Redecorating: A New Family Activity?

So far we have discovered that Ammon likes to rip off wallpaper. Both boys LOVE to paint, especially with the roller. There is something magical about paint and a brayer...gee I wonder where they get THAT from! Anyway, Eli likes to pull out old carpet foam from underneath carpet staples with needle nose pliers! He was having a ball and did not want to leave the new house! The living room looks great...I picked out a nice buttermilk white color for the walls. It is neutral enough for the landlord and has a little yellow in it for me. The good news is that we ripped up the carpet and the hardwood floors are in GREAT shape! I am so excited about hardwood floors. I am also thankful for my husband who has a great attitude about the whole thing and pulled up all of the carpet and carried all by himself outside. Needless to say his two sons think he is the Hulk. Especially since he grunted the whole way to the garage. He did not turn green...a little red from being hot, but no green. I guess that is what radiation does to you and not humidity. I think my boys would have flipped out if their dad turned green like the Hulk. Their eyes were already popping out of their heads when dad picked up the entire living room carpet and padding by himself. I should have taken a picture of that one!

So I am going to attempt to go to sleep. I am still pondering over curtain colors and rug possibilities. I know must be rough, right. By this time next week I will be blogging, making art and sewing in my new house. Toodles!

Busy Day

Oh it has been a busy day today...a little packing, a little shopping for paint and stuff, a little painting and a little ripping off wallpaper. Oddly, I sort of enjoyed ripping down the wallpaper. I think it is sort of destructive, so there for fun...like demolition. Even my Ammon liked it! He thought it was "kind of like unwrapping a gigantic present." What a great kid! Eli wanted to help paint, which he did briefly, but was then taken by stacking up paper cups and knocking them down. It is fun being three! I am now officially excited to move in even if I cannot do all of the redecorating I would like to right now. I can learn to be patient...plus I have LOTS of sewing and fabric ideas for the house! I love being unemployed :) Now I am off to bed. I can feel my forearms getting sore from painting all of the trim. Good night and more updates to come tomorrow!

Moving Day is finally here

Well, dear bunny readers, moving day is finally here! It cane sooner than originally anticipated, but that is fine. Better than later, right? We picked out paint colors, which is SO hard for me because the landlord said only neutral colors. I am not a neutral colors kind of girl. I like them, but I prefer big bold color. I do have a few tricks up my sleeve, though. I was thinking that the first pictures I post on here should be before pictures and after pictures. That would be fun!

Also, I am SO excited about swapping hand printed fabrics in this swatch swap started at Jezze Blog (just go to the sidebar for the swatch swap post). I have already been contacted by four other artists and cannot wait to start printing on fabric! Check it out...it is so cool! Quite frankly, my head is spinning right now in surface design land. I am not in packing world right now, which is where I need to be. Sigh. Once the moving dust settles and the paint is dry I am going to contact others in this group to swap with. I love, no wait L-O-V-E, Jezze's idea about making a patchwork quilt out of hand printed squares of fabric!

I am back and I should be packing

I just got back from spending the weekend with my dad. He is moving out of state soon to start a new job. It makes me a little sad, but I know that this is good for him and my mom. I am bummed that my boys will not get to spend as much time with their grandparents, but their is always vacation time, right!

I just signed up for a bag swap over at Itching 2B Stitching . I do love bags. I participated in the fabric swap she hosted, which was great. I received so many fabulous fabric scraps its CRAZY! I see a fun crazy quilt or something in my near future...or should I say after I pack up the house. Moving stinks but at least I am going to all hardwood floors and air conditioning. Oh and the best part.....my very own art studio! I KNOW IT'S GREAT! I am really hoping that I will fully use this space instead of always occupying the dining room table.

So my new to do list is this:

•pack
•pack
•pack some more
•spruce up this picture less blog ( I know I keep saying this, but I will, I promise!)
•get a website going for my artwork
•start an etsy shop or something
•drink LOTS of tea
•artwork...lots and lots of artwork

Love you bunny readers!

Where did the week go?

So what happened to the days in this week? Wow did this week fly by! I really did not accomplish everything that I wanted to do this week...oh well. There is always the next week, right?! We have been busy with birthdays, I have been busy sewing bags for birthday gifts and, yes, a little packing. Just a little. I cannot wait to be settled into the new place. Then I can concentrate on things like posting pictures on my blog and sewing more things and playing with ink and pencils:0) I really do wish I was Mary Poppins and could simply pull everything that I need out of a bag. Oh, and I could fly by holding onto my umbrella. That would save a LOT of money on gas.

New Art Supplies = More Procrastination on Packing

Wow...I went shopping today with my Hobby Lobby gift card. I bought a new set of watercolors (to design 82% serious's invites), a new package of oil pastels (just because I do not have the 36 count), a cool new drawing pencil and pencil sharpener (again for 82% serious's invites), a fabric remnant (it's really great fabric), some embroidery transfers (why I have no idea; I just liked them and they were 23 cents) some blank canvases (my attempt to get the boys to make some cool art for me) and a fun, chunky basket to put stuff in. The best part was that all of this was either on clearance or on sale. HOT DOG! I love new art supplies. Sigh. Oh the possibilities......so if I go MIA for a while, you know where to find me. Packing, duh ;)

I should be packing....

Yes, I should be packing right now since we are moving in two weeks but instead I am writing a new post...I can't believe I went this long without posting. Geez! Anyway the photo shoot at the zoo went great. I took some really great pictures of the giraffes, zebra, ostriches and monkeys. Oh, and the peacocks. I also took the boys to the zoo on Saturday for some more photos; that one did not go so great, but I did get some funny pictures.

I bought all of the fabric for the BTRS Sewing Swap for the placemats and napkins. I am hoping that these will be really easy to make, although I am not good at mitered corners, yet. That is my optimism that one day I will be good at mitered corners.

I have a real itch today to do some printmaking or sketching or something. I have to design a website for my hubby and some wedding invitations for 82% serious. So, with that being said, I will go and eventually pack. Maybe.