tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11687029038777488322024-02-21T04:05:11.234-06:00Kailyn's Bit Of SunshineKailyn Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934634602716748099noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168702903877748832.post-77415524804235356522010-12-02T09:34:00.001-06:002010-12-02T17:47:57.951-06:00I've Been Featured...Today I am being featured on the blog I told you about last time: <a href="http://britonlovesit.blogspot.com/"><strong>Briton Loves It</strong></a>. So head over and check it out! She has a great <a href="http://britonlovesit.blogspot.com/2010/11/20-home-depot-giveaway.html"><strong>Giveaway</strong></a> this week and today is the last day to enter so make sure you get your entries in!<br />
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Also, my gallery has been rescheduled for next weekend. I'm not sure if it will be Friday or Saturday yet. If you're in the Dallas area I'd love to see you there. Details are in the sidebar. I've been painting painting painting to get ready for it. The pieces will be for sale. Hope to see you there!Kailyn Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934634602716748099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168702903877748832.post-56913681710693818302010-11-22T09:30:00.000-06:002010-11-22T09:30:28.610-06:00A New Blog!Just wanted to let you all know about <a href="http://britonlovesit.blogspot.com/" target="new"><strong>Briton Loves It</strong></a>! Briton is my oldest daughter and she started this blog recently. You can find all kinds of posts about travel, health and beauty, style, and some awesome crafts for $10 or less! This week is LOVE FEST over there so check out the fun giveaway and guest posts!<br />
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<center><a href="http://britonlovesit.blogspot.com/" target="new"><center><img src="http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i340/BritonLovesIt/Graphics%20from%20Missy/button.png" /></center></a></center>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065990615655999861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168702903877748832.post-54846278753080838562010-11-19T15:17:00.000-06:002010-11-19T15:17:09.991-06:00Sketch Book: Native Americans and PilgrimsHere are a few Thanksgiving drawings I pulled out... <br />
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<div align="center">Original Native American girl- 1993</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8chU9sItGC9EigX3IFYM8w3-nEcDYrY8qhBSKY2C_SQx2sWq8xTIg71VGCsGV6ILauR79AcZojoC_l_b2QM2jgLg7Y8XmN9SoSAVVnAZnip3USTBDwYEPCp0n5dQDX8cdjGDGwyLaw/s1600/my_art_work_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8chU9sItGC9EigX3IFYM8w3-nEcDYrY8qhBSKY2C_SQx2sWq8xTIg71VGCsGV6ILauR79AcZojoC_l_b2QM2jgLg7Y8XmN9SoSAVVnAZnip3USTBDwYEPCp0n5dQDX8cdjGDGwyLaw/s640/my_art_work_002.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Native American girl- 1999</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWmNwhj01nh-NYcZf2BKj3enoN1j5IQ-M-_IGxaawn7gsXltTs42k-7cjKZLlYouRSB5RifNtZCvfGhyphenhyphenY1o-q8M0ctOllOYmkPrfr_wucXqcxubrPAiXhmCEXEQivn5xwkq56zvQyCA/s1600/my+art+work+013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWmNwhj01nh-NYcZf2BKj3enoN1j5IQ-M-_IGxaawn7gsXltTs42k-7cjKZLlYouRSB5RifNtZCvfGhyphenhyphenY1o-q8M0ctOllOYmkPrfr_wucXqcxubrPAiXhmCEXEQivn5xwkq56zvQyCA/s640/my+art+work+013.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Native American boy- 1999</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-F9DDLQ1SEpdc3q6NxYQZI-VX_q9yTexThf7Nr1HqnIP_Ppp5y-eBXWkQ3krzOqinkv07zRtnHSxRU0InnZ7T1PQRird9Aubhzj-ZRT44Ping8TadXBBsYg5QeSl9XJXOU0XJDO7X3A/s1600/my_art_work_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-F9DDLQ1SEpdc3q6NxYQZI-VX_q9yTexThf7Nr1HqnIP_Ppp5y-eBXWkQ3krzOqinkv07zRtnHSxRU0InnZ7T1PQRird9Aubhzj-ZRT44Ping8TadXBBsYg5QeSl9XJXOU0XJDO7X3A/s640/my_art_work_001.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Pilgrim Girl- 1999</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3-8dUBy5VHYIcR_aWw4Pq6mDa1i0SzmWhY_cuMIIxhnEq3-ORHX4UeazVZI46hSzZOXFC96Fxbgw4pMBsNfqZ9QtLe1eqZHOPaGdFDccMQqI_svsrT6bd96iJ861tWvIeJpZALQmZg/s1600/my_art_work_003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3-8dUBy5VHYIcR_aWw4Pq6mDa1i0SzmWhY_cuMIIxhnEq3-ORHX4UeazVZI46hSzZOXFC96Fxbgw4pMBsNfqZ9QtLe1eqZHOPaGdFDccMQqI_svsrT6bd96iJ861tWvIeJpZALQmZg/s640/my_art_work_003.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Hope you enjoy them! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!</div>Kailyn Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934634602716748099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168702903877748832.post-12522774075410292662010-11-04T08:35:00.001-05:002010-11-04T08:35:00.852-05:00Tyler's and TOMS Fall 2010 RecapA huge <strong><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">THANK YOU</span></strong> to everyone who came to Tyler's of Dallas last Saturday! There was a huge turn out and I was overwhelmed, literally, with how many of you wanted me to paint your shoes! <br />
