This Moment - 6/30

{this moment} - A weekly ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

This Moment - 6/26

{this moment} - A weekly ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

This Moment - 6/19

{this moment} - A weekly ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

A Verry Merry Unbirthday Party

I haven't been doing much in the way of art lately, because I have been completely consumed by preparing for my daughters' unbirthday party.

Both of our girls, now 2 1/2 and 4 1/2, are unfortunate enough to have birthdays the week of Christmas. So we decided this year, instead of trying to cram a birthday party for two kids in around the holidays, that we would start celebrating their "un-birthdays" in the summertime. 

We will of course have photos of the party, but here are some of the things we've been working on to make this the maddest of all tea parties. 

Four different kinds of iced tea (it's supposed to be 90 degrees, so we thought iced would go over better than hot tea.)  Each of the "drink me" tags has a label on the back to show what kind of tea it is.

Signs made with no intention of helping guests actually find anything

Hand painted pin the smile on the Cheshire Cat game

Mad watch pinata, made by Ben.  There's even jam and mustard in the gears, but we all know there's only one way to fix a mad watch....

Kool-Aid bottles, with instructions.  Guinevere said she was sure they weren't going to make her tiny.

    

Mad Hatter hats for the kids to decorate, and lots of fun stuff to decorate with.  Way cooler than their silly pointed party hat counterpart.

And of course the girls couldn't be the guests of honor at a themed party without costumes!  I didn't make the sun dresses, but I altered them accordingly. 

This Moment - 6/9

{this moment} - A weekly ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember

Body painting

I've always been intrigued by those models you see in magazines who have clothes painted on their nude bodes with such detail you have to take a second look to believe they're really naked. 

I've also always been intrigued by fingerpainting - the feeling of the paint in my hands makes me feel free and messy.  That same free messy feeling that I got when I decided to cover my entire body in paint and throw a canvas at it.

For any of you offended by breasts in art -  mine in particular -  you may want to skip this entry.  I've always found the female form to be very artistically intriguing, so breasts in art is something I'm drawn to.  And, between nursing both of my daughters, I'm not shy about people seeing my boobs, since they have been in out public more than I ever expected, but that's a blog for another day...

The lovely pictures of the process are by my brilliant friend Kyla, owner of Fearless Photography. 

You can't paint naked without wine.  You just can't.

Ben was the painter for this project.  It was awesome to become the canvas for someone else's art.

Ornery Ben = Scrunchy face

Not the most comfortable moment of my life, but all in the name of art...

And the finished painting:

And here's another one we did on a bigger canvas:

While I like the finished product, this was definitely one of those moments in creativity where the point of the project is more about the process than what comes out in the end.  That creative space that is meditative, childlike and playful.

This Moment - 6/3

{this moment} - A weekly ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember