Scribbles? or Art?

Lately, our daughter has been obsessed with drawing on her Magna-Doodle. While I love this toy (it's been a life saver on more than one occasion), I also have a strong dislike toward it as I can't save any of the masterpieces!

Lyssie is two... and several weeks ago, she came home from a friend's house with a paper plate in hand. Her friend's mom saved the plate because Lyssie had drawn a happy face on it. Now, I love my daughter's drawings, but I was a bit skeptical. After all, we adults have a tendancy to want to make sense of scribbles. But I took a look at the drawing and couldn't believe it. These weren't random scribbles.

Fast forward to a week ago.. Lyssie started picking up her Magna-Doodle again and forcing her grandparents to draw with her. After a week of drawing with her Papa and Nana, she became quite skilled at drawing people and turtles. Of course, this was all on the Magna-Doodle and she would erase them before I could snap a quick photo.

But within the last two days... she's finally started doing them on paper! I'm very excited to show them off here. I think they are wonderful (I know, I'm her mom, so I am a bit biased) and can't wait to see where she goes from here! Click on the photo of her drawing and you can see the images on her paper.

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March showers... well, snow showers

It's cold here! So cold that our rain has turned into snow. It was just a mix of rain and snow earlier... but now it is very large snowflakes. I let our dog outside to take care of business... she wasn't gone for more than a minute or two and she came back with a back covered in snow.

I'm thankful I don't have to leave the house again today. I plan on cleaning my work area so I can sew, sew, sew this weekend! I'm planning for that burst of motivation that will hit me any day now.

I tried to take the kids outside yesterday into the sun and take some photos of a few mermaid tails I've made... the wind almost blew Lyssie over. Needless to say, we came right back inside... and no photos. It's amazing how looks can be deceiving when looking outside!

Another month of weird weather here in Washington. I love this place!

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Triops

For my son's second birthday, we took him to his first concert; They Might Be Giants. We had such a great time... and he's been fan ever since. He owns all of their children's albums (adult albums are owned by his father) and so when they came out with a new one... he had to have it.

One of their songs includes a Triops. This little creature was inspired by the song. Co-designed by my son (my original triops drawing looked nothing like this - he changed it completely). The Triops is the second I-spy creature I've made. Unfortuntely the first one (which has been lovingly named One Eye) was adopted immediately by my son.

I love these little creatures... and I'm sure there will be more in the near future. They are one-of-a-kind as they come from Robbie's busy little mind. I love things that he and I do together!

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Solo in the fabric store

We have family in town right now. This means that today I had the pleasure of fabric shopping without kids. I really don't mind going with the kids, but they always prefer to do other things, so I'm always rushed.

I also figured out that fabric store employees are much more pleasant when I don't have kids in tow. It's a little upsetting that my first pleasant visit to Hancock Fabics was without the kids. And it was obvious. The gal cutting my fabric actually engaged in conversation and seemed genuinely interested in what I make. The check out clerk was equally nice and didn't rush me. It was nice. But why can't that happen when I have kids around? Instead, the cutting person usually doesn't talk to me. And if I try to talk to them, I get the blank stare when I try use a little humor to reduce the tension I always feel. I never guessed it would have been because of my kids. I think my kids are well behaved (maybe most parents do) and they are pretty cute :), so who wouldn't want them around?

Anyhow, I enjoyed my few hours by myself... and I think the store employees did as well.

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Not a lot to say

I've noticed it's been a while since my last posting. I really don't have a lot to say. I haven't really been doing much. I guess after the sewing spree I went on for the wholesale order, I've needed a bit of a break.

I'm still trying to be productive. I am working on finishing the many projects I have that are laying around. I posted a scarf in my On A Whimm shop yesterday. I've been working on finishing the other one I have going. I've also been trying to clean things out a bit... and might be listing some destash items as well.

But, for the most part, I'm feeling very unproductive. I have a bunch of fortune cookies to make (I'll be getting the final supplies for those today). They will go into our EtsyRAIN swag bags that we are giving out at our May 10th craft fair in Edmonds. I'm really looking to this show. It's the first one that this group of artists are collaborating on. We have also scheduled it for the day before Mother's Day. I think it will be a fun event for the family to get their mom's out and spoil them a bit.

We have family coming into town this weekend and I'm hoping by that time I'll feel motivated again to get back into sewing. I have lots of ideas filling my head and I'm hoping with a little extra help with the kids, I'll get the chance to make a few of them come to fruition. So stay tuned!

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