A Little Planning

If you came by my house this week, this is what you'd find. A whole lot of scribbled notes and sketches in my sketchbook. Canvases all over the living room, it's starting to drive my husband a little crazy. It's all for a good reason though. I'm working on planning out my table for a craft & art fair that will be at the end of July. It seems so far away but it will be here faster than I will want it to be. I feel that I need some careful planning for this one. I don't want to spend the last two weeks before the event frantically painting and gluing down papers. Nope. So I have already started sketching out the mermaids and under the sea creatures. I sketched up the last 9 of the round girls portraits that I would like to do. I also have some paper illustration ideas I would like to incorporate in the show too. My hope is to list them in my etsy shop first and whatever doesn't sell will come with me to the show. I am super excited. Even if I don't sell a thing, I feel it's really good practice for doing bigger an bigger projects.

One of the newest illustrations. I am almost done with it. I still have to put a finishing coat on it and I can't decide if a little worm will be added or not. I've been wanting to do an alphabet series for quite some time now. This was a practice piece. The "a" in the corner is a little lower than I would have liked it to be. Overall I still think it's fun. I hope to finish a few of these over the next month also. I would love to know what you think about these as a possible addition to the shop & the art fair.

The sketch on the left is for a BIG surprise. When I say Big, I'm not joking. Can't wait to share it with you all very soon.

Found this little guy at a yard sale this weekend. It's perfect for holding little paintings. Best of all it only cost $3!!!! I've been wanting one for quite some time now. It's not vintage but super cute and functional just the same. I will work perfectly for display on my table.

We are still recuperating from all that sickness last week. Everyone is well, just a little tired. So I have been enjoying the yummiest naps in the afternoons with my little monkeys. This is Sloan's last week of school. Summer officially begins for us next Monday. I couldn't be happier. She's excited too. My goal is to help her learn the basics of sewing. She is thrilled. Also planning for two birthdays at the end of this month. Hard to believe I will be the mom of a 9 year old. 

Wanted to share the newest card that I designed for Simply Sweet Marriage. Simply Sweet Marriage is a website, where you and your sweetie can purchase items to enhance your marriage in a clean and tasteful environment. They are awesome! Run and check them out. You can find the newest card here.

I would love to hear some ideas of things you would like to see in the shop. Feel free to leave comments if you'd like!

Summer Afternoons are Full of.......

Rollie Pollies

Bare feet

Planting pumpkins

Art

And Teepee's

After almost a week filled with sickness, it was such a delight to spend the last few evenings having fun. We've been getting a nice amount of rain over the past week. The weather started out mild at the beginning of the week, and has turned quite cold. Summer shorts and sundresses have been replaced with jeans and sweatshirts. I know it won't last but I am enjoying the lightning storms and cool weather. I have heard people complaining, but I love it. 

What do you think about that cute little teepee Dean built for the girls? He came inside the house the other night and wanted me to come and see what he had made. It was almost 10pm. What on earth could he be building at 10pm? I walked out and saw that cute little teepee. He just melts my heart all the time. Seriously, how cute is that? The girls love it. 

Working on a lot of house cleaning and some new art. Hope to show you some of the new works in progress tomorrow.

Just Between..............

I'm not going to lie. If the word barf makes you uncomfortable, please do not read any further. Don't say I didn't warn you. Yes the better part of the weekend and the last few days we have been participating in an official barf fest! Whoot! Whoot! Where you earn points for being the best barfer! Let me tell you, it's been a total blast! Do you detect the sarcasm? 

Friday night's Event schedule

Yes it all started Friday night around 12 am when Aris decided to kick off the festival with a monumental barf. I gave her a 10 due to the complex nature of the barf, it was a little hard to clean off of all those little holes in her crib. Then she earned two more perfect scores of 10 due to the fact that all the bean and cheese burrito she had eaten at dinner was projectile vomited onto me. Yep. Not once. Nope that would have been way to kind. Twice! 15 extra points earned for a double barf on the same person. Two showers later and 4 pairs of jammies later I was finally able to feel her body language and knew exactly when she was getting ready to puke. I was pretty pleased with myself. After that Aris was out of the running for earning anymore 10's. No perfect scores when you make it into a sink/toilet/bathroom sink. Valiant effort though little one, for that you earned 20 more points. 5 points for each barf you had after you stopped barfing all over me. This barf fest contestant was able to sleep so well the next day due to all the evenings excitement. Good job sweetie!

