The New Blog

The new blog is up and functional and mostly finished. I'll be blogging at

www.livingaslights.info

from now on. If you'd like to keep up to date with our family's life in Ireland, please follow us at the new address.

Computer Woes...

Well, my computer has been down for quite a while, so I've been on a forced blogging break. Which means I've been doing more sewing!

My mother made matching aprons for the children and I took this photo of them when she was here for a visit. It's my inspiration.

 

Changes in 2011

It's time to say goodbye to blogger. I've decided to launch a more focused blog this year which will be hosted independent of blogger (and the ever-growing Google 'mega-industrial-information-collecting-complex.')

I'll be posting the new web address and launching the new blog in a few weeks when all the bugs have been worked out.

Winter Update in Photos

Winter Art

This winter was one of the coldest we've have in recent years and we spent several weeks snowed in. During those days indoors, we did a lot of art, thanks to an acrylic paint set and table easel.

Our philosophy around here is to learn by doing. So we let the girls dive in and experiment with colours, textures, brushes and canvasses. They learned a lot from their mistakes and we ready for some pointers.

After quite a bit of trial and error, we did experiments using techniques in a few art instruction books we have on-hand.  We also explored art instruction videos from You Tube. This really inspired everyone!

Here's a link to one of our favorite videos showing how to paint roses:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmW5oyxQFq8