The Speckled Kat: art

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Monday, June 13, 2011

Mosaic'ing it up

I've been quite the busy girl lately.

If you come into my home, you will only find a few random things that I've personally made.

My home doesn't quite speak what I love to do most.

And that is that I LOVE making stuff.

But the catch is that I love making stuff for others.

And my world is filled with people that I want to make stuff for.

The past few weeks, I have been making two mosaic plaques.

One for Kristyn's dad and family as a big thank you for taking us into their home while we enjoyed our NY experience.

The other, for M&G who so lovingly cared for our children for 6 days while we enjoyed our NY experience.

Keeping it a secret is tough because I love talking about what I do or want to do.

Not blogging about it, very difficult.

But I'm done now, M&G received theirs last night at dinner and Kristyn's family doesn't read my blog, so I'm safe there.

I'm always nervous about whether or not people will like what I make for them.

I can only hope they will like them as much as I enjoyed making them.

A big shout out of thanks to my husband for reassuring me {over and over and over again} and for encouraging me to do better.
Oh how I love thee.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

I forgot to wrap up May...

We've been so busy that I forgot to give a nice little wrap up for the month of May.

Before I do though, what do you think of the remodeled site?

I'm thinking maybe a new look every few months?

What do you think about the tunes?

{So this is May}

A Black Swallowtail Butterfly laid eggs on one of Garry's dill plants,
so he gave it to us to observe the metamorphosis.

Unfortunately for us {and them}, the last remaining caterpillar died the day after we got back from NY so we didn't get to complete the observation :( But here is one plump little guy right before we left for our trip.

We siblings met up for dinner in Gboro, I didn't get many pictures but here are a few....

{I really need to be better about getting everyone in pictures}

We had another date night.

Painted some pottery

{Husband refused & contented himself by watching me}

Ate at Carrburritos

{One of my favorite places, mainly because of the homemade flour chips and chipotle salsa}

Then we enjoyed some of the sights of C-hill until our time was up.

{My completed pottery piece}

A trip to the mall with Nani

{Yes, I am now aware that I only took pictures of KennaKat}

Our first meeting after we returned from NY, 2 very sleepy kids :)

Ready yourself for a load of pictures....

The last Saturday of the month, we went to our friends house.

Several families got together and rented tons of awesome stuff...

Water slides, bounce house, regular slide, popcorn maker,

and a cotton candy machine.

The kids had a blast, and I got camera happy :)

This completes our month of May, or atleast the parts that I took pictures of.

Have a lovely day :)

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

My Little Painter

The other week Buddy discovered a blank canvas that I had been saving for something wonderful. He asked if he could paint on it and I said "Of course!" I was especially thrilled when he decided to paint a picture of the 2 of us hugging while working in the garden. He has been working on it for over a week now, just a little here and there to let the picture unfold. Even though he's still not finished (he wants to add clouds and flowers) I love it just the way it is. I can't wait to hang this new piece of artwork. I love my buddy :)

If you are looking for a new material to inspire your kids, I would suggest buying a canvas for them to try. They are cheap at Michaels and ACMoore and if you use a 50% off coupon they are even cheaper. Watercolor, acrylics, modpodge, etc, everything goes. I can't wait to try this project in my head involving family photos and canvas medium. I hope you all are enjoying this beautiful spring day!