I’ve been drinkng Diet Peach Snapple lately and I know it’s not good for the baby so I’ve been desperately looking for alternatives. One of the perks of working at Google is having access to a fridge full of Naked Juices so I’ve started drinking those instead. O-J is my favorite one. Plain, simple, and consistently yummy.
David build a Star Wars tent today and I wanted to share:
Started working on the kit a bit and even started my tag but things are moving slowly since I am still quite exhausted and going to bed early.
This morning was a rainy Monday morning where I had a dentist’s appointment at 8am so I needed some tulip love to tide me over. Jake bought these pink ones which are so soft and lovely looking, aren’t they? And I love how they’re leaning towards the light.
Feeling tired as always but things are going ok for us. Jake’s liking his work, David’s a happy little boy, I am doing ok and the little one seems to be growing just fine. So, all in all, I don’t think we can compain. A little over three weeks to my maternity leave and my sister is coming right on the day I go on leave and I haven’t seen her in person in almost three years so I am very excited. April is promising to be very hectic but I am planning on taking it easy as much as possible. Especially if the Braxton-Hicks gets worse.
Hoping to work on the new AMM Kit, some catalyst and my tag this week. I want to do some art every day just for me. Let’s see if I can.
This week’s catalyst is: What’s something you do every day just for yourself? (If nothing comes to mind, create the art around what the one thing would be and why you’re not doing it.)
Here are my words:
It might seem silly but something I do for myself each day is to spend time with my son. I’ve always dreamt of staying home when I had children but as it works out, I am now working a full-time job so it’s really important to me to make sure I spend quality time with my son every single day. As much as I know my son loves it, too, it’s really something I do for myself.
This is not one of my favorites art-wise but the feelings and thoughts are genuine.
come, play.
I know this is technically not a good shot but I love seeing the joy on David’s face as he wins his boxing game on the Wii.
Mostly a day to rest today. Feeling more and more tired lately but I guess that’s not surprising as I go into my eighth month. Yesterday ended up relatively productive after all but not today. I am trying to learn to be ok with that since I don’t have a choice and I am working on the most important project which is making sure the baby is growing safely.
Happy March!!
Far from the best photo but still one of my favorite moments from today.
Feeling lots of blahs today. Trying to shake it off but not so successful so far. I’m hoping it will go away. I really dislike unproductive weekends.
Hope you’re having a good Saturday.
Here’s another one of the little boy who’s starting to resist having his photo taken. But I cannot have enough of those eyes.
I am still in class today and enjoying it quite a bit. Expect some posts to come out of my class but only after I sit down and can collect my thoughts. I am looking forward to the weekend quite a bit. Not much else to say right now. Just trying to keep myself from dozing off…
David doesn’t have a fever anymore but he still has a running nose and his lips are chapped and he has a tiny dot on his nose that he’s been scratching (hence the band-aid). The lips are why he’s making that funny face. He’s still so cute if you ask me.
Today’s a long day. I will be in class all day, so Jake’s going to have to pickup David. Let’s see if I can stay awake all day and manage to sit in the chair without too much pain.
I spent hours last night working on an upcoming creative therapy catalyst. I painted and cut and glued and I was so happy. It’s been a while since I’ve felt that surge of joy that comes from doing something artistic so it was really fun. I love making the tags each week so I decided I wanted to see if I can transfer that joy to the catalysts too. Last night, it worked. We’ll see if I can do it again.
Happy Thursday.
This week’s question was “what was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?”
I thought about this one for a long time. In the end, it always comes back to my family. My husband makes me laugh a lot and so does my 4-year-old son. Watching them play together also makes me laugh out loud often and all the memories I could remember of myself laughing involved either one or the other, or both so I centered my tag around family.
This week’s technique was inspired by two very talented ladies: I used the wax melting (using a crayon) technique Claudine Hellmuth highlights in Collage Discovery Workshop and this beautiful art journal page by Ali Edwards that has inspired me for a long time. Besides the wax, I’ve also used acrylic paint rolled over with a brayer and green alcohol ink as well as several distress inks and brown chalk ink.
—-
I am combining Emily Falconbridge’s art journal questions with trying a new technique each week. You can see the full list: here
How about something different today? For reasons I am not sure of, lava lamps are a part of Google culture so we have them in many buildings and in almost all the lobbies. Here are the four sitting in the lobby of my building. I had never seen a lava lamp until I came to the US for college and I instantly fell in love. Not sure why honestly but I always wanted one. I am happy to say that I now have one on my desk. And a purple one!
