Creative Friday x5!

I resolved to catch up on Creative Friday today. I knew I'd gotten behind, for one reason or another. But I thought I only had 3 times to document! Not 5!! Good grief. So, here goes:

1. March 25th

Jill brought a plate of her scrumptious homemade cookies. I really have a hard time sharing these with my family.

So pleasing!

I worked on new birthday tags...

and birthday gifts (coasters). I love fabric as much as I love paper -- they're all textiles to me.

I can't remember anymore what it is that Jill wanted me to try to include in the background of this self-portrait, but I know for a fact that it was not that attractive asphalt!

2. April 3rd

This captures perfectly how we feel whenever we get phone calls during Creative Friday. I'm usually the one who gets calls since we're most often at my house, but this time I was able to catch Jill's impatience. Is it wrong that we don't want any more interruptions than necessary?

This pretty card of Jill's with matching envelope was oh so pleasing to me.

This cracked me up. Jill was doodling and then complaining about how much she hates her doodling. I know what she means, because I get a little irritated with my doodling as well (so meaningless! so repetitive!), but of course I had to document the source of her irritation.

Both in pretty good form. (but me with no lipstick! what the?)

3. April 10th
Jill elected to continue with Creative Friday during the week she was so sick.

This sad sight should have no place at Creative Friday...

Jill cut a bunch of labels. Does anyone else find those little slivers of curling cuttings as compelling as I?

At one point I looked up and saw Jill writing her cards like this. Now there's a sight I'd never seen before -- such a sad commentary on the state of her health!

Yet, look how cute she managed to look, even while sick! (and what am I looking at??)

4. April 17th
Last week was Spring break, so all the kids were able to get together as well. Eva was thrilled to do play-doh and dinosaurs with Whitney, and the big kids played board games and basketball. So fortunate that the mid-week snow had melted!

Jill brought this lovely Easter candy. (Why is it that candy in seasonally appropriate wrappers seems to be even more irresistible than usual?)

I love these!

I didn't even have the energy to put makeup on, even though I knew Jill would still want to take a self-portrait! I told her to focus on her correspondence and to try not to look at me. So scary.

5. April 24th
Today Eva spent a lot of time sitting next to me and asking me innumerable questions. Why do small children ask questions they already know the answer to??

I helped her to discover that she can get on and off the trampoline by herself and thought that might provide some quality quiet time, but her jumping session was all too short.

invitations in progress (this photo's for you, Kristi)

completed invitations (this photo's for you, Jess)

I love Jill's photo cards.

Not a good week in terms of peace and quiet, but at least both of us are feeling much better!