What do you do when half your family is sick with the flu on a gorgeous long weekend? Hubby and the little one are sick. Little kid’s cranky and crying a lot, older one’s a bit cranky too cos everyone’s fussing over the little one and ignoring her cough. We are stuck inside and it’s 70 degrees outside (well it was yesterday when I wrote this – now it’s cloudy and 50 something – boo). We (the girls) went to the sunroom and crafted.
Sometimes I do some random shopping. I went to buy the girls some notebooks a few weeks back and ended up getting some cheap scrapbook paper. I had some canvases lying around. Given that little kid loves to paint and loves pink, I had an idea that couldnot go wrong. I gave her a canvas, a lot of pink paint and asked her to go to town. Two coats of pink for good measure. That kept her busy for a while and she did a great job. Then I cut some scrapbook paper into little leaf shaped patterns and we stuck them on the painted canvas. Instant (pretty much) gratification.
In the meantime, older kid was busy painting a tote bag.
She wanted me to draw this picture (as illustrated on the cover of the tote). I tried my best and she had fun with fabric paint (with a little help from me on the bird and letters). Again, a quick project and almost instant gratification.
It’s February and the weather’s been sublime in Northern California. My quince trees are bursting with beautiful pink blooms.
I have an obsession for things floral. So I cut a few branches and brought them indoors.
I also got some Iceland poppies (one of my random shopping incidents this weekend) and broke one of the flower stems while planting them. So we stuck it in a bottle and I had my excuse to whip out my camera and take some pictures. I put my scrapbook paper to good use again. I love how the petals seem to flow like silk.
I have an idea for the bare twigs in the bottle on the right – and yes, it involves scrapbook paper.
In the exhausting battle of dealing with a sick, cranky, fighting kid, a few moments of prettiness to soothe the soul.
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Love the quince blooms and the art work. Btw, be sure to save (and share) some quince fruits for me as they are supposed to be extremely high in pectin and hence make wonderful jams, chutneys etc 🙂
Thanks Akay. I will surely share the fruit with you. Last year we had more than we knew what to do with.