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Drawing Lab :: One

Cyn — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:56:25 +0000

My friend, Angie, is having a link-up for the book, Drawing Lab on her blog. She’s going to attempt the weekly assignments with the three generations of her family and is inviting anyone else to draw along.

The boys and I did the first lab, which is to draw cats in bed. Many cats, much giggling, and repeated requests to do the next lab right away. It’s been a busy week, so we didn’t get to progress farther than line drawings, but it was a fun and successful first lab. The evidence is below… the favorites we picked are indicated in red.

Angies’ link-up is live here. Stop by to post your link with her lab.

OM :: The Frog

Cyn — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:06:20 +0000

Meet Speckles.
A creation from Abe, my 7-year-old.

Abe loves to draw. It’s the one thing that can hold his attention just as long as reading.

And almost as long as TV watching or video game playing.

My moment came when Abe said during breakfast clean-up one morning that he’d like to be a card designer and have his own business one day. Awww, really? Thanks buddy.

Of course, this will be his third career.

First, he’ll become the lighting director for American Idol.

Then, he’ll try his hand as a full-time inventor for awhile (he’ll be working on a time machine, among other ideas.)

But I’ll take that moment, fleeting as it was. Moms know that these moments can be the most memorable. We just have to pay attention.

:::

OM is *one moment* and is a meetup designed to notice & relish a moment in everyday life. The meetup idea was created by Linda at her blog, a la mode stuff.

If you’d like to participate in OM, just click the button and you’ll be taken to Linda’s post explaining it all.

Yearning to Design

Cyn — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:39:23 +0000

Running a small, online paper goods store and being the sole owner, designer and the everything else-er, makes time seem to tick quickly. Mostly, I enjoy all the aspects of the business, but when it’s tax time in particular, my mind is yearning to design.

We were recently on vacation and I was able to doodle on the plane, while sitting next to both my boys. A rarity, for sure, and I was able to begin developing a new set of cards. From then to now, I’ve had very little time to actually design, but I’m hoping this week will bring a big enough pocket to get most of my thoughts onto the paper. Here’s what I have so far…

I envision the set to have some of the design over the fold of the card and a main focal point on the front. Wish me luck with time this week… hope it goes your way too!

Cool Mom Picks Color-Your-Own Valentine’s Day Card Design Contest

Cyn — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:37:43 +0000

My entry for the Color-Your-Own Valentine’s Day Card Design Contest sponsored by Cool Mom Picks and Etsy. It’s a big hit with my 7-year-old, so I might have a good chance :)

You can see the other entries at Cool Mom Picks or enter your own by clicking the button below.

What Did You Draw Today?

Cyn — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:20:28 +0000

I recently had a post about drawing (which you can read here) and thought what a great idea it would be to put a call out for more of us to draw, by hand, for the whole world to see. Or at least the small following of this blog :)

So, besides the header above of my lovely handwriting, I made some doodles for my life/mom blog, Organize Me.

I drew these to just add a little personality to some new headers on my other blog. I like that the doodles are far from perfect and have a bit of handwriting to make them more personal. You can check out one of the headers here.

I would love to challenge you to draw something by hand and share it here with a link or image. I’ll be posting this every week to keep my pen (or pencil) in hand. A sketch of an idea, a drawing you will use in your work or just a doodle would be lovely to see.

What did you draw today?