Monday, March 29, 2010

home again

Happy Monday! What an amazing amount of love and enthusiasm last week's give-away has created! Overwhelmed is an understatement. I'm soaking it all in. We just returned from a whirlwind trip to New Hampshire and Boston for a fun weekend filled with extended family. I love coming home! 780 miles! I don't know what we would have done with out our antiquated Heather Forest story tapes. They're available on CD, too... we're just old school sometimes! Highly recommended for travel with small ones (find them here and here). I'm recuperating with my laundry piles and to-do lists... and your lovely comments have sweetened the task. So have the baby leaves on our forced crab apple branches, that welcomed us when we returned.

Coming home to rain inspired me to carve this stamp on my "to make" list. So instead of posting right away today... I carved. Very grounding for me, as you know. A few more umbrellas might need to be made for April, because it's so fun creating collages with raindrops made from security envelopes... and a few digital drops tossed in.p.s. Blogger is having some odd problems with formatting photos today... please bare with the strange layout and cut off images. You can see all photos in their entirety on my flickr page.

p.p.s. I think blogger's troubles may be over. phew! Pin It
Posted by mayaluna at 12:29 PM Labels: , ,

20 comments:

  1. Hooked in HoveMarch 29, 2010 at 1:32 PM

    What a lovely stamp! I must try that pink stuff. Love love love the raindrops too,what a great idea!

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  2. RowenaMarch 29, 2010 at 1:50 PM

    I want to carve stamps too! It's on my long to do list, also.

    i didn't reply to your giveaway, because I still feel so blessed to win last year that I want other people to feel that too. but for a moment I was tempted. ;)

    And I'm glad you said that about blogger, i was having problems, too, and thought I'd caught a virus or something. I'll try again and see if I can post now.

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  3. AmandaMarch 29, 2010 at 1:52 PM

    Thanks for the Music/Story referral! I know my twins will LOVE it! I'm going to order it today.
    Amanda from www.txtwins.blogspot.com

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  4. UnknownMarch 29, 2010 at 2:04 PM

    Wonderful stamps! I love that idea!
    I had problems loading pics on Blogger as well...what's up?

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  5. mayalunaMarch 29, 2010 at 2:07 PM

    Hi friends! Carving stamps is very do-able for everyone... worth trying!

    Blogger Status says- "Our image backend is experiencing problems which may affect the display and/or uploading of photos. We are working to resolve this and will update this post when we have more information."

    Ok, so they're working on it, that's nice.

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  6. Diva KreszlMarch 29, 2010 at 2:14 PM

    welcome home! love the new stamp, perfect for the rain we are having here today:)

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  7. nikkiloohooMarch 29, 2010 at 2:40 PM

    I love the stamps. They are so fitting for spring!

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  8. Anna K.March 29, 2010 at 4:54 PM

    Lovely stamp!

    We always used to listen to books on tape when I was little on our family road trips!

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  9. TurtleMarch 29, 2010 at 5:20 PM

    Nice! Where in NH did you go? I grew up in the Campton /Waterville area and still have family scattered. Mud season i hear has hit!

    Is that bird wallpaper in the background of picture one? I love it!!!

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  10. LisaMarch 29, 2010 at 5:39 PM

    Gorgeous stamps! Ok, you may have mentioned it previously, but what is the pink stuff? I'd love to start making my own stamps but don't want to invest in something until I'm sure it works.

    THANK YOU for the suggestion on the music/story, too! I'll definitely have to check those out...we need some stories for the longer drives.

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  11. mayalunaMarch 29, 2010 at 8:25 PM

    Turtle, my family is in the woods a little ways outside of Concord. I wish it was wallpaper... how incredible! The birds are on an identification poster from Dover. It's in our sunroom so it is bleached out to faded perfection.

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  12. mayalunaMarch 29, 2010 at 8:27 PM

    Lisa- the pink stuff is fabulous. I've tried a bunch of different kinds, but really love Speedball Speedy Carve Blocks. Find them here:http://www.dickblick.com/products/speedball-speedy-carve-blocks/
    One lasts a long time if you're making little stamps.

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  13. UK lass in USMarch 29, 2010 at 11:12 PM

    What sweet umbrellas. I drew a couple of rain pics a month or so ago that I plan on embroidering for my daughter's room. Just need to get a spare moment to sit down with a needle and thread... Goodness knows when that will happen...

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  14. MegMarch 30, 2010 at 12:06 AM

    I love that umbrella stamp - just the sweetest!

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  15. Melissa de la FuenteMarch 30, 2010 at 9:21 AM

    Those are so adorable, Maya! And I adore the raindrops too! Beautiful...
    xo
    Melis

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  16. Rae GrantMarch 30, 2010 at 10:11 AM

    April showers! So cute to see an optimistic picture of rain during this downpour. Love art!

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  17. AnonymousMarch 31, 2010 at 3:16 PM

    lovely stamps!

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  18. urban craftApril 2, 2010 at 6:20 PM

    I am wishing for rain!
    But I am buried in snow.
    Love the stamps.

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  19. leahApril 6, 2010 at 9:40 PM

    we love heather forest! i find myself all too often singing some of those stories. i am sure you have also checked out other gentle wind albums. i grew up on them and now my girls are. so many of them are so sweet.

    those umbrellas of yours are perfect.

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  20. College Term PapersApril 20, 2010 at 8:13 AM

    its really great and lovely stamps..very well done ....

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