and for all my aussie friends,
GREAT NEWS!!!
i am headed down under!!!
to find out more click here
ok its a good thing, but too many thoughts, ideas, and directions are making my head explode, lol!
i am working on a REALLY EXCITING new artistic series of tutorials, something that has not gotten me this excited in a long time...mind blowingly awesome! but i cant tell you yet, LOL!
i thought i would have it all together by friday, but think TUESDAY will be the day i will be ready to share ALL the details!! YEAH!!!!!
so for today i will be head down, elbows deep in creative goodness!
my happy place, so happy right now!
i really dont have anything fabulous to post but i had to share this picture. cause i am so proud of creative genius of a child.
she had to come up with some way to display her research on the phases of the moon...all by herself she came up with this idea...do you see what the moons are made of?
frickin' double stuffed oreos!!!!
GENIUS!
ok and then there is this moment when payton realized what she could do with the discarded or mistakes her sister had made
still genius (and a bit disturbing)!
hi everyone!
we are back and getting into the swing of things again after our family's break from reality as we headed north to NJ/NYC just before christmas and then to a cabin in the mountains for our annual ringing in the new year fun just after christmas.
it was an amazing break!
and i am also excited to announce that today we launch registration for INSPIRED!
the INSPIRED. ARTIST weekend
Inspired. Studio Workshop is a four-day immersion in mixed-media art and art journaling. This creative weekend is filled with the process driven exploration of creative mediums and applications in an intimate, supportive environment, challenging students to expand their creativity through the exploration of new artistic methods and mediums.
only 8 seats left!
Payton turns 10 today...
happy birthday my love!
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in loving memory of Lt. Michael Russo
10 years later the memory of september 11, 2001 still leaves a haunting scar on our hearts.
the events of 9/11 changed the world.
lives lost,
families broken,
and our hearts heavy.
today i pray for all the families affected by the tragic events on 9/11 and pray for their continued peace.
i pray for all the heros who have and currently serve to protect our country.
i pray for my family, knowing the pain and loss they have suffered.
maybe its because he's a boy,
maybe it's because they make so many options for shoes without ties,
or maybe its that i got lazy and because he is the 3rd of 3 and has 2 sisters a mom and a dad to help him we just never made it a priority.
but finally after 2 days of practice, my little guy can now tie his shoes.
he's so proud.
maybe secretly i dont want him to grow up!
it goes so fast...
today bill, the girls and i ran in our first family 5k!
mckenna and payton are in girls on the run at school and they finish the season with a 5k.
cole was our cheerleader (and quite publicly relieved he did not have to run).
they did awesome, ran the whole time, and finished under 45 min.
so proud!!
we carpooled and met uptown charlotte at 7:30am...by NC standards, IT WAS COLD!!
a balmy 30 degrees.
daddy was proud too!
who could have imagined that this running journey could have taken us here...true bliss!
have a great weekend!
december 1st always means big things around the downey household.
first, we always have our tree up! thanksgiving weekend means decorating!
bill loves the holidays and the more decorations the better. i will have to take a picture of the outside of our house at night all lit up!
sometimes i have to reel him in, however this year i let him get the 6 foot singing santa.
he kinda freaks me out because everytime i come around the corner i think someone is in the house. however the kids LOVE it and after all daddy is just like a big kid during the holidays.
then the kids always draw straws for the order of opening the advent doors and the hanging of the daily advent ornament.
this year mckenna drew the longest straw followed by cole then payton.
today coley got 3 quarters in his door number 2, needless to say it was a BIG gift day from the advent house. after opening what was behind door number 2, he hung his ornament.
he read it, put it on the tree and turned to me and said, "that's a gift i can give all day!"
out of the mouths of babes the truth is spoken...
and bigger than all that, is the fact that every december 1st, zippy shows up!
he is our special elf assigned to us from santa claus himself and he checks back in with santa every night and return hidding in a new spot each morning. he a sly one that zippy!
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ADVENT ORNAMENTS
i have just a handful of advent ornament kits left from my big picture class if you are interested in the pre-cut fabrics, batting and eyelets.
i also had unity create a custom advent ornament stamp set of numbers and messages for me to make creating the ornaments easier and allowing me to mass produce them as gifts for family and friends.
and if you are local, you can make a set with me this saturday at the studio!
