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Gratitude Journal – Week 12

Here’s this week’s gratitudes and celebrations:

Before:

it says: life is a collection of moments so savor yours.

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 5

this week’s gratitude is a birthday card for his teacher Ms. Cook.

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.

Weekly Diary – March 23 2013

Here are some snapshots from our week:

we went to the Cartoon Art Museum in the city.

the lighting wasn’t camera-friendly of course.

but i snapped away anyway.

they had a TV playing looney tunes and the boys loved it.

I think this is meant to be a cartoon frame but Nathaniel was so small, it sort of didn’t work.

they were doing a promo for GI Joe 2 and there was a cartoonist drawing live and gifted the kids a few drawings.

then we went to Reverie again and I snapped shots of the boys while we waited for food.

i love these photos.

look at how similar they look.

then it was nathaniel’s turn.

facing daddy but looking at me.

after that we went to the pirate store on 826 Valencia which was a ton of fun.

the kids explored and played.

i think they liked the swords the best.

it was fun watching them play.

then it was family photo time.

Nathaniel’s counting until we say “We love Legos!”.

hug-time which was more like “grab your brother” time.

the boys were messing around and laughing like crazy so I grabbed my camera and snapped away.

even tho they are blurry i love them.

especially the hugging and kissing!

Nathaniel posed with his hat for me, too.

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.

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: everything good or bad is ephemeral. so learn from it, savor it and know it will pass.

sold thank you

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 11

and here’s this week:

This week is our canoeing, birthday party toys, trip to the library, and playing ball with daddy. i love seeing all the photos and writing the stories each week even if they end up being super-simple.

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 11

Here’s this week’s card:

It says: the world needs you. let your star shine bright.

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 – State of Wonder

I listened to State of Wonder on audio. I hadn’t read an Ann Patchett before so it was my first. This was a fun book to listen to while I sketched and did art.

There were several twists in the book and I liked them all ok. In the end, I didn’t think it was super-amazing and I hear Bel Canto is much better. But it was an okay read.

If you’re a fan of Patchett, it’s worth a read.

Then again, if you are, you’ve read by now I’m sure.

I Love My sweet amazing boys and their silly hats in every way

I noticed that it’s been a while since I shared any of my layouts with you. While I am doing a lot less scrapping lately, I am still making some pages and here’s a recent one I made for My Mind’s Eye.

journaling reads:
My boys like to be silly. They put hats on and make silly faces and laugh and laugh. Then can play one little hat for over twenty minutes. I don’t really understand how they can find so much joy and entertainment from such a small thing and yet they do. And I love that about them so much. How the smallest things can create joy in their lives. How they can entertain themselves and laugh and laugh. I love how easy it all is for them. It never was for me and I am so grateful that joy comes so easily to them and how happy they are. I love them so!!

details:

2013 Sketching – Week 12

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 11

Here’s this week’s gratitudes and celebrations:

Before:

it says: words matter. fill your life with the ones that empower you.

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

Not my favorite one this time but there we go. 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 6

here’s this week’s card:

and the back:

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.