Here are some more journal pages.
This one didn’t turn out as I had hoped. It’s using watercolor pencils, crafters workshop templates, and inks. It says “there’s love and beauty in nature.” I wanted to use my own handwriting more. The tree trunk is too tall in my opinion.
The next one uses the paintstiks, Crafter’s workshop templates and stamps. It says “We accept the love we think we deserve.” It’s from The Perks of Being a Wallflower. A wonderful book.
The next one uses Pink Paislee tissue paper and templates and pan pastels. Very similar to the previous day but it was unintentional. It says “You can choose Joy.” I cannot read or write this one enough.
Then I started trying to draw a bit so the next few use watercolor pencils. This one says “It’s ok. You can rest awhile.”
And this one took forever and still didn’t turn out the way I wanted. It says “show your colors to the world.”
And that’s the five for this week. More coming next week. Thank you for letting me share.
I am creating art journaling pages daily for June (and maybe longer). You can read more about it and the book I am using here.
Another mostly-work-focused day here. So the little boy played.
the big boy did his math work.
I love these photos of him focusing.
I’m trying to encourage him to look at me.
He doesn’t but I do get a sideways smile.
I love that smile.
David went around measuring everything.
It wasn’t a good day for David-photos. Somehow everything I took of him was blurry.
I finally put all the photos in my gratitude album (and the ones for this year.) and Nathaniel loved looking at them.
Another terrible photo of David but he’s super excited about the legos he got today.
I had meetings. The kids worked, played, and now Daddy’s home so I get a short break. Tonight, possibly some art. Hopefully some rest.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for another productive work day. Whoop!
2. I am grateful that my kids know when and how to play by themselves so I can get work done. I know this is a luxury and I don’t take it for granted one bit.
3. I am grateful for my giggly, sweet boys and all the time I get to spend with them. Even when I have a lot of work, we get a lot of snuggle and laugh time and I love love love that.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I got an alien lego (thanks Amore and opapa!) * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that mommy put the photos in “reading with David” book.
3. I am grateful that I played on the phone.
This weeklong page was originally inspired by this awesome piece of art.
here’s a sideways look:
and the real one:
I kept the writing short each day cause I didn’t want to interfere with the art.
here’s the left page:
And the right side:
And here’s the filled page (sorry for the blurry photo, I kept trying but couldn’t get something better):
I like how it’s vertical instead of horizontal.
Weekly Art Journal is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here. And you can find out more about the weeklong daily journaling here.
Today was mostly a play day for the kids since I had a lot of work to do. They made puzzles.
the toolset (though not really tools as much as putting fingers in the holes).
Even though this is to throw canonballs, Nathaniel likes to call it choo choo.
David made some happy faces for me.
Nathaniel stuck some puzzle pieces in the train book (not entirely sure what he was thinking there.)
Then David shot the balls into the floor as Nathaniel watched.
and they both loved it.
Nathaniel pulled a chair, got his blankie and a balloon and then continued to watch his brother.
Then Daddy came home and took David around the block in his bike and now they are eating. I am working and my plans tonight include catching up to email, preparing the next catalyst, and possibly some art journaling. Happy Monday everyone!
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful it was a productive day at work. I love getting a long list of things done.
2. I am grateful that my kids like to play together.
3. I am grateful I don’t have any commitments this week. Even though I had a bunch of downtime last week, I am getting back into my schedule this week and I need some structure for a week or two.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I played with my brother * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I rode my bike.
3. I am grateful that the author of the book we just finished left us a comment! (Thank you Tom Llewellyn!)
In June, I had the honor of guest designing with Little Yellow Bicycle’s Sweet Summertime collection. Here is one of my layouts:
Journaling Reads:
In the beginning of 2011 I decided we would take full family photos weekly. I know that even if they were posed and in the same spot, I would love having them What i didn’t know then was how we would invent tickle time at the end of each session and how i would cherish those photos even more!
And some details:
Another super-relaxed day here in the karenika household. We took some more family photos.
Nathaniel was in charge as always.
Until I told him he couldn’t have his truck.
then it was tickle time.
Then the kids played together which is my favorite thing to watch ever.
I just cannot get enough of it.
Then we had the naps, reading, art, scrapping, etc. And David and Jake left for a birthday so I made sure to snap a photo right before he left.
And now the little one is sleeping and the other two are on their way back. I have just my sketching to do and I plan to relax as much as possible as tomorrow starts a new week of work.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I scrapped today.
2. I am grateful that I got some 1-1 time with Nathaniel when David and Jake went to the birthday and that they had some 1-1 time, too.
3. I am grateful I spent some time reading today, It’s definitely my favorite thing to do.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I went to Nico’s birthday * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I got stickers.
3. I am grateful that I got a puzzle and some balloons at the birthday.
David says:
While this book was cute, I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as Charlotte’s Web. I found the language a bit more complicated for David, too. But it was certainly a sweet set of stories.
I gave this story five stars because I thought it was cute that their son was a mouse.
I liked the part where George thought Stuart was dead and lowered the shades to show his respect and Stuart fell out of the shades! I also liked the part where Stuart shot a bow into Snowball’s eye to protect the bird.
I didn’t like the cat that was trying to eat Margalo. I also didn’t like Snowball cause she was sneaky and made it look like Stuart went into the mouse hole when he was actually stuck in the shades.
