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Severe Weather Day DIY...is that a thing? I suppose some cook, some organize, apparently I get creative. With tornado-talk in the background and birthday treats all day long, I dyed, I mean, tried my hands at natural fabric dye.〰️I have a couple of favorite white tops that have stains set in from over the years. Because...life. A few Pins later, it was game-on.〰️Swipe to see the before. And the middle. I find the color of turmeric to be the perfect yellow. Powdered turmeric is highly pigmented and worked beautifully. 〰️Also, would you believe that avocado pits unveil the most beautiful blush hue when simmered? It’s true! Look up the process on Pinterest and give it a go this summer. #becreative
This is ➌ Three years ago, this one completed our family. Our state is on storm-watch today and it seems somewhat appropriate. Emma is unpredictable. She’s lots of drama. There is beauty wrapped up in her. She leaves a mess wherever she goes. She is calm one moment and raging the next. No one is immune to her wild. When she dances in the wind, you can’t help but watch. She’s unique and one-of-one. Swipe to see Emma at her window through the years. I’m not the mama wishing her child would stay little. Birthdays are a gift, let’s all treat them so. #thisisthree
Fresh out of the studio✨#dothepolka
While I marinate on the decision of how and when the next Collection will become available, pieces continue to come alive. Slowly but intentionally, this Collection far and above my most personal and emotion-driven yet.✨If these pieces don’t speak summer, look again. They are the water’s depths and shallows and shades of fiery sunsets.✨ #dothepolka
Our littlest will be three next week. Seven days later, we remember the day the middle one was born and graced us for a summer. Some stories intertwine for good. There is no point trying to separate them because where they overlap lies purpose. Where one story ends another begins.〰️Emma, the almost-threenager, is truly a force to be reckoned with. I’m halfway convinced she got all the personality of her own ➕a little extra of her sister’s sent from high Heaven just for good measure. She has moments of sugary-sweetness, and mostly small tornadoes, table dancing, picking the locks and eating the food. ALL the food, people. She out-eats big brother everyday. And he’s going on NINE. She does a thing lately. She shimmies out of her shirt 🙄 and pretends to wash the things. The walls, floors, my legs, the dog. Sure, sure - you think it’s adorable, right? Except the laundry. The previously clean shirts are now covered in life and we’re going through a lot of shirts these days. But I’ve stopped trying to fight it. You know, putting the shirt back on, enduring the inevitable tantrum...I’m fighting so much of this life trying to “protect my peace”, find balance and keep tidy that I think I’m making it harder for myself and my family. Scratch that, I KNOW I’m making it harder. If I’ve learned nothing else, it is that the best kind of fighting is to fight FOR rather than fight AGAINST. And so I ask myself in this tender season, “What am I fighting for?” And...”What do I need to stop fighting against?” I have some homework to do...✨
In between showing up for life now, when I do make time for makin’, it has been a lot of experimenting. Trying new styles. Failing. Often.〰️I’m a believer in failing up. Rising and bettering from the fall. Eventually.〰️And poppy. Let’s pause to appreciate how this bright hue pairs surprisingly well with...um, all the colors! Try it, you’ll be hooked 💃 #dothepolka
Catching feels and making colorful memories on this, his 36th✨First, he was my boyfriend and then he put a ring on it. Later it got real when we decided to procreate. Today, we came back to the beginning. Just Chris and Rachel in the place that made adults out of hopeful babes. The place where our three offspring came to be. It’s good to be reminded of where we were. It’s best to be grateful for what is. Cheers to now...#birthdayboy
It was in December when I hit an unexpected wall. I wanted to be done with this extension of my business. The best way to describe the feeling was robbed. I’m careful to keep my social media follows somewhat limited, but one of my favorite retail spots is @plentymercantile. It was right around the time of said dejection that the cool folks at Plenty shared about a creative idea. They partner with @bridesofok to shred back issues and use it as shipping fill. Brilliant, yes? Absolutely. Local, upcycled genius. Not only that, they SHARED about it. They didn’t keep it to themselves. They weren’t concerned who would use their idea and maybe take credit for their brilliance. Because others will and do. Yet, people and businesses like Plenty look forward and inward. They have a community and they collaborate well. They know shade-throwers exist, yet they choose to rise. Plenty, you challenged me. To rise when I wanted to lay it all down. Plenty, you challenged me to upcycle. And so, starting today, #polkasquarerecycles. What? Throwbacks of magazines and catalogs to create the softest and most unique box-fill you ever did see. P.S.- Plenty, you cheered on Polka Square even before the very first Collection launched. You win.✨ #dothepolka
A friend asked me recently if I have traded graphic design for wearables. Valid question. My response? No. Way. Graphic design doesn’t get a whole lot of engagement. It doesn’t seem all that applicable until someone finds themselves in need of it. If I were to put my professional worth into the social media’s response to graphic art versus wearable pretties, well, it would be a no-brainer. I’m not cheating on my first professional love. In fact, I’ve created an in-house brand to try and test my own ideas before I suggest them to clients. I can now say with confidence, “I understand”. Before, I simply executed other people’s visions. Working to build a brand requires many unseen hours that I’m logging as research + development for design clients who come my way. The big picture and (swipe) even zoomed way in is built upon being loyal and true. I haven’t left one career behind for another that’s hot now. I’ve added to the repertoire. The education continues. Am I a master of my craft? I hope not. #unfinished

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Happy Birthday, Shel! // Free Printable

Polka Square September 25, 2016 0 Comments

Click link below to download a free 8″x 10″ Printable PDF!

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The Giving Tree was written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein and published by Harper & Row in 1964. 

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