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When my girls were little I used to love painting their shoes, my favorites looked like watermelons when I was done! It was fun to paint shoes again and to do it for a wonderful cause.<br />
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I was so backed up during the event that I had to take a TON of shoes home to finish. Here are the pictures (these are only the shoes I painted at home, I painted several others at the event but it was too crazy to take pictures!):<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Several of the pairs together</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>#7</strong></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>#9</strong></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>#10</strong></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>#11</strong></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>#12</strong></div><br />
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Here is a Halloween painting I did of a witch. It is acrylic on canvas. Enjoy!<br />
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My crafting/art life has been BUSY lately. Here's what I've been up to:<br />
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-Teaching part time with Little Rembrandts<br />
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During the month of December, I will be the featured artist at G'Nosh in Richardson! All month long my G'Nosh paintings will be on display and <strong><span style="font-size: large;">for sale</span></strong> (Christmas presents!) along with many of my personal works, also for sale! There will be a gallery opening event early in the month to kick things off. I'll keep you updated as to when that will be. So, if you're in the area, please come by in December and take a stroll through my gallery! I've been painting like a crazy lady to get ready for it!<br />
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I also just painted my first pair of TOMS. Amber, from Idaho, is one my facebook followers and when she saw that I was going to be painting TOMS she wanted in on it! She couldn't make the trip all the way to Texas so she mailed me her TOMS. She loves music and wanted her TOMS to reflect that. Here's how they turned out:<br />
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This is while I was putting the large blocks of color in...before the detail work...<br />
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-I love to paint.<br />
-I love to get paid to paint!<br />
-I love teaching people and seeing their inner artist come out.<br />
-I get to practice and get better.<br />
-I am learning new techniques and styles with each painting and artist we feature.<br />
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Here are three pieces I painted the other night (the violin, trees, and nest)...some of them will be featured in an ad soon. I'll get you more details when I get them! I painted each of them from a picture (below each painting) that my boss gave me that night.<br />
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I almost forgot, you can purchase the paintings I paint here for $35. That's a great deal for art for your home!<br />
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This is a purse I made for my sister. It is a wooden cigar box that I painted to celebrate our love of the great state of TEXAS. I made the red, white, and blue beads for the handle out of polymer clay and pressed little seed beads in to give it a little extra something!Kailyn Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934634602716748099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168702903877748832.post-10547479620569524642010-09-20T23:02:00.000-05:002010-09-20T23:02:29.650-05:00Sketch Book: FairiesHere is another look at my sketch book. As I practice, I like to take one thing and sketch it several times. Here I have done several variations of fairy wings. And, a final fairy with wings to try them on a 'real' fairy!<br />
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</div>Kailyn Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934634602716748099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168702903877748832.post-37808116287944336122010-09-19T22:17:00.000-05:002010-09-19T22:17:05.443-05:00First Facebook Giveaway!A few days ago I decided to do a little giveaway to celebrate reaching 100 Facebook Fans. I put all the names (104 to be exact) in a hat and the winner is....KRISTA BRIGGS! She wins a custom 9 x 12 painting or drawing. I'll photo it before I send it off and post it after she receives it! I hope to do more of these in the future so pass the word along to your friends and follow me on Facebook! You can click on the Facebook Badge for my page on the right hand side of the blog.<br />
