Hey all! Kara here. Wow. Where has time gone? Like, seriously. I can't believe October is almost over.

Anyway. I'm super excited to post on here again, it's been awhile hasn't it? I'm looooving our prompt and Guest Designer.

The random winner for the October Q-Tea Kit goes tooooooo--- Patty!

Email me at karahaupt [at] gmail.com and I'll get that taken care of!



So. Now. I'll get on wit' it. The prompt is---

Board Games

Totally fun, right? Take a part an old game, use the pieces. Take inspiration from one....Write a story as if you were following a board game. Take some artsy photos with your kids playing their fav. game. Frame your favorite game as a cool piece of art. Scrap about a childhood game. Go crazy, y'all. I'm thrilled to have the ever amazing and crazy-talented Danielle Thompson.

Thank you Kara and TAIF girls for inviting me to be a guest designer! I'm so excited to be here! I'm a big fan of the blog and the inspiring artwork that comes out of it. :-)

A little background info on me... I'm a part-time graphic designer and I also design digital scrapbook/art supplies for Two Peas in a Bucket, called Kitschy Digitals. I also have an Etsy shop called Tiny Bazaar where I sell unique crocheted jewelry, prints of my photography and other paper goods. I really just love dabbling in all kinds of art and crafts whether it be sewing, embroidery, photography or interior design.. that is why I love this blog and how open it is to so many artforms!

For this project, I borrowed some of my Mother-in-Law's vintage board games for inspiration. I ended up using this board game.. I'm not sure what game it is, but I loved the Mod colors and geometric shapes! I'm so into the Mod look right now, whether it be fashion (I'm watching the first season of Mad Men on Netflix lately and I LOVE the early 60's fashion!) or in interior design. The colors and shapes are permeating my creations lately, and it's so fun.

I applied the same color palette and Mod design from the board game to this project. I took an old jean skirt and recycled it by attaching brightly colored felt shapes to it with embroidery stitching. I love how it turned out.

I can't wait to see what the other artists did with the board game concept!

Here is her awwwesome project!

Awesome, right?

Another totally cool way to interpret these prompts!

Now onto the girls.

Mandi--


Kara--

(I used some vintage Scrabble for Kids game pieces to spell out a little love note for my sister's birthday today!)

Ashley--


I'm super excited to have the ever lovely Danielle Stussy host a sweet RAK from her Etsy shop!

Here's what you could get!

The rest o' the girls will be having their's up later!

Have a fabbbulous Monday!!

xoxo.

Kara.

The Donkey

Album Art

Kinda ambiguous in terms of aN inspiration point, right? Well I think you can see the many ways it can be interpreted by what the girls did. Home decor, mini albums, random stuff, mail...

Our ridiculously talented Guest Designer this week is none other than Sarah Bowen.

She epitomizes the quote from the previous post in my mind. We all love her. I want to be her when I grow up. Her art this week, is just that. Art. Stand alone, display it on a wall to admire, art.

Without further ado, Sarah B:

Kara made a postcard inspired by Joanna Newsom,

Mandi turned a classic album into a decorative piece of home decor, as she said, and I quote, "I just couldn't cut up the dang thing. It felt sacriliges."

Dani made a beautiful love note-esq mini album out of a Jack Johnson album sleeve, for his (being her boys eyes ;) eyes only. But she is kind enough to share a couple of pages.

Rhi (yes I'm talking about myself in the third person) took inspiration from a Kimya Dawson album, and created a plushy quotable,(that I have on good authority will be up for grabs on her blog soon!)

Ashley took inspiration from the newest Kanye West album cover, thats a balloon!

All the projects will probably be viewable on the respective TAIF girls SIStv accounts and blogs.

As usual, comment us up with your creations! Whatever they may be, we want to see them!

FYI

Its rhi to the oh! here!
The Cardboard winner is Patti h! Congrats, lady! Beautiful eco friendly mini book!
If you email Kara at karahaupt [at] gmail.com with your mailing details and you will recieve the goodies!

If anybody would like to sponsor an upcoming prompt, just drop a line to the above email address. You will be loved and adored and pimped forever more.


The prize this time around comes from the delightful Qtea etsy! The sign alone makes me happy!
This is the booty:




So are you all excited? Are you ready? Are you chomping at the bit?
You know you are.

But this is just the carrot, you are all going to have to wait till Friday for...the donkey? I don't know how that analogy works... The TAIF girls have been unusually busy, and need that little bit longer this time round. But we've got an extra special challenge up our sleeves.
No hints. Nope. I'm good at keeping secrets.
Okay. Maybe this...

A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.

-Diane Mariechild