Ganaden - Just us girls: 40 creative art projects for mothers and daughters to do together

2014 by Quarry Books

Text and illustrations 2014 Cindy Ann Ganaden, www.BluPenny.com

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Digital edition: 978-1-61058-936-9
Softcover edition: 978-1-59253-890-4

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ganaden, Cindy Ann.

Just us girls : 48 creative art projects for mothers and daughters to do together / Cindy Ann Ganaden.

pages cm

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-59253-890-4 -- ISBN 978-1-61058-936-9 (eISBN)

1. Handicraft for girls. 2. Mothers and daughters. I. Title.

TT171.G36 2013

745.5--dc23

2013038969

Digital edition published in 2014

Design: Laura McFadden Design, Inc.

Photography: Stefanie Rene, www.stefanierenee.net

Growing up I loved to draw, craft, and create works of art using treasures I found during my outdoor excursions in the woods near my house. I would return home with pockets full of pebbles, leaves, flowers, and bits of tree bark and twigs. These were my beautiful, natural treasures!

To this day (and now as a mom) whenever we go on vacation, my daughter and I fill our suitcases with natural keepsakes to remind us of our time there. We leave with a promise to use our found treasures in future craft projects that we will make together.

This book is filled with fun activities that my daughter and I have come to enjoy using our shells, sea glass, and driftwood that we gathered and amassed during our many fun filled day trips and summer vacations of years past. We used pinecones, moss, twigs, rocks, and sticks that we foraged and saved during an amazing week spent at Lair of the Bear (Family Camp) in the Stanislaus National Forest. Included are acorns, pods, leaves, bark, and branches collected on our many walks down to the village on the Mountclair Railroad Trail. And we used flowers, leaves, and sticks gathered and collected right here in our backyard, neighborhood, and local trails and parks. Not only did we use a ton of natural materials, but we also used simple home items that we had tucked away in drawers, cupboards, and closets. We also incorporated common materials, like tin cans, glass jars, mint tins, and shoe boxes, which are often overlooked and discarded.

Now as a mom, Im glad to pass down and share my joy of making, crafting, and creating from all of the materials weve foraged and gathered along the way. Theres something incredibly rewarding and satisfying about making art and objects from the materials youve found, collected, and carried home with you. And I am thrilled beyond words that I get to share these experiences with my daughter.

I hope youll enjoy making crafting memories with your daughter too!

XO

P.S. Lets keep in touch! Send me pictures of your projects at CindyAnn@BluPenny.com and you just might see them make a guest appearance on my blog, BluPenny.com.