Shopping List Saturday.....back to school!

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Yesterday I was browsing around etsy for some cool back to school shirts and stuff for my soon to be 1st grader. Shopping for boys is just not as easy as it is for girls.....there seems to be three times as much for girls. So, these are a few things I found for my K. My tummy turns into knots just thinking about school starting. For this year, I will have L at home one last year then she is off to Kindergarten. I can't even wrap my brain around it! I really wanted to home school both of my children but, K told me in his own words "I want to be in a classroom with other children and have a teacher......and I just want you to be my mommy". Well thought out for a 5 year old I must say but it kinda broke my heart. I still battle within myself the feelings of wanting to home school. Hope everyone has a super weekend......here in KY the weather is perfect! And please....

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Kentucky Days

Today:

..........went fishing with friends.

.........saw two herring catch fish, we caught none.

.........devoured some yummy chocolate dipped ice cream.

.........collected flat rocks, made some sculpture.

.........good day here on Kentucky Lake.

Im a Crafty Bastard!!

Woo Hoo! I found out the other day that I've been accepted into the Crafty Bastards show in DC!! Very exciting!!! The show is Oct 3rd from 10-5 on the grounds of the Marie Learning Center near the hip neighborhood Adams Morgan. My cousin lives there so we will stay with his family which will be lots of fun/kids. My husband has agreed to go with and take the kiddos for a family adventure!

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New work and update on the BIG Crafty

Back home from the BIG Crafty! I had a great time in Asheville, NC at the show! My sister went with and she was the best company. I got to meet some fellow etsy folks, the tent next to me was Brooke from So She Sews who makes wallets, purses and accessories from fused plastic bags....pretty cool! I also received tons of great compliments on my work (nice).....sold a bunch too! Oh, almost forgot....I gave my card to another artist whose husband works for Lark Books, who knows what may come of that? After the show I visited with my mom and step dad for the rest of the week. Hit Ikea one day for some fabric and lighting.......and drove into Greensboro for a play date with my good friend Danielle. The kids had a good time at MeMe and PopPop's house on the lake with some swimming and boat rides.
Before I left I completed a new design I call "In the Garden". It was a hit at the show and I have a couple that I am photographing today so I can post in my store. The image above is just a sneak peek that I wanted to post before I left but........didn't get the chance. Well, that's it for me. Now, off to take some images of my new work.

PBS interview

A few weeks ago...not too long after I moved to Kentucky, I received an email from my local PBS station. They wanted to do an interview segment about me and my work for a program called "Kentucky Life". Of course, I welcomed it with open arms.....plus, it gave me that push to get my space set up and organized. So, today was the day. While all of America had there thoughts on Michael Jackson during his memorial. I spent the day talking about myself and what I make. It wasn't too painful either....if anyone knows me personally.....I'm a talker. I talked and talked and talked......they said I did a great job, I'm sure it had something to do with the amount of footage they were able to get! All in all it was pretty cool. I'm not sure when it will air but, they are sending me a copy so I can post it on my blog. Well, Ive had a long day.....I am heading to the couch to do some hand work on my new tote "In the Garden".

Lullatone.....sweet sounds!

I found Lullatone via Flickr....see them here at lullatone.com

While I was searching their website....under "links" they had posted a statement that read:

"Lets be careful not to spend too much time on the internet" .....nice thought.
Hope you have a not-to-much internet day today!

Making fun

I was tempted by Amy over at Sweet Sweet Life Blog to keep my kids busy......so we did some shaving cream paintings. I thought it was a great project with very exciting results....my kids loved it too! I actually had thought about doing the project last year for my sons Kindergarten class but, thought better at the time. Although, one would think how messy kids could get with shaving cream and food coloring but, I must say it was not bad at all! So, here is how it went.......

Here is sweet L dropping the food coloring into the shaving cream.


Then we took a knife and pretended we were cutting brownies until she liked what we saw.

Next we took some sketchbook paper and pressed into the shave/color.

Pulled up the paper

Then scraped off the shaving cream with a plastic credit card.

more scraping.....

and here is = our beautiful marbleized paper!

Detail

Shopping List Saturday

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Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!! It's hotter than sizzlin' bacon here in KY...ugg. My poor husband has to spend every day out on the golf course hand watering the greens so they don't wilt and die. I really don't know how he does it, I left earlier to eat lunch with a friend and could barely make it from the house to the car. We have decided to spend the day inside, I hope to get some sewing accomplished at some point today. I did manage to find some time for etsy love......my favs are the tea towels!

Homemade Dough

Yesterday...well, was extremely hot! We got up and headed to the pool for some "swimming lessons" around 9am. I have been trying to teach my kids how to swim since there aren't any swim lessons locally. I found some great helpful videos on YouTube to give me some ideas and language. Both my kids love the water but, my son hates to get his face wet....something we have been dealing with for a while now. He would not go to swim lessons when we lived in NC and we only went to the pool on occasion. Now that we live in the State Park that has a lodge with a pool for us to use anytime! We made some amazing progress! He was swimming half the length of the pool by the time we left. Head above water I might add!

After pool time we ate some lunch and realized that the air conditioner felt too good to leave. So, I made some homemade play-dough using a recipe from the Montessori Mom website. Then I made a cup of espresso and had a short day dream. Nice.