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This week’s craft was inspired by this (click image for source):
It was considerably harder than it looked and I ended up doing most of the work.
We were good until that point but then scoring it while the top piece was bending was way too hard for me and I just could not get it right. Here’s the finished house.
David then colored it and he likes it naked and unfinished as it is but we might embellish it some more still.
This is done with the January A Million Memories Kit. Journaling Reads: There are so many days where
More happy nature. Here’s the little boy, whom I saw so very little today. I was out running errands all day and he spent most of the day with his Daddy and grandpa.
And David spent his day playing the Wii and running around and playing with my Dad. One lucky, lucky boy.
Great, productive day today. I got my hair dyed and cut. We went clothes shopping. We hung all the little frames in the living room. (and it looks great!) And then I went out to dinner with my parents. They’ve been here for 3 days and my mom and I already have done 90% of what I had on my list. It’s amazing. All things I’ve been putting off for months and months. I am so thrilled to finally be doing all these. Note to Self: Three Things I’m Grateful For: Two Things David’s Grateful For: Here’s this week’s item: The first step here was finding the right board. My craft space is in the living room so I don’t have a lot of space to hang a board in and the cork board I had was too big. I wanted to buy one that I saw in Pottery Barn but it was a little more than I wanted to pay so I got this one instead. It’s not on sale anymore but it was $15 when I bought it. It’s just the right size and it’s a quiet beige. The board came, I hung it on the wall and spent a lot of time trying to decide what to do. Then I decided that since I am really inspired by fabric and stitching and people like Rebecca Sower and Pam Garrison right now, I’d make the board a stitching sampler. I measured interfacing in the exact size of the board and then started stitching random bits of fabric on to it.
I didn’t pay too much attention, just lined up the ones I liked and kept stitching.
After a long while, I was done. I had the whole thing covered.
Then I added some lace.
And then started stitching a bit. Still practicing my French Knots. I still screw up more often than I get it right.
I added some more details here and there.
I then pinned it on top of the linen board:
My plan is to add a lot more stuff. Every now and then as I feel like it. I want to add buttons, dangle things, stitch, add beads, I have a lot of plans. I will share more photos as I work on this but it’s already inspiring me just to look at all that fabric I love. Here it is with my sampler and the hearts on there:
Nothing like nature. Peaceful and beautiful. Little boy’s ears are all clear! Woohoo! He’s still taking medicine for another day but he’s much better and I am so so thankful.
I caught David doing math today while he was working on a workbook my sister sent. He was so focused that he didn’t even hear me take the photos (and my camera is loud!) I am so proud of him and the person that he is. Beyond words.
And here’s one more of the little one.
I am glad this week is over. It was stressful and not productive in many ways. Now it’s weekend and I can focus on being with my parents. More pictures to hang. Furniture to arrange. Clothes to buy! You’ve all been quiet, too. I hope it’s cause you’re out doing really productive things and not cause you’re tired or overwhelmed. Happy weekend everyone! Note to Self: Three Things I’m Grateful For: Two Things David’s Grateful For:
Our theme for March is home. The journaling reads: When we moved to the San Francisco area, I decided we had to rent a house (instead of a condo) and it was the best decision I made. We then got lucky enough to own a house with its own small backyard. Even though we don’t use it everyday and it’s really quite small, I still love having it. I love going out there to sit with the kids and soak up a little bit of the California sunshine. I love sitting outside when friends come to visit. I love taking my computer out to the yard. It’s like my own private piece of sunshine and grass. I really enjoy having it. So this week I am really thankful for my little patch of green in this world and I plan to fill it with bubbles as often as possible.
Trying something new. I found this beautiful frame here. My mom and dad are here. It’s so great to see them and see how excited David was to see them. Nathaniel is still having attachment issues so he doesn’t like being with anyone but me.
Today was a stressful but also great day. For the next few days while my family is here, I expect the updates to be lighter than usual. Because if I’m not spending time with them, I’m spending time with my husband while they babysit so I am not home much. I’m sure to go back to my ordinary life when they’re gone. Note to Self: Three Things I’m Grateful For: Two Things David’s Grateful For:
So when I saw Mark Haddon’s new book, A Spot of Bother, I knew I wanted to read it. It took me a while to get into the book but I absolutely loved it. The quirky but believable characters in this book are easy to relate to and the stories intertwine in the most delightful way and the story leaves you with a feeling of delight. Absolutely recommended. This week’s download is some fancy looking days. They come with a few extra words. Here is what they look like:
You can download it here: Fancy Days download. You are welcome to play with these as much as you want and use them anywhere you’d like. You are NOT allowed to sell them ever. You don’t have to but I’d appreciate a link back if you do use them. This is part of a weekly digital download series. They are posted every Thursday. You can find all of the ones that were posted here. If you like my downloads, please click here and give me ideas/requests for 2010. I would like to continue this feature but I am not sure I can come up with enough ideas on my own.
Delicious raspberries and blackberries from the weekend. They were full of flavor. This afternoon we went for a short walk because it was so nice outside. I snapped photos of the kids and the flowers.
And in case you think I don’t photograph the older boy, I swear I try every day.
And here he is again blowing.
It’s been a quiet day here. Not much progress but not terrible day either. My parents are going to be here in 3 hours and I am so excited to see them. I’m on release this week and it’s been a bit stressful (though much less than usual). I’ve noticed that when I’m doing something I’m not an expert at and it’s intermittent, I tend to be unable to focus on other tasks cause I am stressing so much. I need to work on this. Note to Self: Three Things I’m Grateful For: Two Things David’s Grateful For: The first workshop in The Artistic Mother book is to make background pages and then attach a weekly plan to it. Since I am doing this for my art journal, I decided just to do a background page. Amazingly I couldn’t find a credit card so I used a DVD and it had mixed results. After the paint, my page looked like this:
I’ll admit I wasn’t crazy about it. I then stamped some more the next morning:
I am still not so crazy about it. Interestingly, I decided to do the second project on the other side of the same paper. And this project begged me for some stitching. I was feeling like it was unfinished without it. I spent a day worrying about “ruining” this page and then decided that’s what art journals are for. So I stitched on the other side to my heart’s content. And here’s what this page looks like now.
Believe it or not, I like it more now.
Catalyst One Hundred and Six is: Where did you grow up? Thoughts: |
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