Showing posts with label Max's first birthday prep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Max's first birthday prep. Show all posts

Friday, January 29, 2010

getting ready for the birthday!




Well, it's getting really close to his birthday and I'm still working on his Birthday Banner.
I've been going to a place called Common Thread Studio in South Pasadena. It's on Mission Street which is hands down my favorite street in town. I could go on and on about all the cute places along this street - but that's not why I'm here typing!

Anyhow - Max and I have been going there this week so I can spread out the project on one of their tables and work work work. The owner is great and she has her dog Luka there to entertain us.

Today I finished cutting out all the letters. I felt so accomplished. This is my first sewing project - so each step is monumental.

Now I need to either hand sew each letter - or learn how to use the sewing machine.
Not sure which will take longer and I only have a few days left.

The blog was going to be made into a book for Max - however that turned into a bit of a nightmare. it would have been 381 pages or something like that. Which meant major editing. And the photos were too small to publish so I had to go and find the original photos - all 180 of them. um......my hair was turning white more rapidly just thinking about this.

So - I've decided to go through it and find tid bits from each month that feel important and making a short version of the blog for him.

I won't get that done by his birthday and I have a feeling he won't notice!

oh - And I'm sure you are noticing that I'm starting to post about my photography here.
Why you ask? Well - I decided to merge my art blog and my baby blog - so you will find posts pertaining to every facet of my life from now on. I cannot keep each part of my life in neat little compartments. My life doesn't look that way - so why force things into different blogs?