tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790520475950343272024-03-02T12:29:40.488-05:00Land of LuluLeah Samourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753285608804607853noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179052047595034327.post-64676927319880866702012-12-06T15:50:00.001-05:002012-12-06T15:52:09.753-05:00An Update in Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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October 2012: I am ridiculously pregnant, and ready to meet this munchkin!</div>
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Soaking up the last days of it being just me and this little monkey before monkey #2 joins the party:)</div>
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October 26, 2012: Welcomed Gabriel Elias Samour into our family! His birth was quick and I was thankful to have him naturally, just as I'd hoped to. Rogelio was the best doula I could ask for; even the nurses were kidding about hiring him! Feeling so blessed by my husband, and to now be the mom of two sweet boys. </div>
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We also found out, a few days before Gabriel's birth, that we are moving back to Fayetteville, AR at the end of December for Ro's new job. Excited, but completely and totally overwhelmed. </div>
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November 2012: Lots of cuddles, not lots of sleep, and lots of sweet smiles:)</div>
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November 25, 2012: This guy turned 2!!! </div>
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Rowan loving on his baby brother:) </div>
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December 2012: Getting ready (if you count sitting around cuddling a baby) for our move; more to come!</div>
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<br />Leah Samourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753285608804607853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179052047595034327.post-75744241433078889672012-08-18T22:41:00.000-04:002012-08-18T22:41:36.618-04:00Adelaide's Collage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Being a mom to a toddler is the most joyful and exhausting experience of my life (I'm sure being pregnant is adding to the exhaustion part...and the joyful part too:). I still love painting a more realistic style, but when I have time to just let loose in the art room, collage seems to call me these days. Its a completely different process. When painting based on a photo, I have a very specific look that I want to achieve, and I find I have to have larger chunks of time to be super focused. I enjoy painting like this so much, but it is getting more and more challenging as I get more and more pregnant, and Rowan gets more and more active! </div>
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Collage, on the other hand, goes something like this; how big a mess can I make? What shapes and colors are drawing me in? What does my brush want to do right now? I can create a layer quickly and then come back at anytime.</div>
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I don't have any idea if I'm collaging the 'right' way, but that's kind of part of the fun too. This is my process right now, but it continues to evolve!</div>
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The first layer (forgot to photograph it!) is just splashes of paint; I covered this one in yellows and purples and let them dry. Then I start patch-working papers, using a collage medium to stick them to the canvas. I really love mixing up the textures by ripping some, and cutting specific thing out on others (like the flowers). I created this collage for my beautiful niece! The maps are from my Grandpa's collection, and Seattle (where they moved right before they she was born) is something I know I want to have showing through the final layer. </div>
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Then a couple glorious doodle and shading layers! I don't think at all about the final product at this point; I just work with the shapes that are already there that I'm loving, shading around them to make them stand out more, and using white for my doodles and stencils. </div>
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Natalie knew she wanted balloons for Adelaide's room, so we played with sketching some compositions til we found one that would work well on the canvas (referred back to internet photos of the New Mexico Balloon fiesta, they are coming in handy:). I use chalk to sketch out the basic shapes (it wipes away clean!), and then used a thinned down acrylic paint to begin blocking them out. </div>
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This part is SO fun! There is so much going on in the under layers, as the image takes shape, I get to decide what layers show through (like the details in the balloons) and what is going to disappear. </div>
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Shading and detail added to each balloon, a little bit more white detailing, and a touch of glitter (love!) and this collage is done! </div>
