What's in my diaper bag?

A couple of years ago I played a blogger game "what's in your purse?". My life has changed so much since then, that I don't even carry a purse any more. I have a diaper bag. Yo!

Now, what's in my diaper bag today? I just flipped it and tossed everything what was in it on the floor.

1. A few diapers, size 4, and a few sample tubes of diaper rash creams. I received so many different samples, that never needed to buy any! WOW! I finally got me a deal!

2. A plastic cap from Santino's sippy cup. He doesn't like it any more, and I put the sippy cup away and couldn't find the cap. Now I know where it was hiding.

3. Garage opener. Yes, I carry it in the diaper bag!

4. Some cash in an envelope and loose change.

5. Baby's self feeder. I put slices of apple in the mesh this morning, but he doesn't suck the mesh anymore, he flips it and sucks on the plastic handle. Or just carries it like an Olympic flame torch.

6. Santino's toys.

7. Santino's Kenneth Cole jacket. I put it on him before we went to the Newmarket Goober Gang play date, and couldn't put it on him on the way back for some reason.

8. Santino's orange plastic circle. He likes to wave it around sometimes.

9. Burt's Bees lip balm.

10. Estee Lauder Tender Blush. "Peach Nuance". No 421

11. L'Oreal lipstick. "Milla's Plum". No 748. Revlon Colorstay Liquid Eye Pen. "01 Blackest Black".

12. Santino's new drinking cup. I filled it up with water and spilled it all over my diaper bag today.

13. Cards holder. I keep all my different reward cards, bank card, and a bunch of other small stuff in there.

14. Ear phones.

15. Pack of Kleenex.

16. Purple dragonfly broach.

17. Santino's shots checklist.

18. "Metro" receipts.

19. Sample pack of baby wipes.

20. Clinique lipstick palette: "Pure Posh", "Coral Crush", "Honey Nude", "Sassy Spice".

21. A pencil and a pen.

22. My business cards and my sister-in-law business cards (Made with love cupcakes).

23. Natural bristle brush for Santino. Softest bristle. I bought it before Santino was born so I didn't realize that he doesn't have much hair to brush!

24. Santino's teething ring.

25. Two changes of clothes for Santino. I normally carry just one, but today I had two, for some reason.

26. A few plastic bags for possible diaper disposal, if I find myself in a place where I can't throw a diaper out. Also handy, in case I need to put his dirty clothes somewhere.

27. My self-made baby wipes. Cut one roll of Bounty paper in half, take carton insert out, put in a Ziplock plastic box. Add a cup of warm water, a few spoons of baby wash and a few spoons of baby lotion. These are the best wipes!

28. My combs.

29. Baby changing liner.

30. "Canadiens" hat!

Tooth

They took out my tooth today. Now I am in pain. All day long. Can't really open my mouth, can't speak, can't eat. Well, I ate a little, only soup. Still hungry..

Color: Purple

A friend of mine gave me a task to find some purple things around me and write about them. Here they are:



(In the magazines they usually add numbers to the corresponding photos, but I hope that my collage here would be easy to follow).

1. Klimt coffee book. My inspiration and my good mood. Somehow I am always in a good mood after I flip its pages. We don't have a coffee table really, so I keep it among other books in my art room (I don't call it my office any more), or sometimes on the floor of my art room. My desk is usually too full.

2. Oil paint. I don't care that there are only 12 of them, at this time 12 is enough for me. Check out my another attempt here (not original no... copy of course)

3. A book about pastel and how to paint with pastel.

4. A broach. Remember this IF illo? I used it there.

5. A gift from my Italian friend. She brought it for my wedding. It is a special Italian thing, made of candy. Very pretty.

6. A book about marketing by Seth Godin, "Purple Cow". Awesome book! The idea is explained at the beginning. Seth tells, how he was traveling by car with his family around Southern France, and how they were admiring picturesque views with fields and cows. But after a while they got sick and tired of those cows, as they all looked the same. So he had this idea, if at least one cow was for instance purple, he would definitely notice it. The rest of the book lists examples of how to promote small and average size businesses without spending a fortune on advertising.

7. A coffee set from Roberto's grandmother.

That's it! No more purple things in my house. None at all!

If you are interested in playing let me know. I will give you a color to find!

We finally moved and more or less settled...

Hi everybody!

My little update: we finally have moved to a little house in a quiet children-friendly neighborhood. The move went rather well, very stressful, with a few furniture damages, and sweat and tears.

People who lived here left the house in a rather poor shape, they didn't care much about it. So now we are finding little and big things here and there that need to get fixed. And our plan to save a little bit of money here and there to fix the house little by little might receive a few interruptions due to unexpected expenses, like a thermostat or a suddenly leaking kitchen sink.

Oh, the beauties of the move!

I wanted to make a drawing of the house, but really had no time. I am planning on making one soon. Here is a little photo for now.

Cheers everybody!

Not drawing anything recently

You think i'm lazy? 'cause I'm not drawing anything recently?

Well.. you are right yes. Although I'm not drawing anything because... my creativity is trapped in one of these boxes we have all over our house....



I guess not only my creativity got trapped in a box :)

Something positive. For no reason.

I realize I have been slacking recently. Not posting much. Not commenting much.
To be honest, I have been busy taking pictures and studying the environment around me. I am amazed how much beauty is around me! If I didn't start looking, I would have just walked by, as if it doesn't matter. But it does. It does matter. I want to notice every little detail. And make my life full of color, beauty and positive experiences.

Here are a few posts with photos from my LJ blog. There is no need for words really. Pictures are worth hundreds of words. Take a look:

Some everyday patterns

Riverdale Art Walk (1)

Riverdale Art Walk (2)

flowers

I promise to come back with some illos soon!

Have a great day!

Art weekend. Few more sketches

Yesterday I took my mother-in-law on a little art trip around Thornhill.

A bunch of artists and photographers agreed to invite people into their houses to look at their art and, maybe, buy some too. We didn't see all the artists' houses, but the ones that we saw I really enjoyed.

One of the artists - Gary Wein - is actually somebody I know in the real life. I asked him if he ever goes on sketching trips, and he said that not normally but it would be a good idea! So we decided to go on a hiking trip together to the Rattlesnake Point, not far from Toronto. It doesn't even have rattlesnakes, so it is safe and beautiful. I better get me some hiking sketching gear!

Then I came home and made a few more sketches of my husband, a magazine cover and just doodles.









Also, almost every day of the past week I was trying to draw a friend of mine. But I keep failing and not liking the results. She liked this one, but I know the whole face here is wrong... I better figure this out

Here is another one with crayons

i like the effect of "see through" they give... i understand that i cannot expect much from them. here is another sketch i did yesterday:

CooCoo Love Print

my hubby gave me beautiful flowers, and i made a t-shirt print for him. and a t-shirt of course...



well, we are both leos by zodiac, and of course this is craaaaaazyyyyyyyyy .. or coocoo :))

here is the tee

Blog design

I have started editing my blog design, but gotta run... don't think please that this is how it is going to stay...

off to the gym