A little about me…

Jul 31, 2008

Since I had so much fun meet­ing and get­ting to know peo­ple at CHA I thought I would share a lit­tle about myself while work­ing on projects for my first book dead­line. Which by the way let me just state now… it is so hard not shar­ing my tech­niques and projects!

So here is lit­tle unknown fact about me…

When I was in the 3rd grade. I won first place in a State Fair art con­test. Dur­ing my last visit to see my Mom and Dad, Mom pulled out my win­ning art piece. She has been sav­ing this since 1973!

1st Place at the State Fair

I remem­ber mak­ing this like it was yes­ter­day. Mrs. McDon­ald had each of her stu­dents ran­domly paint 7 areas on a white sheet of paper using water­color paint. She then had us cre­ate a pic­ture from our water­color designs. Well… I instantly thought flow­ers so I got busy with my crayons draw­ing flow­ers, stems and leaves and fill­ing in the back­ground. I drew my vase on a piece of con­struc­tion paper, cut it out and glued it on.… Bam I was done, never think­ing a thing about my project. Well a few days later Mrs. McDon­ald had me come up to her desk and asked if she could enter my piece in the State Fair art con­test. I remem­ber think­ing if I had known this in advance I might would have thought this out a bit more… not much has changed there just ask Car­o­line. I am always, always, always sec­ond guess­ing my work. I reluc­tantly told her yes and well to my sur­prise I won first place.

I’m sure Mrs. McDon­ald has passed on as she retired from teach­ing the very next year but she still lives in my thoughts. She was such a won­der­ful teacher and all who had her as a teacher were blessed.



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  1. w
    July 31, 2008

    SWEET story…and the moral…
    Tal­ented then…REALLY tal­ented NOW!
    I CAN NOT wait for that book.
    wendy
    ps…I want mine autographed!

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  2. Beverley Todd
    July 31, 2008

    Cute pic! LOL. And a book com­ing out? How exciting!

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  3. Aunt Brenda
    July 31, 2008

    Lisa, Isn’t it great how Mom’s save the really impor­tant stuff? You know my rep­u­ta­tion for toss­ing, but I sur­prised your cousins with great scrap­books last year. They were proud of me and of their accom­plish­ments, too! Look­ing for­ward to the next story. Love you.

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  4. Brook
    July 31, 2008

    I really needed this today. I am get­ting geared up to go back to school. It is so awe­some to know that you remem­ber your teacher and still think fondly of her. Also…these are the kind of art proj. I do in my class all the time! :wink:

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  5. Deb Wisker
    July 31, 2008

    Neat that your mom saved that pic­ture! When my dad died and we had to empty out his house I found 2 clay fig­ures I had made in ele­men­tary school that were on his dresser. I remem­bered them being there when I was a kid but for­got all about them until I saw them again so many years later. I have them now as a reminder of just how much those lit­tle gifts meant to him when we were grow­ing up.

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  6. Patti Smith
    July 31, 2008

    Oh Lisa that is just priceless.…what a sweet story. I can’t begin to tell you how much of the boys stuff I have saved. I just need to put it in some kind of order!! LOL…Well you were cer­tainly tal­ented then and Super Dooper tal­ented now I can’t imag­ine why you would ever sec­ond guess your talent.…Can’t wait for you to share your projects and a Book my good­ness I can’t wait!! (((HUGS))) Patti

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  7. Annie - Savor This Moment
    August 6, 2008

    I can’t wait for your book, either!

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