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I got thinking the other day about just how cool all this techy stuff I don't understand is. The way that blogging, Facebook, twitter, instagram, (etc, etc) makes connecting with other artists and learning from them about a bajillion times easier and faster than it would have been before. </div>
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Learning from other people inspires me so much! While wandering on instagram, I came across <a href="http://www.florasbowley.com/">Flora Bowley's </a>work, and couldn't pull myself away. Turned out, she also had a book that was being published, so you can guess what I did next. </div>
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All that to say, she's awesome, it's an <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brave-Intuitive-Painting-Let-Bold-Unfold/dp/1592537685/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1341968690&sr=1-1&keywords=flora+bowley">awesome book</a>, and when I'm not working away on commissions, I've been inspired by her to 'step out of my comfort zone' and paint/collage in a freeing way, just layering and layering for the love of it (note: I was a little too into it, and didn't get pics of the first layers!). Though when I have an image in my head, it seems to decide for itself what the painting's going to be about (ex. the penny farthing below! Saw one of these in front of a bike shop at the beach and fell immediately in love). My dear friend Kat just sent me pictures from a hot air balloon <i>fiesta</i> (what could be cooler?!?) that happens yearly in New Mexico, so they're back on the brain. Think they'll be working themselves to the surface in my next series of therapeutic paintings!</div>
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Playing with papers, shading and handmade stencils...</div>
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I got reading through a few old blog posts tonight, and it was SO GOOD. In the beginning of this painting journey, I was lit up with all I was learning in class. This one's a gem; <a href="http://tumblr.landoflulu.com/post/1565940681/farmhouse">my first people painting</a>, ha! Recently I've found myself getting intimidated by how other people perceive my paintings, and thinking about all the things I'm not doing right in my 'business' (or not doing at all). I also (childishly) look at mega-successful artist's work and hear a voice in my head saying, ' Oh, what's that? Yup, you should probably just put that brush down.'<br />
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Who knew? Turns out, comparing myself to others doesn't do a bit of good. Other than possibly keeping me from doing all I could do. If I wasn't so busy comparing.<br />
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The picture above is of a commission I did recently where I felt that same 'getting lost' in it I used to; I just. Love. Painting. It was so rewarding that they felt it truly captured the memory of the day, but I think I need to learn that if I paint <i>hoping </i>people will like it, I lose some of the magic that makes me love painting so much to begin with.<br />
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Self reminder: Love what you do more than you love people's praise; or you won't love what you do.<br />
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It was also so fun to look back on baby BABY pictures of Rowan; was that only 18 months ago?!? Gah. He's a little MAN now, almost all traces of baby gone. And so. much. FUN.<br />
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He's obsessed with elephants at the moment, and says "Elee! Elee!" whenever he sees one ( I have no idea where this came from). He's an avoid conversationalist (in Chinese, we think) and an incredible mimic; his repeat repertoire includes 'peace dude' with an attempt at a peace sign, which makes us laugh every time (thanks Tat!:). He turns anything and everything into a phone (his toy laptop was one recently; size is a non-issue), and gives the best, giggliest eskimo kisses on the planet. <br />
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Tonight he sat next to his big basket of books, taking each one out and carefully looking at every page; 30 minutes later, he looked up at me startled, and said, 'Oh!'. I'm pretty positive he was so lost in his reading, he forgot I was there! I just want to remember all these sweet things.Leah Samourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753285608804607853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179052047595034327.post-25460215438839285652012-05-15T13:32:00.002-04:002012-05-15T13:38:57.686-04:00Deny Designs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am so excited about this opportunity! My friend Erin recently passed my artwork on to some of her friends that own Deny Designs. I was delighted (and pretty darn surprised) when they contacted me saying they would like to use my artwork on their site. The website is a super fun idea; liven up your standard home goods (shower curtains, bedding, blankets, clocks, etc) by having them printed with original artwork. Here's to hoping someone out there is on the search for a hot air ballon shower curtain!:)<br />
