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Gratitude Journal – Week 15

Here’s this week’s gratitudes and celebrations:

Before:

it says: kindness is contagious and it starts with you. be kind.

and here’s what the page looks like with all the gratitudes and celebrations:

Just another excuse to create art and remember the present that is my life.

Gratitude Journal is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal other details here.

David’s Gratitude Postcards – Week 8

here’s this week’s card:

and the back:

this one was for his dad.

there we go.

David’s Gratitude Postcards is a weekly project I am doing with my 8-year-old-son for 2013. You can see a detailed post on our goal other details here.

The kids were off for Spring Break last week but since I had a lot of work, we weren’t able to go anywhere. My week got lighter suddenly on Friday so we decided to take a last minute trip to Tiburon. It was the best decision ever. We stayed at the beautiful Water’s Edge hotel and our room overlooked the water. The kids played on the deck. This is David writing my name using the rocks.

then sketching the San Fran skyline. He did a lot of sketching all weekend.

my sweet boy.

we played in the room for a while and then took a walk along the path to get to the restaurant we’d reserved for dinner.

I tried to take a shot of all three boys. but alas it wasn’t meant to be.

Nathaniel would not stop running. He just loved being there.

David loved climbing the rocks.

so Nathaniel wanted to do it, too, of course.

all the boys thought climbing the rocks was awesome.

I just watched and shot photos.

it was fun to get to be the one taking the photos.

at the restaurant, I just snapped a million more while we waited for dinner.

the boys were kind enough to let me.

they were having fun.

laughing a lot.

watching the boats out the window.

and sketching.

checking out more of the scenery.

Nathaniel said he’ll act like he’s cold so I can take a photo.

David made silly faces at me.

then there was hugging.

laughing.

making more funny faces.

and kissing. then the sun went down so there were no more photos.

the next morning, the boys played and looked at the scenery while I read and Jake watched a movie.

and then we went to take a photo for David’s school.

then it was family photo time. laughing like crazy.

and hugging time.

and tickle time.

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

SixBySix – Week 15

Before this week’s art here’s the important reminder: Please remember, this is personal and hand-made and thus imperfect. If you want perfect art, do not buy mine. Also one more reminder that these are pretty small. 5.5inches by 5.5inches. That’s about 14×14 centimeters). You will just get the original piece of watercolor paper with my art and signature in the back. No mounting, no frame. I don’t want to misrepresent anything. I will put a paypal button under each (you can pay with credit card or paypal.) the button doesn’t update so you will have to click through to see if it’s sold out. I will try to update them as quickly as I can and remove the button if it’s gone, but just in case. Each piece will be $35. That’s US dollars. If you have questions please leave a comment and I will reply as fast as I can.

With that here’s this week’s art:

it reads: to succeed you need discipline, focus and practice.

SixBySix is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal and other details here.

The Savor Project 2013 – Week 14

and here’s this week:

starts with a card for daddy, some origami, a drawing from cartoon art museum and a painting by nathaniel.

and a drawing from david on the back:

and here’s the page:

This week is all about our trip to MOCHA. Love these photos.

See you next week!

The Savor Project is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal and other details here.

Gratitude PostCards – Week 14

Here’s this week’s card:

It says: radiate from within.

This card uses a template from The Crafter’s Workshop (as well as a few others.) and acrylic paint.

Gratitude PostCards is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal and the postcards I use here.

A Book a Week – Pyxis

I have no idea why I picked up Pyxis. I didn’t know what it was about but I was looking for something light and quick to read.

It was light and quick.

But also kind of stupid. Not sure it was worth the time. Not sure what I wanted. Not sure what I got.

I almost didn’t write about it, but then again, I did read it. So here were are.

Bleh.

2013 Sketching – Week 15

My goal for 2013 is to make three sketches a week. If I make more, great. If I don’t, that’s ok. Trying to keep the pressure low while still encouraging myself to draw.

Here are the ones for this week :

that’s it for this week.

Sketching is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my sketching journey here.

Gratitude Journal – Week 14

Here’s this week’s gratitudes and celebrations:

Before:

it says: you are not alone.

and here’s what the page looks like with all the gratitudes and celebrations:

Just another excuse to create art and remember the present that is my life.

Gratitude Journal is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal other details here.

Nathaniel’s Gratitude Pages – Week 6

this week’s gratitude is for paper airplanes.

there we go. more next time.

Nathaniel’s Gratitude Pages is a weekly project for 2013 with my almost four-year-old son. You can see a detailed post on my goal other details here.