Life for Agnes was somehow a little more free, when the men were away frighting the Crusades..
We also wanted to show you what we used some of our Sunday Sketches for last week! My daughter and I created a little poem about the circle and cycle of love and used some of our sketches to illustrate it for One Heart One World.
One heart, one world
one world, one child
one child, one smile
one smile, one wish
one wish, one star
one star, one kiss
one kiss, one frog
one frog, one prince
one prince, one love
one love, one key
one key, one heart
one heart, one world
Our OHOW journal was won by Beth P of New Hampshire! Now Beth can fill the journal with her own daily musings!
Thanks again, Sophia of Sunday Sketches for hosting this creative group!
Its the little things in life, you brush up close to them and they are so beautiful! The details.
Living artfully. Here are my secret valentines. So simple, a paper napkin stuffed with a handful of warm fleece and lavender, briefly stitched on your sewing machine.
A wee note of endearment and you have a lovely Valentine! xoxo
So here are my daughter's Valentines this year! I still love letting the kids make cards them selves, however we have seen some lovely children's valentines this year (finally! the last few years stores been inundated with valentines that market movies etc, but where is the romance, the art, the beauty? Call me old fashioned. Call me traditional! Sometimes I think we seriously underestimate our children!)
At any rate we have seen some lovely glittery, sparkle artsy Valentines for children with fairies, cupcakes (rockets for the boys) and some lovely reprints of retro-tines by Golden (these at Shopper drug mart actually! There is hope for us yet!
If you have not followed this blog before these monthly planning pages lay out a general structure for the month, including a theme and seasonal table, a way to wake, a table candle blessing, a couple of projects and a verse for going to sleep. These are goals the follow up varies from great to imperfect but having the plan helps it to happen and helps bring rhythm to our days!
February Festival / Themes: Red! Olympics / Valentines / Chinese New Years OK February and Canadian Olympic Fever is in full swing! We hung a few flags on the house and stuck some in the window boxes! I have shirts, scarves and pennants ready for my Dad's momentous torch bearing run on the 11th and any Olympic community events we are attending. So it looks like February is red, red, red.. Olympics (red for Canada - Believe!), Valentines and Chinese New Year (Feb 14th with Valentines this year - year of the Tiger). A strong start to 2010!
Seasonal Table - Red We usually have a red February nature table full of cut out paper hearts, red roses and Chinese paper decorations from China town - this is a must see time of year for any China Town - decked out in red and gold paper decorations - fabulous in any city! 2010 sees the addition of some Canadian and Olympic flags to our table, maybe a few maple leaves - it all works together magically!
Breakfast Verse We are sticking to one verse a month to simplify; this since December actually. Found a great author June Cotner! She compiles books of poems, prayers, blessings, toasts in her many books - check her out, interdenominational, a great resource for this type of thing!
"May this house be filled with joy in the morning and sweet dreams at night. Blessings on our meal today." Welsh Blessing author unknown. From House Blessings by June Cotner
Love these simple napkin Valentines!
Waking Song This is a catchy tune from teh song "Beautiful Day" by teh Boo Radley's, 1980's I think. Find it on itunes.
"Wake up its a beautiful morning, the sun is shining for your eyes.., Wake up its a beautiful morning.."
So many souces! Explore pop songs from your teens,twenty's, and use wake up lines; Us, James Brown, you'll be surprised! Depending on the ages of your children, consider campfire songs, girlguide songs, nursery rhymes! There's lots out there! Bedtime Verse sung, and there are more verses I just do not remember. This is my son's choice, from their younger years.
"The evening is coming, the sun sinks to rest, the crows are all flying straight home to their nest Caw says the crow as he flies overhead, it time that we all were going to bed"
My son's Canadian Valentines!
February Project 1 Valentine Cards Time to pull out the Valentines ephemera, images, doilies, red, pink and white paper, ribbons and bows, ruffly scissors, glitter, beads etc. Put it all-out on the craft table and let the kids go to town. Simple handmade valentines are really appreciated by other families these days. Our children love making them! They usually cut small square of pretty card stock and fill it full of decorations. Our English tradition is to sing Love ? a fun game and makes it easy to do several! This has become a tradition in our neighbourhood now. Secret Valentines appear on our doors and in our mailbox, even by snail mail every year! All ages participating, kids and seniors who live on our street in particular! Here are my son's Canadian Valentines!
February Project 2 Going on a holiday - so probably no project 2!
I am a mother, artist and writer. I hope to spend my days adding beauty to the world, raising my heirs well and pampering my husband but it doesn't always work out that way! I rejoice in my family and friends, art, writing, reading, running, hiking, eating, and entertaining.
Here, I am tracking the rhythm and routine of a year in our home and publishing various projects, art and fiction. Welcome to my world!
Coat Rack T Moore age 13
Baby Meerkat C Moore age 11
Life for Agnes was somehow a little more free,
