Scenes From the Day

("Rise" by The Robbie Seay Band)

Playin Around

As you can see I've been playin around with the look of the blog. If you've got an opinion one way or the other feel free to leave a comment : )

Art Journaling

I've got my sketchbook for sketching out my thoughts and my journal for writing out my thoughts. Last night while pondering some goings on and flipping through a Sabrina Ward Harrison book it finally occurred to me, "Hey, I draw, I journal, why not mix the two?"

So here are my first two pages--one from last night, and the other from this morning that documents one of the characters we regularly see on our morning walks--"The Squirrel Whisperer".

It's fun! I think I could get used to the whole art journal thing.

So grab some paper, pens, markers, and/or paints and give it a try if you feel so inclined!

50's Posters and Romantic Superheros

What lady can resist a superhero with a cup of fresh flowers he picked himself?

And what lady doesn't love a good used book sale find? A good portion of the prints in my shops incorporate some used book sale purchases. My mom got me this book of ad posters from 1951 and I thought I'd pass some of my favorites along.






A cool breeze is blowing through this window by my desk and it smells like rain. I love my corner office with a view : )

Lazy Sunday

The term "lazy Sunday" has always been a bit of an oxymoron for me. I grew up a preacher's kid so Sundays were pretty full and have continued to be since then. But over the last couple weeks we've been continuing to shift our weekly rhythm around a bit--trying to find the right balance of work time, rest time, family time, social time... We've started going to church in the evenings and now Sunday mornings are open for walks, big brunches, long talks, playing in the yard, art, and just hanging out. So here's to Sundays!




(photos by me)

Free Superboy/Supergirl Charts

I created this chart to help Hudson keep track of the stars he earns for doing his chores without being told twice or for extra projects around the house. 100 stars = a new Leapster game! He's getting close!
Click on the images below for the larger version. Then right click to save it to your computer or drag it onto your desktop. Feel free to pass them along to friends (just don't charge them for it) : )

The Speckled Bird

We went to a great little coffee shop last night that was a gold mine of creative inspiration. If you're local, you should go there! It's run by an artist and her husband and the whole place is overflowing with their artistry.
The artist/owner invited us upstairs to her studio and I was in awe of her talent!
"Running a coffee shop and living as an artist with her own great studio? She must be single," I thought to myself. "Married?....Oh well, then they must not have kids......Three?!.........Oh, well then she must do a lot of her work while they are in school.....Homeschool?!" I was so inspired! So you CAN be a mom and a wife and a teacher and an artist and a business owner and still take care of yourself and look good and be social. Good to know!
She's inspired by birds (hence the name of their coffee shop) so naturally she has a half a dozen beautiful ones that often fly freely around her studio. Who doesn't? That one staring me down on top--totally real. And she does amazing work with concrete and paper and pencil and paint and old pieces of furniture she finds in the trash. When she gets her website up and running I will post a link.
So thanks for the inspiration, Jill, and the great coffee!
(p.s. they're also showing one of my friend's photographs from India...yet another reason to check the place out!)