Blocks - More Paint Samples, Please!

Here are more views of the easy paint sample blocks, in action.  The request is out there, for us to make thousands of blocks.  That would be an amazing feat.  And a beautiful sight. Hmmm, sounds like a project in the making...

Blocks - From Color Samples and Packing Tape

These little blocks are simple and relatively inexpensive.  I know that packing tape isn't free, so we've definitely been experimenting with ways to use the tiniest bits possible.

We started with rectangular paint samples, from Home Depot - Glidden, to give credit where credit is due!

We folded all of the rectangles in half...

Then, we overlapped and taped, handily covering up the paint names and colors.

Each block is made from three rectangles, to make a sturdier block.  They stack nicely, and can hold up to a fair amount of squishing.  They can nest together, and also moonlight as telescopes and binoculars.  We'll be experimenting with more shapes and configurations for the rest of the day!

Blocks - Synchronicity, painting, drawing, stamping, and... Italy?

Hmmm. Interesting 'things' are in the works. I haven't been much for photography lately, so this is an old shot of the name blocks project that has been percolating.

In addition to the name blocks, I've been sketching in my little leather sketchbook. And then, out of the blue, I get a package in the mail from one of my dearest aunts - she sent fabric, and the Vogue pattern that she used to make my wedding dress, AND a bag full of stamps! Like for print-making, not for sending letters! Sam and I were both beyond excited.

That was one example of synchronicity... It's everywhere, I tell ya! Not just coincidences, but something that seems much deeper. Something that says, it seems as though God and the Universe are conspiring on a plan that's infinitely more complex than I ever could have imagined. I really can't put into words, what that plan might be, but I just have a feeling that it includes a trip or two to Italy...