and boys, even big ones, have a thing for water fights. i was safely inside while this was going down, but poked my head out to get a few pics of my drenched four before they came in. alex's shoes are still wet, 3 days later. his sandals fell apart while we were at adventureland and i'm having trouble finding him a new pair this late in the season. they all had fun, though, and sam went to sleep asking if we could have another water fight the next day.
our other end of the week fun was the parents vs kids soccer game at the bigs' soccer camp. somewhere in that chaos are matthew, alex and ben. apparently, if the parents win, the kids have to clean their room, and if the kids win, they get ice cream. well, it was a tie. we had ice cream for dinner and will be making them clean their room this week. =) neither of the boys had played soccer before - but ben was asking to play in the fall, so i figured a camp would be a good way to introduce them to the sport. ben's decided it's not for him - so i'm glad we discovered that in a week long camp and not in the first week of the season!
since i hadn't used my fuji in a while, i decided to pull it out to document the occasion. then i used a whole roll of film taking pics of them enjoying their ice cream. these are my 5 favorites. =) it had been a hot day and we'd had a fairly late lunch, so there really wasn't a more perfect dinner.
in all of the summer crazies, i've gotten behind on sharing some
projects. i did a nature box project for fiskars - i love this project because it gives you an activity to keep your kids busy, AND a place to stash all the *stuff* they inevitably pick up while they're exploring outside.
when my friend may flaum asked me to do a layout for an article that she was writing for ella's july e-zine, i HAD to say yes. because i love may, and i love ella. and on top of that, i have scads of travel photos that i haven't gotten around to scrapping yet. i mixed studio calico's july kit with documentary - a perfect combination for a travel page. (ETA - if you click on the july e-zine link, you can see may's article and my page)
and one more... i made this for the
crate paper blog a few weeks back - it uses my favorite line from the last release,
brook. totally loving their new lines - definitely has me regretting not applying for the design team. can't wait to see it in person in chicago.
(crate
paper brook patterned
paper
and rubs
+ making memories flowers + jenni bowlin buttons + tiny
attacher + fiskars small
and medium
flower punches + fiskars
scallop sentiment punch)
ok, it's taken me all weekend to write this.. i'm thinking i'd better wrap it up so i can write about new adventures this week. ;) hope you all had a good weekend!
first -this is one of those projects that i've been dying to share since the day i finished it. when i proposed this project, i wasn't 100% sure which direction i wanted to go with it. but as i sat and sorted through fabrics, i reeeeeeeeeeeeeally wanted to work with some of the fun colors i've been collecting for a quilt for sam. and then i realized that if i made him a tote bag for books, i wouldn't have to empty the toys out of his backpack every time we went to the library.
i worked off and on one day, with him by my side. he likes to drive cars and trains on the strips of fabric (and on my ruler!) while i'm working. and once i told him it was going to be a bag for HIM, he kept pestering me. is it done? can we go get books?
and about 5 minutes after i stitched the strap in place, we were out the door to the library, filling it with books. i love how it turned out. the orange dot as the strap was a happy accident - i had waaaaaaaaaaaay less unbleached cotton than i thought i did. as in, i barely eeked the bag out of what i had on hand. oops!
(you can find directions here at the fiskars website, we're celebrating national craft month with a new project each day)
we've got a busy saturday planned - the bigs have swimming lessons in just a bit (um, i should probably get dressed!) and we're all going to a play at the children's theater this afternoon. even sam. it will be his first time, and i'm hoping he'll make it through the show!
but before i go - the winner of the patchwork add-on. =) (which is still available for purchase, btw, if you didn't win ;)
congrats to Erin W!!! please email me, there's a link up on the left sidebar. =)
Erin W said...
What a brilliant tutorial. I have some of that inkjet fabric at home and just don't know what to do with it! Thanks for the great ideas. And thank you for sharing the chance to win that yummy SC kit. If I was luck enough to win I would make a garland to hang over my bed. Thanks again, and totally LOVE your SC projects.