Mason Jar with a Straw! - DIY

Oh look a project!

I haven't forgotten about those of us who need our daily dose of craftiness ;-)

Sometimes I can resurface from my piles of homework and laundry to do something fun.

Drill a hole in your jar lids.

I just guessed I did not center, but I should have marked the center.

If you want your hole on center then mark it. No matter how good you think you are at centering you will probably be off. I speak from experience.

Find a washer that fits around your straw.

 My hubs has a ton of washers, but it was surprisingly hard to find one that was just the right size.

And lucky for me these washers happen to be stainless steel.

I found a package of these reusable straws... somewhere.

I can't remember. But if all else fails, you can always find them on amazon!

Very carefully with a toothpick glue around the edge of your washer.

I used some food grade silicone.

Place the washer over the ragged hole made by your drill.

Let it dry for a few hours.

Wash these lids by hand! Don't put them in the dishwasher.

Enjoy your awesome mason jar sippers by making some flavored water.

I love putting cucumber, lemon and a sprig of mint in mine.

Yum!

Thanks!

Life Lately - Taken by my iphone with a trip to SeaWorld!

Things are good with the "house of noise" family.

Spring is upon us and that means I'm not in a perpetual state of freezing anymore... most of the time.

School has kept me busy, but as the title of this post alludes to we had some fun at SeaWorld Orlando during spring break.

Here's a recent project for school.

This is hand lettered type that I drew for a project in my typography class.

The finished one turned out great, but I haven't gotten it back yet,

when I do I think I will frame it and hang it in our bedroom.

Life Lately - Taken by my iphone #1

Silly boys.

New running shoes yay!

Now, if I can only make myself actually go running ;-)

Lunch date with my little man.

I'm learning how to run a printing press. So cool!

I want one, think of all the stuff I could make ;-)

This is what I printed. It's me!

Buying lumber... I'll show you what it was for later.

Valentines date with my man.

It was awesome xoxo.

Love,

Class Valentines

Hope you had a good laugh!

Drawing Until I go Crazy

So you may or may not be aware but I am going back to school full time.

That is where I have been lately.

16 credit hours this term YIKES!

So I have been absent from blog land, but I wanted to take a minute to check in and tell you how life is.

My major is graphic design which is great because I have to take about 5000 art classes and only 1 math class. I don't like math, I would rather draw.

I go to school Mon - Fri and I draw or design for 6+ hours everyday. Much of the drawing is practice and not very exciting, but learning technique is important so it's all good.

On FB a few weeks ago I complained to my friends that my wardrobe is monochromatic and boring because all I wear are variations of yoga pants, running shoes and t-shirts. Sitting on a drawing horse for 3 hours is not comfortable. I also get dirty, art is not clean. Paint, graphite and ink all factor into my days. So appearances aside I strive for comfort and economy in my clothing choices. I had one friend remind me that many women wish they could wear yoga pants every day but have to wear stilettos instead, so now I am grateful for my yoga pants and I will enjoy the comfort while I can.

I drew a lot in high school. In my senior year my classes were english, aerobics or auto-mechanics, sewing and art, art, art, art, art. So drawing this much used to be a regular thing for me and getting back into it is going pretty well.

I haven't drawn a whole lot since high school, my creative and artistic skills have been put to use raising kids and doing crafty things to keep me happy. But it's back to magnifying my talents in other areas and I must say that all in all things are going well.

I thought I'd show you a few things I've done lately and I will try to update my blog periodically, but craftiness will probably not be a key feature for a little while. Maybe I can give you a few crock-pot recipes because that is what we've been eating a lot of lately.

This is the first real sketch I did after a 13 year break.

 I think it turned out alright, the porportions could use a little work, but I am my worst critic.

I drew this orange today. I call it "The Orange of Insanity" because I had to draw it in two point perspective and that was a pain. I'm leaving the perspective lines on the drawing because I want to remember how I did it.

Anyway, thanks for sticking through that with me ;-)

I miss all of you!