Six Months Old!

Riley is six months old today! I just can't believe how fast time is going. I took him to have portraits done at JCPenney to commemorate the day. They certainly aren't the best portrait studio around (in fact, I like a lot of the photos I take of him better than the professional ones), but they're cheap, and I sort of like having a few of the "cheesy" studio portraits. It reminds me of the ones we always had in our photo albums when I was a kid. Anyway, he was very good, and it looks like they got a couple of really cute shots of him.

I also wanted to do a piece of art in his book for his six month birthday, so despite two different deadlines I have looming over me at the moment, I worked in there instead! Here are the results. I really like this spread, thank goodness! If you've been reading my blog lately, you know that I haven't been very pleased with some of the art I've done recently. Maybe this means I'm out of the slight rut I seemed to be in. Unfortunately, the lighting in these photos is bad, so I don't know if you can get a good sense of the colors.

I used some more of the great vintage wallpaper from Pam (the yellow bits) and some of my recent fabric purchases, in addition to several different scrapbook papers and a vintage photo. The poem is called "The Mother's Heart" and is about the eldest child. I'm not sure of the author. I originally saw it on a piece of art by Mikel Robinson. He is a great artist-take a look at his website if you're interested.

Also, here is the sign-in page for the collaborative project I spoke about in the last post. Again, the lighting is really bad. I like this page, but not as much as the cover. It was a little more difficult since I knew I had to leave spots for the other artists to sign in, so I had to work the page around that. One more page to go, and that obligation will be fulfilled, at least until I receive Lauren's project next month!

Happy
Six Month

Birthday,
Sweet Riley!
I love you!!