Progress Report #1: not-so-lil eles

as requested by tri :)

Progress Report #1: lil eles

for two lil babies. 

ps, rayon = squishiest elefant EVER!!

Mr. Beagle's Grand Day Out

oh mr. beagle you can't go out looking like that!

that's better!

do you spy an adventure in the distance?

just follow your nose,

jump leaps & bounds

and slide down down down

into colors bright

greens & greenery

but don't get too comfortable!

hungry mouths are out today too! uh oh!

(aaaand that's all i got for the story haha)

Tree a Day #14: OM

I've been having so many good talks with friends...!! This time it's Biggers. I told him about the heaviness I'd been feeling from living abroad & being without my friends. Friends bring out different parts of you, and to be without those people... well, you find yourself being just you, as in your core you, plain & simple. While it's good to be yourself, it's exhausting, tiring, and frightening. KB likened to sleep. You need sleep to take a break from living (and I also think of that episode of Star Trek where the crew goes crazy because they can't have REM sleep). I miss my friends to take a break from being me. But at the same time, it's making me face a lot of issues and confront who I am. Anyway, at the end of all this talk of feelings, heaviness and changes, KB said:

I don't imagine that we'll be having the same conversations a few months down the road. Because I believe you'll  soften & lighten the heaviness plaguing you right now. But if we are having the same or a similar conversation it's ok.

Gah. "It's ok." Just hearing that, being reminded of that... I felt so much better. I feel like we often put too much pressure on ourselves to be a certain way, by a certain time. When I work, I like having deadlines because I mold my schedule around meeting them. But I guess you can't approach life like that. You work toward deadlines. You live in the present.

Tree a Day #13

do be do be doooo

Progress Report #3: Beagle

gotcha!

the oooold hidden eyes trick!

Progress Report #2: Beagle

Mmmm... he's so cute. I'm having fun with the different textures & patterns, all blending together to get those beagle browns. It's been tough finding the time in between freelancing, but I'm managing. Sewing keeps me happy & my mind at ease.