May greetings to you!
This weekend we all kicked off the coming seasons of harvest, baseball, and book-writing-free days. We are all so happy May is here!
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It slipped from my mention in this space here, but in the month of April, The Creative Family turned two! Perhaps it's silly to mark a book's birthday, you're thinking. But when you're making cakes for dogs and cats, why not say "Happy Birthday" to a project that was so near and dear for two working years of our life? Exactly! So, Happy Birthday, The Creative Family!
Last month, this book arrived in the mail. It's the Chinese translation of The Creative Family (next to the Korean edition and the original). Once we convinced him that he really was once that little, Ezra was beside himself with joy at being ALONE on the cover (there is much talk around these parts about who ends up on a book cover!). It's so interesting to me to see how the design and cover was changed up a bit. I love how they used Betsy Thompson's illustrations on the cover - so lovely.
As time has moved a bit since the beginning of our work on these books (it's been four years since I began work with the fine folks at Shambhala Publications/Trumpeter Books), it's been a pleasure to see them evolve into something else for our family. They're a record of our time and days together that I wasn't quite expecting. Looking through them now, we see all the events and things that were going on in our lives at the time, and we see all the growing these kids have done! The kids flip through them like a photo album, remembering projects and clothes and details that I don't always remember.
Our books all have a 'home' within our home right on this little shelf here. They're the Family Books - my books, the kid's portfolios, Blurb books we have made together, and my most treasured of books in all of the world - the books the kids write. Every single time I walk by this shelf, I cannot help but smile at the thought of Mama of Knit Knit, or Mr. Cooker, or any of the other books of theirs. Such goodness.
(In celebration of books, to clear some cobwebs from the shop (more to come in May!), and in honor of the most precious
of holidays coming up (Mother's Day, of course!), all book
orders in my Shop through the month of May will include an assorted set of my photo postcards
and envelopes.)
We have been working on our third book now for over a year - it's been a wonderful process we've embarked on once again - and even more so this time - truly, as a family. (I promise I'll be sharing more details on that book as soon as I have them.) Now with the bulk of the work behind us for a bit, I am greatly looking forward to other things. I have so many craft projects and great books to tell you about here, more Zimmermann to dive into, hopefully a Mama to Mama project soon, and oh, we have so many beach visits to make happen! Yes, May is here.
Wishing you all lovely days of May!
