- Hi, I’m Renata. I’m a mom, a wife, and a teacher. I am also a writer, a painter, and a general creative soul. I love to write stories for children and poetry for adults. My favourite painting medium is acrylics. As well, I love to craft with my kids. While the goal is to have focused, daily creative time, that is not always possible with a five year old, three year old, and a one year old. That is why post it notes with sentence fragments, story ideas, and sketch ideas can be found on most surfaces in my home. This blog is a record of my attempts at sanity and at making me time for creativity while being a mommy of three.
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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Reflective Resolutions
Recently there was a program on CBC radio that talked about first imagining what you want your life to look like before making resolutions. So here’s what I came up with for a vision for my life: I want to have … Continue reading
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Creative Kids Moment: Toddler Xmas Crafts V
Sequined Pinecones C had collected lots of pinecones in the fall which inspired this craft. It’s super easy and the end result is so pretty. C painted them white and then sprinkled them with sequins while the paint was still wet. … Continue reading
Creative Kids Moment: Toddler Xmas Crafts IV
Popsicle Christmas Tree Ornament C painted the popsicle sticks green to start off. I had cut down some of the sticks so that the branches were smallest near the top. Then C painted it with glue and sprinkled it with sequins. We did a … Continue reading
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Tagged popsicle crafts, snowflake ornament, tree ornament
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Creative Kids Moment: Toddler Xmas Crafts III
For the stainglass ones, C painted a piece of wax paper with glue. Then C put squares of tissue paper (I had pre-cut) onto the glue. Once it was dry, I cut it to fit into frames I had cut out … Continue reading
Creative Kids Moment: Toddler Xmas Crafts II
Card 1: There are lots of variations of footprint trees on Pinterest. These are based on one I liked the best. They could also be made by tracing a child’s foot on green construction/scrapbook paper. If you do choose to … Continue reading
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Tagged footprint cards, handprint cards, holiday cards
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Back to Work Status Report
It’s the end of week two of being back to work. I have to say to all full time working moms of two – holy Toledo, it is hard! That jump between one kid to two is a doozy. I am … Continue reading
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Tagged easy dinner recipes, going back to work, quick dinner solutions, working mom
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Creative Kids Moment: Toddler Xmas Crafts I
Here is a fun simple wall art craft: For this craft, I took a page that C had coloured (though it could work with a painted page as well) and cut a long triangle out of it. Then I cut … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas craft, Christmas tree wall art, toddler craft
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Painting Project: October Serendipity Painting
For my October Serendipity painting, I started off with painted pages again. This time I have a picture of them. They really are just doodles and piddles on paper. I use these pages to play with colours and with supplies. I don’t … Continue reading
Just Show Up at the Page
Picture Book Idea Month (PiBoIdMo) is over. You know what has amazed me about the month? I truly didn’t know I had so many picture book ideas in me. I really didn’t know I had that much inspiration inside of … Continue reading
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