Day 189 ~ Write a limerick about yourself in your hometown.

Limerick : A five-line, rhyming, humorous, traditional Irish poem.

The scene is one from my hometown, Shepherdstown. I used the Pencil Sketch effect in Picasa.

Of course you know from the picture of my lunch on Day 188 that, actually, I eat more than pickles and eider down.

Day 188 ~ Make something with your lunch before you eat it.

Very fortunate to have fresh tomatoes, green beans, lettuce from our garden. Beets for mane and tail, olive piece for an eye, pimento makes a nostril. (I ate a lot more than this for lunch!)

Day 187 ~ Use a paper bag to create something.

Made from a Whole Foods shopping bag, he stands a little over 9" tall. I started by making the body with a toilet paper roll stuffed with paper bag pieces for strength. The paper bag material took really well to white glue and it was quick and easy to assemble.

Day 186 ~ Make something from hair left over from a haircut.

Periodically I trim the hair on my horses' tails to keep them from tripping on them. This little guy is made from those tail ends (the dark hair) and used tail hair that has been replaced on a violin bow (the light hair). He measures 5"+ from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail. He's constructed of bundles tied with sewing thread and lots of glue.

He dons this patriotic outfit because it is the 4th of July, which is a big deal here in the USA, especially for folks who like picnics and loud noises. The four stars on his blanket are in honor of my niece's daughter, Sarajane, who turns 4 years old today. Happy Birthday, little firecracker!

The original assignment in the '365' book for Day 186 was to make something quiet. The idea I have for that didn't work today so I've made a switch with Day 200 and will do the quiet thing on that day.

Day 185 ~ Work only with yellow materials to make something.

Here is the yellow cousin of Day 113 (the pony made of only red materials). She stands about 7" tall. The core is made of balled-up paper held together with masking tape, swaddled in strips of yellow T-shirt material coated with white glue. I added some swatches of other cotton fabrics with yellow before wrapping it with the yarn. Mane and tail pieces are tied onto the yarn that was wrapped. The ears are paper triangles folded in half to make a crease and glued then tied on. Yellow glass beads make the nostrils.

Day 184 ~ Use a skyline as inspiration.

I created my project today to double as a birthday greeting for my niece, Amy, whom I absolutely adore. She is a one-of-a-kind, creative, quirky, hilarious, beautiful, warm, generous, fabulous mother of four of the neatest kids on earth. And she and her family like the shore which is why I made it a shoreline skyline. Have a great day, Ame! xoxoxo

This is an 8"X5" pencil drawing with a tint and border added in Picasa. (The shapes of the buildings spell out HappyBirthdayAmy.)

Day 183 ~ Make a hat.

Mim likes his hat! Cooper, not so much.

Wonderful orange fleece. I bought this stuff years ago thinking I would make blankets for my horses to wear during hunting season, but never did. Since then I've found many uses for it! This has to be the best one yet. The great thing is that it cuts clean and doesn't need hemming, so I could make the fringes easily, and it has a body to it ~ for silly stuff like this.