I had no idea that this summer would be too full to be able to get on the computer, too full to do any art, too full to have much personal time at all. I miss you all! Hopefully I will be able to squeeze in some more time for me in the next month. Until then I will be busily running after my two little gifts. Hope your summer has been filled with wonder so far. Miss you friends!
a close up of one of the faces...
Here are some of the color variations I did. I made them all out of paper clay, jointed them, and then hand painted them. I hope you love them . They were so fun to make!
LOOK at all the owl babies! Now to somehow get them to you all without them getting squished. Thank you so much for all your comments. They are so wonderful and encouraging!! Where are the fabric owls?? Well as many of you artists know...some of us are not the most organized.I can not find the pattern anywhere...hence the all new giveaway. Hopefully you guys like them though. Have a wonderful Fathers day! Off to make my man feel special! xoxo Tam
Juicy ripe blackberry's for breakfast...
my eyesight...I can gaze upon the beauty and light in the world.
homemade organic apple sauce. YUM!!
impossibly beautiful son, sleeping in a sunbeam.
the morning sunshine...
5. making rainbow pompom creatures with my sweet girl (who is SLIGHTLY rainbow obsessed!)
7. husbands who build garden boxes, that are already filling with good green things.
The cover states "Dare to live fully right where you are" and the book is about how to find joy in the midst of life. It's deadlines, debt, drama and daily duties. What does a life of gratitude look like when our days are gritty, long and sometimes dark? What is God providing now? She wrote so deeply from her heart about how she discovered more of God, and grace and the life shes always desired by having gratitude for everyday moments, her one thousand gifts. Some days (well alot of days it seems) over the last six years of autism living here there have been many moments devoid of joy in our house. To be honest some days I stumble to my bed late at night exhausted, angry and deeply heart sad. I think that's why this book shook me to my core. That I can choose to see my life, just as it is, as a gift and a blessing. I want that, I want to offer that kind of life to my children, that despite hardships and heartache there are so many more moments of joy that can fill us up to overflowing if we choose that way of living. So that's why Ive decided to challenge myself here to 30 days of gratitude. Will I be able to post here everyday? Realistically, probably not. But I want to record and share with anyone who feels like reading some of the daily gifts I see in my life. :o)
1. Snow in June...(that means I live in Canada! LOL!!) For real, this just happened!
2. New stack of pretty dishcloths from the farmers market in beautiful colors.
This little guy was drawn on a discard book of french poetry from our library.
They are not finished yet, but I needed more art stuff to finish them. Thank you to Michelle Allen and Cori Dantini for inspiration! My little dictionary has over 250 pages so there will be alot more owl making going on! :o) Have a wonderful Friday everyone!
They are such good friends...
Pookie is shy, being an owl and all, but she would give you the feathers off her back! She is brave and so smart.
I put Codie's initial on the tummy for a sweet monogram touch that I really like. It's hard to see but she has tufts of fun fur poking off the top of her head.
I put Sara's initial on her tummy as well. I am hoping that they take them to college with them next year, so every time they look at them they will remember what amazing and special girls they are! We have been so blessed to have them in our family and I will really miss them.
Here is a little pear triptych I did. I used a gel medium transfer on the canvas, then painted the pears. I also used oil pastels, inks and stamps. Click on the image to see the details if you want. Ever since college I have loved to paint pears. I have no idea what makes me love them so, but I still haven't stopped painting them after all these years. Tomorrow I will show you this weeks obsession though. I have owls on the brain! As long as I don't have an owl brain I guess I will be fine. I heard they were not very clever birds...of course my source is the harry potter movie interviews...so perhaps its not that reliable. Haha!
