typical me.........geez

So here I sit at my computer desk, my x-acto knife, cutting pad, and the makings for my xmas card/ornaments, trying to catch up on emails since i have not been on the computer in almost a week, catching up on everyones blogs, and trying to think of a short, sweet note to tuck in several of the envelopes with our email address, and web addresses. I give my poor hand a break from x-acto knife duty to go ahead and type up the note, get ready to print it up and what did i forget to include........the very subject matter of the note.....our email address, web addresses......geez.......blahhhhhhhh. being blonde is hard enough, but you add stress on top of it......yikes! look out everyone......and i am working with a sharp tool..........my youngest just asked me if i had cut myself YET........

Thanks D. for the inside scoop on how to make these pins! This year my youngest wanted to give, give, give to a large list of teachers (15 to be exact!) I could not say no, but I was stuck, with that many gifts to make I needed something quick. Usually I hand paint an ornament for his teachers, but this year I wanted to do a little something different, and these worked out great. I felt the need to booger them up and add stitching to the petals and leaves, but I soon found that I loved their simplicity and plain-ness.  

My Christmas card ornaments. I had such a hard time trying to decide just what I wanted to do for Christmas cards this year.....I almost gave in and just bought cards. I had a million ideas, but they were so detailed. Since I mail at least 60 of these puppies out each year, simplify became key. I had a friend over twice so that we could make our cards....both of us stuck not being able to come up with anything finally caved in a just made art instead both playdays. So here I sit, typing and cutting and assembling at the last minute........it is a good thing I work best under pressure! 

saturday was play day! guilt free studio time! 

brrrrrr..........ornament no. 2 

ho ho ho.........another ornament...... 

HUSHshshshshshshshshshshsh

it is amazing how quiet everything becomes when it is snowing.....
when i stepped outside with my youngest to wait for the school bus it was amazing......it was like someone had hit the mute button........birds flew overhead, in total silence, cars drove past, in total silence, my son opened his mouth....still total silence.....he was catching snowflakes on his tongue.

it was so cold out....yet my problems melted away as if it were a hot summer day.

the snowflakes fell so quickly, and every now and then danced in the air, their change in movement caused by an unseen force, yet everything was so still.

everything was so quiet, as i stood in the middle of the driveway watching my youngest walk to the bus stop, head up, mouth open tongue sticking out as far as he could get it, catching as many snowflakes as he could, i was becoming covered by these beautiful pure white microscopic pieces of art sent down from heaven.....and as they landed on me they seemed to whisper hushshshshshshshshshshshsh.