new house project

I made an online home for my instagram photos which also means I now have a tumblr account. If you have any recommendations for good tumblr blogs to follow please tell me!

Over the weekend we worked hard on our house. The plan for the weekend started out with just painting, but ended up with a major room switch. We moved our bedroom from upstairs to downstairs. This was something I always had in mind for the future, but I am so happy it’s done now. One of the issues we were having was a lack of space for photographing our work. Now my studio is upstairs in the brightest room of the house and one corner is set aside for photography. I did a few test shots today.

I am working towards an etsy shop update. Sometimes it feels like I spend more time undoing stitches than making stuff, but I think I will have something soon.

Saya cut her own hair last week. She came downstairs to show me with a big smile on her face. I wasn’t really mad, but I told her that is the sort of thing you really should ask mom about first. We ended having to give her a short bob. Have your kids ever cut their own hair? How did you react?

Recently Saya has been searching around the house for things to sketch.  Her drawings are so cute.  Happy happy weekend!

We set up our Hinamatsuri dolls this year. We have forgotten in past years. (Sometimes it is hard to remember Japanese holidays when we are in the States.) We are also planning a girl’s day dinner tomorrow. Junji will do most of the cooking and I will plan some crafts and activities for the kids. How do you celebrate Hinamatsuri?

We painted our main living room white over the weekend.  The color that was here before was not bad (seen here and also on the blog header) but we really like white walls and we had time over the weekend, so we did it.  Saya also likes white walls way better she says.  I am happy she shares our tastes  While I had the drop cloths down I painted this frame I had.  I will use it to rotate some of Saya’s artworks.

Saya sometimes writes and draws in my notebooks and sketchbooks…

She writes stories and makes little drawings with doors you can open.

I like these hand drawings too…

The hand drawing photos are taken with Instagram.  Are you on Instagram?  If you are let’s follow each other!  I have stopped updating my flickr account, but I always have my phone with me and I usually snap a few pics a day.  My Instagram name is newhouseproject, so please say hi.  See you there!