Life, Love, Family: Sometimes it's Messy!

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Thanks so much for your sweet words on last week's post! Here are a few peeks at the new heart I've been working on--it will have wings, of course. I decided to try a new design element in my collage--an intricate chevron pattern this time, rather than my usual checkerboard pattern. I think I'm hooked.

The mess on my worktable lately seems to resemble the mess of my heart. I've mentioned that my girls started Kindergarten this fall, a big change which has led my emotions on a bit of a roller-coaster ride! Even though I miss my girls during the day, having time to work has been amazing and I've been so engrossed in my new projects that it's hard to pull myself out of the "zone" to surface and connect at home and online. I suspect (and hope!) that this difficulty will pass as I develop a routine for my work life and my home life (even though working from home complicates things).

My daughters are loving Kindergarten, but I think my oldest is experiencing acute growing pains that just might be very similar to my own. She has discovered the fun and friendship of the classroom and struggles to pull herself away from her play everyday to come back home to her family and the routine of home. She is testing the boundaries in every way, leaving her Mama and Daddy quite exhausted! But I know that this too is just a phase. We will just dig deeper into our hearts to parent with love and consistency. Soon we will claim a small victory and move on to a different battle.

And this is an important thing--to remember the small victories, to hold them aloft in our hearts so they don't get covered over and forgotten in the new day's problems.

What are your small victories this week? I'd love you to share them in the comments so I can help you celebrate!


Linking with Studio JRU and Paint Party Friday.

Monday's Measure: Hello, It's been a while!

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This afternoon I snapped a few photos to say "hello" from my shadowy studio and to measure the joy found in a soft gray fog--joy found a bit more readily than usual today because my heart is noticeably cheered by the extra twinkle lights I've strung around the apartment.

The joy is doubled now this evening, as I type this retrospectively: that soft gray fog was the herald of fluffy white snowflakes! It's only a dusting, but it's the first one of the season and I know the girls will be thrilled when they see it in the morning...rather, make that when they see it tonight. Here they both come now, rubbing sleepy eyes.

Hugs from all of us here in snowy Hamburg. More again soon!
Love,
Sadee

Just Goofin' Around and Coming "Back to Life"

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Just goofin' around--this is the way we ring in the new year at the Schilling Place! 

We discovered this musical gem too: "Back to Life," the new single from Esther Sparks and the Whiskey Remedy (friends of my friend in Colorado who did an amazing photo-shoot of the band!) While watching this music video, I remembered these funny little moustached faces from a couple of days ago. Watch it and you'll see why--the video is so fun and lighthearted; the song itself is bright and quietly powerful--full of hope to recover from loss and beat any and all odds in 2013!  Please share it if you love it!
And in case you were wondering, I have been painting and my sneak peeks on Fridays are coming back too. Here are a couple of teasers--just another broken heart, pieced back to life again. I don't this subject will ever grow tiresome to me.



I'll meet you here again next week to share some more. Happy weekend, friends!


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I'm calling this Month...

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Hi there, can you believe it's December already!? And that Hanukkah starts this weekend and Christmas is only 22 days away!? I guess most of my clients know this. I'm saying that because this has literally been a month of holiday cards! It started at the beginning of November and is still going strong. And while most poeple have purchased packs already printed and blank inside, there have been quite a few that have customized their cards this year!

I've had everything from keeping the exterior the same and just adding a friendly saying to the inside to completly new and original cards that people have created to send out for the holidays. Above are some of my favorites. The top three have the original design to the left and the adaptations to the right. And the bottom cards are interiors and exteriors of completely unique cards.

What do you think?

Will you be sending holiday cards this year?!

It's the Holiday Season

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So I've basically been running a marathon of holiday order after holiday order since September and it's been absolutely incredible. I feel so lucky and so blessed to have been as busy as I have been this season. But while it's been wonderful to be this busy my last order went out yesterday and in order to celebrate I've decided to draw for me today.... and bring back Coco and Louie. I'm a little rusty. but I still love them!

What do you think? And what have you been up to this holiday season?

Life, Love, Family: Sometimes it's Messy!

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Thanks so much for your sweet words on last week's post! Here are a few peeks at the new heart I've been working on--it will have wings, of course. I decided to try a new design element in my collage--an intricate chevron pattern this time, rather than my usual checkerboard pattern. I think I'm hooked.

The mess on my worktable lately seems to resemble the mess of my heart. I've mentioned that my girls started Kindergarten this fall, a big change which has led my emotions on a bit of a roller-coaster ride! Even though I miss my girls during the day, having time to work has been amazing and I've been so engrossed in my new projects that it's hard to pull myself out of the "zone" to surface and connect at home and online. I suspect (and hope!) that this difficulty will pass as I develop a routine for my work life and my home life (even though working from home complicates things).

My daughters are loving Kindergarten, but I think my oldest is experiencing acute growing pains that just might be very similar to my own. She has discovered the fun and friendship of the classroom and struggles to pull herself away from her play everyday to come back home to her family and the routine of home. She is testing the boundaries in every way, leaving her Mama and Daddy quite exhausted! But I know that this too is just a phase. We will just dig deeper into our hearts to parent with love and consistency. Soon we will claim a small victory and move on to a different battle.

And this is an important thing--to remember the small victories, to hold them aloft in our hearts so they don't get covered over and forgotten in the new day's problems.

What are your small victories this week? I'd love you to share them in the comments so I can help you celebrate!


Linking with Studio JRU and Paint Party Friday.

Monday's Measure: Hello, It's been a while!

To contact us Click HERE


This afternoon I snapped a few photos to say "hello" from my shadowy studio and to measure the joy found in a soft gray fog--joy found a bit more readily than usual today because my heart is noticeably cheered by the extra twinkle lights I've strung around the apartment.

The joy is doubled now this evening, as I type this retrospectively: that soft gray fog was the herald of fluffy white snowflakes! It's only a dusting, but it's the first one of the season and I know the girls will be thrilled when they see it in the morning...rather, make that when they see it tonight. Here they both come now, rubbing sleepy eyes.

Hugs from all of us here in snowy Hamburg. More again soon!
Love,
Sadee