day sixteen: 151

'work with crayons. you can mold them, melt them, grate them, color with them, or...?'

this suggestion instantly brought back memories of putting paper on a hot surface and drawing while crayons melt. i was at my moms and got out her pancake griddle, found my nieces crayon box and grabbed some white card stock. the polka-dots on the 3rd snail were added by my 19 year old brother, tanner. he said it looked better that way. he then decided to make his own...the 4th picture is a thunder/lightning cloud raining snails. he insisted i added it to the blog, so here it is. the first column of pictures is taken held up to a light, while the pictures in the second column are not. this brought back some fun childhood memories. and a tip for anyone who might try this...make sure you use crayon brand - the other 2 brands that were mixed in didn't work nearly as well. one was rose art and i don't remember the other. and low heat works fine!

day twelve: 13

'use tea leaves or tea bags (used or unused) or even just liquid tea (in a cup or not) to create something today.'

i soaked some tea bags in hot water and then threw them down on a piece of paper to create a splatter effect...i first tried to splatter them in a snail shape but my aim wasn't that great. i used a berry tea, earl grey & gingersnap tea. after i splattered the bags they began to rip oven so i air dried the paper & then poured the contents of each bag onto the paper. i pushed the leaves around to make the shape of the snail and then used one of the bags to twist & roll into eyes. i have done this to paper before and the end results make great birthday cards or notes! also, my hands smell great!

day one: 21

'write a ten-word love story. bonus: illustrate it!'

i decided to start off with my favorite number, 21. but it is obviously not my lucky number since this was my 4th attempt at my first snail. first try, i misspelled trail. second try, i forgot to write the word swirly. third try, i wrote tail instead of shell. fourth try, finally! maybe this is a sign to do #4 tomorrow? i made this by painting a piece of paper with silver spray paint and drew the snail with pen & ink.