Trey is my nephew

I am truely inspired by my cousin who organizes this event........ and everything else she does. I, on the other hand are sadly overwhelmed by small tasks as designing the poster. I find it challenging to find the time to organize a bbq for friends, let alone serving food and drinks to hundreds of people- and music, and activities, and auctions. I would like to think that I would do the same if I was fighting for the health of my child. I hope I could.

Tacos for Trey was a big sucess and a blast.

http://www.treypurcell.com/

This is what makes me smile

I just found these hidden in some folder on the computer.

Oskar took them on his camera last summer.

what to say- a year has gone by

I have been meaning to write for months.



It felt like every time I was about to upload a picture, write a post, something else came up. I feel like as a stay at home mom I should have hours and hours everyday to do a couple of simple things. But then I remember I have to sign the kids up for a class, organize a craft for tomorrow, plan meals, grocery shop and make dinner for tonight, maybe exercise, clean up, pay bills and try and fit in some time for a glass of wine and catch up with Clete. And these are the things that are more important right now. I will do the pictures and post tomorrow. And so nearly a year has gone by. Sometimes it is nice to enjoy the wonderful nuances of the day and not worry about documenting them and worrying about if the lighting or angle is right?



It has been a busy year. Full of many ups and downs and many adventures.

Rush Rush Relax

It was all rush rush , but when the day arrived I had a lovely afternoon sitting in the sun and chatting with some other wonderful artists at the BabyCheeks Cute and Small art show.

The owners Deana and Delores had set up the show just outside the doors of their beautiful store in South Surrey. I found the turnout to be small so sales were pretty slow -which was a bit of a bummer, but now I have some inventory for my Etsy site which I am in the process of starting up.

I was lucky to have the help from my 'seamstress' mother in law Gayle, and friends and family who happily took Oskar on outings when Stefan was napping. And Clete definitely picked up the slack. Thank You.

It makes me realize how much time I wasted before I had children.

I hope the sun is shining

Next Saturday this is where I will be. So if you happen to be cruising around South Surrey stop by and say hello. I am looking forward to spending the day with some other wonderful local artists doing work for kids. It is great opportunity to sell what I love doing, but also talk to and learn from others who have the same passion.

I have been busy drawing, painting, printing and sewing. I am really exciting about all the new printed pillows and canvasses and all the other art pieces I have been creating.

While he worked, I walked

And bought a few things along the way.

Fabric from the Purl Bee. A couple of goodies from one of my favorite artists Rob Ryan. And banks for the kids from the MOMA gift shop.

Last week I tagged along with my husband to NYC. Four evenings away from the kids! He worked the whole time but it felt like a vacation to me. We were able to spend some wonderful time together here and there like spur of the moment cocktails at 10:30pm and lying in bed reading the paper and having a coffee in the middle of the day, but I also truly enjoyed the time to myself. It was our first time away from the kids together- and we survived. And they survived and had a wonderful time with Nana and Papa. We will have to do it again soon when Clete can relax and enjoy himself.

Ahhhh.... it is nice to be back.

It is nice to be back into the groove of things again. Between looking after little O + S, doing renovations, and painting murals, I have found it difficult to do things that should be simple like fold laundry (actually putting the clothes away is a whole other story) and more importantly check emails and do new postings.

I have got to hand it to you full time working moms- how do you do it!

So the next couple of posts will make up for the many weeks missed.

My most recent job. Painting a mural for some wonderful clients.

Some of the preliminary sketches

And some of the completed room.