My man...

Ain't he just the handsomest thing ya ever did see?! Hee hee...Love ya honey! ;)

I am alive and well...

hee hee. Been SUPER busy with school and getting not much rest. My emails are racking up, but it is almost over...2 weeks...YEAH! Anyway, it has been an interesting ride. Been putting together my portfolio. Hope to post it on here soon! Loves...

Checking in...

Hey all...so sorry I have not been more regular on here! Been crazy crazy busy with school and getting ready for Joe to leave on Sunday for training. I have also been working on HOMEWORK with Emery. Wow, my little guy is SO growing up!! Funny thing is he can't seem to focus with Momma...good thing he does really good in school! Speaking of growing up, the little guy got out of the tub, got a towel, dried off, and got dressed in his p.j.'s all by himself tonight! We were amazed!! I promise...I will post more sometime soon! Loves for now...

For "Illustration Friday"...

This site is fun and this is the first time I have ever been able to submit anything. I hope it works! ;)

The idea was to illustrate the word "routine". I used typography and color to do that. Loves...

Check this out!

So, it isn't real yet and the link won't be active for very long; but I thought I would share some fun from class that I have been doing the last 5.5 weeks! Enjoy! Loves...

http://shanie.aisites.com/final/

Playing...

with Adobe Illustrator. Just seeing what happy accidents I can make. Check out my abstract soda can! (Top view) ;) So fun to just try out the effects and see what happens! Loves to you all...

My little artist...

So, give the little guy crayons and he will color for about 10 seconds. Give him paint and he will paint for hours. Interesting how that works! This particular night, I let Emery play with my Wacom tablet and Adobe Illustrator...he absolutely loved it and has asked several times since to do the "pen thingy." AND...WOW to what a four year old can do! ;)

LOVE IT!
Loves...

Florida it is...

So, looks like we are moving to FL next year. This was the best choice for schools, crime, and many other reasons. I think Emery will love the beach. As for me these days, well...busy, busy, busy still! Had a meeting over here on Thursday, learning HTML and creating a website in class, prepping for Joe to go, planning a move, organizing my home, etc!! WOW! Anyway, just wanted to check in to let you all know I am still here! Till another day...I leave you with visual inspiration...



Loves...

Busy, busy, busy again!

Just been plain BUSY these past two weeks with school starting back up. WOW! Anyway, just wanted to check in and say I really REALLY hope to be posting regularly again soon! But, for now...I fixed my header...what' ya think?! Loves...

Work in progress...

Well, I am learning all kinds of fun things about writing html in school right now and how computers work. As you can see, I have been playing around with my header, but it is definately a work in progress! I cannot seem to get it right right now and I must get some dinner and back to my school work! Stay tuned...

Snake

My crazy hubby made me post this. Hee hee. For those of you who have no idea what this is, he was playing Ghost Recon with friends and took this screen shot of a fellow player. Enjoy guys! ;)

Pope John XXXIII-

“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”

Love that quote! So true. Live it. Loves...

Pure sunshine...

Can you believe these fields of sunflowers that we have here?! So beautiful. Pure joy!!!!

Busy as a bee

I tell ya...what a busy busy week! Started school and am learning html code. Really cool, btw. Anyway, lets see...we had a trip to our local ceramics place to make some really fun stuff. And, Daddy and Em had a trip to the fire station...which happens a lot because it is diagonally across from our home. And, Em and I went to the free movie for the week...The Bee Movie. Always cute. Then, last night we went to dinner with some friends and watched a local attraction. Also taking care of our neighbors fish and mail for a while. Fun, fun stuff! Loves for now...

Checking in!

So, just busy busy with school right now. Really hope to get the rest of those pages up soon and do some more creating! I NEED to create! :)

Extra time and just for fun...

Been busy busy tonight planning for the week and prepping for school, and now I find myself with some extra time...wow! Anyway, so...I thought I would go ahead and post that just for fun/just for me page and also another page for fun as well before I go to bed. Still keep your eye out in the future for that those pages from my article idea that flopped (oh well...all in good time). I am still gonna post it as an article if I can figure it out.

The just for fun/just for me page was an idea I got while flipping through magazines on our trip to Utah. I saw so much "visual prettiness" that I just loved and kept the idea floating around for when I got home to where my "tools" were. Using various magazines, adhesive, a circle punch, a couple of acrylic letters, a few buttons, stamps, chalk ink, a pen, and scissors; I created this art of things I love right now or things that are so me right now. The fun part of this project is that it's just for fun and just for me, but also how it changes over time so you could do these often...

The other page is of a short memory of Joe and Em at Walmart. I am so blessed to have such a great husband and he is such a good daddy! He always seems to come up with the cutest little things for Em and him to do...

Journaling: So, I am standing in line checking out at Walmart when I look over to see Joe taking these photos of Emery. When I get done, he shows them to me saying, "mad, madder, and happiest!" I say, "Ok, but what are these for?" And he says back to me, "I don't know...because we were bored I guess?!" Not much of a story. Just a daddy having fun with his son. But, to me it's one of the best stories of all. Thanks to good daddies and silly fun!

Loves...

Back to school!

Hey all...I may be quiet for a few days because I start back in school for my last two classes tomorrow. It gets a little crazy at first, but I already have a good start. Also, I hope to be posting that just for fun/just for me scrapbook page soon and more fun pages/article idea to follow. I just moved some things around in my studio and I am clear headed and hopeful. Hope your days are happy, your health well, and your smiles many. Loves...

Cows and dogs

So, Em says to me this morning shortly after waking up and while playing with his cars that have been out for the last few days because he is sick at home, "We need cows for our backyard." Ok, so where did he get this one?! Little ones are so funny! He cracks me up. So, I ask him, "Oh really...how many cows do we need?" and he tells me 2. I asked him what we should name them and he said, "Can't member."

More funnies...
Later, Joe tells me about something Em had said while I was out shopping and they were at home playing outside. They had gone out to skate, but Em's skates are now too small...boo hoo and way cool at the same time. Anyway, I guess one was laying out still and Em was on to something else but came up to Joe handing him his skate saying, "Here is your dog." I guess the strap reminded him of a leash!

4 year olds are so cool, ain't they?!
Loves. :)

Ain't he just the cutest thing?!

This is Em's "mad" face. Silly guy. Doing ok with the chicken pox today, he is just SUPER quiet.

Nursing the...

chicken pox over here. Poor 4 year old little guy! He is doing really well right now, we are just keeping him away from everyone else so he does not share.