I’m a work-at-home-mom and artist and every day my three-year-old daughter, Ruby, watches me paint. And every day she asks me repeatedly, “Whatchoo doing, Mommy? Whatchoo painting, Mommy?” She is endlessly curious and at the age where she just wants to get her hands on everything. So, I happily oblige. This is a spontaneous painting [...]
A bit of back story: I do calligraphy. In fact, in a fit of crazed pre-bride psychosis, I decided to hand-letter my wedding invitations. ‘Cause nothing makes a working mother of three about to marry for the second time more sane and even-tempered than choosing to be permanently covered in blue-black ink right before she [...]
Have you ever heard about altered books? Until about 5 years ago, I hadn’t either. There is a little known of group of people who take books and alter them to make art. Here’s one example a friend made. She used an old address book – you remember those – alphabetical pages you actually had [...]
My 12-year-old son (yep, this creative cussing one) told me one morning he was going to ride his bike “around the neighborhood.” He excitedly donned his helmet, strapped on the tub that carries stuff with bungee cords and left the house. He returned home about 30 minutes later with an armful of stuff. I’d forgotten [...]
As summer hits its stride you might be saying to yourself, “Self, let’s have a garden! Full of color and excitement, just like Martha would do!” But after all that a garden means begins to sink in, you might respond to yourself, “Self, gardens are so iffy, and by iffy, I mean a lot of [...]
My five year old daughter loves taking photos of everything. This interest in photography coincides with my launching of a full-on boycott aimed at convincing my husband to buy me the same kind of grown up camera that all the other kids bloggers have. My poor, sweet son is going to grow up to find [...]
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