Aris::65 points! Awesome!

Sunday night/Monday morning event schedule

The festival started a little after midnight. Let's face it people, I'm the score keeper so if I tallied all my own points for the amount of times I puked, you might think it unfair. Plus it's just not fun to talk about adult barfs, unless you are laughing about stories from that one party in college. I will tell you this. I haven't been this violently ill in over two years. It was pretty brutal.

However Sloan decided to join in all the festivities at 4 am. She earned a whopping 10 points + 20 bonus points for her first barf. Why you ask? Well for the very fact that it was over the side of her bunk bed, it involved red chunky barf on cream colored carpet, and somehow she managed to miss hitting Aris in her crib in the process. Pretty amazing if you ask me. She only earned 20 more points that day because she was able to make it into some kind of container. 

Wait! There's MORE! Yes Zoe decided to join in the fun! So around 7 am right after she finished her Poptart, she earned 5 points. Only 5? Yes. Zoe is my well trained barfer. She has barfed so many times in her short 3 years of life that she knows when she has to barf. Even when she is no longer sick, she will sleep with a little plastic container in her bed for days. Throughout the day she earned 15 more points.

Sloan::50 points

Zoe::20 points

Tuesday's event schedule

The day was pretty uneventful until late afternoon. Wouldn't you know that little Zoe pulled quite the trick out of her hat. In the car on the way to Target she barfed! Oh!!! She still only earned 5 points due to the fact that she was holding her little plastic bowl in her lap. I'm telling you people. She really does hold onto a bowl for days after.

Zoe::5 points

Wednesday's event schedule

That darn Zoe was at it again with her sneaky little antics. Events started before sunrise my friend. I gave her 10 points for this one due to the early nature of the barf (she of coarse made it into the bowl). Yes girlfriend had to go and pull out all the stops. She earned another 5 points for throwing up in the tub, it was in the bowl, in the tub.

Zoe::15 points

A tally of the points

Sloan::50 points

Zoe::40 points

Aris::65 points

Oh! It looks like Aris is the winner!!! Popsicles for all the participants, because really in truly didn't they all give it their best shot?

Life According to Aris

I've been meaning to do this for awhile. For some reason I always find myself getting busy with some other thing. I am bound and determined to start documenting Aris and her booster fixation. If I told you how many times I come to her chair to put her in it for lunch or dinner & she has one of her toys strapped in, well you wouldn't believe me. It's one of those things she does that I find so adorable. Usually I find barbies and tiny skipper dolls buckled up safe and sound. Sometimes the occasional doll. Yesterday it was Pooh. It just kind of cracks me up. Sloan thinks it's funny too. I think it would be fun to make a little scrapbook of all these pictures for her to play with. Sorry for grime, I didn't realize just how gross those straps were until I posted this picture. Guess it's time for her booster to take a little soak in the sink.

Hope everyone has a fun weekend. We are heading to Sacramento tomorrow for the day to attend Hangtown with the girls. Zoe can hardly wait to see all the "ridercycles". Sloan is excited too, but most;y to do something as a family. I will take lots of pictures. 

The other project I am finishing up this weekend aside from all the kids room remodel is another card for this wonderful site. All of the cards that I am producing for Simply Sweet Marriage are free! Yes you can download them for free, in your home, and give them to that special someone in your life. I'll post a link next week when the next card is up. 

Have a super fun weekend!

Under Construction

I loved reading all of your comments from my previous post. Can I just tell you that they make me smile, and really do brighten my day. 

I thought I would post a few pictures of what I've been working on. It involved many cans of spray paint, some glue, and very pretty paper. I do feel good with the fact I repurposed things that were already in the room, but spruced them up a bit. I am so excited with how everything is coming together. I hope to finish the painting on the walls this weekend. Everything is coming together just the way I hoped it would.

So many new projects to work on. I also just went and picked up a ton of new canvases. My mind is reeling with so many ideas. I just need to make time to work on all these ideas. 

Before I go have you joined in this fun yet? Stop by and take a peak!