My Crafty Partner

My honey has been busy as of late being all creative and all that, so i wanted to feature him here. Especially because he's been more creative than me! I've cut out my fabric pieces for the diaper bag, at least.

He's really into screening and stencil work, and got some great resources for Christmas. He also hopes to learn how to silkscreen at home, and knowing him, he'll be on it soon! Both the Stencil 101 book and Lotta Jansdotter book have been quite helpful for him!
He wanted to pizazz up our basement door, and found these adorable bird stencils that travel/fly down the stairs. Better than arrows and more fun than a plain white door!

Also, i bought him 2 Paint by Numbers sets (um) 2 Christmases ago, and this past Christmas break, he made time for himself and painted one. Isn't it lovely!?

Nous Sommes Artistes!

At our house of craft, we wanted to dabble in painting on canvas, as a way to try some new artform as well as to create something together. J had it all planned that we would paint a piece together on Valentine's Day, but we weren't able to do it then (damn visa & immigration complications for my sister!), so we sat down over two Fridays and came up with this:

Of course, the slight uneven lines are inevitable with novice painters, and we couldn't believe the strange coincidence that our salt and pepper shakers seemed to act as an inspiration - that was not intentional! Now we're not too sure of our blobs, because we didn't want them to seem human-like, but i love the splash of yellow - it's like a star!

The best part was doing this in partnership with my honey - we had to communicate well and be careful not to mess things up. I think doing something like this with someone else can be a new activity for couples/friends/family who are having a hard time communicating with each other!