My friend Shona Cole is the author of this amazing book "The Artistic Mother". I love this book and have been going over and over every page in it. It is a great read and has fabulous artwork in it. To quote the back of the book......'Don't go another day without bringing together your two passions: Motherhood and Art'. The book does a wonderful job in showing how to do this with great tips and ideas . It is a very motivational book and I love how Shona creates art for and about her children. Her style is so unique and I always adore seeing her artwork. I was very honored to be in her book as an artistic mother. And I will say that Montana loved seeing himself in the book, lol. You can see the book and some inside pages here at Amazon.The book also has a 12-week workshop with different projects and other prompts to follow each week. Trudy Callan is heading up a group for people that have the book and want to follow the 12-week workshop in the book. I will be joining in and creating and sharing my take on each project. You can read all the details of the group on this blog post of Trudy Callan's if you have the book and are interested. It starts Saturday, March 6.
My friend Kaz put forth a challenge on her forum to create something with the theme of 'Home is where the heart is'. I haven't did a piece on wood in awhile so I enjoyed creating this. Montana was only 4 weeks old when the pic was taken and he is the little love of my life. The pic below was taken the other week in his classroom. Everytime I ask him to smile for the camera he does this look now and opens his mouth. Makes me laugh everytime.
I know in an older post I had mentioned some funny things he does....did. I figured I would share a few of his latest things.1. There is a Kmart commercial that says "there's smart and then there's Kmart smart". He never says it right. His version is "Kmart smart is Kmart smart". But what is really funny is he only says the phrase in two situations: when he sees the commercial and when we are in Walmart....lol.
2. When we go shopping he has to open all the freezer doors and draw people on them.
3. When leaving the house one day I had questioned myself aloud on if I remembered to shut the garage door. So I went back around the block to check and Montana thought it was funny. Now, everytime we leave, he will wait till we get around the corner of the road and say 'momma, did you shut the garage door?'. You don't know how many times I have turned around to check on that garage door even though I knew I had shut it.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful week :)
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Thanks so much for the shout out about the group. So glad you are doing it with us.
fabulous tag Audrey, love that picket fence. really sums up the home. kids are so funny aren't they. we've all got our stories to tell. i'm off to have a look at the book now!
Love the challenge piece Audrey! Wowser, fab elements ;-)
Montana has got so big since the last photo I saw! he's a real cutie
Your Montana is a living doll!! And the piece you created is really very special! I know it has a place of honor...what does Montana think of it? BTW, thanks for visiting my blog and for your kind words! Appreciate them so much! Hugs, LynnF
Audrey, ohhhhhhhhhh that Montana is MATURING!!!!!!! His little face is not so round and boyish! He is growing and I LOVE his look!!!!! What a doll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the funny things he does, I love that you check the garage door, I love his KMarting at Walmart, AMBER still says KMART when we are at WALMART, it is a kid(no matter what their age) thing Haaaahehehe, he is just too precious! Thanks for sharing him and whatever you have going on there in your sweet little family, know that I am here only wishing wonderful things for you always!
xoxoxoxo
Hugs,Patti
I am still thinking that Montana is just the most handsome boy-he is growing up way to fast!!!! K Mart/Wal-Mart-it is all about saving regardless of the first letter or letters!!
I just love how you share him with us!! I understand how he is the love of your life!! Treasure it!! My dd is studying in Italy right now-we have been best buddies for 19 years-and she left me!!!
Your art is as wonderful as always-keep on doing those things you just do so well!
chris p
Oh my goodness... I am so glad I am not the only person that does that with the garage door. don't know how many times i have been late for work because I have had to drive home and check!! LOL...
Have a great day, I am off to check out that book!
WOW your piece is fab. love every bit of it, considerin Karin picked a rubbish theme.... *ahem* (does she read your blog? LMAO)
Montana is definately maturing, he's changed eh, a little boy and not a baby, they grow so fast.
lmao @ the garage door, I do it with my car door, walk back to the car ten times to make sure I clicked it down....lol
Off to find the book on Amazon UK....thanks for the links. :)
Can't wait to check out the book, Audrey. Bet your work is beautiful as is the little house you did with Montana's picture. He's so cute and I love his new "smile"...lol. I could use him around to remind me to check the garage door! Have a great weekend.
I have a special message for participants of The Artistic Mother's Art Group on my blog. I will be posting regular updates, tips for doing the projects and notes of encouragement. One of the future postings will be about the upcoming Flicker group for participants. I will have information for alternative ways the projects can look like and so many other things. There is a possibility that our group may be featured in a major art publication at some point, which will go unnamed at this time. We are going to be featured at Designing Moms soon. Everyone will want to post photos of their best work on their blogs because these publications may choose photos of some of the participants' work. I will do a post soon on how to take great photos to help you best showcase your work. I cannot possibly contact each participant individually when something important arises; so if you could check my blog often, that would be great. I don't want you miss anything. To make it easier for yourself, you could add my blog to your blog list. Then you will see when I have posted and you will know when to come.
Tomorrow I will have tips for doing the first project.
I posted a message today about getting started on The Artistic Mother workshop.
Thank you again for being a part of this group. I know we will all get so much out of it and learn how to balance family and art time.
Trudy Callan
Coordinator for The Artistic Mother's Art Group
www.artisticcreationswithtrudy.blogspot.com
love this book and Trudy's art group sounds very tempting!
hi there...have joined the group too...we don't have the book in australia yet...but very soon...have your site as one of my favs, so i will know when you update...i am really looking forward to this challenge , and getting my hands onto the book...take care
mandyxxx
Love the challenge piece Audrey! Such a gorgeous keepsake, shame she's making you give it away! The book looks beautiful and inspiring - adding it to my wish list! Montana is such a little man now (love the drawing on the freezer doors - an artist like his mama!) x
I will have to look into this book. It looks great! Oh yeah - you're definitely NOT the only one that makes that trip around the block to make sure the garage door is closed!! We've starting saying, as we leave the driveway "The garage door is closed - and it's staying closed!!". Sometimes our door will close and then go right back up, so we have to make sure it stays put!!
Your book looks great :)
Do you think the Mother book applies to Mothers of farm animals too? LOLOL!
OMG, I can NOT believe how big Montana is getting, he looks like a little boy now more than an little elf or something, lol!
Let's do a phone date next week, and bring Montana out to the farm to play with all the new babies! Nice to see you back on the WWW! ;)
Hi Audrey!! thanks for the sharing your new creations, Montana just keeps growing! finally creating again. Thanks for always inspiring!!
I was just wondering about a new pic of Montana. I knew he was getting so much older. What a doll. He definitely resembles you. Sure do miss seeing both of you. Stop in sometime. Claire
What a gorgeous piece! Every time I'm browsing my Somerset books, your pieces stand out. I love what you do.
awwww....He doesn't look like a baby anymore! He's got a big boy face now!! whaaaaaa..I don't want hm to grow up Audrey!! Love your challenge piece, wow - your backgrounds are amazing! And I love the little tags and the top "arch" piece is really sweet. And I love the photo of Montana in Shona's book! He looks so cute painting away..miss you, call soon. xoxo
Montanna has grown so much! He is not a baby anymore. Such cute stories. Your work is wonderful.
Hugs
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