I'm down at the Carmel house for only a few days just so I could sew the boys table tent. I saw the design online but being me, I didn't want to spend $150 for something the boys would only use for a month. I got lucky and found a light weight canvas fabric at FabMo for only $2.00 a yard. The size of this tent take close to 10 yards! I made the shell so now I have to decide what type of door opening I should use. I haven't ever sewn anything this large before so I got some pretty sore arms flip that much fabric through my little sewing machine. I will get finished today fingers crosses because there is no way I could ever make this at my place.
Flat Fish Paper Arts was born many years ago when blogging first started. My family did a lot of camping and diving along the California coast. California halibut are huge fish that start out as any normal fish. As they age, one eye will start to move to the other side and the halibut will become flat so it can lay on the bottom of the ocean with both eyes facing up.
I always like the idea that we all start out the same but life experiences slowly changes us. In my case, my creative talents went the way of paper arts. Flatfish are always looking up when they mature and as with any artist, we see inspiration in everything around us - always looking up.
Evan and her flatfish
Years ago a local dive shop had a photo of a diver who caught a halibut so big he had to throw it over his jeep to take the picture. Our little spoof with our daughter sitting in her toy jeep with dad's halibut on the hood. 1987
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