Life of an indigenous woman, wife, mother and artista

art with a purpose

i've been busy making custom baby blankies and burp cloths... here is one of the "carseat blankies" i made.. just have to sew the satin edge and it's done!  sorry the pic is bad... i used my iPhone!

long time...no time

i had this epiphany about myself today...i miss that other half of me-- the creative half, or maybe it's an alternate personality???  at any rate, i vow that now that my semester is over and i have the summer off from master's classes that before these twins are born-- I WILL MAKE SOME ART!  here's some pictures... the latest belly shot and some 4D ultrasound pics, too.  30 weeks and definitely ready to meet these babies!

 

The WEDDING

Especially for Miz Carla...

Some pictures from my neice Janasia's wedding in beautiful Florida... 85 degrees during January... UNBELIEVABLE!  I have taken some of the photos into Microsoft Picture It and futzed with them.  ART... in a dry spell. 

We spent some time at the beach after the wedding.  Zak and Conner enjoying the surf and Riley and Hannah building beautiful sandcastles and the kids boogie boarding with the jelly fish... AHHHH vacation.

Here are the beautiful flower girls.  Riley Mae and Hannah.  Hannah is the daughter of my new nephew Heizer.  Hannah flew from Germany and what a sweetie she is!  Hannah spoke minimal English and Riley spoke minimal German, but they worked it out and had a BLAST!  The girls were not actually posing for this picture.  I just caught them at the perfect time.  My sister, Shawnie,  caught them from the backside at the same time.  It was written in the stars:D!

Shawnie and I...Next is the Howes Family all the way from Northern Minnesota!  AND what would wedding pictures be without the BRIDE!   My neice Jan and my handsome brother-in- law (Adriene's husband) Jon!  Then Zakky, the adorable bearer of rings.  My sister Adriene and her beautiful daughter, the bride.  Riley and her mama. 

life as i know it right now

so, it is really very sad.  really.  i have really no time for anything.  period.  but the best part about that is that i am doing something that will make a difference.  we have had my sister and her four children living here since my birthday.  june 13th.  it has been a roller coaster at best.  absolutely insane at times and absolutely joyful at times.  i don't pick and choose, i just roll with it.  i have so missed all of my art friends and the comradrie of great ideas and the rush of creating something ooooh soooo fabulous.  trust me, i have.  i dream about it at night. 

i also just got my first full time job in 9 years.  nine years!  i am certainly just purely overwhelmed at this point, but happily overwhelmed.  i just continue to breath and most of my off time is spent sleeping or going to the lawyer with my sister who is dealing with a nasty divorce case involving child custody.  but don't worry... mom and pop have it covered with the best on the market.   but still. 

thomas, my husband also got a promotion.  hooray!  we call him the big kahuna now.  we are so proud of the leaps and bounds he has made in the short time that he has been at the Fond Du Lac Natural Resources Program. 

life is changing faster than the seasons.  i'm just wondering if i can keep up.  sometimes if fell that the answer is definitely not, but other times i feel that all is right in my world. 

all in alll, i am greatful for my life and all that is good.  i belive in karma and know that all that is coming from me is good.

i hope that my art therapy will resume soon... i miss you all so much.

chrissy

ARGHHHH!

SO, now with being sick and all the crap that goes with it I am so far behind on my "BOOK of DREAMS" project that my friend, fellow Minnesota girl, Kari has kicked off.... I hate it when I get behind.  I have three weeks to make up for, but I CAN DO it and will because this project is so cool!

THIS IS MORE FOR ME THAN Y'ALL...

WEEK ONE is pockets

WEEK TWO is layers

WEEK THREE is images

at least i've prepped my book...now to get to work.

can you hear the determination in my voice or is it just me????

CHECK IT OUT!

MY dear art sistah Angie Hall Haviland has her OWN blog now!  YOU can find at the link below!  BE sure to add her to your favorite artists lists...she creates wonderfully inspiring ART!

ANGIE'S ART FULL LIFE

I'm so proud of you Miz ANGIE!!!

Faith Mary Mae McNair

OOOH she is a doll... a living doll!  I am so in love and she is sooo tiny!  Here is a picture of my youngest sister, Shawnie, holding Faith.  Also, a picture of the proudest GREAT Uncle ever... my dear Thomas and baby Faith, too!

For more pictures, just click on the link below!

Faith Mary Mae's Album

ART to pass the time

I'm trying to stay focused until Saturday morning when we leave to go see Faith!  I did a little art this morning...

GREAT AUNT...that's ME!

My neice Nikki had her first baby this morning!  Faith Mary Mae was born at 8:09 a.m.!  She weighed 7lbs 5oz and is 17 inches long.  She has a full head of dark brown hair and an eye color yet to be determined, because right now they are a dark gray!  I will post pictures as soon as I have some and will be traveling to Wisconsin to visit this weekend...HOORAY!  I'm already in LOVE with this little cherub! 

xoxoxoxoxo

not bad for an amateur

i know this may suprise many of you, but i actually got some of the stuff on my list done yesterday!!!!

LIKE my Monet fabric chunky book pages!

AND I got the kitchen table pretty much cleared off before ANOTHER party decided it was free to claim...it has now become the laboratory of Miz RileyMae-creator of the most fantastic paper Frankenstein!   

I DID get those loads of laundry done and folded and put away.. but i'm not taking a picture of my socks and undies...HAHAHAHA!  You'll just have to trust me on that one.

I'm off to give SUPERPUFF aka MINDAA a bath... now that would be a picture... MINDAA wet... she looks like a really long haired chihuahua.