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Grandma's 60th birthday present

Grandma's 60th birthday present

Kendall painted this fishing scene for her grandma's 60th birthday party celebrated in Santa Fe. Two wood cats are fishing and the wood frog is nervously trying to pass himself off as a cat so he can enjoy fishing too.


Garden Rock

Garden Rock

Kendall and Reiley got a bottlecap kit from Grandma Kelly. They loved it so we went and bought crazy things to make more. The bottlecaps were assembled on a rock for our rock garden. June 2006 - 10 years old


Reiley's Ristra

Reiley's Ristra

Reiley made her first chile ristra in school. Fifth grade - 10 years old.


Kendall's First Art Exhibit

Kendall's First Art Exhibit

Pear and Jar. New Mexico Art League • Febuary '05. Completed at 7 years of age. Given to grandma for her kitchen.


Reiley's Knit Scarf

Reiley's Knit Scarf

Reiley, age 11 worked on and off on this scarf for about a year. Busy with school she worked small amounts of time in the evenings. She worked two different colors of yarn and ribbed the scarf. I'm so proud of her perserverance!


Reiley's First Art Exhibit

Reiley's First Art Exhibit

Apple and Block. New Mexico Art League • Febuary '05. Completed at 7 years of age. Given to grandma for her kitchen.


Reiley's Quilt

Reiley's Quilt

Reiley's Uncle Sean bought her a quilt kit for her seventh birthday. This was her first sewing project - she worked just about every evening for a couple of months to complete it.


Reiley's first Crochet Scarf

Reiley's first Crochet Scarf

Reiley learned to crochet the squares from her Aunt Diane. She worked on ths cute granny square scarf every evening. March 2006 - 10 years old


Pottery Bear

Pottery Bear

Reiley painted this pottery bear for her uncle who loves to fish in Alaska. Christmas 2005 - 9 years old.


Pottery Indian and Basket

Pottery Indian and Basket

Kendall and Reiley Kelly were two of nine finalists selected to display their artwork in Guadalajara, Mexico for The Sister Cities International Program. Completed October 2005 - 8 years old.


Reiley's Bunny

Reiley's Bunny

Reiley's Aunt Diane gave her a Kenmore Sewing Machine (she wore out her kid's sized sewing machine on the quilt). She quickly went to work making her first stuffed animal - a fuzzy black bunny. 10/06 - 9 years old.


Kendall painting Pottery Lady

Kendall painting Pottery Lady

This is Kendall painting her pottery lady for the Sister City International Competition. October 2005 - 8 years old.


Painting Pottery Owl

Painting Pottery Owl

Reiley is painting the pottery owl to enter it in the Sister City International Program competition. 10/05 - 8 years old


Kendall's Homemade Chile Ristra

Kendall's Homemade Chile Ristra

Kendall made her first chile ristra in school. Fifth grade - 10 years old.