the rainbow oak

Finally finished!

My eyes are a bit blurry and I don't know if I want to see a dot for a while but here it is!

I can't believe I actually finished it. The first one was half finished with a lot more detail, but my bag was stolen from my car (no, not one tear, lots and lots of tears), so I got the idea for this one from my love of bubbles, dots, get the idea? I hung it myself, and want to rip off the binding (hate hate hate it) but will fix it when I have more inspiration-and time!

*blush*

Two posts in one day! Record for this new blogger....here I am enjoying my cupcake when low and behold I get such a wonderful surpise! When I started my blog, I really wanted to start sharing with the wonderful community of people I had been spying on. I started taking pictures of some of my work, but was too shy to actually join any swaps or leave any comments. A little while back I found a new blog and then proceeded to add them to my favourites on Etsy. And then today, that lovely lady by the name of Cheryl posted on her blog http://roseyposeyconfections.blogspot.com/ about one of my crowns! So exciting! Thank you Cheryl for dragging me out of the dark and out of my funk. I will go off now to take more pictures! See you on Flickr!

A good start and then oops

So in line with our new beginning, the kids and I woke up this morning and made breakfast together. Yes, Emma actually poured and flipped those whole-wheat and oatmeal pancakes and Shawn cut the fruit. We sat outside in the gorgeous sun and ate this wholesome breakfast on the placemats I made them and let the happiness surround us. We then went out this morning to do our Monday morning grocery shopping and came upon an evil yummy store selling cupcakes and other confections, and well, I tripped. but I can only say in my defense that any crafty person in my position would have done the same thing, because they were little pieces of art each one! So a box of six five followed me home.

But you know, when they start making cupcakes with whole-wheat organic flour and irish oats that taste like these, then I'll buy those. For now, I'll gladly eat my pink vanilla cupcake from the place I landed on the floor. Welcome a little wiggle room in your life today and enjoy something sinful!

A new beginning

So if I thought about my family in terms of labels, as in who we are in cute little monikers, I'd say things like messy, artsy, together, family bed, kangaroo mom, and things like that. I'd also have to be honest and add words like consumers, pretty bad eaters, and failing to belong to enough natural things (eg. cooking together, taking a walk, kicking a ball at the park or riding our bikes). When I first had my Emma 6 years ago, I didn't know what kind of family I wanted. I knew what I didn't want and kind of went from there.  Also as your kids grow, you change. You learn as they get older what is important for your family and what isn't. Recently, I'm looking around my family and am frustrated at the invasion of 21st century ideology. What???!! For me that means "Hey, kids, let's all sit around the computer and watch this really cool video I found on YouTube". I feel disconnected and pumped full of crap. Always needing to shop, consume, upgrade, replace, plug-in.  And with my middle son Shawn having hyperactivity/attention difficulties, I'm looking harder and harder at our family "mantras", rules, whatever. So off goes the tv (cancelled half my subscription), off goes the computer, and bye-bye millions of crappy toys. Walks, exercise, better food...and just better things. Better experiences. Calmer environment. And we'll see. If I don't take action now, then who will and when? I can do this.