Another unusual one this week. I wanted to do fun raindrops both full and outline. I like the way this looks. I can see a million uses for it already.
Fifty-two stamps is a project for 2015. You can read more about it here.
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Here’s this week’s story:
Title: The Tech Challenge What felt like hours later, they were on the stage, telling everyone about their creation. (David did all the talking!) and then it was time to test their structure. I think all of us held our breath collectively while this amazing structure withstood three separate earthquakes and not one toothpick fell off. All in all, it was a huge success. A wonderful project where the kids learned a tremendous amount about building, working together, documenting their process, and creating something that was 100% theirs. David, I know this project had some tough, tough days for you, but you stuck by it. You showed up again and again and created something I could never, ever have done. You saw it all the way to the end, and you learned so very much along the way, I cannot tell you how incredibly proud of you I am. Thank you for inspiring me every single day and reminding me exactly why I wanted to move to America so you could have access to incredible opportunities just like this one. I love you madly. Stories of Twenty Fifteen is a project for 2015. You can read more about it here.
I read I’ll Give you the Sun because my friend Evelyn recommended it. And can i just say: It was the best book I read in 2014. It was wonderful. So different. So lovely. So beautiful. So heart wrenching and touching and well told. I loved every single minute of it. It’s different. It’s young adult with magical realism. If that’s not your cup of tea, you won’t like it. But if you’re even slightly on the fence, I recommend you give it a try. It’s really really wonderful.
This week’s stamp is unusual but it’s one that can be used as just lines or as a part of an arrow. Something simple and fun. Not usually my style. Or maybe I don’t even have a style. Anyhow that’s what we have this week. Fifty-two stamps is a project for 2015. You can read more about it here. Here’s this week’s story:
Title: Pismo Beach I wanted to go somewhere far enough to have Southern California weather but still within a reasonable drive. So we decided to go to Pismo Beach. (Well, I called hotels in Cayucos, Morro Bay, Carmel, but all of them were booked except for Pismo.) It was a little over three hours to drive down there and we left first thing on Sunday morning, so we got there about midday. Our room wasn’t ready yet so we decided to drive to San Luis Obispo and have some lunch instead. We went to the famous Firestone Grill and had some hotdogs and burgers. Walked around a bit and then went back to the hotel to check in. Our hotel was right over the beach and we could watch the sun set from our patio. We spent the next four days playing on the beach, swimming in the pool, sitting in the hot tub, making sand castles, flying kites, eating candy and reading. The boys also played video games, football and other sports with Daddy. On Tuesday, it rained, so we decided to go see a movie. At home was playing and we’d been looking forward to seeing it. It turned out to be a wonderful movie. We also spent some time at the bookstore and managed to avoid all the rain. We spent a lot of time walking around and enjoying each other’s company. I came back home to a lot of work and felt very very tired on Thursday. But, even though the weather was colder than I’d hoped and my back hurt a lot more than I’d like, it was still really wonderful to get away for a few days. I managed to read a few books, get a lot of sleep, and soak in the sunshine. Nothing like spending some family time together. Nothing like spending time away from our typical routine. Nothing like laughing together. Discovering new things, like the blood worms we found on the sand. Nothing like enjoying my incredible family. Stories of Twenty Fifteen is a project for 2015. You can read more about it here.
This week’s pick is about being alive. Nature always makes me feel alive. I love the idea of taking a road trip. Not with a destination in mind, but just for the journey. My heart yearns for experiences like that. You Choose is a project for 2015. You can read more about it here.
I read All the Light We Cannot See because amazon recommended it and it was definitely one of my favorite reads of 2014. (yes i read this back in 2014.) Even though it takes place during World War II and I never read books about the second world war, I somehow made an exception for this because I thought it wouldn’t really be about the war. And i was right. It’s not really about the war. It’s really wonderful. Great storytelling, really good character development and beautiful writing. Highly recommended.
A tiny, little leaf/tree/branch thing this week. I thought this, too, could be fun for my mixed media pages. I didn’t have a super creative idea for this week so I went with it. Fifty-two stamps is a project for 2015. You can read more about it here. Here’s this week’s story:
Title: Six Hours in New York City Marcus and I went back and forth several times on which days might be the best for me to be there. After several discussions, it became clear that Friday was going to be the ideal day when I could have meetings with the people I needed to see. I considered getting there on Thursday and spending the night in the city but I really didn’t want to fly all day, get there late in the afternoon, and then get up and go to work the next day. I figured instead of wasting an entire day on the plane, I could take the red eye on Thursday night, go right to work after the plane lands, sit through all my meetings and then take the evening flight back to San Francisco. This way, I’d only be away from the kids one night and one day. I’d still make it to all my meetings, and even get to spend extra time with Marcus on the way back to Newark. I knew traveling 12 hours to be there for nine seemed a bit crazy but it felt like the best option, to me. I was worried that I wouldn’t get to sleep on the plane and would have an awful day, but I decided to take the risk anyway. As it turned out, everything went just fine. I didn’t get to sleep on the plane but I got in to work early, took a shower and had breakfast before I met up with Marcus. I was awake and present for all the meetings, I had lunch with one of the engineers I hadn’t spent enough time with up until then, I met a lot of people in the New York office, and I got to chat with Marcus for a long time on the way to our planes. All in all, it was a very worthwhile trip and it wasn’t nearly as bad as I had made it in my mind. I goy home at11pm on Friday so I went right to bed and had no problem recovering from the slightly insane schedule the day before. Lesson learned: it’s ok to do crazy things every now and then. Stories of Twenty Fifteen is a project for 2015. You can read more about it here.
I loved the color on the image so I decided to make my whole page filled with color. This one says “Some days joy is a gift and other days it’s an all-out battle. Fight on, girl.” and the left side says “I choose to do the difficult things when that is what is required to get to the places that my soul is yearning to go.” This one is about being brave. Fighting for what I want. Working hard for it. Not giving up. And I fail. I will fail often. But I have to keep retrying. You Choose is a project for 2015. You can read more about it here.
I read The Magicians after it sat on my list for years. I always thought I’d like it but apparently I had no idea what the plot really was. This story is sort of like Harry Potter for grown ups. But I think it’s not as good. It’s longer than it needs to be and gets tedious at parts. There are a lot of characters and it’s hard to keep track of all the plot points. Maybe it didn’t help that I listened to it and didn’t read, but I’ve listened to a lot of books this year and didn’t have this problem before. I’m on the fence about reading the other two. Especially since I hear number two is not that great.
I wanted to do something totally different this week. This one is a texture stamp. I can use it to add texture to my mixed media pages. I can use it with ink and with paint. It’s simple but I see myself using it a lot. Fifty-two stamps is a project for 2015. You can read more about it here. |
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