Archer's old room

Aunt Robin and I painted this along Archer's wall at our house in SLC. It was inspired by fabric. If you look at Archer's quilt you can find the fabric in it.

Archer's quilt top

Must Quilt. Then off to the next project. Can you believe with all the quilts I made I never finished one for Archer. It's about time. He specifically asked for one like uncle Asher's with gnomes in it. So here it is a navy blue chinese coin quilt. Uncle Asher's is grayish-black.

I need Elves

Archer's quilt in progress

back of quilt

rug of inspiration made by a grandmother or great grandmother of Benjamin Scoville's

My Chagall interpretive Psalm project

A Psalm of David. 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell. 3 Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will be confident. 4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple. 5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. 6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD. 7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. 8 When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.” 9 Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the LORD will take care of me. 11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. 12 Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence. 13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. 14 Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!

I used hungry dogs to depict my problems. The past dog is friendly. The present dog stumbles the future dog is pratically invisible. The moon is God's face and light etc. I looked at Chagall for inspiration.

This was for my Psalms class. I had so much fun.

nterpretative Project
My interpretative project is on Psalm 27. I loved this project. I wanted to somehow make a declaration of my faith. I think I found the most perfect Psalm. I have mentioned before that I love light. This Psalm starts with “The Lord is my light and salvation.” I really believe that in every sense of the words. I illustrated this with a drawing/painting. The mediums I used were pencils, oil pastels, and watercolors. For inspiration I looked at paintings by Chagall. He was a Jewish painter someone I really admired and an artist that believed in light. He would travel to different places because he knew each light was special.
He also just seemed to fit this specific Psalm. He said, “Despite all the troubles of the world in my heart I have never given up on the love in which I was brought up or on man's hope in love. In life, just as on the artist's palette there is but one single color that gives meaning to life and art—the color of love.
I tried to think of colors of God love. Light to me is yellow. In reading this Psalm I pictured myself in the forest being hunted down by hunting wolves and hungry dogs. I depicted three dogs. They each represent past, future and immediate troubles. The past wolf is friendly, the immediate threat stumbles and the future is almost invisible. I picked wolves because of “whose afraid of the big bad wolf.” “Of whom shall I be afraid? The wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes They stumbled and fell.” I am waiting with my heart on the outside of myself. “My heart shall not fear.” I am hidden in his house, which is just his presence in the forest. “Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me and answer me. When You said, “seek My face,” My heart said to You “Your face Lord, I will seek. I used the moon to illustrate God's face. Not that I think that the moon is literally God's face. However the moon has a face. I am waiting in the forest until morning without fear. The sun will come up and I will be safe. “Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And he will strengthen your heart;Wait I say on the Lord.” I will wait on the Lord patiently. He is worth waiting on.

It's Dark

It's dark at 5:00 yuck. I love IKEA. This started out as a 4.99 frame. The angle of the picture I took is weird, but believe you me it's beautiful IRL.

I also love Nora Ephron and books. She's my new pretend friend. I feel the urge to watch Sleepless in Seattle and to buy gravy boats. I can't explain it. I feel the season coming.

Girls just wanna have fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqf9PuKi63E

Some boys take a beautiful girl,And hide her away from the rest of the world.I wanna be the one to walk in the sun.Oh,girls,They wanna have fu-un.Oh,girls,Just wanna haveThat's all they really want.....Some fun....When the working day is done,Oh,girls,They wanna have fu-un.Oh,girls,Just wanna have fun...Girls,They want,Wanna have fun. Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper.

I had fun in SLC last weekend. I got to see a great concert performed by Fleet Foxes. Thank you to all the people that help me have fun.

He sings!

I love music! I always have. I love worship. I'm taking a Psalms class. It is so much fun. I've learned so much about music and singing. For instance God sings. What? Yes Zephaniah 3:17 "The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."

Jesus sings Matt 26:30 After the Lord's Supper-And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to Mount of Olives.

The Holy Spirit sings-Ephesians 5:18-20 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God.

I'm so glad we were created in His image.

Beautiful moon

My Chappy dog has died. I am okay. I feel like a kid that just broke open a pinata and can only hold so much candy.I want to keep it all but I know I have to sacrifice some. I still have the best candy.My family and spending time with them makes me the happiest. I'm homeschooling and love it. I was driving home tonight sad to know there wouldn't be a slobbery welcome home. Then I looked up.My camera doesn't do it justice.You can't see the clouds and the beauty of God's fourth day of creation. It was so long ago and his light shines day and night. Every kid loves a nightlight.

Josie's quilt

So much has been going on this summer. First of all, for the Fourth of July I was the surprise bearer of a car. Since I hadn't driven in a while I felt like a teenager again. I got to take that car to Denver for the birthday of one-year-old Rylee. Then the kids and I drove to SLC for a reunion. Good times. Zach's sister Amity is having a b-girl in oct. I'm in the process of creating a blankie for baby Josie.

I had the extreme pleasure of watching my newborn and toddler nephews for a couple of weeks. That's over but I love babies.

Rachel had a Winnie the Pooh baby shower for Noah. Nathan ended up with a face plant in cake. It's a shower not a wedding silly.

Zoe's baptism

Happy Mother's Day and a baptism. Good day.

My mom's birthday and a robot

Here's the back to my mom's quilt.

Poppies will put them to sleep

I love that scene in Wizard of Oz. "Poppies, poppies will put them to sleep." I would love to sleep in a field of flowers. I took the pictures by my muddy garden statues which are inside at the moment. I love combining inside and outside things. It's the Frank Lloyd wright in me. ( I don't think there's any relation it's more a quality than literal blood or genes.) This is the quilt I'm making for my mom's birthday. I included the pictures of the quilt i took inspiration from.

Our Spring Break bubbles and Easy Bake