China Painting

Every Thursday I go to my Grandma's to paint. Sometimes we watercolor, but lately we've been china painting. It's kind of a dying art as far as I can tell. Grandma got into it...well, before I was born. She paints anniversary plates for her children, and piggie banks and tea cups for her grandchildren. She has shared her art with us grandkids with great generosity over the years, not only making us sweet little delicately hand painted pieces over the years, but also allowing us to try our hand at it from a surprisingly young age. When other kids were given finger paints and play-dough at grandma's house, we were given a rabbit hair paintbrush and a teacup. I think I painted my first hot plate when I was maybe seven or eight. It's an orchid, and is rather ugly (my mom still has it). Thankfully, a few years, and bit of art training has improved my painting skills a bit. My content, however, has become rather more...childish.





I'll be posting more projects as I finish them.

Drawing with my boys

Initially I drew the boys without hats, but Edward, who is rather obsessed with his hat at the moment, insisted I add hats to the drawing.

Facebook

One of the perks (or perils, depending on how you look at it) of Facebook is that you can become "friends" with all sorts of people. You can engage on an elementary level with social circles you may never have been allowed to breech prior to the age of the social network.

Take Adam, for instance. He is a prime example. He is my brother, Caleb's friend. I've met him a handful of times. Played Catan with him. But if not for the wonder of Facebook I would not have been exposed to the sheer teenage brillianceand this magnificent drawing would never have come into existence.

Thank you Facebook.

Celebrating Love, a day late.

Happy Valentines Day.

Newest Addition

Well, I'm finally feeling rested up enough to make my way back into the blogging world.

What kept me away?

Well, as of the 25th of January I am the mother of two darling little boys. Alistair joined us at 10:10 in the evening, after 30 some odd hours of labor. He was born at home, as planned, with the help of my wonderful husband, our midwife, Charlotte, and her two assistants, Michelle and Ronna.

What a deal!

Today I sent off the very final final edit of Erik's and my new book "The Kid with the Red Juice Mustache."
With one week til my official due date (Baker boy #2!) I am quite happy to have it really and truly done and off to the print shop. With all the hiccups that inevitably assault any optimistic deadline, our new release date falls sometime mid February. You can still pre-order your copy for $10 (as opposed to the 14.95 retail price you'll pay once it's out and on amazon and such). Just contact Erik at piecemealpublishing.com and he'll hook you up.

Laundry Adventure

Some friends came to stay with us for a week over the new year. A few items remained behind when they left....this is their story.

My New Book: The Kid with the Red Juice Mustache

Coming Soon!

It's a brand new book! The Kid with the Red Juice Mustache! Full of great poems about life as a kid, ice cream trucks, haircuts and mischief making of every kind! Written by Erik Korhel and illustrated by Celia Marie Baker. The same creative team that brought you My Tooth Fell in My Soup! Published by Piecemeal Publishing. Due to be released at the end of January. You can pre-order your copy for $10 through Erik at piecemealpublishing.com.

Gloves

Got my craft on last night and finished a pair of gloves I've been working on for the 'Dward. I stitched "L" and "R" on them instead of his initials so they are nicely hand-me-down-able as well as educational. :)

He thought they were great for waving "bu-bye".

Rickshaw Theatre

This is an image I made for Hunter Barnes of Imagine the Word. He is starting up an awesome ministry. The world's first Rickshaw Theatre! He will be working with a young group of actors spreading the Word of God through theatre! You can learn more about this awesome ministry at: imaginetheword.com or imaginetheword.blogspot.com