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Painting
Andrea ➤ February 12, 2023

Painting

I finished two paintings in about a week of each other. This feels miraculous to me. One painting I’ve been working on since last spring when I first did a study for the idea. I...

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I Made Sugar Eggs
Art Projects ➤ May 25, 2015

I Made Sugar Eggs

. . . for Easter. Turns out they’re really not very hard, and would be a fun craft with older kids. Maybe Olivia and her friends next year . . .

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Everett’s Teepee – Christmas Projects 2014
Andrea ➤ December 27, 2014

Everett’s Teepee – Christmas Projects 2014

I didn’t do too many home-made Christmas projects this year . . . but I did do a few 😉 The grandest one of all was Everett’s teepee. He was quite pleased to have a...

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Israel Photo Book – Christmas Projects 2014
Andrea ➤ December 27, 2014

Israel Photo Book – Christmas Projects 2014

The next Christmas project I did was a photo book for my dad. It took quite a bit of time, but I think the end result was definitely worth it. Now I just have to...

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Wheeler Road Christmas Projects 2014
Andrea ➤ December 27, 2014

Wheeler Road Christmas Projects 2014

This was the last Christmas project I did. It’s a painting I did for my in-laws of the house they built in Oregon and raised their kids while they were very young (Wyatt moved when...

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Calvin’s Quilt – The Summer Chronicles
Art Projects ➤ September 6, 2013

Calvin’s Quilt – The Summer Chronicles

This summer I made Calvin a quilt for his birthday. I always idealized that when we had a cabin, my kids would have warm, cuddly quilts to snuggle under on the cool mornings. So when...

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How To: Paper Mache Bees
Art Projects ➤ August 20, 2013

How To: Paper Mache Bees

Oh, what fun paper mache is. It is one of my favorite mediums, because the possibilities are endless, the required supplies are always on hand (paper, flour, water), and the required attention span is minimal...

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Be Your Best Self – Back to School Dinner, 2013
Adventures ➤ August 18, 2013

Be Your Best Self – Back to School Dinner, 2013

One of our family traditions is having a back to school dinner for the little lovelies. This is a time to celebrate the kids, acknowledge their accomplishments, and look forward to all they have ahead...

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Step-By-Step: A Fairy Castle In The Making
Art Projects ➤ May 9, 2013

Step-By-Step: A Fairy Castle In The Making

A couple months ago I wrote about our upcoming yard projects. One was to make a fairy house. Well, not long after that, I pulled Olivia into the art room and told her about the...

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Sketchbook Saturday – Determined to Paint! And I Cleaned My Art Room
Art Projects ➤ February 2, 2013

Sketchbook Saturday – Determined to Paint! And I Cleaned My Art Room

This week was a little slow. I cleaned the house and looked around . . . we had no where to go and nothing to do. So, I determined to paint. Remember how I was...

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Sketchbook Saturday – Lip Service
Art Projects ➤ December 15, 2012

Sketchbook Saturday – Lip Service

Every once in a while I wish I was much more realistic and technical in my drawing . . .

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Sketchbook Saturday – Joy
Art Projects ➤ December 8, 2012

Sketchbook Saturday – Joy

Every once in a while I flip past this page in my sketchbook and think: I really should finish that and fill it in more. But let’s be honest, the chances of that happening are...

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Sketch Book Saturday – Last Year’s Valentines Painting-almost.
Art Projects ➤ November 24, 2012

Sketch Book Saturday – Last Year’s Valentines Painting-almost.

Remember at the start of 2012 when I had the goal to do one painting a month? Well, I made it through January, and then I drew this out for February. Maybe someday it will...

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Sketch Book Saturday – Duck-Duck-Goose!
Art Projects ➤ November 17, 2012

Sketch Book Saturday – Duck-Duck-Goose!

One of these days I want to learn how to paint digitally really well – these little doodles that are all over in my sketchbooks would be great as little digital paintings I think. (I...

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Sketch Book Saturday – Sleeping Beauty
Art Projects ➤ November 10, 2012

Sketch Book Saturday – Sleeping Beauty

The best thing about this picture is that in person, the floor is doodled in various shades of gold glitter pen, so as the page/angle changes, the floor sparkles as various stars shine!

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And in Other News . . .
Adventures ➤ November 7, 2012

And in Other News . . .