I liked the story with the boat race because Stuart won! I was happy that Margalo saved Stuart from the trash but I was sad that flew away soon after that. I also was sad that Stuart didn’t get to enjoy his canoe ride with Harriet.
Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.
We slept in late this morning. Both of us. Which means we both really needed it. It also meant we started our day slowly and took our time. After my exercise and shower, we took family photos. I snapped a few of just the boys as I set things up.
After I sat down I realized I’d left Thomas on, on the TV. Hence the kids not looking at the camera.
Apparently even Jake found it more interesting than the camera.
the other two looked bad but I liked us here so I cropped it out.
After seeing that the kids would just not take their eyes of the TV, I should have gotten up and turned it off.
But instead we did tickle time.
Which did the trick, of course.
Then the kids played and I relaxed on the couch a bunch. Snapped a few more photos.
During Nathaniel’s nap, Jake went running, David played wii and I made more pages on my weeklong journal. Then the little boy woke up so we went for a walk and when he came back, David had prepared a gift of silly bands for him. Which thrilled him to no end.
After some food and some play time, he decided he wanted to read a bit. Took his time and slowly read the whole book.
It was a quiet, wonderful, relaxing day. Tonight I will relax more and just veg on the couch. That’s the plan.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I made some pages on my weeklong journal, I had been meaning to for a while now.
2. I am grateful that Jake took care of our Smog check.
3. I am grateful that I have some great TV saved up for tonight.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I played pirate game on the wii * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I finished my lego sticker book.
3. I am grateful that I played wii.
jake
Jake took two days off this week to spend some time with us. We went to Berkeley, we painted ceramics, ate yummy food, walked around a bunch and just spent a lot of wonderful family time. He also moved into his new office and had several breakfast, lunch and dinner meetings. And a webinar presentation. It was a full week for him and he got through it like a champ as he always does. I am so so proud of him.
karen
This was a quiet week for me. I had three days off and I relaxed, read, spent time with the kids and Jake, and had friends over on several occasions. I also did a lot of art and a decent amount of walking. I feel very very relaxed and I am looking forward to working again. All this downtime has helped me with the overwhelming tiredness I was dealing with for a while. I also finally feel like we’ve gotten into the rhythm of summer.
david
David had a great week. He is finally on some sort of a summer schedule that includes a ton of play time but also some work time and some art time. He’s still swimming and playing soccer. He’s drawing, doodling, writing, reading and doing math. He has a new lego set on the way which he’s pretty excited about.. He and I have been reading the Tilting House and we’ve also been working on sleeping through the night and going to the bathroom at night. He’s doing it all with his wonderful grace, charm, and strength. I love him so deeply.
nathaniel
Nathaniel learned the word chocolate this week. He just said it as we were sitting together and David was eating a cake and Nathaniel wanted some, too. He’s picking up words left and right and making sentences and expressing his thoughts. He’s also following his brother around everywhere. I can’t believe in just a few weeks he will be starting pre-school, even if just for a few hours. My favorite time with him is at night and nap time when we play together a few minutes in his room before he lays down and I cover him. I love him so much.
Us Right Now is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.
Today started well with my friend Leslie who came over for coffee but then I was really really tired and not feeling well so I spent most of the rest of the day just sitting and trying to feel better but I am still not feeling so great. Here’s to hoping it passes.
David drew some beautiful pictures this morning.
And here’s Nathaniel telling him to play the cars movies or games.
he wouldn’t let me take photos today.
but his brother did.
now the kids are going to bed and we have visitors coming tonight though I am still not feeling great. Here’s to hoping it passes.
Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I had today off, it helped me not feel any pressure for being sick.
2. I am grateful for my husband who picks up a lot of my slack.
3. I am grateful that it’s the weekend and I will have some time to recover.
Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I played soccer * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I drew some pirates on the computer.
3. I am grateful that I did coloring this morning (used my shiny chalks).
I should not be writing this right now as I am feeling grouchy and tired and things never look so great when one’s moody but alas here we are. Another week of no loss. A tiny gain but that’s not even the point. Anyhow I won’t be whining about it.
The exercise is still hard but I am doing it each morning and taking it as matter-of-factly as I can. I get up there and I do it. I don’t stop, I don’t whine, I don’t postpone. I do it and then I am done. And then I am grateful it’s done. Towards the end of the day I’m a bit sad cause I know it will soon be another day and I will have to exercise again. I’m still watching movies and reading books while I exercise. They really do help. Especially the more fun art movies. Or when I am in a good part of my book.
Food’s been so so. I am not eating as much or as well as I should. I still focus on the vegetables, fruits and salads. I am eating some peanut butter, chicken and a little cheese for my protein. I know I could use more. It’s the one item on my todo list that seems to regularly be ignored. But I will prioritize it soon as I know it’s key for the next phase.
and here’s this week’s card:
Healthy for Life is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.
This layout uses the new Mistables collection from Pink Paislee. It was just meant to be a reminder to myself. Didn’t really need any journaling.
Mistables are awesome. Especially for someone like me who loves Mixed Media products. On this page, I used pan pastels, distress inks, stamps, and copics. The options are truly unlimited with these amazing products.
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some of my previous projects
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