Happy 2nd Birthday to my Blog
Two years ago today I started my blog with an entry about the 3rd silk wedding chuppah that I made for one of our children's weddings. Since then "paper," not "threads," has dominated my blog entries. So for the birthday celebration today I selected my favorite threads project from this December - a pillow I made for my grand daughter Sydney. Sydney's 3rd birthday was December 20th (her baby brother's is Dec 19th!), so I wanted to make one of our birthday presents something special. This is the same pillow that I made for my daughter, Syd's Mom, when she was a similar age. My daughter's reaction, when the present was opened, was more than I could have asked for. Sydney's favorite color is orange and her new bedroom will be pale pink and pale orange.
Here is the only photo that I have of the pillow that I made for our daughter in the late 1970s:
Although I was skeptical about creating a blog and sharing my "naive sketches," every minute of it has been a wonderful adventure.
Tomorrow I will post "faces" that I've sketched the last few days to convince myself that I'm serious about this 2008 Goal.
Comments
CONGRATULATIONS, SHIRLEY!!! I LOVE YOUR BLOG AND AM SO GLAD YOU STARTED IT!!!! I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE AND MORE!!
Posted by: lin | January 4, 2008 12:53 PM
Happy blog birthday Shirley! Gorgeous pillow.
Posted by: teric | January 4, 2008 1:27 PM
What a wonderful, memorable gift and post to your blog - I Love the color combo - You are so talented and patient to create so many loving works of art in paper and threads!!! I made special blankets for my daughters with their names and eyelette lace trim, I made another one for my only grand daughter and hope to have more granddaughters! Happy Blog Birthday!!!
Posted by: sandy | January 4, 2008 1:30 PM
Oh Shirley!!!! This is so special!!! Thanks for sharing and congratulations on your 2nd birthday!
Posted by: suzanne | January 4, 2008 3:24 PM
I have enjoyed your goals for 2008 which spurred me to list my on creativity goals in my journal. I would appreciate knowing what the EDM Challenge is.
Posted by: Aurore | January 4, 2008 6:21 PM
It's not too often I take out one of my sewing machines these days. Years ago a few lived spread out about the house with various projects going! These days it's the paper and pencils/brushes along with yarn and knitting needles. Congrats on your 2nd year! I have enjoyed this past year so much coming by to visit often. My favorite are your London and New York posts. Thank you also for all the pre-London suggestions and advice. I loved the Turner exihbit at the Tate. I plan to stop by often this year as well as I am enjoying your progress and growth, but love the 'thread' posts also!
Posted by: mARTa | January 5, 2008 12:14 PM
Congratulations, Shirley, on your two years of hard work and fantastic progress! You seem to enjoy it all so much, too, which adds to the fun of reading your blog.
Posted by: Laura | January 6, 2008 7:36 AM
Congratulations! It's so exciting to see how your persistence has led to such progress. Selfishly I'm glad you've focused on the paper since I love seeing your drawings of life in NY and London.
Posted by: Jana Bouc | January 7, 2008 1:15 AM
Happy belated birthday to your blog Shirley. I for one am so glad you started it. I've loved following your adventures since I first discovered your blog last year, and you already know how much I like your drawi!ng style. I'm looking forward to another sketch crawl in NYC (or maybe Paris?) one of these days.
Posted by: Casey | January 7, 2008 10:19 AM
Congratulations on two years of blogging! I too used to do a lot of sewing and now am "paper-oriented". But I do miss those projects. Kudos to you for pursuing both.
Posted by: martha | January 7, 2008 6:50 PM