But over the last two years, things have gotten easier. Our life has fallen into a rhythm or routine. And bit by bit, I've gotten some time back to myself.
With our new baby nearly on her way, I have been working diligently on some projects. The first, I asked my good friend Jeff, to design for me. It is an ocean themed alphabet, which can be seen in the image below.
Jeff drew this alphabet, and then digitally designed it for me-- and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. There are not enough words to describe how much I love it! I took the digital design, and converted it into a cross-stitch pattern. And then for the last 2.5 months, I have spent every free moment cross stitching each of the animals. It was probably hundreds of hours spent cross stitching! Before bed, during lunch hours, on planes, in the car... I took every opportunity I could get to cross stitch. And now, it's finally done!!!!!
I'm so pleased with the results. It will fit into the ocean theme of the new baby's room just perfectly!
And... Just a few weeks later, I finished off the second major project for the baby's room-- a painting!
I saw this painting on a website over a year ago, and took a screenshot of it. I thought, this would be perfect for a nursery! And so the screencap has sat on my phone, collecting figurative dust, until I was able to find the time to sit down and paint it out myself last week.
Again, I'm very happy with the results, and I'm glad I've been able to spend some time being creative before the baby arrives. I know we will spend a few months back in the void of sleepless nights, laundry, never-ending bottle washing and feeding soon enough. But at least this time I know there will be an eventual end to it. And I'll have more time for projects like this again!
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