Hobbies

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Only a person who can live with himself can enjoy the gift of leisure. (H. Greber)

Hobby Album

If you or a family member has a hobby like car racing, bicycling, rodeo, fishing, hunting, etc. you might find you have more photos than you want to put in your regular family albums. A special hobby album is a good solution. My daughter is making a hunting album for her husband. She is not opposed to hunting but she didn't really want numerous photos of dead animals and unshaven men in grimy clothes mixed in among photos of family birthdays, Christmas, etc.

Collector's Album

A collector's album can document a special or valuable collection. It can also be used to help control clutter. If your whole family collects things of questionable value it may help them get rid of things if they have a special album to put photos of the items. It might be much easier for them to let go of things they are no longer really interested in if they at least have a photo to remember them by. It will be much easier to store one photos album than various boxes of shells, stuffed animals, Barbie dolls, rocks, etc. If the hobby has some items that are flat or small you could include a few of them along with the photos. Be sure to include the child in some of the photos of the collection objects.

Arts and Crafts

Page Toppers

Art for Art's Sake
Art imitates life
An artist at heart
Artist at work
Artist in training
An artist's apprentice
Be bold: color outside the lines
A budding Picasso
Caution: Artist at Work
Chalk it up to Talent
Chalk Talk
Creating a masterpiece
A creative mess
is better than tidy idleness
Creative minds are rarely tidy.
Exceptional Artistry

I'm creative - you can't expect me to be neat too!
Imagine that
Just a Pigment of My Imagination
Little Picasso
Look what I made!
The Magic Paintbrush
Masterpiece
Our Little Artist
A picture is worth a thousand words
A pigment of your imagination
Pint-size Picasso
Sidewalk Picasso
State of the Art
To Imagine is Everything

Quotes

Actually, my artistic knowledge is so tiny it could fit into the brain of an art critic. (Michael Kilian)
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. (Aristotle)
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. (Thomas Merton)
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. (André Gide)
Art is a lie that lets us see the truth. (Pablo Picasso)
Art is like a flower, it blooms with creativity.
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. (Twayla Tharp)
The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.
Art teachers are primarily colorful.
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. (George Santayana)
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. (Emile Zola)
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it. (Paul Valery)
Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid. (Jules Feiffer)
Ceramists get all fired up!
Crafts fill my days - not to mention the living room, bedroom and closets.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. (Scott Adams)
Creativity takes courage! (Henry Matisse)
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. (Henry Ward Beecher)
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. (Pablo Picasso)
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads. (Erica Jong)
Fiber artists use fuzzy logic.
Fiber artists dye laughing.
The greatest thing about being an artist is that no one can tell you you're not.
The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public. (Paul Gauguin)
If I paint fast enough....does it count as aerobic exercise.
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. (Vincent Van Gogh)
Just because no one understands you it doesn't mean your an artist.
Leisure, some degree of it, is necessary to the health of every man's spirit. (Harriet Martineau)
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. (Stella Adler)
Magicians are a vanishing species.
Magicians are just fooling themselves.
My friend really likes to make pottery, but to me it's just kiln time.
My husband let's me have all the craft supplies I can hide.
Old Crafter's never die, they just get more bazaar!
Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do. (Edgar Degas)
One person's junk is another person's treasures.
The purpose of art is to stop time. (Bob Dylan)
The reluctance to put away childish things may be a requirement of genius. (Rebecca P. Sinkler)
Science is everything we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else. (David Knuth)
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
There's nothing more exciting than starting a new project.
When a habit begins to cost money, it's called a hobby.
When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art. (Paul Cezanne)
When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?" (Howard Ikemoto)
Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make life unbearable.

Art Album

You might want to use a Big Book for this or you can make reduced color copies or take photos of the larger items rather than use the original. It is nice to take a photo of the child with some of his current artwork.

What is Pink?

(Christina Rossetti)

What is pink? A rose is pink
By the fountain's brink.

What is red? A poppy's red
In its barley bed.

What is blue? The sky is blue
Where the clouds float through.

What is white? A swan is white
Sailing in the light.

What is yellow? Pears are yellow
Rich and ripe and mellow.

What is green? The grass is green,
With small flowers between.

What is violet? Clouds are violet
In the summer twilight.

What is orange? Why, an orange,
Just an orange!

The Color Purple

(Stacey B.)

Purple, Purple,
What a wonderful hue.
It's the product of mixing
Red and Blue.

Purple Purple,
The color I love.
It's the color of a sunset
on the horizon above.

Purple, Purple
In every shade.
It's my favorite of all
of the colors God made.

Purple, Purple
I like it a lot!
I don't even mind

if my Grape Popsicle
leaves a spot.
...on my shirt.

What is Red?

(Mary O'Neill)

Red is a sunset
Blazing and bright.
Red is feeling brave
With all your might.
Red is a sunburn
Spot on your nose,
Sometimes red
Is a red red rose.
Red squiggles out
When you cut your hand.
Red is a brick
And the sound of a band.
Red is hotness
You get inside
When you're embarrassed
And want to hide.
Fire-cracker, fire-engine
Fire-flicker red -

And when you're angry
Red runs through your head.
Red is an Indian,
A Valentine heart,
The trimmings on
A circus cart.
Red is a lipstick
Red is a shout
Red is a signal
That says: "Watch out!"
Red is a great big
Rubber ball.
Red is the giant-est
Color of all.
Red is a show-off,
No doubt about it.
But can you imagine
Living without it?