Baby # 2 almost here

So as baby #2 is about to arrive, I have much on my mind, how I want to be different, how can I return to myself a bit more, with life being more crazy. Inspired by Keri Smith's list of what she wants, here I go:

I would like to be more confident in the decisions I make, and not care what others think.

I would like to ask for more of what I need, and not care what the outcome is.

I would like to create a home that is more calm, and creative, and not a mess

I would like to stick to one project at a time. My fairy people.

I would like to be more systematic about filing stuff, and profiling what I have done.

I would like to communicate more with the ones I have had in my life. I have been so out of it.

More to say, but not in the head right now. I will return.

Mother's Day

It is mother's day. And what a gift a child is to my life. I love my mom so much, and I understand her love for me more than ever.
My sweet mother and my baby

My sweet Juliet - 20 months

Wow. I love my little darling sooo much.

A beautiful day in Rustic Canyon

What a beautiful nature day with Juliet

Owen's Labels

Birthday time - 40

Have more control
Think
Take time
Do things I love

Fairies and more

I am been having fun feeling the creativity blow in my hands and head. It seems to roll in like a storm, and is stagnant like a pond. So I am going to go with it. I am not feeling inspired to draw, but rather to craft toys and such.

Here are some pics:

My list:

COOKING:
tortilla casserole
soup
chocolate chip cookies
Animal Crackers
Burrito
Chicken and Rice
Hummus

MAKING:
fairies
baby baby pillows
Felt carrots
Feit ice cream cone
stationery

Been a long time

A collaboration of Cindy and I for party favors. The Fairy people.

October Mother- A year into it

On my mind:

Idle drawing and sketching
Visiting and making plans with friends
Organizing my garage, redesigning it to a playroom and studio
Cooking healthy lunches
Visiting new cafes

So artistically, I would like to:
Paint flash cards of things
Paint the heartpeople and come up with a story concept to submit the idea to a children’s book publisher
Develop the recipe cards in to a cookbook and send a query letter to a publisher. First find the publisher
Create a line of stationery
Become a baker
Redo my website
Cook amazing things
Crochet
Send promos out of a piece of art, which piece and see if I can get more work
Paint my kattuba
Paint the pictures for the tea book, and submit the idea to a publisher, find what publisher and send a query, a mock up book, and a color piece
Send the heartperple book idea, May you, or change the characters to something more recognizable, which is what the teacher said, and submit that. But first make a mock up
Develop the heartpeople, illustration wise
Paint a picture from a magazine image or story that inspires me
Create some recipe cards for the moms club newsletter
Read some new books to up the intellectual side
Be a better mother; or rather learn about how I can be a better mother
Give my little lovely all the love I can give
Give Juliet a mom that is happy and satisfied, and that is taking care of herself
Update a blog
Assemble, upload, and order photos


So many things, no wonder I am making myself crazy. How could I possible do all that is listed above? There is no way.

So how can I make myself satisfied creatively, and be a present mom and wife and friend, and daughter, and sister. Clear the plate. How can I feel good about my self and my life and be simple? I can do it.

There is a pressure to be using my skills, but I am a new mom, a year into it. There is no way to satisfy my list. How about create from what inspires me at the moment, no pressure.

To be a great mom, prepare and make healthy food, and bake homemade gifts. I want to be different. Courageous. A woman satisfied, and knowing what works. What creates a cloud, a storm. Clear the clouds from what could be a clear day.

It has been a while / Juliet is 1 years old. WOW!!!

So as I review my last posts, I am reminded that it has been a long time and it is time to log my creative life. I have created, but I am not the explorer I have been in the past. And I remind myself that I am a transformed person, I cannot expect to be the same. I am a mother now. But I need to assess what I have done, and see it on screen. So I have decided to put a list of the things that I have created and have done in the last several months. I have posted many of these these things on the month I did them.

- baby food combos
- baby finger foods
- Heartpeople are back
- Kauai
- Making some fun baked goods
- Royal icing cookies
- Portrait of Juliet
- LA Times - 4th of July wine issue
- Kauai trip with the family for my dad's 70th
and much, much more

So it has been a year since I have become a new butterfly. And where I actually fly is not too far, but I am learning about this new place I have come to. . . to parenthood. Taking care of another fully, learning about how I can continue to take care of myself. I have not been great at this, but today I begin. Juliet's party is tomorrow, and I am excited. It is going to be fun, and full of all the people we love.

HGTV show presented my recipe card and magnet board

Just on HGTV - March 9th. Pretty fun. I was making this recipe board. It played again on August 31st., Juliet's 1st birthday, and I was 3 months pregnant with her in the show. Here are some of my recipe cards I have illustrated. I have many more, but I haven't added them to my site. Can't do it all.