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My first real show! Back in October I applied for Arts in the Park, a yearly arts festival in Johansen Park in Atlantic Beach. I was so excited to be accepted, and can't believe how fast April got here. </div>
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I don't usually think of myself as shy, but the morning of, getting ready to talk to people about my art, I was a ball of nerves! It's one thing to hole up in my art room and paint away...it's a whole other thing to sit at a table with a bunch of people looking at it. Eeek. In spite of all the nerves, I can't believe how well it went, and how much FUN I had! I am a horrible sales person, but seeing how much joy people had when they really connected with a piece made me ridiculously happy too. </div>
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MAJOR highlight of the day: My friend Erin had commissioned a painting of the first house she and her husband had lived in for their anniversary. She wrote a sweet note on the tag, and I 'planted' it in the midst of the other paintings for him to stumble on when they stopped by. He was so surprised! I can't help smiling every time I think about it:)</div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also new around here this week; you have to try <a href="http://enlightenedcooking.blogspot.com/2008/02/home-made-lara-bars-energy-bars-part-3.html">these</a>. In my obsessive perusing of Pinterest, this recipe for Larabars came up, and they have been a huge hit around here. There are so many ways to vary them too! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Leah Samourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753285608804607853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179052047595034327.post-640744171276120162012-01-26T14:18:00.003-05:002012-01-26T14:37:58.619-05:00Stick Fishing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEjOCrq7wjLAEPDjQMh46ke7wt6kpPAWII_D8E3tTPxLCnuyijB_kZSn6tme69nwLV7a1MkV4Scbwngq7dn60DaWmijpPyXcg9gohULmkiNHTAM5kNeeyDtQFyneShUfnpeGw_zIuvRul/s1600/Rowan+1.26.12+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEjOCrq7wjLAEPDjQMh46ke7wt6kpPAWII_D8E3tTPxLCnuyijB_kZSn6tme69nwLV7a1MkV4Scbwngq7dn60DaWmijpPyXcg9gohULmkiNHTAM5kNeeyDtQFyneShUfnpeGw_zIuvRul/s640/Rowan+1.26.12+(3).jpg" width="640" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm so inspired by Susanne and Edgar Cabrera's blog, <a href="http://www.anopensketchbook.com/">An Open Sketchbook</a>, that I wanted to start including sketches of Rowan, as a way to remember the cute things he's up to. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sticks are an endless source of fun right now; why do we have any other toys??? His favorite game is getting the cat to chase the end of the stick; he drags it through the plants, driving her just about crazy. Some amazing baby giggles follow:)</div>Leah Samourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753285608804607853noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179052047595034327.post-90945998668450058992012-01-23T10:26:00.001-05:002012-01-26T09:16:55.396-05:00Oh, the SNOW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRFDQEPHu4_1Ls_8ucZEo5IGCb6ayou3LYkJ49R6g-RGTOvkiE1LHisrindF5dXfnPoa0BrkG5Ss0OdlE8lgQYO4USHq8VIBFDQDgvB7ciNftKarVIjRQdWT3Ftky1BEAwKd1ht5xRPSyy/s1600/DSC_8388.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRFDQEPHu4_1Ls_8ucZEo5IGCb6ayou3LYkJ49R6g-RGTOvkiE1LHisrindF5dXfnPoa0BrkG5Ss0OdlE8lgQYO4USHq8VIBFDQDgvB7ciNftKarVIjRQdWT3Ftky1BEAwKd1ht5xRPSyy/s640/DSC_8388.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know that it's January. And that it might be unacceptable to post Christmas pictures this far after the fact. But I got looking through these yesterday, and I can't help myself! Our time in Canada was wonderful. I felt like I was marinating in all the love and hugs and sheer happiness of all that far-away-family togetherness . Wanted to bottle it up and bring some home with me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In February a friend and I are running a half-marathon; with the goal of doing it in 2 hours. Eeek! Training has been so fun (can you say that about running at 6am in the morning?) and I'm getting really excited to challenge myself in the race. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found out that I've been accepted to <a href="http://www.coab.us/index.aspx?NID=248">Arts in the Park 2012</a> and am excited to start preparing for that. Lots of painting! I'm getting a printer in the next couple weeks too, and am looking forward to the creative possibilities that will open up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New love: PINTEREST. I was a late comer, and admit that it took me at least a month to just figure out how to pin something. But now that I'm going I can't stop. Love all the kids crafts I'm finding! I put a button linking to my Pinterest, so if you'd like, check it out! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Leah Samourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753285608804607853noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179052047595034327.post-21278321895000191792011-11-18T23:21:00.000-05:002011-11-18T23:21:56.392-05:00Another DIY! Repurposing Old Shutters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you saw my table at the Beaches Artwalk last month, you might have noticed that it looked rather, well, flat. I didn't have anything to hang stuff on! I was short on time, and wasn't able to put together a display I was truly proud of.