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This is one of the projects I did for Pink Paislee for CHA Summer. It uses their brand new Nantucket line. This line is absolutely stunning!
Journaling Reads: Details:
So I don’t think this week even qualifies as a weight loss since it’s so inconsequential that had I sneezed while the wii calculated, we might have gotten weight-gain. But alas, it’s better than seeing the opposite I suppose. I will admit that I am getting a bit fed up with not seeing progress, especially considerable progress. I am doing all the same things I’ve been doing and I know I have to take things up a notch but I can’t seem to find the motivation/energy to do so. And yet, I am so not ready to give up on those last 10 pounds. I am annoyed at the amount of work I am doing without results. But I also know this is forever work and I will just keep doing it. I am pretty much on a routine now and I am not walking away from this. Not ever. Because I’ve already put in so much effort and time and sweat into this and I refuse to watch it unwind. I think this is more of a talking-to to myself than anything but sometimes that’s what I need so here we are. It’s week 29 and I am barely past the halfway point so we keep going! and here’s this week’s card:
Healthy for Life is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.
I am in an inexplicable blah mood today so I will keep this short. My boy got to spend extra time on the computer today just cause I wanted to make him happy.
in return I got silly faces.
little boy was in a great mood.
did a bunch of drawing.
and smiling.
and that’s about it. my plans for tonight is to find a way out of my crap mood… Three Things I’m Grateful For: Three Things David’s Grateful For: Many of you must know by now that I have been a teacher for Big Picture Classes for a long time. I am a big fan of Stacy and Kayce and Wendy and love the community there so very very much. Another thing I love about BPC is that every August, they do a special class that’s completely free. I was a part of the summer special for the last two years and I am delighted to be a part of it again this year. This year’s theme is “Words to Live By”. 12 of BPC’s instructors will be participating. Here’s a little blurb:
It’s now open for registration. You can register either by clicking here or the photo below. (Btw, I’m scheduled to share on August 23.)
While the workshop is completely free, the BPC ladies put together an exclusive kit for it as well. It’s completely optional but you can find the contents here. BPC has generously decided to give away a kit to one of my blog readers. Here’s a photo of the kit:
So if you’d like the kit, just leave a comment here and I will announce a recipient on Tuesday the 26th. Sounds good? Here are the sketches from this week. Wednesday, I made these trees. Nothing like the original, of course.
the next day, we were out all day so I did this scene. a quickie:
Friday I did this girl with the camera. not the best but it turned out ok:
on Saturday I went to my favorite sketcher, andrea, with this sneaker. Mostly cause I’d never done that style before. It came out ok
on Sunday, I did this girl. I just can’t seem to get these right.
Monday was this cute elephant. I love the original.
Tuesday, I changed it up a bit and drew just with colored pencils. The original is considerably better, of course.
and here we are. as always some are ok others not so great. let’s see what next week brings.
I’m sorry to be boring but lately the days here seem to be pretty uneventful and I am just chugging along and so are the kids. I guess that’s playing catch up after two weeks of playtime. Here’s David with his new Lego Alien spaceship. He loves loves loves it.
and on the computer.
with the little boy at his heels of course. telling him to play choo choo movies.
my little boy.
giving me a smile.
I love the funny, quirky smile that will soon disappear. I need to scrap this story.
All is ok here. Uneventful and the days are passing too quickly. I am barely keeping up but too tired to step back and assess. Working on it, though. Hope your week is going well. Three Things I’m Grateful For: Three Things David’s Grateful For:
Catalyst One Hundred and Thirty-Three is: Do you have a favorite or important family recipe? My thoughts: This layout uses the new Vintage Vogue line from Pink Paislee. Since it’s a brand new line, I thought it might be fun to show more details than usual. Details:
I have no idea why I decided to read Being Jamie Baker but I guess there was something that pulled me to it because as soon as I started it, I couldn’t put it down. I just wanted to read it. More and more of it. I found it at a time when I was struggling to pick my best read and it was exactly the fun, lighthearted read I was looking for. I’ve never heard of the author and I guess it’s her first. All I can say is that I really enjoy it and I am glad I randomly picked it up. Sometimes all you want is a fun read. 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: Three Things David’s Grateful For: 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: Three Things David’s Grateful For: |
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