the speed of life

things are moving fast these days. go go go crash crash crash
I am officially the new middle school art teacher.
I am dreaming about summer and slowing back down.
oh, and I'm featured in the spring issue of Somerset Apprentice.

New Adventure: The End of House Wifery

Poor 2012, it is February and you still do not have a new journal. Well, cry no more Twenty Twelve. I have made you a journal. This new journal will record my adventures as a middle school art teacher (almost official) and a wife/momma. All the joys, ideas, hurts and angry rants will be contained on your pages. Let the adventure begin!

New Year

I started this new year with a new adventure. I'm back in a middle school - teaching art. It is not a for sure, permanent thing, yet. I cried the night before I started. We moved here so I could be home with my babies. I felt like I was giving up my 6 year full time mommy career. But sometimes, it is just time. Ellie is thrilled to go to her babysitter's house after preschool. Lately, she has needed me less and less which in some ways made me feel smaller and smaller. And being alone in the house no longer felt like a luxury, but like yellow wall papered room, just right for going crazy inside. It is good to work. It is a privilege to get to do what you do best. Who knows what will happen this year, but it is definitely new.

hope

hope for the world....
I've been making wreaths from recycled sari fabric, vintage map paper and old church sign letters. They are selling quickly, but I just brought some to 29 Logan Street gallery in New Wilmington.

it is o.k, I'm not dead

You know me, I've been busy painting pictures of birds and underwear, celebrating Ellie Blue's 5th birthday and building robots in my kitchen. I'm sure things will calm down now that the holidays are here. :)

SnaiL Cats: the nice and the fierce

A while ago Noah and Ellie spent the weekend playing SnailCats - part snail, part cat, all superhero. Perfect for Halloween.

Mushroom Branch

Ellie Blue loves mushrooms. So with a stick, some fabric and some IKEA mushroom ornaments I made a her a hangie room thingie. I'm hoping it won't cause strange dreams.