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So this month, I did my research! I wanted a space with a warm and friendly feel to hang my work on, and loved the idea of using something vintage. Several google searches ( see LOTS of shutter ideas <a href="http://www.sasinteriors.net/2011/09/repurposed-shutter-decor/">here</a> ) later, and a fun treasure hunting day at <a href="http://www.avonleamall.com/">Avonlea Antiques</a> with my boys, and I had just what I needed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Headed into Lowe's to saw the shutters in two.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div>Leah Samourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753285608804607853noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179052047595034327.post-65867232041272089252011-11-03T22:05:00.002-04:002011-11-04T21:56:46.694-04:00Mom to a Crawler<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The past couple weeks have been exciting and challenging. We are SO SO SO excited that Rowan is finally on the move! So excited in fact, that I didn't even think about how much my world would change. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Crawling has opened up the whole world to him... and the drawers and cabinets, and power cords, cat food, grass, shoes! It's AMAZING how quickly he can get from one room to another with that army crawl. And how curious he is. I can't get over the things he finds (there's an outlet <i>there</i>?). While it is so rewarding to see him exploring, it is kind of blowing my mind too...how do people get anything else done? How do I not just fall on the couch once he's in bed? How do I feel like I've been 'productive' in a day when it's a challenge to do a load of laundry? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But what is being 'productive'...to this honor of watching him grow? He's waving, imitation sounds we make, giggling out of control at funny faces and tickling, saying 'mama' and 'papa', pointing at everything, doing a boppy dance to music, has seven teeth, loves books, and is giving the most magical cuddles ever in the history of cuddling. So this is a reminder to myself. Self; when dinner isn't made, and you haven't crossed a thing off your to-do list... <i>nothing</i> is worth missing this. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></span>Leah Samourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753285608804607853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179052047595034327.post-8942841294332689572011-10-17T12:02:00.005-04:002011-10-22T21:45:12.602-04:00First (and possibly last) DIY Post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Last week was amazing. My mom, sister and her little guy were in town, and I've officially decided that you shouldn't live far away from nice family. It's way too hard to say goodbye! Rowan worships his cousin; love the way this picture captures the adoring look he gave him all week!</div><br />
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And now...on to my project! There is a wall in our living room that used to have a charming wood burning stove attached to it. Thankfully (the not so kid-friendly) stove is no longer there, and the wall was just asking for some lovin'.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, because I paint, you might think that I knew what I was doing. But the truth is, I only paint things that you put on a wall...not <i>the</i> wall. In fact, my only other experience was painting a kitchen that ending up a hideous lime green instead of Lemongrass, or whatever it was supposed to be. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A visit to<a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/"> this</a> site and two trips to Lowe's later, things were looking up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But...what good is a beautiful blank wall without something lovely to hang on it? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Leah Samourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753285608804607853noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179052047595034327.post-49791746210801401712011-10-04T16:07:00.003-04:002011-10-04T23:17:02.042-04:00Florida's Fall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>When I stepped out the other morning, instead of the you-can't-breathe-it's-so-hot air of the Florida summer, cool, crisp refreshing air was there in its place. I literally did a little dance. If you're looking for us between now and next summer, we'll be outside, thank you very much. :)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the most awesome painting class ever (thank you Professor Miko!), we did a project using a limited palette. <a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/01/limited-palettes.html">This guy</a> (the author and illustrator of Dinotopia! Please tell me that book was in your childhood) does a great job of explaining what that is. I blogged about it a while back <a