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June 1, 2016 Uncategorized

Heard around Here Volume 5 + Summer plans

Hello friends! We are done with school and are busy playing the days away here! If my blogging gets somewhat inconsistent, you’ll know why. 
 
Every once in a while I like to do a “heard around here” blog post. I jot down funny things my kids say (most coming from my now-five-year-old Anna), so here they are along with some glimpses into our family life.
 
 
Me: Anna, put on some socks!
Anna: All I have is civil war socks!
 
 
Anna: Mommy, you need more spices in your life!
 
 
Anna: I opened my mouth so wide I saw my lungs!
 
 
 
Anna: I want to go to California for my birthday (she gets California and North Carolina mixed up).
Me: Why?
Anna: I want to go to the beach. 
 
 
Anna: So mom, what’ minus one?
Me: Huh?
 
 
Sarah: [to Anna] Don’t hold him [the baby]. Let him roam!
Anna: I don’t even know what roam means!
 
 
Anna: Silas, your hands smell like water!
 
 
Sarah: [overheard while playing Legos] Selena, we’re centaurs now! [They’ve been on a Narnia kick for a while.]
 
 
Sarah: Where’s the birdie thingie? [badminton birdie]
Anna: Oh, check all around. In the trees . . . 
Me: Did you put it in the tree??
Anna: Mommy!
Me: Did you put it in the tree?
Anna: Yes.
 
 
Anna: So silk comes from these little worms and then they make the silk from the cocoon. And then they kill the worm . . . I don’t want to be killed.
 
 
Anna: Well, what do you really want me to wear?
[Note: While I will veto outfits, I generally do not pick our my girls’ clothing. This is for my sanity.]
Me: I don’t care what you wear.
Anna: Well, I’m just going to wear something British.
 
 
Anna: Daddy’s jacket is kind of puffy. He looks like a groundhog.
 
 
Sarah: Mom, when were you born?
Me: 1978.
Sarah: AD or BC?
 
 
 
Anna: [watching Sunday night football with daddy] This is fun watching golf.
 
 
 
Sarah: I need the rubber bands!
Me: No.
Sarah: But how will we turn into mermaids?? [they’re fascinated by mermaids]
Me: I don’t know. Figure it out!
 
True story: this tiny Lego wedding dress skirt has been
permanently confiscated for being the source of heated quarrels. 
 
Anna: I have a third baby.
Me: Oh really?
Anna: Well what do you call when you have one baby and then you have another?
Me: A second?
Anna: Yes, I have a second baby.
 
 
 
 
 
 
What are you up to this summer?
 



 

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I'm going to be introducing new prints from my new I'm going to be introducing new prints from my newest print collection over the next few weeks. The gorgeous "Be Thou My Vision" hymn has always been one of my bestselling hymns , so I decided to add an additional version to my shop. This hymn was translated into English in 1905 by Mary Elizabeth Byrne (July 2, 1880 – January 19, 1931) from the Old Irish Hymn, "Bí Thusa 'mo Shúile." 

You can find all my new prints on my website here:
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I'm going to be introducing new prints from my new I'm going to be introducing new prints from my newest print collection over the next few weeks. Today, meet my print of the 1907 hymn "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" by Henry Van Dyke. Does anyone else immediately have the amazing Sister Act 2 version of this in their head? 

I've never done an abstract, layered watercolor design around a hymn, but I really love how this turned out. I wanted it to look like a stained glass window in a church, but with a not-so-literal take. 

Mortals, join the mighty chorus,
Which the morning stars began;
God's own love is reigning o’er us,
Joining people hand in hand.
Ever singing, march we onward,
Victors in the midst of strife;
Joyful music leads us sunward
In the triumph song of life.

You can find all these on my website here:
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I'm going to be introducing new prints from my new I'm going to be introducing new prints from my newest print collection over the next few weeks. Today, meet my watercolor nature color wheel and color mixing chart! 

Each little creature and plant in the color wheel was hand-painted and then scanned and edited to fit in its slice of color. This is inspired by my watercolor classes, where I love to give an introduction to color theory. The second print is a simple watercolor mixing chart and shows the beautiful colors you can create just by mixing a few basic colors together! 

Lastly, there is also a sticker version of the nature color wheel! 

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