pigtails

Going through this sketchbook, I've noticed quite a few doodles of girls with braids or pigtails or funky hair. Here are a few pigtail doodles. One really reminds me of melanie, remember her looooong luscious side ponytail from back in the day?

baby shower

I threw my first baby shower this past weekend. It was a crazy day because we had a primary activity right before, so I ended up with about an hour before the shower to clean house and prep food. But at least all of the food had been obtained before, phew! I'd love to say it was a smashing success, but disappointingly, it wasn't. Only 3 of the 18 people I invited showed up. Is it me? It's me, isn't it? I was left with a TON of food. That cheesecake? Was still as you see it on Monday. I'm not a big fan of most cheesecakes--preferring the homemade pudding type to the baked type--but I know most people love cheesecake, so I got one. I didn't care for any, and apparently nobody else did. Not my family, not Kevin's family. I finally pawned it off on mom to take to her co-workers.

I borrowed a bunch of serving dishes from Kevin's mom, which made a huge difference in the presentation, I think. And the cupcakes! My friend, Melanie, the award-winning cupcake expert, was kind enough to share a couple of recipes for cupcakes with me. Pictured here are her cotton-candy cupcakes, which not only look fabulous, but are also delicious. Thanks, Melanie! I also made the lemon chiffon cupcakes, but it was after the fact, just my family enjoyed those ones, but they were equally, if not more, delicious. These had no problem disappearing.

I also included the digital invite that I had to throw together rather quickly. (Don't mind the blurry scribblies though. I thought it was best to do that with sensitive info. You know.) It was fun designing again. But that's probably because it was for something fun, and I could do whatever I wanted. If anyone needs a digital invitation, let me know, I'll be happy to have a shot at it.

a whole page

Thanks everyone for reading and looking at my doodles and responding!

And here is an entire page of randomness. Wow, aren't you guys so lucky that I'm so completely lazy? Heh.

doesn't she look fabulous

Okay, so the photography is bad, the lights/whites are totally blown out, but doesn't Mindy look so cute? I was snapping shots at Dal and Hi-D's wedding to practice the photography skillz. Heh, didn't make much progress, but I still think the subject matter looks smashing.

another doodle. Wow, this time it's a SET.

Here's a little group of doodles I found nearer the spine than my scanning skillz can obviously handle. Also, am lazy.

Going from the notes surrounding the doodles, I'm thinking I was doodling during a "parenting" class at education week in 2000 or 2001.