PET BUDDIES NOTECARDS

I am mentoring a high school student this semester for her Capstone Project.  She wants to major in Art and has asked me to help her with some art projects to benefit PET BUDDIES which is a non-profit helping low-income families feed their pets.  They have helped Ashley and her family feed their four pets and Ashley wants to "Pay it Back" now.

Today we are working on designing stamps and printing notecards to benefit PET BUDDIES.

First, draw the design.  Next, burnish the drawing onto the stamping material.

The graphite transfers easily to the rubber stamping material.

Cutting out the design.  Remember to cut away from you!

Here is the finished rubber stamp.

Making a few test runs to see if there needs to be any tweaking of the cutout.

And here are the finished notecards with Ashley's design which she printed herself!

She's looks pretty proud!  She did a great job and I hope she sells a lot to benefit PET BUDDIES located in Woodstock, GA. She will probably sell them for $1.00, so let me know if you would like to buy some and help her make a contribution to PET BUDDIES.

ROCKING AT WOODSTOCK CITY PARK

Downtown Woodstock (GA) was rocking tonight with the free Summer Concert Series and the Atlanta Rhythm Section. People were packed in from Hot Dog Heaven down to the Nursing Home! People, chairs, blankets, coolers, kids, dogs and lots of fun! It was a great concert and brings back memories of 1970 and "Doraville"!

365 WOODSTOCK

I am starting a new project this year - 365 WOODSTOCK. I will be participating in Project 365 where you take a photo every day for a year and post to a blog. This will not only help record a whole year but hopefully I will learn a lot about my camera and the settings. Here are a few snapshots I have taken around our city of Woodstock this past year. Stay tuned for the link to the new project. CHECK OUT 365 WOODSTOCK HERE.

The photo below was taken at our local Memorial Day celebration. I couldn't resist these two cute kids saluting the flag.

Below are some paintings by my daughter sitting on the porch of the oldest house in Woodstock. Before the economy made a downturn, this old house was to be turned into a Starbucks. Today it still sits, empty. I hated the thought of this historic house turned into such a commercial project. Guess there is a silver lining....

This is a shot of the old Parr home. It used to sit on about 80 acres of rolling green hills with a lake, huge red barn and several horse pastures. The land was sold to a condo developer. The home was bulldozed, lake filled in and fences destroyed. The developer went out of business and today the land sits. I like to remember it this way........

A sidewalk chalk competition in downtown Woodstock.

During the election in '08, I passed by this sign on my way to work. I snapped a photo of the sticker before the police saw it. I think we need to put it back up!!!

Billboard controversy in Towne Lake

We have been hearing a lot of commotion lately about a sign that has been erected in Towne Lake. We live in Towne Lake and have not been very political and usually just roll our eyes when we hear about things like this. We thought "What's the big deal?" and "Stop acting like you're an elitist". There have been letters to the local newspaper editor and blurbs in the "Soapbox" vent column. They are comical to read. So, we thought we would drive by the "sign" the other night to see what the big deal is about. OMG, you should see this sign!!! It looks like the Griswalds just lit their house! A business has erected a jimongus interstate size, truck stop size billboard in the middle of this little town. I mean it's huge and glowing. What people don't know is that Judge Jackson Harris, Cherokee County Superior Court, overruled the city of Woodstock on a technicality and allowed this sign to be erected. It really is hideous! The photo below doesn't even do it justice! What the people of Cherokee County don't realize is that this sign company (Southern Media) has SIX other signs the same size going up also! So, watch out. It may be in YOUR neighborhood next time! Read the article in the Ledger here.