href="http://tumblr.landoflulu.com/post/1157602977/i-wasnt-impressed-with-the-first-two-i-completed">here</a>. I was inspired to try it again, after having experimented with lots of different colors over the past months. I am always drawn to blue, and love the way that red compliments it ( though I did cheat, and used some browns, yellows and white. But still less than usual!). I also experimented with different levels of complexity, based on the same photographs; was fun to see how differently they all turned out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Each card has a different painting on them, and I just LOVE it. Don't know why little pieces of paper make you feel legit, but works for me. Excited to have them available for the upcoming show at <a href="http://www.lilliescoffeebar.com/">Lillie's</a>; if you stop by during the month of October, don't forget to enter your name for a drawing to win a painting! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I am so happy to have heard back from the <a href="http://www.nbaw.org/">North Beaches Art Walk</a> today. The first juried thing I have ever entered; I'm in! If you know of a vendor that's participating, and would like a girl that paints flowers to sit in front of their shop, you just let me know. Hopefully the first time I participate will be October 20, which is the walk's fourth anniversary celebration. You know you wanna go. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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It seems ironic that as much as I love to paint the outdoors, I can hardly keep a plant alive to save my <br />
life. But (at the risk of jinxing it) I have, without knowing how, a rose plant that is <i>flourishing</i>. It is<br />
seriously delightful to look out the window and see all these buds lifting their sweet little heads! Ro gave<br />
it to me for my birthday back in July; I stuck it in a pot (with fingers crossed), and away it went. Here's <br />
hoping the tide of unsuccessful gardening is turning:)Leah Samourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753285608804607853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179052047595034327.post-51388492747924814142011-09-14T12:14:00.002-04:002012-05-15T13:38:50.805-04:00This Week's Finds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love my local handyman. Local, as in, roommate, bf, love of my life, hubs. Needed some shelves and, BAM, the man had these up in a jiffy. Don't be fooled by his tough computer guy persona.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div> I love, love, love, beyond any reasonable amount, REAL, in your mailbox, mail. Received this happy envelope from my dear friend Ellen all the way in Tanzania! You made my week. Month. Year. :)</div><div><br />
</div><div>Love that I finally sucked it up and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/landoflulu?ref=pr_shop">posted some stuff on etsy</a>. Putting myself out there is not something I excel at... even if I never sell a thing on there, I'm excited to have taken a risk!<br />
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Love friends visiting. Especially the painting, Sequence playing, wine drinking, beach lovin', boogie boarding kind.<br />
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Love finding new ways to waste Rowan's nap times. Reading about <a href="http://www.artistswhoblog.blogspot.com/">different artists</a> could become my full time job if someone would pay me for it. And in my dream world, I win a trip to Mexico to meet <a href="http://www.geninne.com/">this</a> incredible artist. Or looking at her art could be my full time job. And I just noticed Psalm 1:3 hidden in the header of her blog. Beautiful.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've also been working on my checklist for my etsy shop...working through packaging ideas, shipping costs, business cards, pricing...so many things to think about! Whatever happens, I want to look back and know that I was persistent and committed, even if intimidated. Okay, really, really intimidated. </div>Leah Samourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753285608804607853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179052047595034327.post-67329621514653138312011-08-27T00:13:00.001-04:002011-09-06T00:26:56.863-04:00Monkey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This picture just gets me every time. I think you can tell who's in charge around here! Happy nine months to our little man...it's pure magic getting to be your mom. <3</div>Leah Samourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753285608804607853noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179052047595034327.post-26278600568606596132011-08-23T22:16:00.002-04:002011-09-05T23:29:19.944-04:00Nasturtiums<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteqYNKn46Gnshxd6O2IR_2njUaNLj7mMqmHW6ZGBUZNIfEPbhYywKg-Wb5LBKZ6qIBX2VAhTTAqkRawQPRKPP_XqR51OYMr9LGWOIFz-aIjaVXEs_qrz7iqOvJOYwHgJnE05mz_2ZhWDl/s1600/DSC_5669.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhteqYNKn46Gnshxd6O2IR_2njUaNLj7mMqmHW6ZGBUZNIfEPbhYywKg-Wb5LBKZ6qIBX2VAhTTAqkRawQPRKPP_XqR51OYMr9LGWOIFz-aIjaVXEs_qrz7iqOvJOYwHgJnE05mz_2ZhWDl/s1600/DSC_5669.jpeg" /></a></div><br />
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