More camera love....

Pondering Leaf

It's amazing to me just how different each of these three photos is.  Taken within seconds of each other, girl barely moving, camera barely moving, and yet each is so different and holds a completely different mood.

I was showing my girl these photos of her beautiful self, and I said, "Looks like you're pondering...."

She replied, "Yeah! It's called...... "

Pondering Leaf

Finding it fascinating that she would name a photo of herself, like artwork (Ok - not just fascinating - I think it's awesome that she's still young enough to be completely matter of fact about her own beauty)  I asked her what the next photo was called... this one?

Eye Smile

When we got to this last one, I said to her,  "It looks like you've got a little smirk in this one..."

She quickly replied, "No!  It's not a smirk, it's a ......."

Smurf Smile

A smurf smile!  If I hadn't fully melted in the presence of such sweetness, that was it for me.  

Mama delight.

Tunnel vision.....

I haven't been posting much at all - and that is pretty much due to tunnel vision.  I've gotten so focussed on learning photography, that it's pretty much all I think about these days.  I keep not posting, thinking I might just be boring everyone with all my photos.  I'm not going to post fluff for the sake of posting - if I have nothing to say than I have nothing to say...... but maybe I should just post the photos anyway, even if only to make the grandparents happy ;)  I guess it's my blog, and I can post what I like, so I'm just going to go with that ;)  

Miss Pink

7 days. Just me.

This past week I went on my first solo adventure in over a decade.  It was about time, and so so good.

Easter disorganized

So I think this year may very well take the cake for a last minute disorganized scramble.  I was thinking I was on the ball remembering to buy the plastic eggs we were needing, well ahead of time, before they sold out in the stores (as they always seem to every year in our small town)  We did remember to get the candy.  I didn't remember to get the Easter books out, or to dye eggs with the kids for that matter ( tho I did think about it several times)  I was, in my defence, sick with a cold in the couple days leading up to Easter.  I was also better tho, and stayed up very late chatting with some lovely ladies when I went to pick up my boy from a sleepover last night...  So the Easter bunny was running around outside in the dark with a head lamp (Yeah that rumour that the easter bunny can see in the dark, is just a myth lol!)  You'd think that camera obsessed me would have gotten it together to get Easter baskets, but apparently I didn't, so really the only good photo (unless you like the look of eggs in plastic bags) is this one below.....

But as you can see - I'm the only one who cares ....

....because the *EASTER BUNNY* came.....

I mean really - it's all about the hunt..... and the candy right?

and the magic of the Easter Bunny - 

it's about thinking of all the possible places the Easter bunny might have *hopped*

(in the dark with his head lamp no less)

and discovering some new flowers have just started to pop up is pretty cool too...

And the conversations....."Mom did you hide all the eggs inside or outside"

"I have no idea S - the *EASTER BUNNY* hid them remember? How the heck would I know - sheesh"  Wink wink nudge nudge.  The little girls don't seem to notice the enormous number of slip ups made by the big brother.  I guess the magic of believing has clouded their little brains so that they can't hear any of those....

Maybe next year I'll remember the baskets, and the egg dying, and the books ;)  But thank goodness kids are so easy to please.

laptop sleeve

I've been planning to sew a laptop bag since Christmas - and it hasn't happened.  Now I'm going off all by myself, as in alone, as in no kids with me, to the city, next week, and suddenly there was not time to sew a whole bag.  Sooooo I borrowed back this bag I made for my daughter, and 

sewed this laptop sleeve.

I waffled for days over which fabric to use - I wanted the oilcloth, but was more drawn to different, less practical fabrics.  In the end I discovered that the leftovers from the bag were actually in almost exactly the same shape and size as I needed to make the sleeve, so it seemed like it was meant to be.

The pattern was easy to follow and quick to sew up.  I made one change, and that was to use an old felted sweater instead of the fusible fleece lining.  That made it take a little longer, as I had to sew the sweater onto the fabric before I could start sewing.  And it also made it thicker to sew, which was a bit annoying and almost too much for my machine, even with the heavy fabric needle.  I should have cut the pattern out a bit longer to accommodate  the bulk of the sweater too - the end result is just a tad shorter than I'd like.  All in all tho it's a success :)  I love the oil cloth (Anna Maria Horner) it's soft and pliable - not thick and stiff like I'd imagined it would be - I can't wait to see which patterns she's chosen for the oil cloth in her new line that is coming out soon!

I haven't sewn much at all since Christmas - if at all actually - it felt really good to be back at it.  I wonder if I have time to finish up that toiletry bag I started ages ago.....hmmm......;)