Christmas Crafts

So this painting is one I’ve worked on in stages because I was using some paint markers and layer my colors to get some areas to darken up a bit. It was quite a simple process, very slow and spread out over a couple days. I would sit down on the couch and be snuggled in with my husband, Sam, and half-watch a show we both liked while painting a bit. It was like my own personal coloring time, I had a love doodling and trying new things! It is based off a random painting I saw on Facebook, but I don’t remember who posted it; sorry I can’t credit anyone on this (contact me if it’s yours and I’ll link you).

The one below is one I sketched out for my daughter, Lizzie, who is 8 years old. She loves craft time with Mom. So we broke out the paintbrushes and acrylics and she had a blast. We didn’t have brown at the time, so we tried to make some, but we didn’t have any yellow on hand. We used some yellow food coloring, which ended up leaking from through paper- trial and error is always a process- so we did a couple of layers once it dried. I think it still turned out nicely. Then I sketched some eyes and the lights on the antlers. We were going to connect them all, but she liked it the way it is. And from a few years of projects with my kids, I’m finally getting used to just letting them take the lead on how they want it to turn out. So voila! Pretty great job and she loves it!!!
I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday spirit wherever they are!!! 🎄💕

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Christmas Mixes for the Teachers

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Jumping back in

So I decided it's been a long enough break....ahem... I really didn't mean to disappear, it just happened, call it laziness or fear, perhaps both??? Moving on... Today was a PLC day for my kids, meaning mom got them all DAY long! =/ I love my kiddos, but all day with three very different personalities can be a bit much for this mama, especially since I still struggle with finding "me" time. And today I had allowed my 7 year old to invite her friend over to hang out with us, she was overwhelmed by my kids I think (she's an only child). Poor kid! Anyway, while she was over, all the girls wanted to do some crafting, which is when my son ran from the room to play Wii for the rest of the afternoon. LOL! So I sent them outside for a few minutes, OK a half hour, and scoured Pinterest for something fun and easy and stress-free. I actually didn't find anything that looked good with what little supplies I had lying around, so it was off to Google to look at valenti...

The longest week :-)

So last week was one of the longest weeks I have had in FOREVER, but it was filled with fun stuff... Jewelry parties, water aerobics, a technology night at my kids' school, a bit of church, craft projects, PTC projects, MoPs, kids sports, my son's belt testing for Tae Kwon Do (he's a green belt now-so proud), a cookout at a friend's house, bowling. Life just seems to be speeding up these days and sometimes, especially this past week, I feel like I'm missing that special time with my kids. I love them soooooooooo much! :-) So all in all it was a good week! I had a blast working on crafts for secretary's day and for my girlfriends at the cookout. We had so many laughs at the cookout! It was exactly what I needed to end my week! Love you ladies!!! Did I mention that between our five families we had 15 kids to keep us busy? GREAT times. :-D

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