Caleb's Creations

In the last 2-3 years my grandson's have enjoyed 'playing' with my crafting supplies whenever they were over for a visit. Because I didn't want them using my 'more expensive' products, I went to Walmart and purchased a plastic 3 drawer storage unit. In the unit, I placed stamp images I no longer cared for, inks, crayons, markers, color pencils, bits of ribbon, a various assortment of stickers and other embellies I didn't care for, along with scraps of colored cardstock and patterned paper scraps. I also included, glues, glitter glues, glue sticks, scissors, various rulers, along with other various items they might enjoy while creating. When the boys are over, they know they can play and create with anything from that storage unit. Well, recently Caleb was over for a little 'one-on-one' time with Nana and Papa (that would be my me and my dh) and we 'played' together in my craft area. He had a wonderful time creating and I decided the next day to take him out to the 'dollar' stores and purchase a bin to fill with all kinds of inexpensive items he could keep at home for his own crafting enjoyment. Needless-to-say, he was thrilled! I don't have a picture of him with his very own craft box (sure did miss an opportunity there) but I know he is putting it to great use. The pictures above are from our night of crafting together. I have a zip-lock bag filled with a variety of pre-stamped images given me by two friends from Sweet N' Sassy Stamp Designs: Sandy Domelle and Deedee Anderson....thank you soooooo much, ladies. I shared a few of these images with Caleb and this little 'duck' image is the first one he wanted to use and make a card for his 'soon-to-be adopted' sister--now isn't that just precious! I've decided to share a few of Calebs Creations here on my blog and I hope you will enjoy watching as he begins splashing into his own creative gene pool.

And by-the-way, I'll be posting my very first Sketch Challenge around midnight....hope you will check in tomorrow and participate in the challenge!

Until next time:

Make time to create but always have fun and enjoy the experience!

Barb g (WV)

PS: I tend to take a conservative approach when posting pictures of my grandchildren, therefore I have and always will 'blot out' a portion of the facial area prior to publishing their pictures on my blog...thank you for understanding.