Our Day....

 

Today, my sweet husband came to pick up this little cutie so I could get some serious work done.  Before he left, I wanted to take a few pictures of him playing with his loaders/tractors/trucks before he went off with Daddy to play with the real loaders/tractors/trucks.  He usually doesn't  want me to take his picture, but today he told me he would smile.  I never even tell him to smile, because I really want to capture him as he is, smiling or not.  But since he volunteered, I was happy to take smiling pictures.  Except he didn't really smile.  He must of accidentally watched some modeling documentary because his idea of smiling was to tilt his head to one side.  In every single picture.

 
 
 
 

There's another 25 where that came from, but it is just kind of redundant.  Silly kid.  Anyway, we had a whole entire working day without the kids so we had big plans.  Time to design fabric.  We've had plans to design fabric for a few weeks now, but something (like a whole lot of work and 3 active kids) always gets in the way.

So here is how it goes.  We pick a theme.  We choose colors.  We revise the theme.  We choose different colors.  We argue about the theme.  We argue about the colors.  By now it is noon and we have had 5 different themes and 15 different color combinations.  We eat lunch, go back to theme number 1 and revert to our original color scheme.  But whatever didn't work the first time still doesn't work.  So we are back to discussing (arguing) about the whole entire thing and attempt to go in a totally different direction. 

So here we sit- me in front of my computer screen and my sister in front of hers.  I know she is totally stuck when she starts playing with her hair.  First she starts twirling it like this:

 

Then she grabs it:

 

She then pulls it in front of her eyes so she can inspect it.  The final step- if she sees any split ends, she pulls them out.  Just yanks on them.  Thank goodness she has the thickest head of hair known to man or she wouldn't have any left.  I didn't get a picture of the last two steps because she was already irritated with me for sneaking in the first two.

So here we are stuck.  Trying to come up with something brilliant.  Trying to make sure it is different than any of our other lines.  Trying to invent some color combination that is totally fresh and new.   

I decided to sleep on it.  Maybe it will come to me in my sleep.  I'm hoping she's got it all figured out and she will just tell me what to do tomorrow.  I'm pretty sure she's hoping the same thing. 

Oh well.  I'm not going to stress about it too much.  It always happens this way.  And eventually, we get it.  And somehow she still has some hair left. 

Comments

[bingobonie]

speaking of sleeping on it - there's a thought - how about little owls for your theme? ;)

Great pics of your little guy. Love from Texas! ~bonnie

[Audrey]

I had to laugh when I read about your design process...I work with my mom and our design evolution is quite similar. Good thing we love each other and all the back-and-forth eventually produces something lovely. Glad to know we're not the only ones! :)

[Carol Jordan]

My grandsons tilt their heads too - ages 6 and 8. Their big sister (15) always takes pictures of everyone at an angle. Is it a 2011 thing? Cute little boy.

[Avanelle]

I'm not sure which I enjoyed more, another "drink" of the new Hometown line or the picture of your son.

I had to laugh about the dialoge with respect to the planning process. I have 3 daughters and there were days (and still are, I guess) when you did not want to have them all together to figure out and/or nail down a topic or situation.

Life happens - what a joy to have been a small part in yours - and what a blessing to have lived thru it - for family is the best part of memories.

What's in your hearts has definitely come to the forefront in the past and I am sure it will finds itself in your next designs.

[Rebecca S.]

What about rich navy, sky blue, wheat yellow, and grass green? Just daydreaming about what I would like.

[laura huffman]

so good to have sisters. i have two, and i'm always in the middle (i am the middle child). so funny to know someone so well, girlfriends are like that too. good luck figuring it out. love the new line, gorgeous. will be on the lookout for it. enjoy your weekend.
funny pictures. kids ideas are so funny.

[Debbie-Esch House Quilts]

I'm sure if you put it on the back burner for a few days the right answer will pop out all of a sudden.

Darling shots of your son - the head tilt is priceless :)

[Tammy W.]

Too cute! Love how he tilts his head...adorable little model! And yes...you will get your new line right...you have NEVER disappointed us! Cant wait to see it!

[Cheryl]

giggling here!! hehehe! I can just picture the whole process...thanks sew much for sharing. It seems like such a magical process! And you sure know how to make the magic happen!
As for the smile, that next to last pic has a priceless smile...needs to go in the baby book. Such a handsome little guy.

[MelodyJ]

I know from past experience that you'll do it. What about something that takes off from the mountain views/colors? Good luck.

[WendyMT]

Oh what fun :) It must be an age thing with the pictures ... my 6 yr old did the head tilt and now my 4 yr old is starting to. What's with it? lol Your boy is adorable!

All of your other lines have been off the charts awesome, so your process must work ... your sister would benefit from a little itty pair of scissors for her split ends (speaking from experience as I don't have nearly as much hair as her) so she doesn't have to pull it.

You did a post on the 4-H and fair time ... it'd be real fun to see you ladies take on the colors and feel of fair/carnival time. .... just an idea, not that you need it or anything.

THank you for sharing!

[Angela]

thanks for sharing your process. I have no doubts that you all will create something incredible. You always do. Classy and simple...that's what I love about your designs.