One of my favorite moments from this week. The twins going to pick veggiesinstead of rocks :) The list is long today my friends! I'd love it if you would share some of your favorites with me as well. OK, let's start withthis one, you may have seen some of these Finnish mama's photo's around the blogosphere. I saw them a while back onDesign Mom and then my sister alerted me to them again. You have to scroll down. Most of my favorites are ...
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PHEW…I Have Been BUSY!
I am so happy to be able to say that the boy dolls and outfits are ready to purchase in the shop! Here's a little preview:The Fall Line for BOYS (these outfits come with any of the packages):The Folk/Fairy Tale Line for BOYS:And of course I couldn't leave the girls out. Here is the Fall Line for the girls:I don't know about you, but I am SO ready for Autumn to come! Today I saw mums at Costco and almost squealed with excitement. ...
The Girl in The Mirror – True Beauty School
I am over at my cousin's new blog today. Girl in Mirror by Norman RockwellWe've all been to "Beauty School" in one way or another haven't we? For me and most of us, beauty school started as long ago as elementary school, maybe even sooner...read on HERE ...
This and That
Hello to you all. Wow, thanks for all of the kind responses to the Potty Training Post! I must say your kind words of wisdom and encouragement were so helpful (still are....I've read them many times). To tell you the truth I did feel a little bit of self-imposed pressure to get the girls started. My mom-in-law was so kind to offer to take two while I focused on one for a couple of days. Since she is a teacher and won't be ...
Favorites on Friday – And Potty Training is NOT One of Them
The First Success....what happened? WHAAAA!!!!Hey everybody. Coming to you from Poopville, USA. I am so frustrated! This week we started the potty training process and for the last two days the twins have been doing so well. In fact yesterday only one accident from Laurel and ZERO from Maisy. Then came today. I can't count the number of accidents (twins = lots of poo poo and pee pee) and Laurel is now refusing ...
The Making a Paper Doll Part 2 – Boy Doll Hair Options
We've had a couple of marathon nap days over here so I have been able to do a lot of work on the boy dolls which has been great! These are the hairstyles I have decided on. What do you think? Do you see your suggestion here? I think I did every suggestion (a little more conservative version of a faux hawk)Would you like to see how I did it?First, let me introduce you to my favorite tool:The Intuos 4 by WacomJeff tried to ...
Maisy vs. The Rattlesnake
In late June, I went with the girls to visit my parents newly built home in the high desert landscape of Spanish Springs, NV. On one of the first mornings there, Maisy and Laurel asked to go outside to play on Grandma's swing set. We headed down the stairs but by the time we got to the middle landing, Maisy was tired and wanted me to carry her the rest of the way down. So I left Laurel at the middle landing and took Maisy down ...
Favorites on Friday
I have a lot to share with you today...so many great things happening out there! Let's get started shall we? For my birthday this year, I finally got the camera I've been salivating over for more than a year, a Canon T1i and I LOVE it (worth every single penny I've been saving for a while now)...I'm still learning how to use it (there is a lot to learn). I found this ebook the other day from Rebecca Cooper, a wonderful ...
Our True Identity – The Ugly Duckling
Illustration found hereI hope my girls will know and always remember THESE TRUTHS ....and me too. ...
More Than You Probably Wanted to Know…
First of all, thanks to all of you who gave input on the boy hairstyles...very helpful. I learned what a faux-hawk was which was pretty exciting!;)In other news, one of my newest friends Mimi asked if she could do a little interview for Handmade News a couple of months ago. I was happily surprised that anyone really cared that much to want to interview me. Mimi asked some great questions that made me think.Anyway, if you are ...
The Making of a Paper Doll Part 1 – And I Need Some Input from You!
Things have finally settled down enough around here that I enjoyed a few hours of drawing today while the girls slept. I started work on the highly requested Boy Doll. I think I'm going to call him Brother Doll (but would love to hear some ideas from you on that).I thought I'd share some of the process with you as go:So here is my final sketch...as you can see from my eraser marks, I was toying with shorter shorts and longer socks but ...
Favorites on Friday
I loved this poem about one of my favorite flowersMy sister has been busy again with some adorable clippiesGreat shrinky dink idea for your girls favorite pets from mmm craftsThis was a great reminder that we are ALL artists from Sarah MarkleyI will do this butterfly collage one day from the Idea Room...I WILL!Some laundry wisdom from one of my favorites Cally at CalicoI have been loving Chris' Little Mama Series over at Pickup Some ...