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Congrats Krista!Kailyn Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934634602716748099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168702903877748832.post-43369839693350568302010-09-14T23:50:00.000-05:002010-09-14T23:51:02.823-05:00Love TOMS?Because I'm painting them October 30th at <a href="http://tylersaustin.com/"><strong>Tyler's</strong></a> in Dallas!<br />
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Isn't this a great event?! I can't wait to paint some shoes so come and see me and let me Style Your Soles! In case you don't know, <a href="http://www.toms.com/">TOMS</a> gives a pair of shoes to a child who needs them for <em>every</em> pair TOMS you buy. Such an inspiration!Kailyn Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934634602716748099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168702903877748832.post-50970856442670942352010-09-13T12:08:00.000-05:002010-09-13T12:08:50.725-05:00Yay!I'm made the Top 10 over at <a href="http://www.soyouthinkyourecrafty.com/"><em><strong>So You Think You're Crafty</strong></em></a>! The competition premiers in 3 weeks...Monday, October 4th! <br />
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I'm excited to compete with the other crafters and see what I can come up with each week! Kailyn Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934634602716748099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168702903877748832.post-744981401566452902010-09-07T01:19:00.000-05:002010-09-11T00:15:00.775-05:00Something New...I've had a busy summer: a road trip, new job opportunities, and now a great experience auditioning for <a href="http://www.soyouthinkyourecrafty.com/"><strong>So You Think You're Crafty</strong></a>! Please take some time to head over there and VOTE! I'm excited to be part of such a fun craft competition!Kailyn Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934634602716748099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168702903877748832.post-51550369214238281912010-07-07T11:00:00.000-05:002010-07-07T11:00:02.202-05:00Craft Recipe: Peanut Butter and Chocolate Play DoughsHere are some great recipes for a rainy day. Or a day that is just too stinkin' hot! Both recipes are edible, although, be careful with the peanut butter recipe because of allergies.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Peanut Butter Play Dough</span></strong><br />
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one 18-oz. jar creamy peanut butter<br />
6 tablespoons honey<br />
3/4 cup non-fat dry milk<br />
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Mix ingredients together, using varying amounts of dry milk for desired consistencies. Knead it with fingers, forming into desired shapes, adding other foods like M&M's or peanuts for eyes, mouths, etc. Great fun! <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Chocolate Play Dough</span></strong> <br />
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8 oz. semisweet chocolate <br />
1/4 cup plus one tablespoon light corn syrup<br />
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Melt the chocolate in a metal bowl set over a pan of simmering water (a double boiler). Stir the chocolate with a spoon until smooth, then stir in the corn syrup. The chocolate will stiffen almost immediately but stir completely combined. Transfer the chocolate to a sturdy plastic bag and refrigerate until firm; the consistency will be that of Play Dough.<br />
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When firm, the dough can be worked by kneading. If it is too hard, cut off small pieces and knead until pliable. If the dough sticks to the counter when rolling, lightly spray counter or breadboard with vegetable spray or lightly grease with vegetable oil.<br />
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Hand shape the dough into a rope or braid, making two or three long ropes and twist or braid them together -- can be used as the outside edge on top of a cake or around the base.<br />
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Make ribbons to cover the cake. To do this, pat your dough into a disk shape and roll dough out to desired thickness using a rolling pin or else use a manual pasta machine.<br />
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Storage: When not using, MUST be stored in an airtight container and refrigerate.Kailyn Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934634602716748099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168702903877748832.post-69708755237200937252010-06-22T13:59:00.000-05:002010-09-03T23:42:28.694-05:00Jewish DesignsI recently did some freelance work for a company that manufactures Jewish themed products. Here are some of the designs I did. They were looking for some bright colors and a more fun/funky take on their traditional symbols.<br />
