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So she signs it, Vasha. And the next day her dot is hanging, framed, in the front of the room. Seeing it, Vasha thinks, "Well I can make a better dot than that." And she does and much crazy dot painting ensues: big dot, small dots, dots made of dots, dots made from the absence of dots. It's a beautifully illustration (literally) of the lesson I often try to teach my children: stop saying I can't and just try. A lesson I obviously hadn't learned myself.

For a while now,canada goose chilliwack, I have been dreaming of making my own fabric. The hand dyed and hand printed fabrics (and the beautiful projects made from them ) always appeal to me, but I am rather terrified of dying my own fabric--my bathtub still shows the signs of a botched dip dying experiment. I will try dying again, but the book made me think that there might be other ways to make a mark. Down in the basement, I scrounged some spray paint and an old white sheet. Then on my snow covered picnic table I drew some dots.

So there. I did it. Made fabric. It wasn't perfect, it was scratchy and pilled a bit in the dryer,canada goose jacket, but hey! I made it. Then I made something out of it: a little peasant top. And it looked better than the fabric did--I made a better dot! And now I want to make more, with fabric paint this time or maybe even dye.

It is so easy not to do something new. It's cliche that we get stuck in our old ways, but we do! And then constantly tell our children to get off the couch! stop whining! try it! you might like it! Listen to your mother, go try it. Go make your dot. Do whatever ridiculous thing pops in your head--you're children always do.

The old blog has been pretty quiet this week.canada goose jackets. And it might have to stay that way a bit longer. I'm spending every minute of my day painting our house. The outside! It's raining today, so I'm here with you, but tomorrow it's back to covering myself and the house in paint.