Sidewalk Chalk!

"Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon!" -A.A. Milne
Several weeks ago I was in a small Indiana town with a few friends when on the sidewalk we noticed all kinds of small pictures, words, and initials drawn in brightly coloured sidewalk chalk. Beside the pictures was a bucket of chalk, providing an invitation to add to the fun! On a bench near the pictures sat an older man. We thought how fun it would be if that man was the one to put the chalk there, and now he was just sitting and watching, his eyes twinkling behind dark sunglasses.
Inspired both by this and the natural bent of AU students toward sidewalk chalk art:D I decided to create a mural in the Decker breezeway. Of course I left some chalk there, so that everyone can add their own beautiful touches! Later, I'll post some pictures featuring your art. So get out there and get drawing!
As always, I would love to hear your ideas or just a friendly "hi!" You can leave a comment here (you don't have to have an account to comment!) or email me at lifeinfullcolour@yahoo.com. Cheers!

Back to School Faces!

Welcome (or welcome back!) to AU and the start of another year! I feel excited and scared and joyful and apprehensive and impatient about classes starting and the school year really kicking off. I'm sure that everyone has a billion different emotions and attitudes about Uni this year and what a better way to recognize that than with marshmallows?? For pre-classes I painted faces on marshmallows (with food colouring, not paint!),

packaged them,

and delivered them to all the lovely girls in Morrison Hall as a way to welcome the freshmen and get everyone off to a little bit sweeter start :D As always I welcome your comments, ideas and input either right here (you don't need an account to comment!) or at lifeinfullcolour@yahoo.com. What kinds of things can you do to make Anderson a little more colourful, loving, and magical?
NOTE: The marshmallow faces were taken from the wonderful artist Katie Sokoler. For more pictures of her work, and a little something to brighten your day, visit her blog at ColorMeKatie.blogspot.com.

that's all for this year!

Hope you all have wonderful summers. I would love to hear about any exciting summer plans:D
If you have any ideas for next year, please email me at lifeinfullcolour@yahoo.com or just leave a comment here. Cheers!

Starry Starry Night Has Never Looked So Delicious!

As a tribute to dear Vincent-only the best artist ever-I reproduced one of his most famous works of art on . . . CUPCAKES! I know, right? What could be better than chocolate cupcakes, ridiculous amounts of frosting, and a magnificent piece of art all in one package! And it was fun to make:D
Here's more or less my semi-blank canvas (although I forgot to take a picture right at the beginning-oops!) After over an hour of wrestling with paste food colouring and spooning sticky frosting into ziplocks, I had my palette . . .
Add a few more hours of piping frosting, a copious amount of plastic cups and frosting containers, and some inspiration (not to mention directions!) from an adorable little cookbook (Hello Cupcake! check it out-www.amazon.com/Hello-Cupcake-Irresistibly-Playful-Creations/dp/0618829253/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271043037&sr=8-1 ) . . .
And a masterpiece emerges!

(Well, a pretty yummy forgery at least.)

The art department is definitely one of the best places on campus and artists are pretty much awesome, so I am glad I had the opportunity to add to the magic that gets created there every day by the talented students and staff:D Leave me a comment (you don't have to have an account) or send me an email at lifeinfullcolour@yahoo.com to let me know what you think, how you're doing, or any ideas you have to bring some beauty to the campus. Happy Monday all!

A Letter a Day. . .

Happy Easter a bit late (that's not the only thing that's late. . .) My creativity has pretty much been in a ditch lately, although that's not excuse for not doing something to make my world a better place. Sooo, this week I went small again, to hopefully get myself geared up for the end of the semester! For the four days of classes we've had, I made a card for someone (that was recommended to me-let me know if you have any friends who might appreciate some encouragement:D) to hopefully give their week a boost. Graduation is coming up and that is ridiculously daunting. The "real world" *shudder*. C, I hope you enjoyed the cards!
Tuesday . . .. . . Wednesday. . .

. . . Thursday . . .

. . . Friday!

Thanks to everyone for the lovely comments and emails:) I love to hear from all of you. Please feel free to leave a comment (you don't have to have an account) or email me at lifeinfullcolour@yahoo.com. Also, it's been fun to look at some of your blogs. Email me the link to your blog and I would love to check it out! Happy week after Easter!

St. Patrick's Day Comes to the Thespians!

Ta da! AT LAST I am getting a few pictures up from my St. Patrick's Day project. . . I've been pretty busy with school stuff this last week. Which is no excuse, true. And I totally failed at doing ANYTHYING last week. But, I'm hoping to pick up the slack this week with Easter coming up. Is everyone else's semester getting pretty crazy right now? What are some ways you give yourselves "a breath of fresh air?" Well, hopefully I'll Easter some of you very soon:D
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Pictures to come (I am currently in the middle of Spring Break and have no idea where my camera is!)

Sure it's a bit early, but I wanted to leave a St. Patrick's Day surprise in Byrum for the theatre students. (More to come. . .)

"Everything You Can Imagine Is Real"

This week, feeling a bit overwhelmed by everything going on, I went with something a bit less involved, but hopefully magic-worthy nonetheless. (After all, what could be more magical than contemplating the fanciful wisdom of Vincent Van Gogh or Pablo Picasso on the toilet?) Artists see the world in such a wonderful and unique way, and I wanted to share some of what I've learned from them around Decker. (With the girls anyway. I opted to stay away from the urinals this time around :)!) What are some quotes or people that inspire you?

I wanted to say thank you for all the lovely comments and emails. It's been great to hear from people and to know what some of you are doing to make your corner of Anderson a more hopeful place. Please, if you have any comments, ideas, questions, thoughts, dreams, or terrible knock knock jokes, I would love to hear them. Either leave a comment right here (you don't have to have an account to comment) or send an email to lifeinfullcolour@yahoo.com. Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the beautiul sunshine!