This week’s question is: “What are you crossing your fingers for?”
It’s always been my dream to get to work from home when I had kids. With David, I was able to accomplish this dream and I worked from home for the first 18 months of his life. It was totally what I imagined and dreamt of and I loved every moment of it. With Aurelia, I didn’t think it was going to be possible. I work at a much bigger company now and people don’t work from home here. Especially in my position. So a few weeks ago, when I went in to talk to my manager, I didn’t think there was a chance he would let me work from home. I thought I was going to have to quit.
As it turns out, I am the luckiest girl in the world. It will take a title change and learning some new things, but it looks like I will be able to work from home full time. This is what I had been crossing my fingers for, for months. I am still crossing them for fear of jinxing anything.
I used a lot of paint on this one. I picked some papers I liked and collaged them on to the tag. Painted with white, off-white, brown, and light yellow paint. Inked edges and added some inking on the tag for dimension. I then cut out a house from grungeboard and painted it white. I took wings and painted them gold and then heated it up close for the texture. I inked my house a bit and added some words and a little key and bling and voila!
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here.
He really loves being on his tummy. And he’s so strong.
He’s almost sitting up unassisted.
Look at this face.
And one of the beautiful older brother.
Still working on sleep. Still feeling fragile. And pensive. And hopeless. And a bit broken.
Today’s download is an overlay. It looks like this:
Here’s an example:
You can download it here: cherish forever overlay 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.
My boys.
Feeling a bit fragile today. Tired and worn out. Aurelia has been unable to take naps anywhere but on me while feeding and that’s not really sustainable considering I will start working in four weeks. So I decided to work with him on sleeping in his crib. It’s a tough tough thing for me. All the leaning over and kissing and hugging and love means my back is breaking with pain, my head is splitting in half and I feel broken inside. I know this is the journey we must take but I wish I were on the other side of it already.
I’ve been working on my next Big Picture Scrapbooking class. It’s a workshop coming in December and I want to get all the materials ready by the end of the month so I am spending all my free moments on it. Here’s a sneak of my project:
Working on this project really inspired me to look at my life, set some goals and feel excited.
And today’s Aurelia shots. He’s been chewing on his fingers so much. Yet no teeth at all so I wonder why he chews so much.
Hope your day is better than mine.
Today’s download is a small stamp. It looks like this:
You can download it here: polka dot stamp 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.
Just a few of Aurelia today. I have too many photos to process. Always like that when we come back from vacation; too much catching up to do.
Aurelia and I started working on sleeping. I’ve been putting him in his bed for his naps. It’s painful for both of us and my back might end up breaking but I have 4 weeks before I am going back to work and he needs to be a better and a happier sleeper so for the next month, he’s my number one priority. Nothing else matters as much.
Today, my class started at Big Picture Scrapbooking. I adore teaching this class.
Today’s download is an overlay for 4×6 photos that makes the edge look like it’s inked. It looks like this:
Here’s a sample.
You can download it here: inked edge overlay 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.
Today’s download is an overlay. It looks like this:
Here’s an example:
You can download it here: loved cherished overlay 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.
I love him.
We’re back from the beautiful Cayucos. I am in a funk. Not sure why. Too much time to think and not nearly enough time to do. Maybe that’s why….
Today’s download is another tag. It looks like this:
Like last time, the gray is just to show you the white inked edges. The PNG doesn’t have the gray part.
You can download it here: crumpled tag 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.
More from beautiful Cayucos.
And today’s Aurelia.
There are some vacations where you go sightseeing and others where you go on adventures. And then there are vacations where we just sit in the hotel, relax, play, watch movies we’ve seen before, feel no obligations whatsoever, go take walks, and just enjoy each other’s company. This has been one of those.
I had a long list of things I wanted to get done. None got done. Yet, I have no regrets. I enjoyed basking in the light of my family.
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