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A Change of Seasons

By Leslie Parks - Wednesday, October 29, 2008
DVD holder (front and back)An example of repetition (for my scrapbook design class)Crazy hat night for Awana. What can you do with pipecleaners, bells, feathers, and foam sheets?A view of the trees around our street. This year they have been so vibrant and beautiful. I had to take pictures before the leaves were gone. Sometimes I feel like I live on a Hollywood...

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Projects

By Leslie Parks - Wednesday, October 22, 2008
We are studying Early Explorers and events to 1815 in History this year. So far we have made gold masks like the Incas & Aztecs, we are currently in the process of making paper mache boats and a log cabin and a longhouse, we have made a model of Fort James, later known as Jamestown with small buildings. In Bible we are studying...

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Turning 40

By Leslie Parks - Tuesday, October 21, 2008
On Sunday John turned forty. I asked a few people to write on a 6" square piece of paper to write either a remember when or some advice for turning 40. Then I placed it in a book for him. There were some funny ones, some serious ones and some touching ones. I wasn't able to contact everyone that I wanted. I couldn't...

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Alike and Differences

By Leslie Parks - Sunday, October 19, 2008
I am taking a class from Big Pictures. In my class one assignment was to use these colors of pink and orange and to use this layout of eight squares on two 8 x 8" papers. I was to journal the similarities and differences of two people. I chose the papers and then decided that it was too girly for any boy pictures....

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Big Rock Park

By Leslie Parks - Friday, October 17, 2008
Last Sunday it was so nice that I couldn't stay at home. Of course we had plenty of work or things we could have done but I needed to get away from the house and enjoy the outdoors. Originally we thought about going to Lake Padden riding around once and then John and I running while the kids rode, but decided to ride...

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Balance and a new doo

By Leslie Parks - Friday, October 10, 2008
In my design class from big pictures, we are studying balance. An assignment was to take a picture or cut out of a magazine something with symmetrical balance. I couldn't think of anything around home that had symmetrical balance. Then i looked over at a wall in my bathroom. It is a little alcove where the tub is and I found my balance....

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