Patricia Kruep’s LittleBerryStudio

Summer Plans

Summer is pretty much here for me. Kiddo is done with preschool and my spring quarter is over in less than two weeks. We have a couple of trips planned for this summer and in addition to those, I’ve created a list of things I want to do/accomplish before September:

• Do fun things with Kiddo. He will turn 4 this summer and can do so much more this summer. I’m excited about the possibilities. I expect us to spend a lot of time in our bathing suits.
• Participate in Pattern Review.com’s 2008 Stash Reduction Contest. Big motivator to use up the fabric I already have. I hope I will be able to get a lot done with this.
• Bring some love and attention to this site: post more, update the design, promote the site.
• Develop our emergency plan. This is something I’ve been planning to work on for some time. Now that I’ve written it down, I really plan to focus on it.
• Keep up with the vegetable garden. Maybe actually do crop rotation. First to go into the planter: grape tomatoes, basil, carrots (2 kinds), green beans, sweet peppers, and sugar baby watermelon. The watermelon will take some thinking: I’m hoping to grow them vertically which itself isn’t a problem. Heavy fruits are a problem so I’ll need to design some watermelon bras and figure out some way to suspend them. Should be interesting.

That’s it for now. I’m never short of projects so I’m sure I’ll think of something else. Oh yeah, did I mention we’re heading out to Yellowstone for a week?

tagged: emergency plan, garden, gardening, plans, Projects, Sewing, site design, Site Development, summer, vacation, yellowstone

Merry Christmas!

For a child is born to us, a son is given us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:5

tagged: Christmas

Advent Storybook

I saw Advent Storybook by Antonie Schneider and Maja Dus last year, just before Christmas. I decided to get the book this year for our three year old son. It’s a cute book with gentle, pleasing illustrations for each story. Starting with December 1st are 24 stories as told by a Mother Bear to he son, Benjamin, and chronicle a young bear’s journey as he follows the Star to Bethlehem. Along the way the little bear encounters new experiences and characters. These encounters each show a facet of God’s love for us. The stories–I guess you could call them parables–get their point across nicely, in a way children can understand without shoving doctrine down our throats or being condescending. I enjoy this book as a gentle reminder on what the season of Advent is really all about: not a month of frenetic shopping and rushing to get things done just so but, rather, a time to prepare ourselves for the coming of Jesus and following the Star to Bethlehem.

tagged: Advent, Christmas, story

Happy Fall!

I’ve finally gotten around to playing with Painter. I’m following some advice to go through each brush and explore what it does. This pumpkin is the result of exploring the dry acrylic brushes and the paint mixer feature. I love the paint mixer. It is so much more organic way of choosing colors.

Happy Fall!

tagged: autumn, doodle, fall, Illustration, painter, pumpkin