i like to create

creation

to produce through imaginative skill.

i'm always looking for something

sensational, seasonal and

just simple and effective

to create whether or not it turns out perfectly, i just like to try.
paper, computer, food, clothes, jewelry, or fabric.

i like to create.

there are plenty of people more gifted in many areas like my artistic husband

who can draw anything!

i have always wanted to have that talent, lucky i married that gift.

or my sister-in-law, alicia, who can always WOW me.

as i wait for my husband to
finish his work project on the computer next to me

i worked on another creation of my own.
here it is:

this photo of the grandkids was worked on 5 years ago.

at the time it was difficult to find programs that would manipulate well.

to create this i manually (with the mouse) took

davis's and jackson's faces off

and set a new face on from another photo.

my oldest son is the 2nd one in.

some of my favorite hired jobs have been

making woman skinny in their christmas card.

they have all turned out well, sent out to hundreds with no one realizing

there was any manipulation to the photo.

(this has not been done for anyone in my family, they are perfect).

here are the grandkids 5 years later.

how quickly the count multiplied.

my 2 are in the middle.

i was able to use one of the dramatic painting for the

background of this postcard. i could still work on this one to make it flow better,

but at the time i had less then 24 hours to complete it.

i didn't particularly like our family photos

for this christmas card

because i was chubby being 9 months prego with Alexander,

but i sure had a great time designing the accordion fold card.

jewelry designs and business with my sister-in-law, jodi.

she is so talented!

i love collages

especially the ones other people are making in the 9x9 grids.

i really just threw these together over a few days.

what an enjoyable challenge this was.

my hope is they will last since i didn't review sewing instructions before making them.

in the kitchen

yummy homemade pizza.

i make a whole wheat garlic/basil dough then

spread bbq sauce and pizza sauce together to make it oh so tasty!

(the sauce is my sister-in-law, tami's secret).

i am also known to throw together some delicious

pumpkin pecan swirl bread

served with cream cheese frosting.

(it's my very own recipe, but i am willing to share it)

dallin's teachers LOVE it when he brings it in for them.

this is the creation

i am currently working on.

it is a learn to listen book for alexander.

it needs to be laminated and bound.

click here to find out what learn to listen vocabulary is and printable cards for yourself.

my hope is dallin and zachary will read it to alexander in the car, and at home.

what have you been creating lately?