99 CSI Challenge - Darling

Here is the bright challenge for this week at CSI.  Why not pop over to the CSI website and see the wonderful examples by the design team.
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I was lucky to have a photo with these colours and some left over bits of Bo-Bunny to it all came together quite quickly.

Our oldest Grandchild when he was about 6 months old

I used some older Bo-Bunny papers for the matting

The stitched piece and the mat are from "Country Garden" range

The shutters are from The avenues collection, "Shutters"

The butterflies I found on Etsy years ago and the green leaves are a die cut

The dark green take and orange circle are Kaiser craft which I inked to darken to the correct colour

The back ground paper is an older range by Kaisercraft, Everblooming "Marigold"

The wooden title is by Studio Calico which I inked with Tim Holtz, "Rusty Hinge"

EVIDENCE

Butterflies

Floral and striped patterns

Window accent

Wood (title)

Six of something (butterflies)

TESTIMONY

I used two types of writing, typed and handwriting.

Extra journalling on the back of the page which reads.

We looked after you one day a week from 20 months until you went to school.  It was the highlight of our week.  We often said, what would you like to do today?  Go to the park, the library or the playground?  Mostly you chose to "Go to your house Granny and just play like we normally do"  It reinforced my idea that children don't need things, nor do they need to be constantly entertained.  As long as they loved unconditionally, allowed to experiment,  listened to and exposed to the beauty of the natural world, they have absolutely everything they need.

I found this poem on line somewhere and it expresses my feelings about child raising perfectly.

JOURNALLING 

“Do not ask your children

to strive for extraordinary lives.

Such striving may seem admirable, 

but it is the way of foolishness. 

Help them instead to find the wonder 

and the marvel of an ordinary life. 

Show them the joy of tasting apples,

mangoes & pears. Show them how to cry 

when pets & people die. Show them the 

infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand. 

And make the ordinary come alive for them.  

The extraordinary will take care of itself.” 

     

Author unknown