Thursday, August 30, 2007

guest designer, madeline margaret

this card was made by my youngest niece, madeline, last thanksgiving when she was 2 1/2:

one morning in november, my sister discovered her with her left hand dangling off the edges of a post-it note pad, trying to figure out how to draw *in between* the fingers with a (luckily firmly capped) sharpie marker, and muttering, "i hafta do dis! i hafta do dis!" pretty quickly amie figured out what the deal was--apparently turkeys had been the previous day's project at pre-school--and helped with the outlining so maddie could concentrate on the important design decisions, like coloring.
i happened to phone up during this process, and after telling amie whatever i called for, got passed along to the small one for her turn to talk:

maddie: hi aunt lawn!
lauren: hiya babe, whatcha doing?
maddie: i makin' a cawd...for you and your friend untle jeff!

which is why...9 months later...the cawd in question is still on my fridge! :)
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ps: speakin' of art that astounds and amazes one; my in-laws sent this along in an email this morning. if you need me, i'll be at the beach!!! :)

4 comments:

  1. Just discovered your fantastic blog!! Wonderful artwork and what wit...and I thought I was funny ;o)

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  2. Wow! Madeline sure is creative! Now I know how to draw a Turkey...the easy way!

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  3. I love your style of writing I have so much fun reading your blog!!

    How cute about the card!
    That sand art stuff is amazing...wow.

    hugs,
    Laura

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  4. That is ever SO darling!!!
    What a lovie!
    ~XO~
    Gabi

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