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a homemaker s journal i m me wife mother follower of christ musician artist hopeful entrepreneur growing photographer experimenting cook jill of all trades mistress of some join me as i document my adventures in life do you like my words or photos thank you very much do you want to share them please ask for permission first thanks contact me clp creations gmail com search this blog click here to learn more about made ecourse my shop button bracelet button bobby pins trapezoid clutch list of posts 2014 1 march 1 change 2013 59 december 2 november 4 august 1 july 13 june 7 may 3 april 7 march 7 february 9 january 6 2012 142 december 17 november 8 october 10 september 4 august 11 july 7 june 6 may 12 april 20 march 21 february 19 january 7 2011 169 december 21 november 8 october 18 september 17 august 9 july 18 june 9 may 21 april 22 march 9 february 12 january 5 2010 227 december 7 november 18 october 11 september 24 august 25 july 18 june 30 may 24 april 29 march 22 february 9 january 10 2009 116 december 11 november 7 october 16 september 12 august 5 july 5 june 12 may 5 april 9 march 13 february 9 january 12 2008 91 december 24 november 41 october 23 september 3 labels around the house 30 art journal 13 autumn 20 calligraphy 54 created to be his help meet 5 crochet 14 family life 187 friends 8 gardening 16 happy mail 3 holidays 73 knitting 10 menu plan monday 93 miscellaneous 61 music 6 on the serious side 52 other projects 41 photography 57 quilting 39 recipes 53 reviews 3 sewing projects 84 spring 14 summer 29 travel 18 tutorials 3 vintage 19 winter 14 tuesday march 25 2014 change change is weird and usually uncomfortable but it can be exciting too for quite a while i have been feeling the need to stretch my artistic wings to separate the professional from the personal in order to build a strong foundation on which an art business could grow so i started an art blog an exciting change it s called ladylyn creative adventuring i also have a brand new facebook artist page and i ve revamped my shop i love this space and value the friendships i ve made here more than i could express i plan on keeping up on the more personal side of blogging here but i will probably be more active in my new space i would be so honored if you choose to follow me there as well entry by christina at 3 45 pm no comments monday december 9 2013 monday menu i really like planning nutritious exciting menus for my family i love searching for tantalizing recipes and organizing them into weeks of delicious meals i like trying new recipes and remaking old favorites and i really like how planning our dinners ahead of time saves me time money and sanity during the week however my life is a little bit like living in a three ring circus on a merry go round right now and menu planning was falling through the cracks i found myself making more emergency trips to the grocery store and takeout restaurants stressed at the end of the day because i had no meat thawed scrambling to create a back up plan on the go enter emeals cue trumpet fanfare i was skeptical when i first heard of emeals but after hearing glowing reports from multiple friends i decided to give it a try i ve been using it for about a month now and i m happy to report that while it s not a perfect solution i have to do a fair amount of tweaking to make the meal plans work with the produce we get in our bountiful basket and some weeks they go overboard on the cumin love it has dramatically reduced my stress and our eating out we are using the clean eating plan but there are 13 different plans plus breakfast lunch and dessert add on plans to accommodate a wide variety of eating habits every week i receive an email containing that week s menu the recipes are simple quick and tasty even my picky tw0 year old has been asking for seconds i love how the recipes are clearly labeled by category slow cooker marinate ahead super fast etc to make planning the week even simpler and they even include a shopping list of the weeks ingredients emeals has a simple well planned system that is making my life a lot easier i would heartily recommend their service and just so you know groupon is offering a voucher for a 12 month emeals subscription for 29 instead of the usual 58 that s 50 off disclaimer if you sign up for emeals using one of the links above i will receive an extra month of meal plans for free yay if you do decide to go for it please use one of my links bountiful baskets and groupon have no idea who i am and are giving me nothing for mentioning them i just think their products are great and want to share with you and of course the opinions stated in this post are my own no one is twisting my arm to say untrue nice things about them entry by christina at 10 33 am 6 comments sunday december 8 2013 knit drink tea repeat in the beginning of october i had a surgery it wasn t really major but the recovery was still long and painful i entertained myself by working on a couple of e courses filling up an art journal and kitting and now even though i ve healed the ridiculous cold temperatures lend themselves to cozy curling on the couch with some yarn and a cup of hot tea so i ve continued knitting these are the projects i ve completed in the past few months lucy hat a beautiful elegant pattern i learned how to make short rows this hat was an instant favorite well worth