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07/08/2024

If you are interested in knowing what is next for Crystal's Art Garage or the summer camps for next year please sign up for my emails.

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05/21/2024

If you are anything like me, the month has flown by and you are frantically making summer camp plans. I host an art summer camp out of my garage in Cedar Hill. I have 4 themes to pick from. Slither/Dragons/Oceans are all straight step-by-step camps hosted in June.

Process is my preschool class, it's meant for kids who love to create but aren't quite ready for step-by-step classes. OR just prefer to enjoy the making/mixing/dripping/squishing/swooshing of "art". I just dropped the age of the class to 3 year olds. If you are still confused as to what is process art, google "reggio emilia art approach" and check out the images!!! I love this type of art, it brings so much growth and freedom!!

Painters and People will be my middle school class with painting, drawing, experimenting with different art forms and painters.

I do have one other week in mid-July for all the best art from the summer, OR all the art I wanted to try with kids and haven't done yet.

https://form.jotform.com/240417987784169

05/07/2024

So friends and family, I'm 75% sure that I will be having art classes during the year at my art garage twice a month on Fridays. I will be using the same curriculum I use at my homeschool coop. Here is an interest form to help me meet the most needs and get interests from my homeschool community. Filling out this form also ensures that you will hear about the signup form first, cause I can only take 12 kids per class.

I'm still in the beginning stages of planning for the 2024/2025 School Year out of my Cedar Hill garage. This is what I DO know... Classes will be twice a month on Fridays Classes will be 2 hours each. I hope to start a few projects the first class of the month and finish them the 2nd class. I will....

04/25/2024

Well my co-op classes had to go online today. So I taught doodling and the 7 elements of art. LOL

This video explains the 7 elements of art and then walks children through doodling a page while watching the elements come together.

03/02/2024

Well I was reminded today that 10 years ago I was fired from my job. LOL Those same people told me to start a business and that they would hire me back as a contractor. This afforded my the ability to be at home with my kids. Today marks 10 years of running my own graphic design business. My portfolio is grossly outdated, I don't update my social media or even promote what I do and I probably should hire an intern to help out. Either way, Happy Anniversary Duck Soapbox Creative!

04/19/2017

Well done Paris. Well done. Also terrifying.

02/02/2017

This is true.

12/19/2016

It's live! It's live! It's live!
The largest site I've done by far is live after 2 years.

https://www.cheerleading.com/

11/15/2016

10/24/2016

Surprisingly a lot of people don't know what I do when I say "I work from home". Well now you will.

http://ducksoapboxcreative.com/

10/19/2016

I finally pressed the order button, the app has been on my phone for months. Such a cute commercial.
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