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Monday, May 3, 2010

Lessons of the Muse learned...

stawberry pots stuffed french toast flower arrangements







I am so Blessed to be a Home maker. I adore being with my children and most parts of shuttling them to and fro events that enhance who they are. The Home part of Home making is funnily more and more confusing. Some odd Reason the home is reflecting my mind...Multiple highway of ideas, incohernt time tables, Creativity and Profectionism colliding. Flyladyhttp://flylady.net/ says we have CHAOS(Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) because we need to see things at it's worst turn it to it's best.

Hence Making it Perfect! (I say it gritting my teeth). I am seeking that BALANCE of Clean/ORGANIZED/Warm/Creative Home with Keeping the Family Loved,Nurtured,and Held with Care....

It doesn't help that the twins are not just 2 little 4yo's but that they Really have Synergy...example 1 4y has 1/2 an idea and may or may not act upon it.


div>Now 2 very intimately connected twins together they don't think of the same 1/2 of the idea but these two little ones think of the mirroring or completing half of the idea and My girls make Synergy....Now add this CREATIVEMUSE mom who is also a leathel idealist...Oh wait I'm the "It doesn't HELP when you have a...." Perfectionist/Idealistic/Creative/QUeenie(ie I don't WANT to do the dishes) Mom starting it all off.


Here's a Great new Cookbook My Mother in Love gave me. I think Hey the Fundraiser for the Preschool has cupcakes let's make the ducks! I'll have a back up plan though with choc cuppies and the frosting/sprinkles all together..(I think to myself). These are the twins Delish and Bean helping make the lemon cuppy base for the duckage. New Chef attaire for the children from Easter...

While mommy carves the oversized donught holes for the head (the hunt for minis was fruitless) frosts the cakes puts the marshmellows on the tail freezes them figures out reciepe wrong so more buttoms up will happen than heads up ducks due to not enough frosting. I tint and melt the yellow icing and while I am wilding Creating...my sweet ones have helped themselves to my Back up plan. I find them under the livingroom coffee table faces full of choclate decedance...but Delish has gone one step futher or is it that Bean has already licked hers off....so I find Delishes hands covered in frosting like she's having a SPA treatment........


Oh Mommy didn't read the disclosure of no WHIPPED Frostings...so my ducks were drippy messes...while I cleaned up they helped themselves to 2 mini (for the eyes)m&m containers sorting the colors for me and eating the ones they thought wouldn't help the project.....


So my Friends you can call me MENTAL since I had to feed hubby so he could see little dude kick a board in half ,while I hosted another class with a friend . We did sit with the Kindergatners/first graders and some 4th graders for a sit QUIEt/be Still show of our Ojai Raptors...the sugar was waiting to take effect....we then came home packed up/feed big sis for Playoff Game ...ate dinner Went to twins open house...With12 not 24 cuppies simply frosted with yellow icing and sprinkled with flowers...then Dad and big boy Split to Pinewood Derby we left to the game then to the derby then HOME. Everyone was tired....no rest for the weekend it was busier...Donut Team Party for twins, Home run Tball derby...Wedding And Tea to prepare to for Sunday..friends playoff game/BBq at Nana's then Sunday Help Mothersday tea leave mid tea and go to Wedding..Yes I said you could call me MENTAL....I'm so tired I'm Ready for the WEEK Lol!


My on going mission to Creatively try to incorperate ways of BALANCe for Me and Ultimately my Family... lesson learned this weekend NO over booking (sometimes it can't be helped),...Keep it Simple (not stark simple and lovely....),Keep it up...just doing little chunks daily will help things flow and not back up.......I'm off to lovinly do Laundry,Wash dishes, Play with the girls make lunch and do a Home BLESSING HOUR...I'll be sining a Grateful Song that my Life is so Full and Loving...I LOVE LIFE AND LIFE LOVES ME....Louise Hayhttp://hayhouse.com/


Warmly,



Stacy~Creativemuse



PS we got the call last night that big sis is on THE GOLD ALLSTARS!! YEAH





Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Halloween Adventure!

Yahoo! I love HALLOWEEN!
Ms Vanessa Valenciahttp://afancifultwist.typepad.com/a_fanciful_twist/2009/08/a-hauntingly-magical-celebration-revealed.html is hosting a Halloween Celebration Oct 17!
I am so excited to be apart of it!
I have many ideas still haunting my head from
years past! The lovely laser stenciled haunted haus from a local artist waiting be be on a spooky garland. The MARTHA Stewart's mini pumpkin chandelier from ages ago.
One of those hollowed out white pumpkins with spookiness inside.
Not too scary I like the whimsy side more especially with my little ones. who wants to be creeped out. Definitely by your parents! I can't even take them into MICHEAL'S craft store now! Well I'll say I stopped last month due to the gruesome animated creatures. NOT one of my children likes it. I have to go in and avoid 1/2 the store or just go with out them(very very rare). Oh I digress on to the what I have haunting me creatively!
Many new little captured witchies. I made one for the 1st Sinister Sweet swap and then for the blog. These are a pair I had on see tutorial I did last year for Kari Ranstrom ArtsyMamahttp://www.artsymama.blogspot.com/ here on flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/52895107@N00/sets/72157607793003603/ Kari has a lovely BLOG YEAR OF COLOR just for all of us artist learning from other FABULOUS ARTISANS. She is hosting this years Sinister Sweet swap therehttp://artsymama.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-back.html.
I also will love making these sweeties.
I made them for an old group of mine ArtErratica hosted by Melissa McCobb-Hubblle http://thegardenofpinkshadows.typepad.com/my_weblog/Melissa is a Fabulous artist who is a contributor to Sommerset as well as for the new look of

JOLI PAQUEThttp://joli-paquet.blogspot.com/ I just found out about that today!
Looks to be super cute! Great artists!
Look what a little blog hopping will lead you!




So I am wishing you WELL My Dearys I must fade back into the Tactile world get on my PODA(Parade of daily activities)(an acronym from Flylady.net http://www.flylady.net/)



Warmly

Stacy~Creativemuse