tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post8556577631330668187..comments2024-03-28T14:54:43.134-04:00Comments on Craft Knife: Collaborating with my Girlsjuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18141123092139829629noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-40427869329723681292008-11-16T18:46:00.000-05:002008-11-16T18:46:00.000-05:00It took me a long time to find meaning in my work ...It took me a long time to find meaning in my work as a mother, I'll tell you. I grew up wanting something very different with my life, and I tried a lot of things that worked, but didn't work for me. And once I really dedicated myself to being the mother of my first child, I still wasn't satisfied, you know? Like I still didn't have anything, really, to DO? It didn't start getting better for me until I bought myself a real, professional digital camera. And then everywhere I went with my babies, I took a lot of pictures. A LOT of pictures. It was a creative outlet that satisfied me and gave me something to do while being with my girls, and still let me have some intellectual time and some time alone to work on my photos, too. And then my mother-in-law gave me her old sewing machine, and making stuff for my baby was something else to do. And then I started doing other crafty little things as something to do. And then I started finding this meaning in it, of doing work that I can share with my girls, of doing things that let me be with them and interact with them but aren't the regular kinds of kid-things that had me feeling like I was going crazy. Play groups? Oh, man.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141123092139829629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-63830469261624251592008-11-13T13:49:00.000-05:002008-11-13T13:49:00.000-05:00that is a beautiful post. i really love the fact t...that is a beautiful post. i really love the fact that you collaborate, and work along side you girls. it takes a lot of patience to do that. it is something i would like to do, more consciously that i do now. i always think i have to have a block of time, all to myself, to get things done. you've reminded me that's not true. <BR/><BR/>cosmo has helped a few times with building projects, and is great at putting screws in holes for me, so they are all ready for the drill to screw them in.cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18022650911172987454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-43508013722662040202008-11-12T07:40:00.000-05:002008-11-12T07:40:00.000-05:00You gotta love BABS, of course, but I can totally ...You gotta love BABS, of course, but I can totally bring you some buttons and your record bowl on Saturday. I am super-excited about learning how to make soap!<BR/><BR/>I've got all these other weird natural baby projects in my head, too, that I need to sit down and figure out--I want to make some patchwork baby quilts out of old blue jeans, or maybe freezer paper stencil the international breastfeeding logo onto a denim bunting...a good mom friend is expecting, so I've been really inspired lately, because her baby? I'm gonna pretend like it's mine.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141123092139829629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-14682749963687941192008-11-11T14:45:00.000-05:002008-11-11T14:45:00.000-05:00also. i want to buy the cinderella bowl! can i? ...also. i want to buy the cinderella bowl! can i? could you bring it to the shop on saturday? i want to buy it for my brother for xmas.Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10520357124259599970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255877501892467740.post-50598184527037449562008-11-11T14:39:00.000-05:002008-11-11T14:39:00.000-05:00what about those pins? can you sell them at our s...what about those pins? can you sell them at our shop too?? or does your heart only belong to BABS?Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10520357124259599970noreply@blogger.com