Tuesday night was the big night – Wyatt lost his election. It was a sore disappointment. And in other news . . . Olivia came home today totally excited to share that she had learned...

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Sketch Book Saturday – Little Deer Love
Art Projects ➤ November 3, 2012

Sketch Book Saturday – Little Deer Love

I found this little illustration in my sketchbook today as I was thumbing through looking for a blank page to tear out for another project. As I have had this particular sketchbook for years (and...

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Oaklee’s Butterfly Mobile
Art Projects ➤ October 30, 2012

Oaklee’s Butterfly Mobile

Remember back in August I mentioned a mobile I had made – I said I’d share more later? Well, it’s later. This is a mobile I made for baby Oaklee – a little touch for...

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Art Projects Lately
Art Projects ➤ July 27, 2012

Art Projects Lately

I’ve been working on a lot of different art projects this past week. One of them was this invitation to a baby shower for Leslee. The date/time is all made up because we haven’t pinned...

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Arts in the Park
Andrea ➤ June 14, 2012

Arts in the Park

  This year Becca Roper in the tenth ward, and I decided to put together an “Arts in the Park” program for the kids. We’ve invited 3 wards – mine, Becca’s and the 18th ward...

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Garden Green
Adventures ➤ March 13, 2012

Garden Green

Of course after a long and brown winter, I’m always excited to get out and put some color in my yard. Every year my attempts find varying degrees of failure! LOL. Oh well, it’s March,...

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Planting Guide
Adventures ➤ March 11, 2012

Planting Guide

I made myself a planting guide – because I was kinda bored today. At the last minute I added a “brought to you by” at the bottom. I think I will try “pinning” it and...

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A New Niece
Art Projects ➤ February 25, 2012

A New Niece

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And so I made a Skirt
Adventures ➤ February 25, 2012

And so I made a Skirt

This summer will be “The Summer of No Pants” – where my days will be spent in comfortable, soft, sweet skirts. I was so excited I made my first one! I made a pattern out...

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Will You Be My Valentine?
Adventures ➤ February 15, 2012

Will You Be My Valentine?

“You forgot the question mark” was the first thing he said when he saw it. “No I didn’t. It’s more of a statement than a question.” On Monday they spent the afternoon preparing our valentines...

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January Painting
Art Projects ➤ February 6, 2012

January Painting

I am so tempted to explain myself in this painting – to tell you all the things I was thinking when I painted it – But I’ve decided part of letting myself do art in...

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Calendar, 2012
Adventures ➤ November 14, 2011

Calendar, 2012

I’ve never used a calendar until this year – something about my spontaneous carpe diem lifestyle never seemed to fit inside that box. And then I had kids – who went to school. My calendar...

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Use Your Imagination
Andrea ➤ November 11, 2011

Use Your Imagination

A fun little illustration while Wyatt and I watched tv the other night. (He watched, I doodled).

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Ocean in the Red Rocks
Adventures ➤ September 22, 2011

Ocean in the Red Rocks

When I lived on the Indian Reservation I made a lemon galleon out of paper mache. And then I made fish to swim along side. Paper mache fish with giant kissy lips and beauty marks...

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Forever Young
Art Projects ➤ July 14, 2011

Forever Young

Aww . . . romance. See my early fascination with lanterns?

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Adventures ➤ February 8, 2016

Alma

We finished the book of Alma last week. And to me that feels like summiting the Matterhorn while carrying five babies in packs upon my back. The air is fresh, and the views fantastic, and...

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Adventures ➤ February 14, 2023

The World Don’t Bother Me None

Over spring break in 2021 (just shy of 2 years ago now) we took a road trip through Southern Utah and into Arizona and Colorado. I’ve loooong wanted to take the kids down to Monument...

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Adventures ➤ November 29, 2009

Thanksgiving Week

To say this week was busy makes me roll my eyes. (Wyatt tells me I’m very good at that). Monday: My 30th Birthday. I said goodbye to one decade and welcomed in a new. We...

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Wyatt ➤ July 28, 2009

Wind Rivers Fishing Trip

So, in case you couldn’t tell by my posts last week, Wyatt was out of town. He went on a fishing trip into the back country of the Wind Rivers, Wyoming. If he gets so...

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