my portrait project

As some of you know, I am currently in a figure drawing class. This semester, we have had homework assignments like drawing body shapes for 4 hours. Throughout the semester, we will have different assignments drawing different parts of the body and bodies as a whole, each assignment being about 4 hours. That is a lot of drawing. This is where you come in. I would like to ask all of our readers to send me photos of themselves that I can draw. These photos can be photos of your eyes, arms, or ears. Really anything would be appreciated. If you would like, you can tell your friends and families to participate if they would like. I just need a lot of people to draw. So, here is the address: myportraitproject@gmail.com, or you can click on this link. I will be posting the drawings throughout the semester, if you would like to take a look.

What we've been up to...

So, many of you may have noticed... maybe... that we have not been updating our blog as often. That we have neglected our web presence and that we have, to some extent, fallen off the face of the earth. Well, this is what we have been up to. Aliens. They arrived, tried to conquer and we overcame. You can plan on hearing from us more often. Happy new week, and have a great day.

Quilt #3

AKA a quilt for Kim's baby boy who should be born any day now.

One of my best friends, Kim, is having a baby any day now. When I found out she was pregnant, I was working on quilt #2 and secretly hoped she would have a girl so I could give her that quilt. When I found out she was having a boy, I figured Kim and Lee wouldn't want a pink and purple quilt for their little boy....... She lives in Rigby, ID and came down to visit in October. We took a trip to JoAnn's and picked out the fabric for this quilt, which is the same quilt as quilt #2, but with different, more masculine fabrics. I just finished it a week and a half ago and got it mailed off to Kim on Monday. Now that I know she's received the quilt, it's time to blog about it. :) I loved the fabrics for it. They are so fun, but not too crazy as well. I also quilted around the border in a lime green thread to show off the hand quilting a little more, even though it still doesn't show too much. It turned out better than quilt #2, the corners matched up in almost all of the squares and things just worked out better. Good luck Kim and Lee. We can't wait to see pictures of the little guy!!

Run Forrest, Run.

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and survived them. We had a very busy month of December. Jan and Margot (John's parents) were in town for a 1 month break from their mission in Brazil. We spent a lot of time with family and loved it, even though John's whole family wasn't out here. This year we didn't make it to see a movie on Thanksgiving day nor on Christmas day, so sadly I think that family tradition of mine might be ending. It was just too stressful with things going on that we didn't make it. We did, however, see Invictus, which was fabulous. How can 1 person (Nelson Mandela) make such a difference to millions? It was very thought provoking and made me realize that I could be doing more.

John is back in school and I am working on quilt #4. I finished my last quilt and got it off to my friend Kim for her baby, but I want to wait until she gets it to post pictures of it.

So now to the subject of the post. John and I decided last year that we wanted to train for a 5K during 2010. We both realize this isn't a huge feat to most people, but when neither one of us are avid runners and frankly running 1/4-1/2 mile now is a task, we're pretty excited about this. We both got the Nike + iPod sport kit for Christmas and it is revolutionizing our lives, or at least mine. It is amazing. Hopefully we can get in shape and finish a race or two this year. Maybe we need to keep a "miles ran" tally somewhere on this here blog thing. Anyway, we hope everyone is healthy and happy.