The Sweeter Side of Mommyhood

Snow day after snow day has left me pulling out all the stops at home to occupy these crazy girls who are cooped up inside for so long. After we baked all the cookies and read all the books and watched all the movies (literally, we watched them all) we needed a new project that would last for playtime too. Play kitchen food is always so fun to make because the art part is really fun AND the playing part is really fun. Win win! Always save clean cardboard for play kitchen food! At the risk of sounding like a hoarder, I always recommend saving your clean cardboard! Amazon prime boxes, bulk dry goods boxes etc. We loved making cardboard box dollhouses last year with a Stitch ... read more

I mentioned in my last free Sketchbook Prompt blog post about repeat printing that I had a great preschool process art project in the works to share and this is it! I hope you love all the picture- I couldn’t narrow it down this time, they’re all just so lovely! This preschool process art activity is inspired by my friends over at Small Hands Big Art! Head there for the original project idea with detailed instructions and examples. I scaled down the wood block size to work on smaller format paper and was so happy with the results. Plus my wood total cost was less than $3- my husband just cut down a cheap 2”x3” stud and I sanded them smooth so they’d be safe and splinter free for little ... read more

I absolutely loved knitting Olive’s fabric backed knit sheep blanket and I love that she loves it! Nothing deep or heavy tonight just this darling baby and her playful little smile! Peek a boo is a favorite game lately... Our little queen of pretending and faking it! She’s pretending to “sleep” here then popping up with a smile and a giggle, ha. Hope you had a wonderful Sunday, friends. Xo -J ... read more

I was thinking last Wednesday how grateful I am to be teaching art again to preschoolers. Like, I should be paying my boss for how much good comes out of teaching so much fun process art to all the kiddos at my school (joking, but still!). I leave feeling so inspired and rejuvenated and ALWAYS full of new ideas. It’s a privilege and an honor to teach these preschoolers new concepts and skills but it’s amazing what they teach and show me too! Now posted - Preschool Process Art Printmaking and Collagraphs I have the above really fun wood block printing project to show you hopefully next week (inspired by Small Hands Big Art collograph print project). My preschoolers ROCKED this - I ... read more