29.9.08

we heart art.

I recently saw this fun idea on this blog and decided we had to try! Lately I have felt like I have just been trying to keep Max occupied while I get things done, rather than really engaging in something with him. That makes me sad. I thought this would be the perfect thing for us to do together. We had so much fun and Max loved the paint! I'm sure this won't  be the last time we do this together. Wouldn't it be fun to do one every few months and plaster one wall in your house with the pieces floor to ceiling? 

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We started with an 8x12 canvas that I painted green. Then I just squirted blobs of acrylic paint on the canvas and let him go nuts!

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little picasso at work

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Finished project! Next time, I will let each color dry a bit before adding a new one, they all kinda mushed and turned brown at the end. 

I love these, I have very few pictures of Max and I together. I guess that's how it is when you're the one TAKING the pictures. 

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me and my baby
I want to frame this one. Look at my baby's painty little fingers!
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13 comments:

  1. CarlySeptember 29, 2008 at 10:22 AM

    Okay first you are a total babe! Second, what an incredibly awesome idea! Will DEFINITELY be stealing this one (as soon as i can trust that stella won't be eating all the paint...)

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  2. HeatherSeptember 29, 2008 at 10:58 AM

    I follow Amy F's blog too. I saw that idea the other day and thought that would be SO FUN! You look just like Scarlett Johansson in that last pic by the way!!

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  3. ChristySeptember 29, 2008 at 1:05 PM

    What a great idea!

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  4. SabsSeptember 29, 2008 at 1:27 PM

    i love it! sometimes its good to remind yourself how much fun it is to just be with your kids:)

    p.s. max looks so old all of a sudden!!

    p.p.s you look really good in that last shot!

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  5. Nick Scott FamilySeptember 29, 2008 at 3:37 PM

    Love the eyes in your last shot of you and Max!

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  6. Jessica KettleSeptember 29, 2008 at 3:41 PM

    thanks everyone! It should be noted that I touched up my skin. It really doesn't look that good, I wish it did! haha!

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  7. UnknownSeptember 29, 2008 at 4:07 PM

    love that last shot!

    and that looks fun! i'll have to try that out with ezra.

    thanks for playing today!

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  8. LindseySeptember 29, 2008 at 8:15 PM

    Seriously...could you be cutier mother?? I want to sit outside in my diaper and paint.
    SUPER cute pictures:)

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  9. Shan @ Design GalSeptember 30, 2008 at 8:11 AM

    Oh I love this post! What a great idea! I need to keep a journal of fun ideas I get from all of you great moms, for when I have kids!

    LOVE the idea of hanging the art floor to ceiling!

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  10. RachSeptember 30, 2008 at 4:54 PM

    love this idea, put it away in my mental file cabnet. If i did it now, Lils would just eat the paint.

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  11. wrightNOWSeptember 30, 2008 at 9:30 PM

    This is the most beautiful picture ever!!! What a great picture showing the love of a mother...and the love a little boy has for his mommy! Love it!

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  12. the waitesOctober 1, 2008 at 2:07 PM

    I stumbled upon your blog and cant get over how Beautiful your photographs are! If you are ever in Newport Beach please email me...I would love to have you photograph my little family

    rachwaite@hotmail.com

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  13. allegraOctober 5, 2008 at 9:33 AM

    oh i love these pictures of little Max. what a great idea. I might have to try this one day. you are so beautiful in that last picture! i'm in love with it.

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