Hey Isa,
So it’s been another week and still nothing on the job front. I’m getting a little antsy and I’m feeling like I need to be more productive with my time. So where do I turn in such times? Crafting. The problem is, I don’t have my tools here. I haven’t got my sewing machine, I don’t have any of my magnet making stuff, I don’t even have my stamp set. And with zero income at the moment I can’t really afford to outfit myself. But I’m not gonna let it get me down. I’ve got a great book called ”Lotta Prints” by Lotta Jansdotter and it’s really inspiring me to work with what I’ve got and have fun doing it. Another factor is that it’s tricky to get a solid couple of hours of crafting without the kids getting in on the fun and in turn creating mayhem. So I figured why not let the kids in on the fun? So I raided the fridge and found some stamp making produce ( in this case turnips), broke out a couple of blank t shirts and let them go crazy. So C, being a rock star at heart, wanted microphones and lighting bolts (“just like AC/DC”) and L, who’s in love with the movie Cars (which is actually a really good movie…) wanted “Lighting McQueen” a fast racecar. So Josh and I got busy designing and carving and we managed to keep them entertained for a solid hour or more and they came out with a new t-shirt each!
Another craft I’m gonna start working on is knitting squares for Blankets for Canada it’s a project I stumbled on at Micheals the other day. You knit up 8” by 8″ squares and drop them off a Micheals where they get collected and made into blankets for the needy! I figure since knitting is the most portable and relatively mess-free craft I know; and I don’t really know what to knit in the summer anyway (if you have suggestions I’m all ears) It would be a good way to pass the time… along with job hunting of course.
Speaking of jobs, I was watching a home improvement show the other day and I saw an add for the Home Staging association of Canada (or something along those lines..) and I thought that would be a really cool job for me. You basically work with home owners and realtors to make homes look their best in order to sell them faster. It’s a little designy, a little organisational, even a little crafty….But I looked into the training and it’s something like $2500 for a three day course! Not happening right now but it peaked my interest for sure.
So it looks like there might be a trip to Montreal in store for the next few weeks!! We’re waiting on the insurance to go through on the car and when it does we’ll head out to old Mtl! I think a little road trip will do me good and I miss my family, and real bread, and potholes, and people speaking french and oh and you I guess… (I’m kidding! I can’t wait to go see SATC!!!)
Also: we may have found a place to have the wedding!! It’s pretty premature, we haven’t 100% decided to even have it in Ontario yet, but K and C took us out to a spot they came across the other day; and it would be perfect! It’s a nature conservation area in a really lush hilly area full of trees and birds and butterflies! It’s basically a big platform with a barn like roof at the top of a little slope and surrounded by a grassy area! We figured we could seat about 90 to 100 people, there are toilets there and if we had it catered BBQ style, which we were thinking anyway, we wouldn’t need a kitchen. It would look soooo nice with lanterns and string lights! and the best part is it would only cost $100 to rent for the day! Man! a $50 dress a $100 location, this might be the cheapest wedding in history! I’ll send pictures soon, Josh and I are gonna look into it a little more.
Miss you,
see you soon in Montreal!!!