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Kids are messy when they paint but paintings is such a great creative outlet. Here is the solution:<br />
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1/4 cup water<br />
1/4 cup cornstarch<br />
A few drops of food coloring<br />
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Mix different colors in the cups of a muffin tin, supply brushes and a bucket of 'eraser' water, and slather on the sunscreen! Your kids will have fun and your house will stay clean, especially if you hose them off before they come in, or have them run through the sprinklers!Kailyn Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934634602716748099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168702903877748832.post-269097978018009232010-06-08T09:52:00.000-05:002010-09-13T12:11:34.707-05:00Sketch Book: Dinosaur Magnets<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Here are some of the sketches I made of the dinosaurs before they became the magnets I posted <a href="http://kailynsbitofsunshine.blogspot.com/2010/05/magnets.html"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><em>here</em></span></strong></a>. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">At the time of that phone call I was literally working on a blessing gown for the baby. A very <em>girly</em> blessing gown. I had spent months working on it. I was sick to think that it might have been for nothing, I mean, I had hand beaded <em>pearls</em> all over the thing and sewn pin tucks and ruffles, it was not a boy's blessing gown at all. </div><br />
About the gown, my daughter chose <a href="http://voguepatterns.mccall.com/v2675-products-955.php?page_id=288"><strong><em>this</em></strong></a> Vogue pattern. Vogue patterns are HARD! There is so much detail and the sewing is very high quality. This gown will last a very long time! My daughter chose the fabric and embellishments. She has a very modern, straight lines, simple embellishments kind of style. I used cream dupioni silk for the dress and jacket. I hand beaded the jacket and a portion of the dress with tiny cream pearls. So without further ado, here is the gown:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Gown with Jacket, Front</em></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">So, the boy did not wear it for his blessing, but a few years later that same daughter produced the girl this dress was waiting for. The dress has a liner and my daughter thought it would be a great tradition to embroider the name and blessing date of each baby blessed in this gown onto it. Here is a photo of Isca's name:</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blessing Day, my daughter and Isca</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-gjcaA9TN2u2it2SIgT1tnJ5FSxha6J0CTrm5MA_ZTPcKNZpwDgQDIGsq-MZ2H1r7qMSlp-BWAQtWbxJ6-S5jDDaTTUCelO1LAqNKbQSf5cVwvdQx9PCz4Fb0-iLZoAPT-mI91AC4w/s1600/Blessing+1.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-gjcaA9TN2u2it2SIgT1tnJ5FSxha6J0CTrm5MA_ZTPcKNZpwDgQDIGsq-MZ2H1r7qMSlp-BWAQtWbxJ6-S5jDDaTTUCelO1LAqNKbQSf5cVwvdQx9PCz4Fb0-iLZoAPT-mI91AC4w/s640/Blessing+1.bmp" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">*Not shown: I also made a pair of booties and a head band to match. My daughter packed them up and when she finds where she put them I'll post them!</div>Kailyn Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934634602716748099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168702903877748832.post-47395658082009709632010-06-01T11:39:00.000-05:002010-09-03T23:34:31.189-05:00Girl's Camp Logo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJR7OKd1UZe6iTBh4a-0iHUaadcaIitYqesc57sgLGbNmujlUEUgxXZ8ZqM6O-Al3E8wg2AAgcYG4OyhygqTJWMATZiMyTjUddCgjzPBlKh8plKI6edIppNQV_D8jDPHwiR0EVmu3xg/s1600/girls_camp1%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJR7OKd1UZe6iTBh4a-0iHUaadcaIitYqesc57sgLGbNmujlUEUgxXZ8ZqM6O-Al3E8wg2AAgcYG4OyhygqTJWMATZiMyTjUddCgjzPBlKh8plKI6edIppNQV_D8jDPHwiR0EVmu3xg/s640/girls_camp1%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>I created this logo for a local church camp for girls ages 12-18. I used a free program called <a href="http://www.smoothdraw.com/product/index.htm"><strong>Smooth Draw</strong></a>. Other free programs I like to use include <a href="http://artweaver.en.softonic.com/download"><strong>Art Weaver</strong></a>, <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/#utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-google&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=google%20sketchup%20free"><strong>Google Sketch Up</strong></a>, and <a href="http://www.dogwaffle.info/"><strong>Project Dog Waffle</strong></a>.<br />
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Project Dog Waffle is my favorite and Smooth Draw is really easy to work with. All the programs have tutorials which makes it fun to work with!Kailyn Canohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934634602716748099noreply@blogger.com0