a brother and a sister

these ones
were born
two weeks ago.
they seem healthy -
and happy so far.
i had a hard time
getting decent photos of them.
so far
we can't agree
on their names.

a new shirt

we made a new shirt

for bully prevention day.

a little encouragement

these are letters
to my girl.
she has needed some
encouragement lately.

a girls night

last weekend
a bunch of my
best girls.
went out to paint ceramics.
i had done this before,
but never came away
with anything useful.
so, i wanted to go -
to be with the girls,
and to spend some
time with saige.
but, wasn't super excited.
i'm glad i went -
i found a great sushi plate to paint.
and saige did a bowl.
i figured out a pattern to do -
right away.
(no creative block)
even more exciting -
that saige seemed to really enjoy herself.
(no creative block for her either) -
and she did an amazing job -
and everyone said so.
it is a wonderful thing to see -
her confidence building.
here is our creations before firing....

 

and after.

a baconator

bacon 'n' eggs.

for my niece abby -

she calls herself 

'the baconator'.

happy birthday silly girl!

a tie dye

we had a busy weekend -
even though
there was only 3 of us home.
i spent most of it
creating things
and taking lots of photos
of flowers in the yard.
saige and i -
made some tie dyed shirts
for the crew leaders
at our upcoming vbs.
it was kind of messy,
but lots of fun.
i love all the bright colors together.

 

this next project

koen was supposed to help me with -

but it was a little finiky

and he got bored -

so i mostly did it myself.

these onesies are for his teacher.

she is soon to have twins. 

i saw a similar set on pinterest -

(it was just a photo - with no link)

and i used 

freezer paper stencils to make mine.

i used a bit too much white paint on the letters.

so it bled a little.

but i still think they are really cute.

a class

since artfest
i have fallen in love
with the plexiglass portraits.
so far i have done four -
and i would do more -
if my husband would hurry up
and cut my new plexiglass for me.
i also
helped teach the techniques
to a high school art class.
it was really fun,
and i think most of the kids enjoyed it too,
and they did a really great job.
here is some of our work.

 

 

 

a man

who says
you can't
jump on the trampoline
in the snow?

we just got a light dusting
last weekend.
it came hard and fast
and we really thought
it would amount to something.
but no,
it stopped
just as quickly as it started.
he had fun while it lasted.
speaking of him having fun.
this week,
he wanted to walk to the corner store -
by himself.
i was screaming on the inside -
but i let him go.
he ran all the way there -
and all the way back.
he thought he'd seen a man
with a chloroform cloth,
but he was just wiping his nose
in the end.
(too much tin-tin).
he wasn't scared -
he was pumped.
he said so -
"i am so pumped! -
i feel like a man!",
it's so hard to let them go,
but so satisfying.