love to dance, sing, write, sculpt, paint, or debate? What’s your…
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My daughter and I have been working on miniatures to sell at a craft fair. Last year we stuck to Nativity Sets. This year we’re branching out to Santa. (Pencil for scale)
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The artist working on the pencil drawing: Then he colored it in: