remember these invites i was working on some time back?! well, they are finally completed and shipped to singapore... i made similar ones in may, but those were created while the kids were in the studio... THIS TIME, the situation was a tad different... as i stated in the other post, the paper part was cut, folded, and glued while at starbucks with isabella... some time passed as more info needed confirmation but friday, the illustration went off to the printers...
so on friday, the printed part was picked up from downtown... i'm
pretty sure milwaukee's downtown is like every other city... it takes
20 minutes to find a good parking spot and 25ยข allots you 15
minutes on the meter... now, try crossing the busy streets with a
bug-eyed toddler who is fascinated with the hustle and bustle but also
not watching where he is walking (thus, nearly causing him to crash
into a newspaper box)... then try holding his hand, while carrying your
little baby girl who's dress is practically hiked to her neck.... and THEN
try walking with those two while wearing heels and a skirt that keeps
flying every which way... okay, so i wasn't thinking when i decided to
wear heels and a wispy skirt... nor did i consider using the stroller
for isabella... (and forget carrying the carseat!!! do you see how
lanky my arms are!?)
anyhow, picking the order up at the store took one minute tops...
another five minutes to walk the kids back to the car... another 5 to
buckle them all in and situate myself... then we headed off to the
pool, where diego swam, isabella cooed, and i cut the tags... it's all
about seizing those moments to create, while you can.... yeah, two kiddos enjoying the sun.... one mother crafting away, basking in the sun and desperately trying to avoid the wasps....
i've been wanting to dig out my toys from the basement for awhile... my mom is a collector of all sorts... and the apple didn't fall too far from the tree... can you believe i have many of my childhood toys, saved over the years? they are all intact but a tad dusty from lack of attention... i remember going to walgreen's and getting to pick out a toy.... each time, i'd buy one that matched the series... like the toy above... this is a transforming pool, that turns into a bathtub and shower... i also have a car that turns into a chair... and a stove that turns into a pizzeria (check out my flickr photos)... these toys were usually under $12... yup, i was an easy-to-please child...
my favorite kinds of toys were teeny tiny ones... and wearable ones... the polly pocket originals were perfect!!! i usually received toys that weren't as popular... i mean, look at my mom!!!! she is the collector of collectors!!! she loved and still loves finding unique things that are too cool to pass up... she was always that way.... and who could complain?! but there were occasions when they'd buy me the "popular" toys... polly pockets were so much fun, back then... they were teeny, merely one inch dolls... they had a teeny ranch with the apartment and the bed so slippery, the doll could never sleep in it without falling into the ranch...
but then there were the polly pocket rings! my fingers were always skinny so fake jewelry would never fit well... in fact, i still have thin fingers (my wedding ring is a size 3.5)... anyhow, i had toy rings... toy necklaces... toy EARRINGS!! did i ever tell you that i was teased a lot as a kid? i used to think that it was mainly because i was hispanic in a very suburban school... or that it was because my hair was quite curly and short.... but maybe all the teasing had to do with me being different all together... the little girl who watched leave it to beaver instead of saved by the bell... the girl who would tell her third grade teacher that she looked JUST LIKE mary tyler moore (how could a 8yr old girl in 1989 know about mary tyler moor?!)... and now look! there is a world full of people who enjoy the same goodness as i... who collect way more than i... it's not so bad being different [anymore]
most of my dolls now have frizzy hair... you know, come to think of it,
most of my dolls aalways had curly frizzy hair... i guess i liked having dolls
with whom i could relate to... trying to brush the naps and tangles out
of their curls, just like i had (have) to do every morning...
i wonder what kind of toys isabella is going to like... will she love the same ones i did? will she want an i love lucy barbie doll or a bratz doll? we already know diego is into the 80's toys (like his father)... he loves the ninja turtles, and spiderman, and transformers... batman, superman, and comic books too! of course, all these toys have modern movies of them, but i doubt ramel would have ever dreamed that his 3yr old son likes the original boring transformers cartoons...
fun fact: in 1994, i was 13yrs old... that was when my parents bought us the atari system [from a rummage sale]... i still have it too!!! better late than never to own the system, eh?!
