For those of you that took your kids (or yourself) to the LEGO Movie, BEHOLD, the “Everything is Awesome” Princess Unikitty Birthday cake. So here’s the story, my girls have played with LEGOs on and off over the years, but once the “LEGO Movie” came out, it has ramped our LEGO-shipping up a notch. Especially for …
New painting for 2014! A couple days ago I did a quick acrylic painting for my daughter during a crazy whiteout snow apocalypse. I’m not a fan of quick drying paints but they are much safer and water based for kids so I thought it would be smart to break out the acrylics I’ve had …
It’s really hard to admit your weaknesses. It’s easy to do what you’re good at, blog about it, tweet it, etc but very rarely do you show your failures, or not even your failures, but your attempts. Attempts at something that you are NOT good at. Showing how hard it was to get there, practicing …
The weather was turning wonderful on Day 4 so we decided to surprise my daughter with a trip to Pirate’s Cove. This was right up her alley. She likes pirates about as much as she likes princesses and who can pass up mini-golf!? Also, whomever does the landscaping on this needs to come to my …
I got the opportunity to surprise one of my youngest fans with their very own oil painting this past weekend. My youngest niece has been following my updates with the “Brooklyn Bridge” and had told her mother how beautiful it was. (Everyone say AWWWWWW) This is a high compliment indeed! So my daughter and I …
My oldest daughter loves books (which is obviously encouraged) and of course I try to be the mom that reads to her every night. After a glass of water, making sure their are no monsters under the bed and the sides of the blanket are tucked in tight, we usually grab the same pile of …
Maybe not scissors but in the case I’ll make an exception… Now I have nothing against coloring books. I loved them as a kid and I was pretty careful to color in the lines. My daughter on the other hand is a little more “freeform” and has virtually no interest in staying in the lines, …
I was kidding myself when I thought I could start a new painting with two young daughters in tow. I thought they would just play nicely with their toys in the background as I whip up a masterpiece. I was SADLY mistaken. Since my eldest helped me with “organizing” the oils yesterday, she immediately thought …
Time for a new painting, but much like taxes, it’s time for an audit of my oils. Some may need to be retired since they didn’t survive the move and some will need to be replaced. I had taken a hiatus last year (except for my sister-in-laws painting in October) since I was pregnant. I …
Call me a cheater, but I’m loving spray paint right now. And I’m finding that my spray paint addiction has got to stop before I do some major damage! I’ve realized that it’s hard for me to get rid of stuff so I’m trying to find new ways to recycle things and my “easy goto” …