On our walls…

Posted on | January 16, 2012 | 6 Comments

pages of a project that is in its final stages… just a bit more to do,

Ila’s mini art gallery,

a portrait Sosi did of Paul and I, it might be my most favourite thing ever.

Category: Art, Ilustration, Kids, Life | 6 Comments

in my studio…

Posted on | January 9, 2012 | 3 Comments

I just finished this painting for my best friend who just had her first baby. I’m so happy for her. I always thought she would be a wonderful mom, but she was never sure. I think she agrees with me now!

I’m using these quiet days to organize all my fabric. I want to have them separated by colour, when I go looking a for a piece of something pink it takes me ages because I have to dig through bin after bin. I’ve wanted to do this for years, it makes me ridiculously happy to see them all in little piles.

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staying happy

Posted on | January 6, 2012 | 1 Comment

This year I’m trying to hold on to my happiness… instead helplessly watching it slip through my fingers as we move into the dark, cold and sickness-filled-days of winter. First step: a HappyLight. This was our xmas gift to each other. We huddle around it at the breakfast table and let the happiness soak into us.

Step two: Take nothing for granted, stop and enjoy the little moments… like this one (this is how Ila came out of her room one morning).

… and this one (this is how I came across her one night).

Focus on the good things… like this drawing Sosi just walked up and handed to me. Her drawings make me so, so happy.

Stop being too busy to just spend time on the floor with my kids. Great things happen down there!

12 things happy people do differently, worth checking out.

What are you doing to stay happy?

(All pictures were taken with my iPhone, using the Instragram app, which I love. If you want to follow me there… my profile name is lorijoy.)

Category: Kids, Life | 1 Comment

These days..

Posted on | December 31, 2011 | No Comments

… I’m trying to focus on the upside of being shut in all week with a sickie.

- lots of time to snuggle in the super cozy new bunk beds…

thanks Paul (it’s the best gift ever!)

-slow days spent in pjs with picnics in the playroom (yes! a playroom… this is very exciting)

-stealing moments to work on this beauty… hoping be 2012 might the year it gets finished.

Hoping 2012 brings you many happy things.

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favourite things…

Posted on | December 26, 2011 | 1 Comment

Here is my one of my favorite gifts from this Christmas, hope you are all happy and enjoying your own favourite things.

Be back here soon. Happy holidays!

Category: crafting | 1 Comment

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