- 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: August 2014
Creative Cats: Creating on!
A quick recap: In July I attended a painting night held by West Coast Creative Company. At the Kerrisdale 4 Cats studio we made paintings of flowers inspired by Van Gogh. It was a super fun night and great to … Continue reading
Creative Kids: Football Birthday Card
Recently it was daddy’s birthday. Daddy loves baseball but his baseball’s over and now football’s starting up. So we decided to make a football themed birthday card for him. Here are the supplies I set up for C: A glue stick, … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday card, football, football birthday card, football craft
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Creative Cats
About a month ago I attended an event held by West Coast Creative Company. The company (run by Tara of Suburble and Crystal of Sew Creative below with the sheep) hosts creative events for bloggers every couple of months. Besides being a fun … Continue reading
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Creative Kids: Handprint Recycling Truck and Garbage Truck
With the beautiful weather we’ve been having this summer, we’ve been spending most of our days at the sandpit, playground, and waterpark. It’s been a lot of fun but it has also meant crafting with the kids has been at … Continue reading
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Tagged garbage truck, handprint craft, recycling truck, toddler crafts
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Painting Project: Long Neck Fishing
I recently had a request for one of my long neck paintings for a birthday gift. The instructions were to paint a couple in a dingy with a fishing rod and two calico cats. Oh, and the man needed to be wearing … Continue reading
Posted in Me Breaks, Painting
Tagged acrylic painting, calico cats, fishing, long neck
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Kids Decor: Fairy Painting
I’ve gotten the painting bug lately. Perhaps in part because of a painting night I attended held by West Coast Creative (I plan to write more on the event in another post). One of the projects I’ve been working on … Continue reading
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