Today has started out well so far. No breakdowns at school, no weird conversations, all quiet. I will be in class tomorrow and Friday so I have a bit of a busy day but otherwise all is well. I had fun last night with interesting people and got to celebrate my friend’s birthday. Though it was 9:30 as I was driving home and I was really really tired, which is kind of sad that I can’t stay up past 9pm anymore.
I also worked on my eighth tag last night and will post it in a second.
The wonderful ladies at Big Picture Scrapbooking are offering a special deal for my upcoming class: Telling Stories Deeply.
You get ten dollars off my class, if you sign up for Scrapping on a Shoestring. That’s a 50% savings on my class and a 30% or so savings across both classes. I know times are tough so I really appreciate that BPS is doing this. I hope it’s one more incentive to sign up for my class. To read all the details click here.
I don’t think I really wrote up a lot about what the class will encompass and you can see some details in the class site but I wanted to share a bit more here, too. So here are some details:
The class will run for four weeks. Each week we will be exploring one area of what I consider deep/authentic journaling. The focus areas build on top of each other and get deeper as the weeks pass. In each week’s class, I also include one journaling tool and one writing focus. And then finally, we have the layout for that week where the journaling highlights that week’s focus area.
So each week you get four downloadable handouts:
- The handout for the main focus area.
- The handout with the writing focus and journaling tool. (these are like mini lessons.)
- The handout with my layout and step by step instructions.
- The handout with that week’s downloadable journaling spots.
And then there are handouts in the beginning that are for pre-class reading and a handout to fill-out throughout the class and one at the very end for parting thoughts. The first two handouts each week also have several examples from my own layouts that highlight the specific journaling theme we have for that week. The journaling spots are usable if you’re digital or if you’re traditional or a mix. They are just for fun.
We also have two chats scheduled. And of course the audio recordings from me each week and the gallery and message board which are staples of BPS. I am also compiling a long list of links to articles about writing, inspirational quotes, etc. just so you can have them on hand.
I have poured my heart and soul into this class and I plan to give it 100% of myself to this class. Journaling is my passion and something that I truly believe in when it comes to scrapbooking so if I ever get to teach one single class, this is the one.
If you’ve ever wished you could journal more or more authentically, I hope you’ll join me in this class. I promise it won’t disappoint.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. Just click on the “share” link below.
So is it better to share tulip photos too often or David ones? I can never get enough of either so it’s a dilemma. Let me know if you have a preference.
My weird days are continuing…after yesterday’s odd incidence at school, today David decided to have a full-on melt-down which he’s never ever had in four years. It was so odd that the teachers didn’t know what to do. I am not sure where it came from but I am hoping it was a one-time incident. It also meant I was 15 minutes late to my morning meeting but otherwise things have been pretty quiet. Well, except the fact that I woke up at 4am and couldn’t go back to sleep and I am going out tonight so we’ll see how I survive the night out. Baby’s still kicking like crazy and I love feeling it especially when he or she is obviously doing cartwheels inside. Here’s one of David from this morning where he’s sneaking a smile:
I spent a little bit of time helping a friend today with some coding problem and once I figured out the problem, it was one of those “i can’t believe someone would write code this bad” cases which made me laugh so hard that I had to call Jake up to share. I love that we can share things like that and we understand each others’ jobs well enough.
Less than a month for my class at BPS to start. I am really really excited about it and can’t wait. A post coming with more details in a minute.
Today was pajama day at David’s school. Hence the Hulk pajamas under his jacket. He’s finally feeling back to his own self and I am so thankful. Everyone feeling better is exactly how I like it.
Mondays are my craziest days and today was no exception so I am happy that it’s finally over. This week will go fast but will also be full cause I am going out tomorrow and I have a class Thursday and Friday that goes late into the evening. This will mean that I will feel wiped by the end of the week. I just need to take some time tomorrow and get organized for the week and then things should go smoothly.
Still thinking a lot about relationships and friends and how much work things are. I am still hearing sad stories from friends and strangers and it’s making me wonder about how hard it is to stay together, to keep the communication going, to make sure to check in with each other and not let things rot. Because letting it deterirorate is a from of giving up. It’s sneaky cause it doesn’t feel like you gave up since it wasn’t a conscious action but in the end it achieves the same result. Especially sad to see a family with kids falling apart. Happening a bit too often lately.
Anyhow, on to happier things….Happy Monday!
|
projects for twenty twenty-six
projects for twenty twenty-five
projects for twenty twenty-four
projects for twenty twenty-three
projects for twenty twenty-two
projects for twenty twenty-one
projects for twenty nineteen
projects for twenty eighteen
projects from twenty seventeen
monthly projects from previous years
some of my previous projects
|
