Making?!
I had a small space in between the flu and sphenoiditis in which I actually finished a bathmat. Yes, this is big news! This past summer, John's mom bought some bathmats and fabric for me to decorate bathmats for the new house. Did I make them for Mother's Day? No. Did I make them for her 70th birthday? No. Did I make them as a Thank You for All the Amazing Things You've Done gift? No.
BUT.
I did make them before a year had passed, so that's something. :)
As long as I was decorating bathmats, I threw in a couple of potholders for good measure.
Since Sarah and Bryan were going to be in town for Christmas, I had grand plans to make her something, too. I asked her if she'd want a decorated bathmat or perhaps a doodle. She responded, "A doodle, if you have time!" What I asked what she'd want me to doodle, she asked for a family portrait doodle, based on a family picture.
So, I ignored her and made a bathmat.
Just kidding. I made a paint-a-doodle, too. (While making it, I realized it's been almost seven years since I last made one of these little portrait doodles and almost TWELVE years since I doodled a little one of our family....only six children ago. Ulp.)
I took a few liberties. ;)
Look for another doodle a mere seven years from now! And now I can check three Christmas gifts off my list with, oh, about twenty still to go. No big deal.
6 comments :
You are an EXCELLENT Maker!
The doodle is particularly amazing because I just don't understand how, in just a few lines, you can so capture the true likeness of a person. It's remarkable.
PS. It is HIGH time you updated your own family doodle. Just sayin'
What's truly remarkable is the amount of time it takes me to get started on those few lines!
I used to always procrastinate from a new family doodle because I figured that it'd be outdated too soon. Since it looks like we may have reached the end of the line, now's the time! And if I draw Skylark as a five year-old, that'll buy me a few more years before a new one is due. (Like buying a size 10 coat for a toddler and having them wear it for 8 straight years, there's a chance it could work.)
I wouldn't count your scribbles before they're scratched...
as soon as you start, you'll be announcing a new Owen!
What appears to US to be true, is not always true. I can promise nothing...but I do know that whenever I consign myself to something because it 'appears' to make sense...it usually works out quite differently.
Still, make that doodle! If outdated, it would DELIGHTFULLY so!
Doubt anyone but you and I will see this, so...
MAN, HOW DO YOU DO IT???!!!
Someone should hire you. ;)
Well, anybody who's RSS feeder picks up comments will see it ;P
I guess Rebecca just has magical foresight f
Well, SHHHHHHH!
;)
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