the price for the pattern sweet life fingerless gloves i was using up leftover yarn from the lucy hat so these are shorter than the pattern recommends this was a fun pattern i enjoyed learning the mock honey comb stitch irish hiking mitts once again these are short and have funky colorblocked thumbs because i was using up scraps of yarn the mitts are stretchy and comfortable i gave them to my mum for her to wear at work because her office is quite chilly in the winter lotus hat this is not really a complicated pattern but i had the hardest time not messing up my counting so much unraveling lizzy lid this was really not the yarn to use for this pattern neither the lovely stitch patterns nor the striping in the yarn is showcased in this combination live and learn cable baby this darling baby hat is very stretchy to grow with baby and makes the perfect little gift i ll definitely be making more of these i am always amazed at the variety and quality of free knitting patterns available thank you you lovely people who share your patterns with such generosity entry by christina at 10 03 am 3 comments labels knitting winter thursday november 28 2013 happy thanksgiving i hope you ve had a peaceful holiday and that the rest of your weekend is excellent as well entry by christina at 9 35 pm 2 comments labels autumn holidays wednesday november 20 2013 art retreat last september we went to the oregon coast for a quiet family vacation more on that later while we were there my sweet husband gifted me the opportunity to attend one of alisa burke s art retreats i can t think of a better word than amazing to describe my experience alisa welcomed twelve artists of all skill levels into her beautiful studio we were greeted on the first day with carefully arranged pails of art supplies fresh flowers at our work spaces and delicious scones from a local bakery after some preliminary instruction on sketching we headed out to dodge a storm and sketch on the beach we drew and painted and made new friends for two and a half blissful days taking breaks to do some crafting like stamp making and eat amazing local food it was wonderful i m already trying to figure out how to make it happen again photos 1 9 10 13 14 and 16 by alisa burke entry by christina at 1 18 pm 4 comments labels travel thursday november 7 2013 today this morning i woke up inexplicably depressed like you are my child and i love you more than life itself and so i will get up and feed you breakfast but then i m going to go back to bed and pull the covers over my head depressed and then late morning there was a knock on my door apparently the local fruit stand guy has had to resort to peddling his wares door to door he had some apples that were deeply discounted because he d had them for over a week suddenly i realized that the sun was shining and that at that moment more than anything else in the world i wanted to make apple butter so i bought a quarter of a bushel of apples ignored the laundry and dishes and made apple butter with brother instead it was perfect entry by christina at 8 26 pm 3 comments labels autumn monday november 4 2013 no preamble i m back my blogging hiatus has been good and necessary but i m feeling ready to jump back in i ve missed this space and i ve missed you my lovely readers i can t wait to reconnect entry by christina at 10 52 am 2 comments saturday august 10 2013 drained my life is crazy right now lots of hard things lots of good things and then more hard things on top i feel like my strength is being tested to its very limits i have tons of stuff that i could blog about i have even been able to complete several projects but when i sit down to work on the calligraphies i have been commissioned to make the contribution i am making to made the posts i have planned to write here or even to play in my art journal i feel drained paralyzed dry completely used up and exhausted like my life has crashed down around my ears and my will is seeping out through the cracks i am trying to be gentle with myself i tell myself everything that needs to get done will happen in good time but it s hard hard entry by christina at 5 08 pm 3 comments labels on the serious side tuesday july 30 2013 dawn the sky is the color of deep indigo ink the chilly is air heavy with the scent of vegetation wet with the dew of the night the earth is reverently hushed and then the sky is paler blue the mountains show in dark silhouette the green of the valley becomes more intense a glow of pink blooms in the east the dark water ripples ethereal mist rises and blows in my face the silence is shattered ho onk asks a goose his fellows answer rising on powerful wings the birdsong crescendos the breeze lifts my hair colors become more distinct i can almost pinpoint the moment the sky changes to blue from its pearly pre dawn hue suddenly the sun leaps above the mountains pulsing in the glory of fiery coral sunrise it continues to climb reaching down to the earth offering warmth and pure gold light and so another day begins entry by christina at 7 58 am 3 comments labels summer monday july 29 2013 monday lack of menu uncooked pink rice i ve been having something of a menu crisis lately because i pretty much hate cooking during these hot summer months what are your favorite hot weather meal solutions entry by christina at 6 00 am 3 comments labels menu plan monday older posts home subscribe to posts atom