Tuesday (Feb 17th) was Oscar’s 1st Birthday!
I can’t believe it’s already been a year…er, ah…it’s only been a year?!?  *sigh* It’s been nice being able to embark on my new project working from home so that I can stay with him.  Plus, during the day is the best time to take baby pictures!  Natural daylight!
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Illness has been making the rounds in our household.  I’ve been feeling sick ever since we had Alyssa’s birthday slumber party.  So I imagine that getting together 6 germy teenagers for the night was what did it.

Poor baby Oscar has been sickly too!
I have somehow mustered the energy to paint and have listed some new [...]

Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays.  This will be baby Oscar’s first Halloween and my daughter’s (lucky number) 13th!  So a very special year for us indeed!  I painted a few of these ACEOs in honor of Halloween and they are currently available in my shop:

Halloween ACEOs!

This is not weird in the omg-I-can’t-believe-it sense. Just funny strange. In fact, I think I might get this as a playset for my baby Oscar when he’s a bit older

Playmobil Airport Security Checkpoint Toy Set

I was thinking that this would also make a great gift for someone to keep in their cubicle [...]

Now that Summer is almost officially over, I thought that I should take the time to show you around my garden a bit before it’s too late and everything fades away.
I planted flowers this Summer for the first time in many years. Since I left high school, I’ve moved from place to place about [...]

Lately I’ve been feeling frustrated trying to find enough time to paint, manage orders, and the million other little things I must do in order to grow my little cottage industry.  As you may know, I have two children–a teenage daughter and just had a baby 7 months ago.  The last couple months Oscar has [...]

Some mornings my favorite invention is the “brew delay” alarm clock feature on my coffee pot.  That way when I stumble out into the kitchen all bleary-eyed, I can grope around in the cabinet for a mug and pour myself some of the magic elixir quickly.  I can’t handle tasks that require any amount of [...]

The Ringmaster has informed me that it’s time for a sale just for all of my loyal blog readers. Receive 10% off your next purchase (excluding shipping fees). Offer ends July 31st, 2008. So hurry on over to my Etsy shop and take a peek. To receive the discount, you must [...]

Last night I was doing a bit of online “research”. You know the type where you start off with every intention of investigating a topic or just checking your email and before you know it you’re hip-deep in Celebrity Gossip and your eyes are so dry that you can hear yourself blink. Take [...]

You would hardly know it’s almost Summer here in Portland–it was drizzly and gray again today (which I love!). I’m happy it’s June because my daughter (Pink Ninja Girl) will be out of school in just a week. My mom is planning a trip with my younger niece to visit the baby. [...]