Sophie the Pearl: Monkey Boy

This is my darling little grandchild, Ethan! His parents call him Monkey Boy. In the photo, he's about 2 months old, but by now, he's a bit over 3 months! And 8 hours away! I took this when I was visiting in Illinois this past March, and it's my favorite image of him -- when I look into that little monkey-face, I just want to hold him forever. He's a cuddler and a cooer, and once I move closer to him, he will get to know me sooooo well!

He is my incentive for moving back to Illinois -- to be a Prairie Girl again! It will be grand to be able to see my son more, too (that's him holding his baby!) I have some loose (financial) ends to tie up here in Pennsylvania, then I need to build up a fat little savings account so I can afford the move back (I'll need a BIG truck), and have enough money to make my student loan payments and pay for my room and board until I get a job and my own apartment. That's the best part about being a CNA -- I can get a job anywhere in the country! Supposedly, it's easy to have my certification transferred from one state to another, just by filling out the right forms.

Creative Info: I've put Ethan's little face on a vintage Pierrot image that will end up being a tiny "jar fairy", which I will send to Anna, his mother, for Mother's Day. I won't put a photo of it here because I want it to be a surprise (even though I don't think she has time to read my blog!)

There is something magic about a grandbaby! And I am in love!

Etsy Plans: I will be making more Heart Stuffies, but also some Note Cards with my own digital collage images on them! And a calendar for 2011.

I have all sorts of plans in my head, and more than enough art supplies to execute them all -- if I only had the time! The only new art supply I've added is PaperClay -- I have wanted to use it for a long, long time -- even though I still have a large amount of polymer clay in my stash. Once my PaperClay arrives and I work with it enough to know if I really like it, I think I'll de-stash my polymer clay on Etsy. I'm sure other people will find a use for it. I need to DE-STASH a lot of my supplies, but it will be hard, because I'm so fond of them.

I plan for PaperClay to be the base of my "bum fairy" pins that I've designed to give to my co-workers. Little brown fairies with brown silk wings. A bit of humor for a job that isn't always very pleasant. They're still in the design stage, but once one of them is finished, I will post a photo here.

Comments

Adorable kid, Carol. Have you moved already? Were you able to save some money? I also have a new list of Etsy projects this coming month. I'm thinking of borrowing a little extra cash to buy the materials for the pillows. Do you have any photo of the "bum fairy" pins around here? I'd love to see 'em.

- Sofia Britts

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