Heather Eddy Art

I'm struggling right now trying to teach students how to cite references in perfect MLA style. It's an uphill battle, but every so often there is a student who just gets it . And it makes it all worthwhile for those few minutes until I grade another paper which makes me cry. I have been letting myself work on a few ornaments here and there and I'm posting a bit more often on Facebook . I've been finding the neatest paper ornaments that I am dying to try! You can follow me on Instagram, too, under the username rhymeswithmagic. In the meantime, here are two projects I've completed in the past week. Yes, it's a Dr. Who-fest!

You know what you get when you bead a snowflake and then dip it in Borax? THIS:   Snowflake forms here . Instructions for dipping ornament here . Happy Christmas preparations!!!

It's been more than a month now since my sister, Meagan, died in her sleep. My little family and I packed up the car and wended our way to Utah the day after so that we could attend the funeral and be with family.   The scenery as we drove through desert and brush was surprisingly beautiful. My husband's shirt was not beautiful! He has a love for pork rinds. Blech! I was quiet for most of the trip except when taking fun pictures for posterity...  Yes, he wore those teeth for much of the trip. And held the boxing glove. For a 7-year old, Kenneth was wonderful on this trip. He played and played and played in the back seat, mostly writing a story. You can see the paper sticking out of his backpack next to his seat. I don't do many selfies, but here's one. The Virgin Gorge is one of the prettiest things we see as we drive to Utah. The stretch of road between St. George and Salt Lake City is very pastoral. I'd hea...

Me and my sister a Long Time Ago  For those of you who don't follow me on Facebook , you may not know that I got a surprise phone call on Friday, October 17th, telling me that one of my sisters had died unexpectedly in her sleep that morning. To say the news was shocking was an understatement. (BTW, any of you having to tell a family member about a death should MAKE THAT PERSON GET SOMEONE ELSE IN THE ROOM WITH THEM SO THEY ARE NOT ALONE!) I am the oldest sibling of six girls and a caboose of a boy. Meagan was #4 in our family and had been having health problems for years. It was mostly of the knee/foot/fibromyalgia type of illness. She was always in pain, on medication, having a medical procedure, etc. Unfortunately, it also made her not be able to take care of her family. The Monday before her death, Meagan had knee replacement surgery. She was really looking forward to this as it would FINALLY allow her some mobility and the chance to actually be a mom to her kids. Th...

I'm working on flowers. I'm using wallpaper and maps and scrapbook paper. I think I need a million of them. (Learn how to make these here!)

I play piano for the little kids' Sunday School at church. That means I also get to see Kenneth during Sharing Time (when the little kids are all in one room for singing time and a shared lesson). He sits in his class of other 6-7 year-olds with a teacher who doesn't quite know what to do with him. I peeked over the piano yesterday because I could hear Kenneth talking out loud instead of listening to the lesson. I heard "fold my book." To my consternation (a very familiar feeling when it comes to Kenneth), I saw him folding his Book of Mormon. My eyes bugged out in a very un-churchy way and I got his teacher's attention, motioning to have him send the kid over to me. Kenneth comes over, very excited to show me that he's folding his Book of Mormon. After assuring him that I was proud of his artistic endeavors, I gave him a quick lesson on appropriate materials for folding. "We don't fold books we want to read or use." And we don't vandalize ...

I don't have a good camera right now because it is being persnickety (Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't), so I'm making do with my tablet's camera. I nearly always have a big pile of paintings I'm working on. When I sit down to paint, I look through the pile and choose a few to work on. Tonight's assortment of paintings went through a shocking series of twists and turns. I painted on them for a while and then started laying down colored pencil. My favorite pencil is the white one - it blends everything together and it looks almost like oils in parts... In other news, I'm making tons and tons of Folded flowers. Here's a sneak peek: