Fireflies Art

art journal card. week 5. action.

action.

i was having trouble thinking of a theme today and so sage took charge and said it would be action!

she finished her card before i even got started.

i was still having trouble getting going with it.

i think it might be the extreme stress going on in my life right now!

anyways! i finally just googled "action quotes" and found this gem by ralph waldo emerson.

sage's card.

she told me that she's always in action unless she's sleeping! :)

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2 more sleeps until the big day.

i'll be doing next weeks art journal card in the comfort of my bed while i'm healing! have a wonderful week my friends.

crutches: before and after

so last week I was out thrifting and found these crutches for $4.

and i decided that since i'm going to have to use them for 8+ weeks that i was going to spruce them up a bit! i painted the bottom pieces grey. and then i cut a few old anthropologie magazines into strips and started mod podging away! then i sewed some cushions for the tops...because i remember how sore i got when i had my knee surgeries 10+ years ago!

i'm loving my sassy new crutches.

here's to making the best of what you've been dealt! :)

 

art journal card. week 4. kindness.

kindness.

more than anything else I want to teach my children

to be kind to each other and to everyone they meet.

on friday morning the kids woke up before us and when we tried to walk out of our room they stopped us and said we weren't allowed to come out until they told us we could! we knew they were up to something...when they finally let us out we found that they had cleaned up the great room and "made" us breakfast. they had a bowl of lucky charms and a glass of orange juice for each of us. their face were BEAMING!

i knew right then that my them for this week would be KINDNESS!

has someone done something kind for you recently??

sage's card

sage chose to write the word cheerful because that's the first word she thought of when i said i was doing my card about kindness. her picture she drew is of a cat & dog cuddling.

emerson's card

my sick girl.

poor sagey has been sick since friday.

she has a nasty, nasty flu bug.

which even landed her in the ER on friday night.

she was super deyhdrated and needed to get fluids and anti naseau meds via IV. (she was so tough. the first vein they tried even collapsed because she was so dehydrated) after 5 hours of that fun we got to head home. saturday she seemed a bit better and was able to eat a little bit throughout the day. but then sunday knocked her right back on the couch. she hasn't been able to eat since saturday.thankfully she is able to stay hydrated. reallllly crossing my fingers that she starts getting better tomorrow. and reallllly hoping that the bug doesn't hit any one else in our family.

i wish i looked this cute when i'm sick.

art journal card. week 3. organize.

organize.

i am not an organized person.

but in just over 2 weeks i'm having my big surgery.

and for the first month i'm not going to be able to do a whole lot, so i'm trying to get things as organized as i can so that things are as easy as possible for jim and the family and friends who will be here to help us out.

my sister amy is the most organized person i know.

i realllly wish i was a little more like her in that department!

are you organized? or is it a challenge for you too?

(sage is sick and isn't up to doing anything so the kiddos will likely do their cards in the next couple days and then i'll add them  here)

eta: i've add a catergory on the side for my 2012 art journal cards, so they are all in one place. just in case any of you decide to play along!

 

art journal card. week 2. who inspires you?

who inspires you?

sage is one of the people who inspires me everyday. she is so creative. she writes stories constantly. she draws something everyday. she dances. she is a free spirit. she is inspiring.

note: the kids decided they wanted to join in! they even played catch up and made cards for last week too. i added them to my post HERE.

sage's card

emerson's card

after we finished sage said, "i can't wait till next week to do another one mom!"

“If you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it will all come back to you multiplied ten thousand times. In the kingdom of love there is no competition; there is no possessiveness or control. The more love you give away, the more love you will have.”

-john o'donohue

pinterest

honey glazed chicken (it's amazing)

i love pinterest. a lot.

click HERE to check out my boards.

what i love about it more than anything is that i can bookmark sites, recipes and products with pictures so i can actually remember WHY i bookmarked them!

i have actually made/done/been inspired by lots of the things on my pinterest board! tonight jim made the honey glazed chicken above and it was sooooo good! click through to the link for the recipe!

cloud pillow totally inspired by this cloud pillow

this cloud pillow was inspired by something i saw on pinterest as well! one word of advice...if you attempt to make these don't use stretchy material. sage LOVES the soft stretchy gold fabric i used on it...but it's totally wonky. oh! and i also added some dried lavender to it so it smells great.

what's your favorite pinterest idea you've tried?

homemade.

ok. so this is the christmas gift that we got from the johnsons.

it is AMAZING. and adam built it for us!

when you open it up there are 4 different spots for canned goods.

we love it soooooooo much.

we were happy to finally have them back at our place a couple of days before christmas.

the kids all played good together and even though there wasn't much sleep that night it was still so wonderful!

and an updated picture of wesley.

so.stinking.cute.

we love you johnsons.

sparklers in the snow.